Issue 1: September – October - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

September – October 2011 

ISSUE 1 

“When I conduct it, even today, I feel him 

looking over my shoulder. He is there in 

the hall. You see, the very phrases of the 

music remind me of how he used to talk. 

I recognize his voice in the notes. And 

behind the voice, the man himself.” 

– Maxim Shostakovich

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September – October 2011 I OVERTURE 1

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Trudy Schroeder 

Friends of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 

All in all, it promises to be a splendid Autumn. There is much excitement in 

Winnipeg this fall with new buildings opening, a new hockey team, and a 

promising start to the season for the Blue Bombers. The WSO is part of the 

feeling of optimism that seems prevalent in our community these days. We live in 

a wonderful community and, at the WSO, we value the consistent public support 

for the orchestra through ticket sales and generous donations. The WSO is an 

important part of the quality of life that makes us all proud to live in Manitoba. 

We approach the start of our 64th season with great anticipation. The calendar is full of wonderful 

concerts, and you may want to take another look at the season guide and add a few more concerts 

into your plan for the year. 

First, the WSO would like to congratulate our concertmaster, Gwen Hoebig, as she celebrates her 

25th season with the orchestra. We are also pleased to welcome five new musicians, four new board 

members, and two new staff members to the orchestra this fall. We hope they will all enjoy their first 

year with the WSO and feel warmly welcomed in our organization. The board members and staff 

members won’t be as visible at most concerts, but we will find ways to introduce them to you. On 

stage, look for Phoebe Tsang and Tomomi Brennan in the second violin section. Desiree Abbey is 

the assistant principal cello, Meredith McCallum joins the first violin section, and Patrick Staples is 

on double bass. We also welcome Robin MacMillan, oboe & English horn, back to active service. 

As our contribution to the activities related to the national arts awareness initiative Culture Days, we 

will offer a day of free chamber music concerts in the newly refurbished Steinkopf gardens on 

October 1 starting at 10 am. We will also send performers to the Nuit Blanche all night celebrations 

at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. 

Exciting concerts and activities are linked to the Indigenous Festival in mid-October. If you happen 

to attend the grand opening of the new airport, you will hear the WSO playing there, and we will 

also be visiting seven high schools as a part of our Up Close and Orchestral Program. You will also 

notice many new activities related to our special program for younger audience members, the 

Soundcheck Program. 

On October 29, we start our popular Dinner and a Symphony program with a pairing of 

Shostakovich’s music and Russian cuisine created by Bergmann’s on Lombard. This remains a great 

way to meet other music lovers, experience a culinary menu matched to the concert, and be fully 

relaxed and ready for the concert at 8 p.m. 

By the time we get to the shorter days in November, you will be ready to celebrate and pamper 

yourself at our exciting new event, Chicks n’ Chocolate. This evening features fun, travel, beauty 

and, of course, chocolate. Call our box office (949-3999) for tickets. 

There is much more excitement to come, but this introduces you to some of the things to look 

forward to over the fall months. Enjoy the concerts, and be sure to let us know which ones you have 

appreciated the most. 


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CONDUCTORS & COMPOSERS 

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 

Recognized as one of the most exciting young conductors of his generation, Alexander 

Mickelthwate is in his fifth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 

where he has significantly raised the ensemble’s profile through innovative programming and 

active community engagement. Praised for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly), 

“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times), the German-born conductor 

has attracted attention for his charismatic presence on the podium and command of a wide 

range of musical styles. 

In August 2007, Alexander culminated his three-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los 

Angeles Philharmonic, with which he appeared regularly at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl. 

Previously as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he co-founded the new music ensemble Bent 

Frequency, which was hailed as "one of the brightest ensembles on the scene” (Gramophone Magazine). 

Recent highlights include debuts with the Houston Symphony, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, the 

Johannesburg Philharmonic and the Bukarest Philharmonic, a re-engagement with the National Arts Centre Orchestra 

in Ottawa and a highly successful last-minute replacement with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As guest conductor, 

Alexander has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, 

Hamburg Symphony, NDR Hannover, as well as with symphony orchestras in several Canadian and U.S. cities. 

Born in Germany into a musical family, he studied conducting in Karlsruhe, Germany and at the Peabody 

Conservatory with Gustav Meier, and was invited as a conducting Fellow at Tanglewood, as well as at the Eötvöes 

Institute in Hungary. He is married with two sons. 

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor 

From the time his mother sat him down at a toy piano when he was three years old, 

Richard Lee has spent his life immersed in music. He graduated to a real piano at the age 

of five and took up the violin at age seven. At age seventeen, he passed – with honours – the 

grade X piano and violin exams at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. 

After a brief and ill-advised stint as a physics major, Richard came to his senses and 

pursued a degree in Music Performance at the University of Toronto as both a violinist and 

a violist while studying conducting. After teaching middle school music for five years, 

Richard returned to the U of T where, as the Victor Feldbrill Fellow in orchestral 

conducting, he obtained a Master’s degree under the tutelage of Raffi Armenian. 

Richard is currently Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of the University 

of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, as well as Music Director of the Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra, 

based in Toronto. He has also conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of 

Vancouver, Quebec and Thunder Bay. His work has been broadcast and recorded by the CBC/Radio-Canada. 

Musician, news junkie and connoisseur of fine ales, whiskies and cigars, Richard maintains residences in both 

Winnipeg and Toronto. 

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence 

Vincent Ho is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding composers of his generation. 

His works have been hailed for their profound expressiveness and textural beauty that has 

audiences talking about with great enthusiasm. His many awards have included Harvard 

University’s Fromm Music Commission, The Canada Council for the Arts’ “Robert Fleming 

Prize,” ASCAP’s “Morton Gould Young Composer Award,” four SOCAN Young Composers 

Awards, and CBC Radio’s Audience Choice Award (2009 Young Composers’ Competition). 

Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1975, Vincent Ho began his musical training through the 

Royal Conservatory of Music. He received his Associate Diploma in Piano Performance 

from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) in 1993, his Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary 

in 1998, his Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto in 2000, and his Doctor of Musical Arts 

degree from the University of Southern California (2005). His mentors have included Allan Bell, David Eagle, 

Christos Hatzis, Walter Buczynski, and Stephen Hartke. In 1997, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the 

Schola Cantorum Summer Composition Program in Paris, where he received further training in analysis, 

composition, counterpoint, and harmony, supervised by David Diamond, Philip Lasser, and Narcis Bonet. 


WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2011-2012 SEASON 

MUSIC DIRECTOR 

Alexander Mickelthwate 

RESIDENT CONDUCTOR 

Richard Lee 

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE 

Vincent Ho 

FIRST VIOLINS 

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster 

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt- 

Gramatté Memorial Chair, 

endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté 

Foundation 

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster 

Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster 

Chris Anstey 

Raymond Chrunyk 

Mona Coarda 

Hong Tian Jia 

*Trevor Kirczenow 

Simon MacDonald 

**Meredith McCallum 

Rachel Moody 

Julie Savard 

Jun Shao 

SECOND VIOLINS 

Darryl Strain, Principal 

Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal 

Karen Bauch 

**Tomomi Brennan 

Rodica Filipoi 

*Barbara Gilroy 

Boyd MacKenzie 

Susan McCallum 

† Jane Radomski 

Claudine St. Arnauld 

Phoebe Tsang 

VIOLAS 

Daniel Scholz, Principal 

Anne Elise Lavallée, 

Assistant Principal 

Laszlo Baroczi 

Richard Bauch 

Greg Hay 

Suzanne McKegney 

Merrily Peters 

Mike Scholz 


CELLOS 

Yuri Hooker, Principal 

**Desiree Abbey, Assistant Principal 

Alex Adaman 

Margaret Askeland 

Arlene Dahl 

Carolyn Nagelberg 

Emma Quackenbush 

BASSES 

Meredith Johnson, Principal 

Theodore Chan, Assistant Principal 

Paul Nagelberg 

Bruce Okrainec 

Zdzislaw Prochownik 

Patrick Staples 

FLUTES 

Jan Kocman, Principal 

Martha Durkin 

PICCOLO 

Martha Durkin 

OBOES 

Bede Hanley, Principal 

Robin MacMillan 

ENGLISH HORN 

Robin MacMillan 

CLARINETS 

Micah Heilbrunn, Principal 

Richard Klassen 

BASSOONS 

Alex Eastley, Principal 

James Ewen 

CONTRABASSOON 

James Ewen 

HORNS 

Patricia Evans, Principal 

Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal 

James Robertson 

The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair 

Caroline Oberheu 

Michiko Singh 

TRUMPETS 

Brian Sykora, Principal 

Paul Jeffrey 

Isaac Pulford 

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair 

TROMBONES 

Steven Dyer, Principal 

John Helmer 

BASS TROMBONE 

Julia McIntyre, Principal 

TUBA 

Chris Lee, Principal 

TIMPANI 

Jeremy Epp, Principal 

PERCUSSION 

Frederick Liessens, Principal 

HARP 

Richard Turner, Principal 

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen 

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL 

MANAGER 

Chris Lee 

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN 

Raymond Chrunyk 

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 

Laura MacDougall 

*On Leave 

**Temporary Position 

† Dual Section Position 

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string 

players are listed alphabetically 

and are seated according to a 

rotational system.

MASTERWORKS 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 8:00 P.M. 

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL 

Rachmaninov & Dvorˇák 

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor 

Horacio Gutiérrez, piano 

PROGRAM 

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) 

Moderato 

Adagio sostenuto 

Allegro scherzando 

- INTERMISSION - 

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904) 

Allegro con brio 

Adagio 

Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace 

Allegro ma non troppo 

Extra Musicians: 

Tracy Wright, oboe 

Tony Cyre, percussion 

Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate 

on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior 

to concert 

September January – February October 2011 I OVERTURE 57

PROGRAM NOTES 

by James Manishen 

Piano Concerto No. 2 

Sergei Rachmaninov 

b. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873 

d. Los Angeles, CA USA / 

March 28, 1943 

Composed: 1900-1901 

First performance: October 14, 1901 

(Moscow) conducted by Alexander 

Siloti with the composer as soloist 

Last WSO performance: 2008, 

Vladimir Sverdlov, piano; 


Perhaps Rachmaninov 

needed the total 

failure of his Symphony 

No. 1 at its premiere in 

1897 to validate the 

total success of his 

Piano Concerto No. 2 not long after. 

The 24-year-old composer loathed 

his first symphonic effort, 

forbidding any further 

performances of it during his 

lifetime. The performance was a 

disaster, conducted by a reportedly 

drunk Alexander Glazunov and a 

badly under-rehearsed orchestra. 

Rachmaninov was thrown into 

such a fit of depression, he 

suffered a nervous breakdown. For 

more than a year he lived with 

“paralyzing apathy,” as he wrote in 

his memoirs. “All my selfconfidence 

broke down. Half my 

days were spent on a couch 

sighing over my ruined life.” 

Fortunately 

Rachmaninov had a 

concerned family and 

a formerly high-strung 

aunt that had been 

successfully treated by 

a certain Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a local 

physician who had studied 

hypnotherapy in Vienna and 

France. A meeting was arranged 

and in January 1900, the composer 

found himself making daily visits 

to Dr. Dahl, hearing over and over 

the words “you will compose a 

piano concerto…with the greatest 

of ease…of excellent quality!” 


Rachmaninov was surprised at how 

the treatments helped him and by 

the summer, he was relaxed and at 

work on the second and third 

movements of the Piano Concerto 

No. 2, the work that would propel 

him into the world’s concert halls. 

The first movement was completed 

the following spring. The 

premiere of the finished work 

took place in Moscow. He 

dedicated it to Dr. Dahl. 

Eight chords begin the C minor 

Concerto, followed by the surging 

main theme, which occupies much 

of the development section. The 

Adagio is strikingly beautiful, with 

much variety and pianistic 

resource. The Finale is a perfectly 

gauged match of martial energy 

and sweeping Romantic fervor, its 

main theme one of Rachmaninov’s 

best-loved melodies that became 

the popular hit song Full Moon 

and Empty Arms. His career never 

looked back. 

Symphony No. 8 

Antonin Dvorˇák 

b. Bohemia / September 8, 1841 

d. Prague / May 1, 1904 

Composed: 1889 

First performance: February 2, 

1890 (Prague) conducted by the 

composer 


Andrey Boreyko, conductor 

If one were to search 

out the happiest and 

healthiest of all 

composers, Antonin 

Dvorˇák would be 

among that company. 

Even though he had moved 

among the highest musical and 

social echelons, in later years he 

wrote, “I shall remain what I have 

always been – a simple Czech 

musician.” Nothing pleased 

Dvorˇák more than connecting to 

his beloved Bohemian soil – 

summer travel to the countryside, 

pleasure in folkloric tradition and 

the regular enjoyment his 

gregarious nature inspired among 

friends. Yet despite his humble 

self-description, Dvorˇák’s music 

has an immense depth to it, with 

deeply-felt melancholy, bursting 

melody and zestful rhythms bound 

with strong architecture in often 

innovative formal structures. 

Within his last three great 

symphonies (No. 9 being the 

famous From the New World) his 

Symphony No. 8 displays all this. 

Dvorˇák dedicated his Eighth to 

Austrian Emperor Franz Josef who 

sponsored a music academy in 

Bohemia designed to promote 

local artists. Dvorˇák was also 

awarded a stipend that allowed 

him to compose without the 

distractions of other tasks. In 

December 1889, Dvorˇák travelled 

to Vienna to receive it. 

The Eighth Symphony was 

composed during one of Dvorˇák’s 

summer country retreats in Vysoká 

and in the music, one can certainly 

feel the contentment of his 

surroundings. Especially rich is the 

fund of melody, about which 

Dvorˇák had written to his friend 

Alois Göbl that his head was so 

“full of ideas” he couldn’t write 

them down fast enough. 

Indeed, in the opening 126 

measures of the first movement, 

there are eight separate tunes 

worked with disarming ease. But 

it’s the second movement where 

Dvorˇák mines the depths, 

especially as to form where two 

musical paths cross and 

commingle: the first reluctant and 

mournful, the second smooth and 

confident. Fragments and textures 

dictate the movement’s form 

rather than traditional themes and 

key arrangements. 

The third movement resembles an 

Austrian Ländler, shifting between 

minor and major key, melodic 

resources intact with a freshminted 

coda leading to the 

trumpet-heralded Finale, a 

resounding theme with variations 

that ends with a burst of high 

spirits. 

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THURSDAY, 

NOVEMBER 3, 2011 

6:30 p.m. 


On this New York-inspired 

night, you’ll find mountains 

of chocolate, delicious hors 

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businesses dedicated to 

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evening you could be the lucky 

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TICKETS: $ 49 

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For tickets contact WSO Box Office at 949-3999 or online at www.wso.ca

POPS 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 8:00 P.M. 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 8:00 P.M. 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 2:00 P.M. 


Live & Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute 

to the Music of Paul McCartney 

Richard Lee, conductor 

Tony Kishman, bass guitar, keyboard, vocals 

Jim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals 

John Merjave, lead guitar, vocals 

Chris Camilleri, drums, vocals 

PROGRAM 

The performance will include the following selections: 

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Band on the Run 

Bluebird 

Can't Buy Me Love 

Eleanor Rigby 

Get Back 

Golden Slumbers 

Hello Goodbye 

Here Comes the Sun 

Hey Jude 

I Am the Walrus 

Let It Be 

Live and Let Die 

Long and Winding Road 

Maybe I'm Amazed 

Ob-La-Di 

Silly Love Songs 

Uncle Albert 

What the Man Said 

When I'm 64 

Yesterday 


Janice Finlay, alto & soprano saxophone, flute 

Julie Husband, baritone saxophone, flute 

Sharon Atkinson, tenor saxophone 

Jonathan Stevens, tenor saxophone 

Will Bonness, piano 


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Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert 

Saturday, October 1 – Brandon University School of Music 

Sunday, October 2 – Gouriluk Flute Studio 


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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 

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MOZART & SCHUBERT 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 

Red Wine & Herb-Braised Beef Rouladen, Brown Butter Spaetzle 

Fresh Market Vegetables 

Sour Cherry-Chocolate Black Forest Trifle 

FOR MICHAEL – THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 

Thyme-Butter Rubbed & Roasted Turkey, Sultana-Sage Dressing, 

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Red Velvet Cake with Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Frosting 

DAWN UPSHAW 

SATURDAY, MARCH 24 

Breast of Chicken Stuffed with Apple & Brie, Cabernet Sauce, 

Shredded Dauphinoise Potatoes, Roast Asparagus 

Crème Brulée with Fresh Berries 

DINNER & CONCERT starting at $ * 

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Vegetarian option available 

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German 

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MATINEE 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 10:30 A.M. 


Silvestre Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas 

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Wu Man, pipa 

Camerata Nova Bolero Dance Theatre 

Odette Heyn-Projects 

PROGRAM 

La Noche de los Mayas Silvestre Revueltas 

(See below for movements) 

MASTERWORKS 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 8:00 P.M. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 8:00 P.M. 


A Night of Song & Dance 


Camerata Nova 

Cory Campbell, vocalist 

Wu Man, pipa 

Odette Heyn-Projects 

Bolero Dance Theatre 

PROGRAM 

Concept and choreography: 

Odette Heyn-Penner 

Traditional choreography: 

Pedro Aurelio 

Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights) Andrew Balfour (b. 1967) 

Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra 

Allegro 

Lou Harrison (1917-2003) 

Bits and Pieces: 

Troika 

Three Sharing 

Indigenous Festival Sponsor: 

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Neapolitan 

Threnody for Richard Locke 

Estampie 


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La Noche de los Mayas 

Noche de los Mayas: Molto sostenuto 

Noche de Jaranas: Scherzo 

Noche de Yucatan: Andante espressivo - 

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) 

Noche de Encantamiento (“Night of Enchantment”): Theme, Variations 1-4; Finale 


Melissa Scott, oboe 

Pat Daniels, bass clarinet 

Donna Laube, piano 

Tony Cyre, Matt Abraham, Ben Reimer, Victoria Sparks, Byron Wood, Jamie Pham, Brendan Thompson, 

Mitchell Wiebe, Derek Klassen, percussion 

Pre-concert chat with Alexander Mickelthwate, Wu Man and Andrew Balfour 

on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert 


PROGRAM NOTES 


Wa Wa Tey Wak 

(Northern Lights) 

Andrew Balfour 

b. Fisher Branch Reserve, MB / 

1967 


First performance: March 11, 2006 

by Camerata Nova 

First WSO performance 

Wa Wa Tey Wak is based on a 

modern legend about a young 

girl that lived 300 years ago in 

what we now call Canada. She is 

transported to modern times by 

a sorcerer and wanders the 

streets of Winnipeg. No one 

can see her except the street 

people, the “lost tribe.” 

Of Cree descent, composer 

Andrew Balfour describes the work 

as “about transformation - a 

journey…sad things...social 

issues…all redeemed by the 

Northern Lights. It’s one of the 

worst tragedies of our country: so 

much wealth, so much prosperity 

and so much poverty at the same 

time. That’s why I wrote this piece, 

because I felt I had something to 

say since I have also lived in 

poverty but redeemed by music, I 

guess you could say.” 

Concerto for Pipa with 

String Orchestra 

Lou Harrison 

b. Portland, OR / May 14, 1917 

d. Lafayette, IN / February 2, 2003 


First performance: April 26, 1997, 

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 

Dennis Russell Davies conducting 

with Wu Man as soloist 


By his own admission, 

the music of West 

Coast-born Lou 

Harrison is “a song 

and a dance,” an 

influence from 


Harrison’s mentor, American 

pioneer composer Henry Cowell, 

who taught Harrison that music 

around the world is mainly melody 

with a rhythmic accompaniment. 

Long interested in music from 

cultures bordering the Pacific, 

Cowell inspired Harrison to dig 

into world music in general, yet 

within an individual compositional 

style of no less importance. “Don’t 

put hybrids down,” Harrison once 

told a BBC interviewer. “There 

isn’t anything else.” 

Harrison built instruments out of 

everyday items, began working 

with John Cage and eventually 

studied briefly with Arnold 

Schoenberg in Los Angeles. In 

1961, Harrison went to Tokyo 

where, for two years, he immersed 

himself in the study of Korean and 

Chinese classical music. In the 

early 1970s, his fusion of Eastern 

and Western style began to 

crystallize. The pipa concerto is 

Harrison’s last large-scale work. 

The motoric theme of the first 

movement suggests a classical 

concerto coming, though with 

Chinese tang as the pipa is joined 

by solo violin. The second 

movement is a suite that treats the 

pipa in various guises: a pseudo 

balalaika in the Troika, a 

percussion instrument in Three 

Sharing, and a mandolin in 

Neapolitan. The elegiac third 

movement’s long lines pave the 

way for the finale entitled 

Estampie, a dancelike form from 

14th century France and Italy. 

We are honoured to be joined 

tonight by Wu Man, the dedicatee 

of Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto. 

La Noche de los Mayas 

Silvestre Revueltas 

b. Santiago, Papasquiaro, Durango / 

December 31, 1899 

d. Mexico City / October 5, 1940 




“I prefer the music of 

the people of the 

ranchos and villages of 

my country,” Silvestre 

Revueltas once said 

when asked about his 

tastes in music. Central to his 

music are the tang of Mexico, the 

spirit of its people and his own 

experiences during the volatile 

period following his appointment 

as assistant to Carlos Chávez and 

the newly formed Orquesta 

Sinfónica de México in 1929 

following a three-year period in 

the United States where he 

worked as a theatre violinist and 

conductor. During this time, 

Revueltas also became active in the 

cause of artists' and workers' 

rights. 

In 1937, Revueltas was sent to 

Spain to direct concerts in support 

of Mexican Loyalist causes but 

returned poor and in broken 

health. He died of alcoholism, 

heartbroken over the death of his 

two daughters. 

La Noche de los Mayas (“The Night 

of the Mayas”) was composed as a 

score to the film of the same name 

directed by Chano Urueta with 

script by Antonio Médiz Bolio. A 

four-movement suite was created 

in 1960 by Mexican conductor 

José Limantour. The opening 

movement’s huge cry from the 

orchestra suggests Revueltas’s 

political angst, tempered by the 

central section, which is warm and 

reflective. Noche de Jaranas is a 

fiery dance movement punctuated 

with cross rhythms. The solo flute 

and drum in Noche de Yucatan 

quote a traditional native folk 

melody (“Come on boys, the sun is 

about to set”). The closing 

movement is a riot of percussion, 

culminating with the orchestral 

outburst that opened the work. 


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1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien 

1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair 

1953-55 Mr. Digby Wheeler 

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 8:00 P.M. 


All Shostakovich 

Maxim Shostakovich, conductor 

Korbinian Altenberger, violin 

PROGRAM 

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 

Nocturne: Moderato 

Scherzo: Allegro non troppo 

Passacaglia: Andante 

Burlesca: Allegro con brio 


Hamlet: Incidental Music (1932), Op. 32 Dmitri Shostakovich 

Introduction and Night Watch 

Flourish and Dance Music 

The Hunt 

Lullaby 

Requiem 

March of Fortinbras 

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 Dmitri Shostakovich 

Allegro 

Moderato 

Presto - 

Largo - 

Allegretto 



Laurel Ridd, flute 

E-Chen Hsu, bass clarinet 

Allen Harrington, bassoon 

Donna Laube, celeste 


Matt Abraham, percussion 

Pre-concert chat with Richard Lee and Korbinian Altenberger 

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PROGRAM NOTES 


Violin Concerto No. 1 

Dmitri Shostakovich 

b. St Petersburg, Russia / September 

25, 1906 

d. Moscow / August 9, 1975 

Composed: 1947-48 

First performance: October 29, 1955 

(Leningrad) conducted by Yevgeny 

Mravinsky with David Oistrakh as soloist 

Last WSO performance: 1993, Cho- 

Liang Lin, violin; Bramwell Tovey, 

conductor 

It was déjà vu for Shostakovich in 

1948 as he composed his Violin 

Concerto No. 1. He had felt the 

purge in 1936 when his opera Lady 

Macbeth of Mtsensk was called 

“muddle” by Soviet officialdom. 

Again, he was condemned in 1948 in 

the general purge by the authorities 

to ban abstract or difficult music that 

might be challenging for the Soviet 

people to accept. Only simple music 

glorifying the State would be allowed. 

Shostakovich knew both purges had 

come from Stalin. 

After the 1936 purge, he responded 

with his magnificent Fifth Symphony 

and soon became a world figure. But 

the 1948 censure was too much to 

bear, and he decided to withhold 

releasing any of his substantial works 

for a fair hearing until after Stalin was 

out of the picture. Stalin’s death on 

March 5, 1953 – the same day as 

Prokofiev’s – was like a dam bursting 

for Shostakovich. His Violin Concerto 

No. 1 waited until 1955 for its 

premiere by David Oistrakh, who had 

worked on the score with 

Shostakovich and was one of the 

greatest violinists of the time. 

Shostakovich’s alleged memoirs 

Testimony reveal that the genesis of 

the Concerto came from a combined 

bond to Jewish folklore plus the 

moral issue of what had happened to 

the Jews during the terror of the 

Second World War. Shostakovich was 

deeply affected by the Holocaust yet 

also by what he called the 

multifaceted flavour and spirit of 


Jewish music, its ability to “be happy 

while it is tragic…almost always 

laughter through tears.” As always in 

Shostakovich’s major works, the 

symphonic argument is powerful, 

compelling and plotted with airtight 

logic. In this concerto too, his initials 

become a musical signature: D, E-flat 

(German S), C, H (German B-natural). 

In the opening Nocturne, the solo 

violin grows continuously from the 

dark string melody underneath, the 

centre-piece of the movement, a 

powerful statement leading to the 

return of the quieter opening 

material to close. The wild Scherzo 

couldn’t be more different, recalling 

the similar one in the Tenth 

Symphony, a work Shostakovich 

called “about Stalin.” The 

Passacaglia uses the ancient 

variation form of a repeating theme 

layering increasingly elaborate 

material on top, with deeply moving 

results. The Finale is a stunning 

virtuosic display that encapsulates 

previous material to close this 

brilliant, complex yet most 

accessible masterwork. 

Hamlet: Incidental Music 




Shostakovich loved 

Shakespeare’s Hamlet 

and studied it 

comprehensively over 

many years. His first 

supporting music was 

for a notorious production by 

Nikolai Akimov in 1932. Here, 

Hamlet was a revolutionary fighting 

with the authorities - not for his 

ideals but for personal gain - Ophelia 

an alcoholic nymphomaniac, and 

Elsinore as the morally bankrupt 

state. Naturally, the production was 

shut down and Shostakovich refused 

to be associated with Hamlet until 

composing a completely different 

score for a traditional production in 

1954 and a film in 1964. His 1932 

score has much to enjoy though, with 

nods to Russian ballet plus the 

famous Dies Irae chant in the 

Requiem. 

Symphony No. 9 



First performance: November 3, 1945 

(Leningrad) conducted by 

Yevgeny Mravinsky 


Bramwell Tovey, conductor 

Begun in 1941, Shostakovich’s large-scale 

Symphony No. 7 reflects the siege of 

Leningrad, a Leningrad “Stalin destroyed 

and Hitler finished off,” the composer 

wrote in Testimony. Shostakovich’s 

Symphony No. 8 (1943) is a profoundly 

tragic and epic depiction of massive 

conflict and the war’s consequences. With 

victory over Hitler’s Nazis in 1945, the 

resulting expectation for Russia’s greatest 

composer was to provide a suitably 

monumental symphony to glorify Stalin in 

no uncertain terms, regardless of the 

terrible losses of the Russian people. After 

all, Beethoven and Mahler wrote 

auspicious Ninth symphonies. So too here, 

but with a more significant dedication the 

politburo felt. 

Shostakovich did attempt an epic first 

movement but abandoned it, observing 

Stalin “like a frog puffing himself up to 

the size of the ox. Everyone praised 

Stalin and now I was supposed to join in 

this unholy affair.” 

Shostakovich’s response was a far more 

compact symphony in the new Ninth – 

full of biting wit, economy of gesture 

and pointed barbs of anger under its 

surface. The work was one of the main 

reasons Shostakovich was targeted as an 

Enemy of the People during Stalin’s 

second wave of repression in 1948. 

The Ninth Symphony is in five 

movements, the last three played 

without pause. The first movement 

cackles with violins, solo trombone, 

piccolo and muted trumpets all 

grabbing the spotlight to make their 

points. The second movement is a waltz, 

which Shostakovich was so adept at in 

his lighter music. A scherzo leads to a 

largo, where solemn trombones and 

tuba are answered by a mourning solo 

bassoon, perhaps a benchmark 

emotional state for the entire work, who 

then leads off a finale masked with dark 

secrets inside its boisterous façade. 


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The Phantom of the Music Hall 

Richard Lee, conductor 

Madcap Productions 

PROGRAM 

Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture Glinka 

Guillaume Tell: Pas de six Rossini 

Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 7 in C Major Dvorˇák 

Plink, Plank, Plunk Leroy Anderson 

Hoe Down from Rodeo Copland 

March of the Toreador from Carmen Bizet 

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King Grieg 

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ARTIST BIOS 

MASTERWORKS 

Rachmaninov & Dvorˇák 

SEPTEMBER 23 -24 

Horacio Gutiérrez 

Considered one of the great 

pianists of our time, Horacio 

Gutiérrez is consistently praised by 

critics and audiences alike for the 

poetic insight and technical 

mastery he brings to a diverse 

repertoire. Since his professional debut in 1970 with 

Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 

Mr. Gutiérrez has appeared regularly with the 

world’s greatest orchestras and on its major recital 

series. His Telarc recording of Rachmaninoff ’s 

Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 was nominated for a 

Grammy Award. His television performances in 

Great Britain, the U.S. and France have been widely 

acclaimed and won him an Emmy Award for his 

fourth appearance with the Chamber Music Society 

of Lincoln Center. Born in Havana, he appeared at 

the age of 11 as guest soloist with the Havana 

Symphony and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. 


POPS 

Live & Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute 

to the Music of Paul McCartney 

SEPTEMBER 30- OCTOBER 2 

Tony Kishman Actor, singer and recording 

artist Tony Kishman doubles as 

featured performer and 

producer of Live and Let Die. 

He also developed and stars in 

the Beatles tribute show Twist 

and Shout and starred for six years in both the 

national and international tours of Broadway’s 

smash hit, Beatlemania. Mr. Kishman has been 

regarded as the quintessential Paul McCartney 

because of his uncanny resemblance both 

visually and vocally to the beloved Beatle. He 

also performs in the well-known and highly 

successful Beatles symphony show, Classical 

Mystery Tour, which has toured to great acclaim, 

filling concert halls throughout North America 

and Europe. Today, Mr. Kishman plays the 

original Hoffner Bass that was provided to him 

by the producers of Beatlemania in 1978.

Jim Owen 

By the time singer, arranger and 

musician Jim Owen was 18, 

he was touring internationally 

with various productions of 

Beatlemania, performing in 

concert halls, theatres and 

stadiums around the world. In addition to his 

featured role in Twist & Shout, he currently 

stars in the symphonic Beatles show, Classical 

Mystery Tour (which he developed and produced) 

and in Tony Kishman’s Live and Let Die. Mr. 

Owen was born and raised in Huntington Beach, 

California, began studying piano at six and won 

honours in various piano performance 

competitions through his teenage years. He was 

eight years old when he first heard The Beatles 

and promptly decided to take up the study of the 

guitar. 

John Merjave 

John Merjave started as a 

drummer until a high school 

garage band led him to the 

guitar, which he has been 

playing ever since. He continues 

to write and play music with his 

band 27 West and collaborator Kevin Thomas. 

Mr. Merjave began playing in the Beatles tribute 

band Liverpool in 2001, performing the George 

Harrison lead guitar role. Liverpool is the official 

house band of The Fest for Beatle Fans, a 

convention that occurs annually in cities 

including New York City and Chicago. They 

have also played back-up for Donovan, Billy 

Preston, Ronnie Spector, Alan Parsons, Billy J. 

Kramer, Joey Molland of Badfinger and Neil 

Innes and more. 

Chris Camilleri 

Born and raised on Long 

Island, New York, Chris 

Camilleri started listening to 

Beatles records at a young age 

and, inspired by Ringo, took up 

the drums, the instrument to 

which he has devoted his professional 

career. Mr. Camilleri has played drums for 

major classic rock touring artists, including 

Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame), 

Badfinger, Micky Dolenz of The 

Monkees, Joe Walsh, and other Beatlesera 

bands. 

MASTERWORKS 

A Night of Song & Dance 

OCTOBER 13-14 

Camerata Nova 

Camerata Nova is a vocal group without 

fear, performing medieval, Renaissance, 

Aboriginal and contemporary music. Often 

singing a cappella, the group also enjoys 

accompaniment from didgeridoos, crystal 

bowls, strings, all kinds of percussion, 

and/or early instruments. Now in their 14th 

year, they continue to push the envelope, 

offering authentic early music 

performances, premieres of Manitoba 

compositions and an eclectic array in 

between. Camerata Nova has issued three 

CDs: Camerata Nova, Mystica and Nova 

Noël, and a DVD Wa Wa Tey Wak 

(Northern Lights). Camerata Nova is led by 

a trio of extraordinary individuals: artistic 

director and resident composer Andrew 

Balfour, conductor and early music 

specialist Ross Brownlee and conductor and 

voice guru Mel Braun. 


Cory Campbell 

Born and raised in 

Winnipeg’s North End, 

Cory Campbell 

developed an early 

appreciation for music 

of all kinds. Currently 

a program manager 

and cultural advisor at Project 

Neecheewam Inc., he is also working 

towards finishing off his BSW at the Inner 

City Social Work Program at the 

University of Manitoba. Time spent with 

his wife, children and grandchildren, 

coupled with time spent with his 

ceremonial families, enrich Mr. Campbell’s 

life, and he relishes the busy lifestyle that 

this provides him. 

Wu Man 

Renowned 

internationally as a 

virtuosic pipa 

performer, Wu Man 

has also carved out a 

career creating and 

collaborating on 

projects that give this ancient Chinese 

instrument a new role in today’s music 

world, not only introducing the 

instrument to new audiences, but greatly 

enhancing and growing the core 

repertoire. Wu Man continually 

collaborates with some of the most 

distinguished musicians and conductors 

performing today including frequent 

performances and recordings with the 

groundbreaking Kronos Quartet. A 

Grammy-nominated artist, she has 

performed as soloist with many of the 

world’s major orchestras and her touring 

has taken her to the major music halls. 

Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man 

studied at the Central Conservatory of 

Music in Beijing, where she became the 

first recipient of a master's degree in 

pipa. 




has co-directed the 

Professional 

Program of The 

School of 

Contemporary 

Dancers for many 

years. She has been 

among the prime 

trainers of most 

members of Winnipeg's contemporary dance 

community. She has choreographed works for 

various performances including The Festival 

of Canadian Modern Dance, the Olympics 

Danscene (Calgary 1988), the Kuan Du Arts 

Festival in Taipei, The Vancouver Symphony 

Orchestra, The Edmonton Symphony 

Orchestra, The Calgary Philharmonic 

Orchestra and The Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra. Ms. Heyn-Penner is pleased to be 

back this year with the WSO creating a new 

work La Noche de los Mayas. 

Bolero Dance Theatre 

Bolero Dance Theatre is a Winnipeg-based dance 

company committed to the artistry, beauty and 

drama of Spanish dance. The company's 

repertoire ranges from dances featuring the 

passion of flamenco and spirit of folkdance to the 

grace of escuela bolera. The company's objective 

is to present dances in their authentic forms and 

also to showcase Spanish dance as an evolving 

artform. Bolero Dance Theatre's company is 

comprised of about 12 dancers with varied 

backgrounds, from professional ballet training to 

recreational ballroom and folkdance, all with many 

years of Spanish dance training. The company has 

made several trips to Spain to study flamenco, 

classical Spanish dance and escuela bolera.

MASTERWORKS 

All Shostakovich 

OCTOBER 28-29 

Maxim Shostakovich 

Son of composer 

Dmitri Shostakovich, 

Maxim Shostakovich 

has conducted the 

major orchestras 

throughout the world 

including the Hong 

Kong Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, 

London Symphony, New York 

Philharmonic and the symphony 

orchestras of New Zealand and 

Jerusalem, among others. Born in 1938 in 

Leningrad, he studied piano at the 

Moscow Conservatoire with Yakov Flier 

and conducting with Gennady 

Rozhdestvensky and Igor Markevich. In 

1971, he was appointed principal 

conductor and artistic director of the 

USSR Radio and Television Symphony 

Orchestra with whom he premiered many 

works including his father’s Symphony 

No. 15 at the Moscow Conservatoire in 

January 1972. Between 1986-1991, he 

was the music director of the New 

Orleans Symphony Orchestra. Mr. 

Shostakovich is a doctor of Arts of the 

Marryland University. 

Korbinian Altenberger 

Second prize winner of 

the eminent 2010 

Montréal International 

Musical Competition, 

Munich’s Korbinian 

Altenberger also 

received first prize and 

the audience choice award at the Jacob 

Stainer Violin Competition as well as first 

prize at Italy’s Andrea Postacchini 

International Violin Competition. He has 

appeared widely as soloist with major 

orchestras across the globe, including the 

Auckland Philharmonia, Munich 

Philharmonic and the Chamber 

Orchestra of Philadelphia, among numerous 

others. Mr. Altenberger holds graduate 

degrees from the New England 

Conservatory and completed studies at the 

Thornton School of Music at the University 

of Southern California, where he studied 

with famed violinist and teacher Midori 

Goto. He was recently appointed principal 

second violin of the Bavarian Radio 

Symphony Orchestra. 

CONCERTS FOR KIDS 

The Phantom of the Music Hall 

OCTOBER 30 

Madcap Productions 

Madcap Productions has 

been creating unique 

performances for over 25 

years combining actors, 

giant puppets, live music 

and original scripts. 

Madcap performs over 

600 shows each season in schools, 

community arts centres and on concert 

stages throughout the U.S and Canada. 

Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Madcap 

presents the Hats Off Young Audience 

Series at the Cincinnati Art Museum and 

Xavier University where, each season, new 

works are presented to the regional public. 

Madcap has performed with symphony 

orchestras across the nation including: the 

Dayton Philharmonic, Lincoln Symphony, 

Cincinnati Symphony, Lebanon Orchestra 

and many others. In 2009, Madcap 

received the Scripps Corbett Award for 

Artistic Excellence and is recognized as one 

of the most innovative and exciting puppet 

theaters in the USA. 


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Donald Browne 

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Browne 

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Kaprowy 

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ENDOWMENT 

FUND 

Leave a legacy by making a 

donation to the WSO’s 

Endowment Fund. Managed 

by the Winnipeg Foundation 

since 1959, the fund has 

grown in value to just over 

$4.4 M. Gifts to the fund 

ensure longterm financial 

support for the orchestra. 

Thank you! 

Gail Asper & 

Michael Paterson 

In Memory of Jessica 

Bernardin 


Ms. Marion Bruno 

Mr. Ray Davis 

Miss Helene Dyck 

In Memory of Madeleine 

Suzanne Gauvin 

In Memory of Esther Ginpil 

and Patricia Louise 

Tarnava 


Dorothy L. Hodgson 


Winkler Hurd 

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Andrew Lutz, In Memory 

of Alice Lutz 

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Grant McIntosh 

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Vera Ripley 

Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay 

Mrs. Estelle Rosenberg 

Mrs. V. Rosolowich 

Mr. Don Ross 

Frances E. Rowlin 

Royal Canadian College of 

Organists, 

in Memory of William Sim 

Mr. Rory Runnells 

John & Shirley Russell 

Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler 

Leonore Saunders O.M. 

Mrs. Caterina Sayers 

Alan & Rebecca Schacter 

Kay Schalme 

William Scheidt 

Ms. Velma Schmidt 

Mrs. Edna Schneider 

Mrs. Marian Schroeder 

Adolph & Diane Schurek 

Robert and Barbara Lutz, 

Christopher Tanya and 

Mika Lutz, 

In Memory of Alice Lutz 

Barbara Main 

Grant & Janet Saunders 

In Memory of Robert F. 

Skinner 

Trudy Schroeder & 

Norman Dyck, In 

Memory of Heather 

Whittaker 

Harry & Evelyn Wray 

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Share the Music is a unique 

outreach initiative of the 

WSO that allows economically 

disadvantaged children and 

their families to attend WSO 

performances. Thank you for 

helping to Share the Music! 


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Mrs. Roseline Usiskin 

New Music Festival Club 

donors help to ensure the 

artistic excellence of the 

WSO’s New Music Festival. 

Thank you! 

Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper 

Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre 

Dr. & Mrs. David Connor 

Mrs. Ann England 

Mr. & Mrs. Egon & Erna 

Enns 


Richard & Karen Howell 

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T.G. Kucera 

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Patricia & Lorne Wallace 

Ken and Mary Warmbrod 

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Mr. Glen Angus Webster 

Ms. Louise Welsh 

Ms. S.M. Whiteway, In 

Memory of Donald 

Browne 


Whittaker 

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Ms. Audrey Wilson 

Joy Winchell 

Elaine & Manuel Wiseman 

Terrie Woodward 

Phillip S. Young 

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WOMEN’S COMMITTEE 

of the 


ABOUT 

Sixty- three years ago, in 

the Fall of 1948, the 

Women’s Committee of 

the Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra was established 

to “promote a friendly 

understanding between 

the citizens of Winnipeg 

and the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra; 

and to encourage 

activities that enable the 

Orchestra to reach more 

people and interest them 

in its musical growth.” 

Instrumental in 

understanding the 

importance of generating 

continued interest in 

music and to secure 

future patrons, the 

Women’s Committee 

founded the School 

Children’s Concerts. 

Today, the Committee 

remains a vibrant and 

vital part of the WSO. It 

continues to: 

• promote community 

interest in the 

Winnipeg Symphony 

Orchestra (WSO) 

• organize and 

implement activities to 

provide financial 

support to the WSO 

• support the WSO 

community outreach 

and educational 

programs 

• increase concert 

subscriptions and 

donations to the WSO. 

ACTIVITIES 

• The Music Stand - Staffing our popular boutique before concerts 

and during intermission, selling WSO merchandise, jewellery, 

scarves, children’s educational books & CDs 

• Annual Raffle – Securing prizes and selling tickets 

• Fall Recital - held annually 

• Major Fundraiser - Planning, organizing and running the annual 

High Tea and Fashion Show 

• Ushering and general assistance at school concerts 

• Orchestra Relations - Hosting and preparing a Spring luncheon to 

show appreciation for our musicians and WSO staff 

• Funds Raised – during 2010-2011 The Women’s Committee raised 

$40 000 for the WSO 

These activities not only raise much needed funds for many different 

WSO programs, but are also an enjoyable way to get involved with the 

Women’s Committee through volunteering or attending events. 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

“Up Close and Musical”– a recital by the Azure String Quartet on 

Sunday, November 20th at The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) 

MEMBERSHIP 

We are always looking for highly motivated women who share the 

understanding that an Orchestra really does make a city! The 

Committee encourages a diverse membership which reflects and 

appreciates the rich multi-cultural heritage of our city. Active members 

are encouraged to participate throughout the year in both regular and 

special symphony fundraisers. 

General Meetings of the Women’s Committee are held in the MCCH 

Board Room, on the first Wednesday of each month, September 

through May. The October and April meetings are held in the evening to 

accommodate those individuals who cannot attend morning meetings. 

We invite you to support the efforts of our Women's Committee by becoming a member. 

Prospective members are welcome to enquire at the Music Stand located in the foyer of the Concert 

Hall during concerts or contact Shirley Loewen at sloewen@mts.net or to call (204) 269-1912.

WSO BOARD & STAFF 2011-2012 SEASON 

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS 

His Honour the Honourable 

Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M. 

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 

The Honourable Greg Selinger, 

Premier of Manitoba 

His Worship Sam Katz, 

Mayor of the City of Winnipeg 

Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, 

WSO Directors Emeritus 

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 

Shirley Loewen, President 

Sylvia Cassie, Vice President 

Lesia Peet, Past President 

Margaret Harvie, Treasurer 

Evelyn Davidson, Secretary 

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant 

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 

John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration 

Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator 

Chelse McKee, Accounting & Volunteer Assistant 

DEVELOPMENT 

Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development 

Carol Cassels, Development Manager 

Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator 

Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects 

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES 

Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services 

Jason Hayes, Patron Services Coordinator 

Matt Abraham, Community & Audience Development 

Coordinator 

Matthew Brooks, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

Clare Neil, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

Crystal Schwartz, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

Heather Thornton, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

Melissa Ungrin, Patron Services Representative (p/t) 

1020-555 Main Street 

Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 

Phone: 204.949.3950 

Fax: 204.956.4271 

www.wso.ca 

WSO Box Office 

phone: 204-949-3999 

www.wso.ca 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Dorothy Dobbie, 

President & Chair 

Ed J. Martens, 

1st Vice-President 

Greg Doyle, Treasurer 

Muriel Smith, Secretary 

Dr. Brendan MacDougall, 

Past-President 

Marilyn Billinkoff 

Tim Burt 

Brenlee Carrington-Trepel 

Michael Cox 

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR 

ARTISTIC 

Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate 



Arlene Dahl 

Dr. Daya Gupta 

Elba Haid 

Maureen Kilgour 

Jackie Lowe 

Lesia Peet 

Dr. William Pope 

Terry Sargeant 

William Shead 

Karl Stobbe 

Richard Turner 

OFFICIAL AUDITORS 

Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants 

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS 

Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations 

James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate 

Laura Daniel, Operations Manager 

Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager 

Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian 

Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian 

Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor 

Jacob Gurevich, Personnel Manager Emeritus 

EDUCATION & OUTREACH 

Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach 

Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator 

Brent Johnson, Education Projects Coordinator 

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS 

Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications 

Cheryl Waldner, Communications Coordinator 

Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer 

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION 

Ticketmaster 

phone: 1-855-985-2787 

www.ticketmaster.ca 

Group Events 

phone: 204-949-3967 

groupevents@wso.mb.ca 

The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.

20112012 SEASON 

Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 



WSO Season 

at-a-Glance 

SEASON OPENER! 

RACHMANINOV & DVORˇ ÁK 

Friday, September 23 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, September 24 I 8:00 pm 

LIVE AND LET DIE: 

A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO 

THE MUSIC OF PAUL McCARTNEY 

Friday, September 30 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, October 1 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, October 2 I 2:00 pm 

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS: 

LA NOCHE DE LOS MAYAS 

Thursday, October 13 I 10:30 am 

A NIGHT OF SONG & DANCE 

Thursday, October 13 I 8:00 pm 

Friday, October 14 I 8:00 pm 

ALL SHOSTAKOVICH 

Friday, October 28 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, October 29 I 8:00 pm 

THE PHANTOM OF THE MUSIC HALL 

Sunday, October 30 I 2:00 pm 

SEND IN THE CLOWNS: THE MUSIC OF 

STEPHEN SONDHEIM STARRING LEN CARIOU 

Friday, November 4 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, November 5 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, November 6 I 2:00 pm 

BEETHOVEN 5 

Friday, November 11 I 8:00 pm 


ROCK OWES THE CLASSICS! 


THE SNOWMAN 

Sunday, November 27 I 2:00 pm 

SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 2 

Friday, December 2 I 10:30 am 

MATHIEU & SIBELIUS 

Friday, December 2 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, December 3 I 8:00 pm 

A JUDY GARLAND CHRISTMAS: 

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME 

Friday, December 9 I 8:00 pm 


Sunday, December 11 I 2:00 pm 

MESSIAH 


MOZART: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE 

IN E-FLAT MAJOR 

Friday, January 13 I 10:30 am 

MOZART & SCHUBERT 

Friday, January 13 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, January 14 I 8:00 pm 

BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS 

Sunday, January 15 I 2:00 pm 

HOT! HOT! HOT! 

A NIGHT AT THE COPA 

Friday, January 20 I 8:00 pm 


Sunday, January 22 I 2:00 pm 

SAARIAHO & KANCHELI 


SVEINSSON & JÓHANNSSON: 

WORLD PREMIERE 

Friday, February 3 I 8:00 pm 

FOR MICHAEL - THE MUSIC 

OF MICHAEL JACKSON 


Saturday, February 11 I 8:00 pm 

Sunday, February 12 I 2:00 pm 

AMERICAN MASTERS 



DVORˇ ÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY 

Beyond the Score ® 


SCHUMANN: SYMPHONY NO. 1 

Friday, March 2 I 10:30 am 

PARKER PLAYS BRAHMS 2 

Friday, March 2 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, March 3 I 8:00 pm 

SYMPHONIC SORCERY: 

THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER 

Sunday, March 4 I 2:00 pm 

BROADWAY ROCKS 



Sunday, March 18 I 2:00 pm 

DAWN UPSHAW 



BRAHMS REQUIEM 

Saturday, April 7 I 8:00 pm 

THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER 

Friday, April 13 I 8:00 pm 


Sunday, April 15 I 2:00 pm 

BUSTER KEATON’S THE GENERAL 


CIRCUS TERRIFICO 

Sunday, April 29 I 2:00 pm 

MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2 

Friday, May 4 I 8:00 pm 

Saturday, May 5 I 8:00 pm 

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Call 204-949-3999 or visit www.wso.ca 

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