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New HorizonsSeptember 21-24, 2017

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M E S S A G E F R O M T H E B O A R D P R E S I D E N T & E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R

Welcome to the opening concerts of New Century’s

2019-2020 Season! We open this season on the heels of New Century’s successful European debut tour. Our musicians charmed European audiences during sold-out concerts at some

of Europe’s most celebrated music festivals, including the Leonard Bernstein-founded Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and three concerts at the massive Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

I was delighted to join the tour with an enthusiastic fan club of Bay Area patrons and members of the New Century Board of Directors. It was a proud moment for all of us to witness our brilliant musicians and Music Director Daniel Hope received with wild applause and standing ovations at these storied European festivals. We have all known for years that we have a very special musical treasure in the Bay Area, and we have now seen its thrilling impact on the international music scene. Plans are underway for a return to Europe, so stay tuned!

This evening, we kick off a season filled with some of the world’s most celebrated artists, including New Century debut artist, pianist Maxim Lando, and GRAMMY Award-winners, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, cellist Lynn Harrell, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Returning to New Century after her triumphant premiere of Philip Glass’s Piano Concerto, No. 3, pianist Simone Dinnerstein assumes the role of New Century’s first Artist-in-Residence. Simone will lead an evening of J.S. Bach, share her artistry in Bay Area schools, and celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday during our “Beethoven in the Presidio” festival.

Thank you for everything you do to make New Century’s vision of a self-conducted chamber orchestra a reality. We look forward to seeing you at all of this season’s concerts and events as Daniel Hope leads his second year as Music Director.

Most sincerely,

Mark SalkindPresident

This evening marks the beginning of Daniel Hope’s second season

as New Century’s Music Director. In just one short year at the helm, Daniel has made an indelible impact on the scope of our activities, our artistic partnerships, and orchestral

sound. Just three months ago, Daniel led New Century on its debut tour of Europe, where our musicians played to enthusiastic sold-out crowds across Germany and Poland. It was a moving experience to hear our wonderful orchestra play at some of the most important festival venues in Europe—truly an incredible milestone for our Bay Area orchestra. This first European tour was just the beginning of a new chapter for us as an internationally recognized ensemble.

We open the 2019-2020 season with a program that features the sensational young pianist Maxim Lando. At just 14 years of age, Maxim famously performed with superstar pianist Lang Lang for the opening night gala at Carnegie Hall. That debut performance catapulted the young pianist into an international concert career that has included debuts with leading orchestras around the world. It is a thrill to present Maxim at this exciting time in his young career. He will, no doubt, be counted as one of the great pianists of his generation.

We look forward to seeing you during the rest of our 2019-2020 season! We are particularly looking forward to our first performances at the newly restored and renovated Presidio Theatre in January 2020. Over two days, New Century will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with concerts featuring pianist Simone Dinnerstein, cellist Lynn Harrell and our Music Director Daniel Hope. In June 2019, Daniel Hope was appointed as the President of the Beethoven House, Memorial site, Museum and Cultural Center. In this role, Daniel will oversee the global celebrations of Beethoven@250 celebrations, with New Century’s “Beethoven in the Presidio” as a centerpiece.

Thank you for your support and patronage of our self-conducted orchestra! You are each an integral part of creating this collaborative musical experience.

Sincerely yours,

Philip WilderExecutive Director

NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 1

FIN DE SIÈCLE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019, 7:30PMFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BERKELEY

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019, 7:30PMHERBST THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019, 3:00PMOSHER MARIN JCC, SAN RAFAEL

New Century’s 2019-20 Season is made possible by the generous ongoing support of Gordon P. and Ann G. Getty.

Daniel Hope, Music Director and ConcertmasterMaxim Lando, PianoSimos Papanas, Guest Concertmaster

EDWARD ELGAR Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1857-1934)

CHRISTIAN SINDING Adagio from Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10(1856-1941) Daniel Hope, violin

JULES MASSENET Méditation from Thaïs(1842-1912) Daniel Hope, violin

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Notturno for Violin, Strings and Harp(1874-1951) Daniel Hope, violin

RICHARD STRAUSS Morgen! Op. 27 No. 4 for Violin and Strings(1864-1949) Daniel Hope, violin

EDWARD ELGAR Chanson de Matin Daniel Hope, violin

I N T E R M I S S I O N

ERNEST CHAUSSON Concert for Violin, Piano and Strings(1855-1899) I. Décidé – Calmé II. Sicilienne III. Grave IV. Finale. Très animé

Daniel Hope, violin Maxim Lando, piano

NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2

T H E O R C H E S T R A

VIOLIN IDaniel Hope, Music Director & Concertmaster

Simos Papanas, Guest Concertmaster

Deborah Tien Price, Associate Concertmaster

Karen Shinozaki SorHrabba AtladottirJory Fankuchen

VIOLIN IIIris Stone, Principal

Dawn HarmsRobin MayforthKayo MikiStephanie Bibbo

VIOLAAnna Kruger, Principal

Jenny DouglassCassandra Lynne RichburgElizabeth Prior

CELLOZhou Yi, Guest Principal

Michelle DjokicRobin BonnellEric Gaenslen DOUBLE BASSAnthony Manzo, Principal

HARPMeredith Clark


P R O G R A M N O T E S

The 1890s—variously called fin de siècle (end of the century), la belle époque (the beautiful era), or the Gilded Age—were a time where Europe enjoyed an unusually long period of peace and economic growth. Britain and France were expanding their colonial empires, while newly-unified Germany was eager to get its share of the booty and the Habsburgs in Austria-Hungary, with no ambitions overseas, ruled over many nations in Central Europe. Norway, still dominated by Sweden, was asserting its cultural identity and independence, which came in 1905, was not far off. Keeping most of their conflicts offshore, these countries enjoyed a level of prosperity seldom seen before. All this was reflected in the music of the time—in general elegant, refined, and well-balanced. Few would have predicted that in a few years, all this beautiful world would go up in flames in World War I. Likewise, few signs of the radical stylistic changes of 20th-century music could be anticipated in tonight’s selection of seven works from five European countries, all from the years between 1888 and 1905.

INTRODUCTION AND ALLEGRO,OP. 47 (1905)BY EDWARD ELGAR (Broadheath, nr. Worcester, England, 1857 – Worcester, 1934)

The novelty in Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro lies, paradoxically, in the fact that the composer chose to revive an old musical form: the Baroque concerto grosso. The British composer appears here as a forerunner of neo-classicism, incorporating as he does certain Baroque elements in his essentially late Romantic idiom. His solo group, the string quartet, is of course not a Baroque formation, and after an “archaic” opening, the music moves to a very different source of inspiration. A Welsh tune heard during a 1901 holiday at Ynys Lochtyn brings a lyrical, nostalgic element into the piece, appearing at crucial moments at the beginning, in the middle and at the end. The tune is superimposed over a classical sonata form that introduces three more themes: one gracefully moving, the second extremely busy and patter-like, and the third broad and “noble” in an Elgarian way, recalling

the opening of the introduction. Instead of a development section, Elgar wrote what he called “a devil of a fugue” (another nod to the Baroque), followed by a full recapitulation and an emphatic return of the Welsh tune to crown the entire piece.

SUITE IM ALTEN STIL (“SUITE IN THE OLD STYLE”), OP. 10 (1888)BY CHRISTIAN SINDING (Kongsberg, Norway, 1856 – Oslo, 1941)

It may have been Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite, written in 1884-85, that inspired Grieg’s younger compatriot Christian Sinding to compose a Suite in the Old Style a few years later. Sinding, best known for his piano piece Frühlingsrauschen (“Rustle of Spring)”, had started his career as a violinist, and composed a great deal for his instrument. Suite in the Old Style was first written for violin and piano and orchestrated later. It is a virtuoso piece that used to be part of Jascha Heifetz’s repertoire and anticipates the lovely faux Baroque pieces of Fritz Kreisler in the early 20th century. Of its three movements, the first is a perpetuum mobile filled with broken chords, the second an Adagio with an expansive lyrical melody, and the third a stately dance with powerful double, triple and quadruple stops in the violin part. The work was dedicated to Adolf Brodsky (1851-1929), the Russian violinist who gave the first performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

MÉDITATION FROM THAÏS (1894)BY JULES MASSENET (Montaud, France, 1842 – Paris, 1912)

This universally popular violin solo—an instrumental song of exquisite lyrical beauty—comes from an opera based on an 1887 novel by Anatole France, which is a new take on an old story. Thaïs was a famous courtesan in ancient Alexandria, Egypt, a lady with a long-standing literary pedigree. She first appears as a character in a play by the Roman playwright Terence (2nd century BCE) and shows up in Dante’s Inferno as well. In the novel and the opera, a saintly monk, dwelling in the desert, persuades Thaïs



to abandon her sinful life and go to a convent to devote herself to God. The only twist is that he himself falls madly in love with the new convert. The Méditation occurs at the exact point in the opera where Thaïs repents and decides to give up her courtesanly ways.

NOTTURNO FOR STRINGS AND HARP (1896)BY ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (Vienna, 1874 – Los Angeles, 1951)

This Notturno was the first work by Arnold Schoenberg ever performed in public. This rather modest debut took place on March 2, 1896, at a concert of the Viennese amateur orchestra Polyhymnia under its music director Alexander von Zemlinsky—Schoenberg’s private composition teacher and future brother-in-law. The 22-year-old composer played cello in the orchestra, “with a lot of fire but out of tune,” as Zemlinsky later recalled. The work was long presumed lost and was only rediscovered about twenty years ago when musicologist Antony Beaumont found it, under the title “Adagio,” at the Library of Congress. (Schoenberg originally called the piece “Andante,” before changing the tempo indication to Adagio.) The Notturno was first published in 2001.

The brief work is dominated by a peaceful, lyrical melody played first by the string ensemble and repeated with the addition of a solo violin and a solo harp. It is a beautiful melody exquisitely scored, but contains little indication that in three short years, the composer would produce a masterpiece like Verklärte Nacht.

MORGEN! OP. 27, NO. 4 (1894)BY RICHARD STRAUSS (Munich, 1864 – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1949)

Richard Strauss’s song for voice and piano Morgen! (“Tomorrow!”), on a poem by John Henry Mackay (a German poet despite his Scottish name), has an unusually long instrumental introduction. In the poem, two lovers enjoy a leisurely stroll down to the

seashore. At the moment when they quietly look into each other’s eyes, a series of magical chords conveys the “silence of happiness.”

When Strauss orchestrated this song in 1897, he gave its beautiful melody to a solo violin, and Morgen! became a cherished part of the solo violin repertoire as well.

CHANSON DE MATIN, OP. 15, NO. 2 (1899-1900)BY EDWARD ELGAR (Broadheath, nr. Worcester, England, 1857 –Worcester, 1934)

Chanson de matin (“Morning Song”) was written as a companion piece to a more somber work originally called “Evensong” but published as Chanson de nuit (“Night Song”). Written shortly after the magnificent Enigma Variations which established Elgar as the leading English composer of his day, this delightful, sunny miniature shows another side of his artistic personality. Along with the more complex and profound orchestral and choral works which made him famous, Elgar could toss off unproblematic short pieces that would become instantly popular without the slightest compromise on invention and craftsmanship. Originally written for violin and piano, both Chanson de nuit and Chanson de matin were orchestrated and are heard more frequently in that form.

CONCERT FOR VIOLIN, PIANO AND STRINGS, OP. 21 (1891)BY ERNEST CHAUSSON(Paris, 1855 – Limay, France, 1899)

Ernest Chausson’s lavish Parisian home was always open to artists, poets, and musicians. The list of his regular guests reads like a Who’s Who of French culture: the leading impressionist painters Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, the writers André Gide and Colette, the composers César Franck, Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy could all be seen at Chausson’s soirées.



The host, himself a composer, had inherited a fortune (his father, a contractor, had worked on Baron Haussmann’s extensive construction projects which had transformed Paris into a modern city). He could devote himself to composition and to the collection of paintings by his artist friends. The two main influences on Chausson were Franck (his teacher) and Wagner; in his best works he was able to combine the Wagnerian harmonic idiom with a genuinely French sensitivity.

Chausson’s Concert, Op. 21 can be described as the fusion of a sonata for violin and piano with a string quartet. It was inspired by the artistry of the great Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, who later became the dedicatee of Chausson’s most famous work, the Poème. Ysaÿe gave the first performance of Concert, with five distinguished colleagues, in Brussels on March 4, 1892.

César Franck’s influence may be felt in the way Chausson recycles the three-note motif from the slow introduction in the fast tempo of his first movement. (Franck had done the exact same thing in his Symphony in D minor of 1888.) Forceful and soft-spoken movements alternate, sometimes with startling abruptness, in Chausson’s movement where the three-note motto is never absent for too long.

The second movement is a tender “Sicilienne” in which the familiar 6/8 rhythm of the siciliano is combined with a melody that oscillates between two notes, giving the work a certain rocking quality—almost like a lullaby. Through motivic development, the theme gathers considerable momentum and is eventually taken up forte by the entire ensemble, though the ending is, once again, soft and subdued.

The third-movement Grave is the emotional center of the Concert. In the long and exceedingly tender opening duo between the violin and the piano, we may recognize the two-note oscillation from the previous movement. The string quartet enters to amplify the texture as the movement’s principal melody is introduced. All six instruments play this melody in a heroic manner at the climactic moment, followed by a brief and gentle coda.

The last movement begins tempestuously in the “dramatic” key of D minor, continues in a more lyrical vein, traverses many keys and, after a staggering development, culminates in a fortissimo return of the third movement’s main melody. This is another Franckian strategy, recalling the last movement of Franck’s famous Violin Sonata (which had also been premiered by Ysaÿe in 1886). The finale of that sonata similarly incorporates a quote from its preceding slow movement.

One is tempted to call the entire Concert an homage to Franck, who passed away the year before Chausson’s composition was written. Yet it is by no means a derivative work: its novel combination of instrumental forces, used in such a brilliant way, gives it a special sound world that is unique in the entire chamber repertory.

—Peter Laki


M U S I C D I R E C T O R

DANIEL HOPEMUSIC DIRECTOR

New Century Chamber Orchestra is proud to welcome back British violinist Daniel Hope for his second season as Music Director. Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for more than 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Hope appears as soloist with the world’s major orchestras and conductors, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Hope also serves as Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Frauenkirche Dresden, and has been named the next President of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn starting in 2020.

Hope is one of the world’s most prolific classical recording artists, with more than 25 albums to his name and has been an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist since 2007. His recordings have won the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason d’Or of the Year, the Edison Classical Award, the Prix Caecilia, six ECHO-Klassik Awards and numerous Grammy nominations. His album of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Octet with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe was named one of the best of the year

by the New York Times. His recording of Alban Berg’s Concerto was voted Gramophone Magazine’s “top choice of all available recordings.“ And his recording of Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed, which reached No. 1 in over 22 countries is, with 130,000 copies sold, one of the most successful classical recordings of recent times. In February 2016 Deutsche Grammophon released Hope’s 10th album for the Yellow Label: My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin. It is a deeply personal tribute to Hope’s mentor, who would have celebrated his centenary on April 22, 2016 and with whom Hope performed over 60 times, including in Menuhin’s final appearance on March 7, 1999.

Hope was raised in London and studied the violin with Zakhar Bron. The youngest ever member of the Beaux Arts Trio during its final six seasons, today Hope performs at all the world’s greatest halls and festivals: from Carnegie Hall to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, from Salzburg to Schleswig-Holstein, from Aspen to the BBC Proms and Tanglewood. He has worked with conductors including Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano and Christian Thielemann, as well as with the world’s greatest symphony orchestras including Boston, Chicago, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Devoted to contemporary music, Hope has commissioned over thirty works, enjoying close contact with composers such as Alfred Schnittke, Toru Takemitsu, Harrison Birtwistle, Sofia Gubaidulina, György Kurtág, Peter Maxwell-Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Daniel Hope has penned four best-selling books published in Germany; he contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written scripts for collaborative performances with the actors Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mia Farrow. In Germany he presents a weekly radio show for the WDR3 Channel.

He plays the 1742 “ex-Lipi´nski” Guarneri del Gesù, placed generously at his disposal by an anonymous family from Germany. He lives with his family in Berlin.


H I S T O R Y

NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRAThe New Century Chamber Orchestra, one of only a handful of conductorless ensembles in the world, was founded in 1992. The 19-member string ensemble includes San Francisco Bay Area musicians and those who travel from across the U.S. and Europe to perform together. Musical decisions are made collaboratively, resulting in an enhanced level of commitment from the musicians to concerts of remarkable precision, passion, and power. In the 2017-2018 season, British violinist Daniel Hope took the role of Artistic Partner and concertmaster for the ensemble, while the organization underwent an extensive music director search process. In the 2018-2019 season, Hope assumed the role of Music Director, bringing new vibrancy and leadership to the orchestra.

In addition to performing classic pieces of chamber orchestra repertoire, New Century commissions important new works, breathes new life into rarely heard jewels of the past, and performs world premieres. Through the Featured Composer program, the orchestra commissions composers to write new works, with the goals of expanding chamber orchestra repertoire and providing audiences with a deeper understanding of today’s living composers. The orchestra provides insight into the breadth of the Featured Composer’s work by performing a variety of pieces by the composer throughout the season.

Beyond regular season concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area, New Century has toured nationally, with 2011 performances in the Midwest, East Coast, and Southern California garnered record-breaking audiences and national critical acclaim. In January and February 2013, New Century followed with a highly successful eight-state national tour, the largest and most ambitious artistic undertaking in the

organization’s history. In addition to touring efforts, New Century’s national footprint has also continued to grow with a rapidly increasing national radio presence. The ensemble has been broadcast over 30 times on American Public Media’s Performance Today, with each broadcast heard on 260 radio stations across the country.

The orchestra has released seven compact discs. The most recent, From A to Z: 21st Century Concertos, is a compilation of four of New Century’s live world premiere performances of its newly commissioned works by William Bolcom, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Clarice Assad and Michael Daugherty. The recording was released in May 2014 on the NSS Music label.

Two additional albums were released on the NSS Music label, LIVE: Barber, Strauss, Mahler, released in November 2010, and Together, released in August 2009. The Orchestra’s first concert DVD, On Our Way, was released in May 2012, and weaves together documentary footage and a live tour concert from a February 2011 performance at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The DVD was filmed by Paola di Florio, director of the 1999 Academy Award-nominated film Speaking in Strings.

Other recordings include a 1996 collaborative project with Kent Nagano and Berkeley Symphony Orchestra featuring the work of 20th century Swiss composer Frank Martin, and Written With the Heart’s Blood, a 1997 Grammy Award finalist, both on the New Albion label. In 1998 the orchestra recorded and released works of Argentine composers Alberto Williams and Alberto Ginastera on the d’Note label, and, in 2004, the orchestra recorded and released Oculus, a CD of Kurt Rohde’s compositions on the Mondovibe label. All of the recordings have been distributed both in the United States and internationally.

photo credit: Matthew

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G U E S T A R T I S T S

MAXIM LANDOPIANO

American pianist Maxim Lando received national attention in 2017 at the age of fourteen when he appeared on the piano bench alongside Lang Lang, performing the parts intended for Mr. Lang’s injured left hand, at Carnegie Hall’s Gala Opening Night. Chick Corea joined them at this concert for an unprecedented three-pianist version of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The collaboration was chronicled in The New York Times. Mr. Lando and Mr. Lang also performed together with the symphonies of Pittsburgh, Toronto, Vancouver and Hawaii, and China’s NCPA Orchestra.

Mr. Lando won First Prize and four special prizes at the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and opens the 2019-20 Young Concert Artists Series with recital debuts in New York, in the Peter Marino Concert at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, and in Washington, DC, at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. His debut program is a tour de force of works by Beethoven, Scriabin, and Liszt’s complete Transcendental Etudes. He also performs recitals this season for the Port Washington Library (NY), Rockefeller University

(NY), University of Florida Performing Arts, Levine School of Music (DC), Abbey Church Events (WA) and Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center (AL).

As soloist with orchestra this season, his repertoire includes the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 with the Westmoreland Symphony (PA), Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Ft. Smith Symphony, and the Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 with the Wheeling Symphony. He has previously performed with Russia’s Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, Bolshoi Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, Kazakh State Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic.

Mr. Lando was invited to play at the grand opening of Steinway and Sons in Beijing, in collaboration with violinists Julian Rachlin and Daniel Hope in Munich, and at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, Kissinger Sommer in Germany, Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, Dinard International Music Festival in France, Samos Young Artist Festival in Greece, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City, Ravinia, Aspen and Shandalee Music Festivals, and Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Chicago’s Millennium Park.

Dedicated to making classical music accessible to his own generation, Maxim Lando has been featured on CNN’s Best of Quest, NPR’s “From The Top,” Russian TV-Kultura, BBC Radio 4 and WQXR. A proponent of Sing For Hope’s mission, he served as a last-minute replacement for Lea Salonga at its 2017 Gala.

Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2017 Berlin International Music Competition, Maxim Lando is an Artemisia Akademie Fellow at Yale University, an alumnus of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, and a student of Hung-Kuan Chen (YCA Alumnus) and Tema Blackstone at Juilliard Pre-College.

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SIMOS PAPANASGUEST CONCERTMASTER

Simos Papanas was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1979. He has studied violin, baroque violin, composition and mathematics at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Oberlin College and Yale University. He studied violin with Petar Arnaoudov, Taras Gabora and Erick Friedman, baroque violin with Marilyn McDonald and composition with Christos Samaras. He has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the Staatskaplle Dresden, the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Kammerorchester Basel, the Geneva Camerata, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Athens

and Thessaloniki State Orchestras, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Greek Radio, the Sofia Philharmonic, the Sofia Soloists, the Cyprus Symphony, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest German Symphony Orchestra, the American Bach Soloists and the Philharmonia Moments Musicaux (Taiwan). He has recorded as a soloist for Deutsche Grammophon, BIS and Centaur. He has performed in festivals such as Verbier (Switzerland), Schlesswig-Holstein (Germany), Savannah Music Festival (U.S.A.), Sommets Musicaux Gstaad (Switzerland), the international violin festival of St. Petersburg, the Athens Festival and the Tokyo Music Festival, and at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Palau de la Musica (Barcelona), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Grand Hall, Semperoper Dresden and Athens Herod Atticus Theater. He has given masterclasses at the McGill University (Montreal), Louisiana State University, the Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan), the University of Macedonia (Greece), the Pancho Vladigerov National Academy (Sofia, Bulgaria), the University of Thessaly (Greece) and several music festivals. His compositions have been performed and recorded around the world (U.S.A., Russia, Canada, Peru, Japan, Taiwan and most European countries), in prestigious concert halls such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Zurich and the National Concert Hall of Taipei. Since 2003 he has been concertmaster of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.

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P R O G R A M A N N O U N C E M E N T

SAN FRANCISCO WAR MEMORIAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

HERBST THEATRE

Owned and operated by the City and County of San Franciscothrough the Board of Trustees of the War Memorial of San Francisco

The Honorable London N. Breed, Mayor

TRUSTEESNancy H. Bechtle, President

Vaughn R. Walker, Vice-PresidentBelva Davis

Thomas E. HornLt. Col. Wallace I. Levin CSMR (Ret.)

Gorretti Lo LuiMrs. George R. Moscone

MajGen J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.)Paul F. Pelosi

Charlotte Mailliard ShultzDiane B. Wilsey

Elizabeth Murray, Managing DirectorJennifer E. Norris, Assistant Managing Director


M E M B E R S O F N E W C E N T U R Y

Dawn HarmsViolinSan Francisco, CAJoined NCCO in 1999

Deborah Tien PriceViolinMill Valley, CAJoined NCCO in 1999

Candace GuiraoPrincipal Second ViolinSan Francisco, CAJoined NCCO in 1993

Karen Shinozaki SorViolinRichmond, CAJoined NCCO in 1992

Michael YokasViolinBerlin, GermanyJoined NCCO in 2000

Robin MayforthViolinPacifica, CAJoined NCCO in 2001

Iris StoneViolinSan Francisco, CAJoined NCCO in 1995


M E M B E R S O F N E W C E N T U R Y

Anna KrugerPrincipal ViolaOakland, CAJoined NCCO in 2007

Elizabeth PriorViolaSan Rafael, CAJoined NCCO in 2015

Michelle DjokicCelloPalo Alto, CAJoined NCCO in 2007

Cassandra Lynne RichburgViolaSacramento, CAJoined NCCO in 1992

Isaac MelamedCelloWarm Springs, VAJoined NCCO in 2012

Robin BonnellCelloBerkeley, CAJoined NCCO in 1999

Jenny DouglassViolaMill Valley, CAJoined NCCO in 2009

Anthony ManzoPrincipal BassChevy Chase, MDJoined NCCO in 2006


R E C O R D I N G S

From A to Z: 21st Century ConcertosNSS Music, 2014With Nadja Salerno-SonnenbergWorks by Lera Auerbach, William Bolcolm, Michael Daugherty and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Journey To MozartFebruary, 2018Studio album by Daniel Hope and Zurich Chamber Orchestra

On Our Way DVDNSS Music & Counterpoint Films, 2012With Nadja Salerno-SonnenbergWorks by Wolf, Piazzolla, Tchaikovsky, Schnittke, and Gershwin

For SeasonsMarch, 2017Album by Daniel Hope and Zurich Chamber Orchestra


R E C O R D I N G S

Written with the Heart’s BloodNew Albion Records1997 Grammy Award Nomination Works by Dmitri Shostakovich

LIVENadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Anne-Marie McDermottWorks by Bach, Schubert, and Beethoven

Echoes of ArgentinaD’Note RecordsWorks by Alberto Ginastera and Alberto Williams

Concertos in D MajorNadja Salerno-SonnenbergColorado Symphony OrchestraWorks by Tchaikovsky and Assad

NSS Music Recordings:


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Michael JacobsonLucinda Lee KatzMargaret and Edmond KavounasSusan and Robert LarsonAlexander LeffTeresa Darragh and

Parker E. MonroePamala and Robert PedrazziniCarolyn and Stephen Spitz

GUARNERIUS CIRCLE($5,000 - $9,999)Mari Kawawa and Patrick BeaudanMarcia and James BeckMichèle and Laurence CorashPriscilla and Keith GeeslinGinnie and Peter E. Haas, Jr.Susan Blake and Joel KaufmannShira Lee Katz and Brandon MillerJean Fordis and Jerry Voight

STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE($2,500 - $4,999)Patricia and Steven AndersonKris and Eric BrewerRobert CarriganMichèle and Laurence CorashCarol DavisonWilliam GinchereauElizabeth and John HarkinsJoan and Jim KirsnerDenise Wang-Kline and

Robert KlineKate G. KnickerbockerKatherine Heller and Rolf LygrenRebekah and Nathan RabiroffTracy George and

Christiaan SchaefferC. Gerron and Judith VartanGerald and Lynda Vurek-MartynPhilip WilderBarbara Wolfe

LEADERS($1,000 - $2,499)Michael Garland and Gigi CoeJane A. CookAdam DonovanDaniel EngstfeldAndrea and Steve GandolfoDebbie Thal and Len GensburgElsie I. George

Brian GibbsRuth and Alfred HellerKate Akos and Harry JacobsPatricia and Philip JelleyGretchen KimballMartin KrasneyFred Levin and Nancy LivingstonBritt-Marie Ljung and

Warren MillerMarina and Ben NelsonSusan NeuwirthSue and Warden NobleStephanie Oana and Joseph OshaCathleen O’BrienJoy and Larry O’RourkeAnn and Michael ParkerDonald ShareAmelia Kaymen and Eric Yopes

SUSTAINERS($500 - $999)Carlos Hoyos AlonsoDanan BarnettLinda and Tom BiesheuvelEileen and Joel BirnbaumJames BridgmanEvelyn ClairWilliam ClusinSuzanne and Steve CowanKaren DeMelloKathleen G. Henschel and

John W. DewesMary GriffinCathy and Chris HalberstadtEdna HomJanet and Damon KerbyJason KimMartha KropfAlec and Susan LeeRené MandelMartha MangoldAnn and David MelamedJohn MeyerDavid G. MountAnne MurphyCarl PageDimitra PolitiJonas RabbeMarta Rey-BarbarroLisa Hane and Hugh RienhoffNiall RocheJulie and Mike SartonPat and Steve ScheidThomas SchneiderLinda and Edward SeldenIris and Tom StoneAlex TakaokaGladys Thacher

The Board of Directors of New Century Chamber Orchestra wishes to extend its warmest thanks and gratitude to the generous individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies listed here, who have made gifts during the past 12 months.


N O T E S O F G R A T I T U D E

Susan WheelerRuth Donig-White and

Robert White

SUPPORTERS($250 - $499)Michael BarrettRobert and Irene Belknap Bonnie BernhardtDavid BiegelsenCarolyn ChrisNancy CohrsStephen and Jo DavenportMargaret DorfmanJenny DouglassMaria ErdiCarmen and Fernando FerreyrosStacey Poland Hamburg and

Edward HamburgGayle and Dennis HanniganCoreen HesterMeridee Moore and Kevin KingLucinda LeeAnthony ManzoBarbara and Kim MarienthalValerie Marshall Alan S. MarkleMarcia MiddletonElaine and Chester MooreGeraldine MorrisonRosemary PfeifferLiz PriorAnn and William ReganNiall RocheRobert Ripps and Steven SpectorDr. Cherrill SpencerRiva Tez

SPONSORS/NEW CENTURY CLUB($100 – $249)Anthony Alvernaz Joan BalterKathleen Marie BalfeLaurel BrobstGianine Figliozzi and

Steve BanvilleBrian BergDorian and George BikleKathie Hillier and Bob BoenShelagh and Robert Brodersen Tod BrodyRoberta BrokawHelen Harper and Mary CampbellNatasha Jade ChandlerEllen CourtienMargo CrabtreeClifford “Kip” CrannaJennifer and James CrottyRoland and Jeannette DarePatricia DeLucaKewchang Lee, M.D. and

Kevin DeYagerJudy and Mark Eckart

Peg Linde and Robert EdwardsArt Rothstein and Julia EricksonRobert FeyerMarcia FlanneryLaura FrostBettina GlenningLeocadia Korzun and

Geoffrey GoslingMark GrangerGretchen GrantMaryann and Don GraulichHerb GrenchAnita HagopianEllen HahnNancy and Nick HaritatosPeggy HeinemanAnn HomanLeslie and Peter HornMr. and Mrs. John D. HowardCarol and Donald JaveteAlice and Dale JohnsonKathleen and Robert KaiserDorothy KaplanRuth KarlenAnna KrugerAleathea LangoneMardi LelandNaomi and Marc LevensonDavid LilienSylvia LindseyFlorence LivingstonRichard and Marilyn LonerganLynn LuckowJames J. LudwigMartha and Arthur LuehrmannHarvey LynchJanet and Marcos MaestreRanko Yamada and

Robert MatsuedaAvery McGinnA. Kirk McKenzieTia MiyamotoSusan and Thomas MunnMr. and Mrs. Chip NielsenLorraine and Reggie NilesHerb OchitillJulie OwensNicholas PhanJaMel and Thomas PerkinsTracy PowellCathy Frantz and Mike PotelCassandra Lynne RichburgAudrey RyanAngela SchillaceLisa SeischabSuzanne SheaGayle SheppardBeni ShinoharaAlan SilvermanKaren Shinozaki SorBonnie StilesRita SussmanSimon Tima, Esq.

Mayo TsuzukiRandy VogelMerti WalkerIngrid and Robert WanderRobert WestonMichael Ray WilderHelen Chen Wong

FRIENDS($1 - $99)Polly AdamsStewart ApplinDebra and Chris ArmstrongBrian BaumanFrances ColyerAntoinette ConradJeannie CuanVictoire de MargerieLinda DonderoAmy DuxburyAshley EdenBarbara FloresEllen and Jon FloreyMelissa GarciaCharles GaryJean-Bernard GuerreeJohn S. GravellKirsten HallJohn HillyerCynthia HoganJoan HuffRobert JensenThom MayesWilliam KaminAkemi KodaArt and Bobby KushnerRicky LacinaNancy LawrenceAllan LichtenbergPaula LimBarry LynchGeorge and Marjorie MaderMarlana MalerichMarilyn McKennaDonald MillhauserTrudy and Gary MooreGanesh NunnagoppulaTyson ReadBarbara RileyPamela RitcheyDeborah RoseJay SatoMadeleine StovelNancy SurStephanie WeiGene WeinsteinErnest White, IIJune WileyGloria WongTaun WrightJohn WynbeekKatherine YoungKaren Zelmar


S T U A R T C A N I N F U N D

S T R A D I VA R I U S C I R C L E

Julie AllectaPatricia and Steve AndersonJeff Han and Jennifer BanzacaMari Kawawa and Patrick BeaudanMarcia and James BeckAlan BenaroyaKris and Eric BrewerOwsley Brown IIIRobert CarriganCarol DavisonMichèle and Laurence CorashJerome and Thao DodsonMr. and Mrs. William FisherPaula and John GambsPriscilla and Keith GeeslinWilliam Ginchereau

Ginnie and Peter E. Haas, Jr.Mary L. HardenElizabeth and John HarkinsTrine Sorensen and

Michael JacobsonLucinda Lee KatzSusan Blake and Joel KaufmannMargaret and Edmond KavounasGretchen KimballJoan and Jim KirsnerDenise Wang-Kline and

Robert KlineKate G. KnickerbockerSusan and Robert LarsonAlexander LeffKatherine Heller and Rolf Lygren

Shira Lee Katz and Brandon MillerTeresa Darragh and

Parker E. MonroePamala and Robert PedrazziniRebekah and Nathan RabiroffMiranda Heller and Mark SalkindTracy George and

Christiaan Schaeffer Carolyn and Stephen SpitzC. Gerron and Judith VartanJean Fordis and Jerry VoightGerald and Lynda Vurek-MartynPhilip WilderCaroline Wood

New Century extends its gratitude to the members of the Stradivarius Circle, which recognizes the generosity and leadership of our friends and patrons who have made gifts of $2,500 or more in the past 12 months.

Julie AllectaFrancesca ApplegarthCarolyn Ingram and David BeachNancy and Joachim BechtleAlan BenaroyaSusan Blake and Joel KaufmannMary CommandayMichèle CorashEllen CourtienGail CovingtonJoseph CutcliffeTeresa Darragh and Parker MonroeMary FalveySakurako and William FisherPaula and John GambsElsie GeorgeWilliam GinchereauJohn and Marcia GoldmanDawn and Andrew GrossAnne Halsted and Whitney Wells

Mary L. HardenRuth and Alfred HellerKathleen HenschelCecilia and Jim HerbertI’lee and Tony HookerLaura and George IrvinSusan IsraelJudi and Buz KanterLucinda Lee KatzGretchen KimballJoan and Jim KirsnerKate KnickerbockerMartin KrasneySue and Robert LarsonSusanne and Ted LyonsBrenda and Don MacLeanRené MandelConnie and Haig MardikianMarina and Ben NelsonPamala and Robert Pedrazzini

JaMel and Thomas PerkinsPaula PretlowAnn and Bill ReganDon RothSalientPat and Steve ScheidMargaret and Lloyd SmithKaren Smith-McCuneCarolyn and Stephen SpitzGladys ThacherJudy and C. Gerron VartanTina Vindum and

John Philip CoghlanShirley and Art WeissJamie Whittington and

Peter PastreichCaroline WoodKristina WoolseyKathryn and Philip Zimmerman

New Century Chamber Orchestra is deeply grateful to the following individuals and organizations who have generously contributed to the Stuart Canin Fund. The Fund supports the orchestra’s outreach and education initiatives and the contributions made in its third year

honor the 2018 Stuart Canin Award recipients Jake Heggie and Frederica von Stade.


T R I B U T E S

N E W C E N T U R Y C L U B

IN HONORIn honor of John and Paula Gambs

Barbara Wolfe, Fred Levin and Nancy LivingstonIn honor of Daniel Hope

Robert Ripps and Steven SpectorIn honor of Mark Salkind and Miranda Heller

Alexander LeffIn honor of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Joan BalterIn honor of Philip Wilder’s birthday

Simon Tima, Esq., Michael Ray WilderIn honor of the springtime birth of Zephyr Davison

Carol DavisonIn honor of the wonderful staff and musicians of New Century

Caroline Wood

IN MEMORIAMIn memory of Pauline Ginchereau

William GinchereauIn memory of Barry Gross

Donald MillhauserIn memory of Norm Katz

Evelyn Clair, Roland and Jeannette Dare, Stacey Poland Hamburg and Edward Hamburg, and Leslie and Peter Horn

The Board of Directors of New Century Chamber Orchestra wishes to extend its warmest thanks and gratitude to the generous individuals listed below who have made tribute gifts during the past 12 months.

To give a contribution in someone’s name, visit ncco.org, call 415.357.1111, ext. 306, or mail a check to:New Century Chamber Orchestra

1668 Bush StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109

This 2019-20 season, join New Century’s new membership program while supporting your favorite Bay Area orchestra.

Join for only $150 (per household), to unlock these special New Century Club benefits:

• Discount code of 50% for up to two concerts tickets at the venue of your choice in the 2019-20 season

• Receive our e-newsletter with special announcements, reminders, and offers• Invitations to exclusive events• New Century coffee mug

To become a club member, call 415.357.1111, ext. 306. Your membership to the New Century Club directly supports our musicians, featured composers, guest artists, and community outreach efforts. Your contribution is fully tax-deductible.


Annual GalaJanuary 17, 2020 | Cocktails at 6 PM | Dinner and Music at 7 PM

Mark your calendars now for our annual gala benefiting New Century Chamber Orchestra! You are invited to join this glittering evening event, which features dinner, silent and live auctions led by auctioneer Michael Tate, and special guest artists. More

details will be shared online and by formal invitation.

Post-Concert ReceptionsThe following post-concert receptions are open to subscribers and Supporters

(donors who make annual gifts of $250 or more). These festive, informal events are wonderful ways to meet and connect with our musicians immediately following

our performances.

Berkeley: Thursday, December 20, 2019San Francisco: Saturday, November 9, 2019

Palo Alto: Friday, May 13, 2020San Rafael: Sunday, May 17, 2020

Sustainers’ Luncheon With MusiciansThis informal lunch is open to Sustainers (donors who make annual gifts of $500 or more) and immediately follows our popular Open Rehearsal. RSVP requested.

November 6, 2019—San Francisco, Trinity Center for the Arts

Leaders’ Luncheon With Daniel HopeThis informal lunch is open to Leaders (donors who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more)

and immediately follows our popular Open Rehearsal. RSVP requested.January 22, 2020—San Francisco, Trinity Center for the Arts

President’s LoungeStradivarius Circle members (donors who make annual gifts of $2,500 or more) are

invited to attend pre-concert receptions before each of our San Francisco performances. Sponsored by Korbel Champagne, the President’s Lounge offers guests a glass of

champagne or sparkling water and snacks.

September 28, 2019November 9, 2019December 19, 2019

January 25, 2020May 16, 2020

For more information, please call 415.357.1111, ext. 306

S P E C I A L E V E N T S


BOARD OF DIRECTORSMark Salkind, PresidentLucinda Lee Katz, Vice PresidentCarolyn Spitz, TreasurerJoel Kaufmann, Secretary

John GambsPaula GambsJeff Han Mary HardenMari KawawaShira Lee KatzSue LarsonCaroline Wood

ORCHESTRA REPRESENTATIVESCandace GuiraoAnna KrugerIsaac MelamedElizabeth PriorKaren Shinozaki Sor

EMERITUS BOARDParker Monroe, Co-chairTere Darragh, Co-chairKate AkosPatricia AndersonBettina GlenningTracy George Jim KirsnerAlexander LeffRené MandelStephanie OanaJerry Voight

ADMINISTRATIVE & PRODUCTION STAFFPhilip Wilder, Executive DirectorDavid Taylor, Director of Artistic PlanningRebekah H. Rabiroff, Director of Development

Blake Hallanan, Director of Patron ServicesJenny Chisholm, Director of FinanceJan Brown, Stage ManagerLeah Froyd, Administrative Intern

CONSULTING STAFFBeth Beauchamp, Web Development and Design

David v. R. Bowles, Recording EngineerBrenden Guy, Marketing and Public Relations

Karen Ver Steeg, Graphic Design

New Century Chamber Orchestra1668 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Phone 415.357.1111Fax 415.252.7941

Want to see your ad in our program book?Contact New Century’s administrative staff at 415.357.1111 or [email protected]


NEW CENTURY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

SINGLE TICKETS$67.50 A | $55 B | $30 C

There are three ways to purchase:1) Phone: Call City Box Office at 415.392.4400

(Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat Noon-4pm)2) Online: Visit ncco.org3) At the Door: Based on availability, beginning

45 minutes prior to each concert

Allow 1-2 weeks for delivery. For orders received less than one week prior to the concert, tickets will be held at Will Call.

STUDENT RUSH TICKETSStudent rush tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 for all students with valid photo student ID, as well as all persons aged 18 and under with valid photo ID. Please arrive early on the evening of the performance, as tickets are based on availability.

GROUP DISCOUNTGroups of 10 or more may be eligible for discounted tickets. Please call 415.357.1111, ext. 303 or email [email protected] to arrange tickets for large groups.

CAN’T ATTEND A CONCERT?Ticket exchanges are welcome, but must take place prior to the original concert. Ticket exchanges are offered free of charge to all subscribers. All other patrons will be assessed a $2.75 service charge per ticket exchanged.

Tickets can be exchanged four ways. Always include your name and the new performance date:1) Mail: Send the tickets to 1668 Bush Street,

San Francisco, CA 94109 at least three business days prior to the performance.

2) Fax: Send a copy of the ripped tickets to 415.252.7941 at least two business days prior to the performance.

3) Scan/Email: Send a copy of the ripped tickets to [email protected] by noon at least two business days prior to the performance.

4) Return the tickets to Will Call up to 30 minutes prior to the original performance in person.

If you cannot use or exchange your tickets, please pass them on to friends or return them as a tax-deductible donation. To donate tickets, please call 415.357.1111 x 303, up to noon one business day prior to the performance. A receipt will be mailed to you within two to three weeks acknowledging the value of the tickets.

WILL CALL Will Call opens 45 minutes prior to each performance. Please arrive early to avoid long lines.


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