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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS

[A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR]

Yes. L i fe -a f f i rm ing e x p e r i e n c e . The hear t a n d soul o f

K ranner t Cen te r .

A p lace f o r t h o s e w h o seek m e a n i n g t h r o u g h

m o m e n t a f ter m o m e n t a f ter m o m e n t o f shared

l i fe -a f f i rm ing expe r i ences t h a t s t re tch across t i m e

a n d m e m o r y t h r o u g h t h e ar t o f s o u n d . The ar t o f

h u m a n m o v e m e n t . O f t h e s p o k e n w o r d . A n d every

c o m b i n a t i o n t h e r e o f a n d b e y o n d .

T h a t is to say, a p lace f o r t h e ar t o f t h e i m a g i n a t i o n

w r i t la rge.

A p lace to ce l eb ra te ou r ind iv idua l a n d co l lec t i ve

ab i l i t y t o re th ink t h e past a n d p resen t a n d t o

i m a g i n e t h e poss ib i l i t ies o f a w o r l d ne i the r d e f i n e d

no r l i m i t e d by t h e s e e m i n g l y end less obs tac les o f

ou r t i m e .

A w o r l d t h a t m o r e fu l ly a n d c o u r a g e o u s l y e m b r a c e s

beauty . Joy. A m b i g u i t y . The impu l se to i nqu i re . To

re f lec t . A n d t o l i f t u p o n e ano ther .

W e l c o m e t o th is season o f shared m o m e n t s a n d

t h e d e e p p r i v i l ege o f b e i n g t o g e t h e r . W e l c o m e t o

K ranner t Center .

A l l g o o d t h i n g s ,

M i k e Ross

D i r e c t o r

2 [ l i f e - a f f i r m i n g e x p e r i e n c e ]

Kranner t C e n t e r hono rs t h e u n w a v e r i n g d e d i c a t i o n o f t hese s u p p o r t e r s . They have ensu red t h a t

2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 season i s f i l l ed w i t h m o m e n t a f ter m o m e n t o f d e e p l y f e l t e x p e r i e n c e .

THE ACT OF GIVING

First Financial Bank

C O R P O R A T E SILVER S P O N S O R

FIRST S P O N S O R S H I P

J O A N & PETER H O O D *

ELEVEN PREVIOUS S P O N S O R S H I P S

M A S H A & B R E N T T R E N H A I L E *

O N E PREVIOUS S P O N S O R S H I P

4 * PHOTO CREDIT ILLINI STUDIO

PROGRAM Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra

Roman Leont iev, music d i rec to r and ch ie f c o n d u c t o r

A l e x a n d r e P i ro jenko, p i ano

Richard W a g n e r

(1813-1883)

L u d w i g van B e e t h o v e n

(1770-1827)

A l e x a n d r e P i ro jenko, p i ano

Prelude and Love Death

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19

A l l e g r o con b r io

A d a g i o

R o n d o — M o l t o a l legro

20-minute intermission

Niko la i R imsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35

(1844-1908) I . The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

II. The Kalendar Pr ince

III. The Young Pr ince a n d t h e Young Princess

IV. Festival at B a g h d a d . The Sea. The Ship Breaks aga inst a Cl i f f

S u r m o u n t e d by a Bronze H o r s e m a n .

This program is subject to change.

The photographing or sound recording of this concert or possession of any device for such photographing

or sound recording is prohibited.

The.Tschaikowsk i St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra appears by a r r a n g e m e n t w i t h :

A n d r e w S. G rossman , senior v ice p res iden t a n d senior p r o d u c e r

W. Seton I jams, v ice p res iden t

C o l u m b i a Ar t i s ts M a n a g e m e n t LLC

1790 Broadway, 16 th F loor

N e w York, N Y 10019

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TSCHAIKOWSKI ST. PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Roman Leont iev, music d i r ec to r a n d ch ie f c o n d u c t o r

Dr. Elena Kos tyuchenko , genera l d i rec to r

FIRST V I O L I N S

A n n a O r e k h o v a , p r inc ipa l

Tat iana Nale tskaya

A l e x a n d r A n i s i m o v

A n n a Yakovleva

V lad im i r Troi tsk iy

Maya Yudina

Elena Anan ieva

O l g a Egorova

Lilia Elakhovskaya

Gal ina Khar i t onova

Vera Khar i t onova

Gal ina Kuzmicheva

Mar ia P la tonova

A n n a P ruden tova

G l e b Rezvykh

Larissa Rybakova

Evgeni i Z in in

Yulia Zor ina

S E C O N D V I O L I N S

Krist ina Popova , p r inc ipa l

O x a n a Do lya

Elvira Kapust inskaya

Evgenia Karpova

Nata l ia M i tsu ra

Inna Pivneva

Elena Popova

Gyuze l Su l tanova

Praskovia Tanikova

Elena V e d a y k o

Nina Zayatz

Dar ia Khvalovskaia

A n n a Che r tova

V I O L A S

Elena A n d r e e v a , p r inc ipa l

A l i axandr B o g d a n o v i c h

Kons tan t in P lekhanov

Irina M o r o z o v a

Vad im Dvoyn ish ikov

Irina Prodan

Tat iana So ldukh ina

Mar ina Zakharova

Ksenia Ivanova

CELLOS

Yuri Niniev, p r inc ipa l

Vad im Kaminsk iy

Serge i M ikha i l ychev

llya El inson

Elena Bystrova

Anastas ia Go len ischeva

Daria M o r o z o v a

Inna Yakupova

A l e x a n d r a Ka rpenko

BASSES

A l e x a n d r Kuznetcov, pr inc ipa l

Vital i i Go r iachev

Mikha i l Tc imba lenko

Rustam Mur taz in

Kiril l B e n e d i k t o v

D m i t r i Pe rm inov

Elena Lazareva

FLUTES

Mikha i l Tokarv, p r inc ipa l

Nata l ia Che rnousova

A n t o n A lexeevsk i i

A n n a Suzdalk ina

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O B O E S

Evgeny Khvalovsky, pr inc ipa l

T I M P A N I

Kiril l Kseno fon tov

Elena Kissel

Jul ia Or lova

CLARINETS Vasily Ka tanov

O l g a Kosyreva

A r t e m Ch ig r i k

Taras Tkach

A n d r e i Bel ichkov, pr inc ipa l

P E R C U S S I O N

A n t o n Dereza, pr inc ipa l

Vyacheslav Korshunov

A n n a Kochegu ra

M u s h e g Mikae lyan H A R P

B A S S O O N S O l g a Pi lyukova

A n a t o l y Buva lenko , p r inc ipa l

H O R N S

M a x i m Kuvychko , pr inc ipa l

Sergey Fausto

A n a t o l y Tarov

Roman Bazanov

Ragim Karakhmazl i

V ic to r Kos t iuchenko

T R U M P E T S

Yuri Pol iakov, pr inc ipa l

llya Ku lenko

N iko la j Aseev

Vasily Karbyshev

T R O M B O N E S

Rifat V i ldanov, pr inc ipa l

A l e x a n d r Sevast ianov

A lexe i B o g d a n o v

V ic to r Perevozn ikov

T U B A

Shamil Sa l imov

A n n a Kolesn ikova

Serge i N iku l in

K E Y B O A R D

Jul ia Grekhova

PROGRAM NOTES Richard W a g n e r

B o r n M a y 2 2 , 1 8 1 3 , i n L e i p z i g , G e r m a n y

D i e d F e b r u a r y 13, 1 8 8 3 , in Ven ice, Italy

Prelude and Love Death

For a p e r f o r m a n c e of Prelude and Love Death,

W a g n e r r e f e r r e d t o t h e s t o r y i n t h e p r o g r a m n o t e s

a s o n e o f " e n d l e s s y e a r n i n g , l o n g i n g , t h e bliss a n d

w r e t c h e d n e s s o f love, w o r l d , p o w e r , f a m e , honor,

chivalry, loya l ty a n d f r i e n d s h i p all b l o w n a w a y

l ike a n i n s u b s t a n t i a l d r e a m ; o n e t h i n g a l o n e lef t

l i v i n g — l o n g i n g , l o n g i n g u n q u e n c h a b l e , a y e a r n i n g ,

a h u n g e r , a l a n g u i s h i n g f o r e v e r r e n e w i n g itself; o n e

sole r e d e m p t i o n — d e a t h , surcease, a s l e e p w i t h o u t

a w a k e n i n g . "

W a g n e r ' s m a s t e r f u l use o f t h e o r c h e s t r a m a k e s

Prelude and Love Death t h e m o s t o f t e n p l a y e d w o r k

o f t h e o p e r a t i c l i t e r a t u r e t h a t can b e p e r f o r m e d

w i t h o u t t h e v o c a l p a r t . His i n g e n i o u s use o f

l e i t m o t i v s te l ls t h e e n t i r e s t o r y o f t h e o p e r a . This

p a i r i n g o f t h e p r e l u d e t o t h e o p e r a w i t h t h e f inal

s c e n e , p l a y e d s e g u e , s h o w s t h e seamlessness a n d

c o n t i n u i t y t h a t W a g n e r p r o s e l y t i z e d in his b o o k Oper

und Drama of 1 8 5 1 . R e f e r r i n g to t h e score of Tristan

und Isolde, L e o p o l d S t o k o w s k i o n c e s a i d : " W a g n e r

c r e a t e d f o r h i m s e l f a n e w sty le, a n e w t e c h n i q u e ,

n e w h a r m o n i c s e q u e n c e s , n e w c o m b i n a t i o n s o f

t i m b r e s , a n d a n e w o r c h e s t r a l p a l e t t e . " A l l th is is

never m o r e a p p a r e n t t h a n in Love Death, t h e c l i m a x

a n d c lose o f t h e o p e r a t h a t has o f t e n b e e n c a l l e d

t h e g r e a t e s t i n t h e l i t e r a t u r e o f music. A t t h e e n d o f

t h e t h i r d act , Iso lde is r e s t o r e d to her lover, Tr istan,

o n l y t o have h i m d i e i n her a r m s , a n d she e x p i r e s i n

t h e a n g u i s h o f her d e v o t i o n t o c o m p l e t e t h e t r a g e d y

o f t h e love p o t i o n . T o o n c e a g a i n q u o t e S t o k o w s k i :

" t h e music leaps t o w a r d us l ike a f l a m e w i t h b u r n i n g

i m p u l s i v e n e s s . I t m o u n t s u p i n t o g r e a t c l i m a x e s

o f s o u n d . T h e t e m p o i s a lways a g i t a t e d — a l w a y s

c h a n g i n g — a n d y e t a n u n b r o k e n l ine passes t h r o u g h

e v e r y i m p u l s i v e p h r a s e a n d uni f ies t h e s e e m i n g l y

i m p r o v i s e d t o n a l d e s i g n . This l o v e music c o n t i n u e s

its o v e r p o w e r i n g e l o q u e n c e w h e n w o r d s c a n n o t

c o n t i n u e , w h e n e v e n l i fe c a n n o t f u r t h e r express i tself.

I t i s t h e s u p r e m e a n d u l t i m a t e o f t h e p o e t r y o f l o v e . "

© 1 9 9 8 by C o l u m b i a A r t i s t s M a n a g e m e n t Inc.

E d i t e d by E l i zabeth E. Torres

L u d w i g van B e e t h o v e n

B o r n D e c e m b e r 1 6 , 1 7 7 0 , i n B o n n , G e r m a n y

D i e d M a r c h 2 6 , 1 8 2 7 , i n V i e n n a , A u s t r i a

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19

A t t h e a g e o f 2 2 , L u d w i g van B e e t h o v e n h a d a l r e a d y

a c q u i r e d a r e p u t a t i o n as a k e y b o a r d v i r t u o s o .

D e t e r m i n e d t o h e i g h t e n t h a t r e p u t a t i o n a n d t o

establ ish h i m s e l f as a l e a d i n g art ist , he m o v e d in

1 7 9 2 t o V i e n n a , t h e musica l c a p i t a l o f t h e w o r l d

a t t h e t i m e . His f i rs t p u b l i c a p p e a r a n c e s i n V ienna

t o o k p l a c e o n M a r c h 2 9 a n d 3 0 , 1 7 9 5 , a t a pair

o f c o n c e r t s i n t h e B u r g t h e a t e r f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f

t h e W i d o w s a n d O r p h a n s F u n d o f t h e S o c i e t y o f

Music ians. For th is o c c a s i o n , h e c o m p o s e d a n d

p e r f o r m e d t h e Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, t h e

f i rst o f his m a t u r e o r c h e s t r a l w o r k s .

B e g u n in 1 7 9 3 , B e e t h o v e n ' s B-flat c o n c e r t o actual ly

p r e d a t e s t h e o n e n o w k n o w n a s N o . 1 b y t w o years.

A f t e r its p r e m i e r e i n 1 7 9 5 , t h e c o m p o s e r d e c i d e d

t o m a k e revis ions t o t h e w o r k f o r a p e r f o r m a n c e

in P r a g u e in 1 7 9 8 ; by t h e t i m e i t w a s p u b l i s h e d in

1 8 0 1 , its sister w o r k in С m a j o r ( w r i t t e n in 1 7 9 5

a n d rev ised i n 1800) h a d a l r e a d y b e e n p u b l i s h e d

ear l ier t h a t s a m e year a s O p u s 15. Thus, w h i l e

t h e B-flat c o n c e r t o w a s c a t a l o g u e d a s O p u s 19, i t

c a m e b e f o r e t h e so-cal led C o n c e r t o N o . 1 , b o t h

c h r o n o l o g i c a l l y a n d i n styl ist ic e v o l u t i o n . T h e t w o

ear l iest c o n c e r t o s b y B e e t h o v e n e x h i b i t t h e f o r m a l i t y

p r e v a l e n t i n t h e la t ter p a r t o f t h e 1 8 t h c e n t u r y , b u t

m o r e s o t h a n m o s t o t h e r o f his w o r k s , t h e Piano

Concerto in B-flat Major bears t h e u n m i s t a k a b l e

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s t a m p o f Mozar t ' s in f luence. The Salzburg master 's

in f luence n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , t h e work 's essence is

c lear ly Bee thoven 's , as is a t t es ted by t h e " f lash iness"

a n d v i r tuos ic music g iven to t h e solo is t i n t h e f i rst

a n d last m o v e m e n t s , as we l l as t h e unusual sp i r i tua l

d e p t h o f t h e m i d d l e m o v e m e n t .

T h e f i rs t m o v e m e n t , A l l e g r o con b r i o , beg ins w i t h a

i'z~r\ orchestra l expos i t i on of t h e main t h e m a t i c

mate r ia l . W h e n t h e p iano f inal ly en ters , i t d o e s so

in a ra ther s u b d u e d manner , b u t as t h e m o v e m e n t

deve lops , i t s o o n takes pa r t o f t h e b u o y a n t m o o d

t h a t p r e d o m i n a t e s . The cadenza a t t h e e n d o f t h e

m o v e m e n t was w r i t t e n a t a m u c h later d a t e t h a n t h e

rest o f t h e m o v e m e n t a n d is unusual ly l o n g . A f t e r

its f inal f lour ish , t h e orchest ra p rov ides a shor t six-

measure codetta to c lose t h e m o v e m e n t .

The second m o v e m e n t , A d a g i o , concerns i tsel f w i t h

a s ing le t h e m a t i c sub jec t . W r i t t e n in a c o n c e n t r a t e d

sonata f o r m , i t is an express ive d i a l o g u e b e t w e e n

p iano and orches t ra in w h i c h lyrical deco ra t i ons

h i gh l i gh t t h e b e a u t y o f t h e s ing le t h e m e . Instead

o f t h e e x p e c t e d cadenza , t h e p iano p rov ides

a rhy thmica l ly d e c o r a t e d series of a r p e g g i o s

i n t e r r u p t e d b y t h e i n t e r m i t t e n t f r a g m e n t s o f t h e

t h e m e s in t h e s t r ings.

The br i l l iant a n d h igh ly rhy thm ic f ina le , m a r k e d

molto allegro, takes t h e f o r m of a dance- l i ke r o n d o .

O n e o f Bee thoven 's mos t de l i gh t f u l ear ly f ina les, i t

acqui res its d is t inc t ly sp i r i t ed charac ter in pa r t f r o m

t h e exc i t i ng syncopa t i on t h a t occurs as t h e accents

in t h e main t h e m e are w i t t i l y d i sp l aced . The c o n c e r t o

eventua l l y reaches its conc lus ion in t h e same

unashamed ly cheer fu l ve in w i t h wh i ch i t s t a r t ed .

© 1995 by C o l u m b i a Ar t is ts M a n a g e m e n t Inc.

N iko la i R imsky-Korsakov

Born March 18, 1844 , in T ikhv in , Russia

D i e d June 2 1 , 1908 , in Lubensk, Russia

Scheherazade, Op. 35

Rimsky-Korsakov came f r o m a fami ly of d i s t i ngu ished

mi l i tary and naval f igures , so i t is no t s t range t h a t in

his y o u t h he d e c i d e d on a career as a naval off icer.

Bo th o f his g r a n d m o t h e r s , however , w e r e o f h u m b l e

or ig ins , o n e b e i n g a peasant a n d t h e o the r a priest 's

d a u g h t e r ; t h e c o m p o s e r c la imed t o have inher i ted

f r o m t h e m his love fo r fo lk songs and fo r re l ig ious

ce remon ies , b o t h o f wh i ch are aspects t h a t f i gu re

h igh ly in much of his music. A f t e r t h ree years in t h e

Russian navy, Rimsky-Korsakov b e c a m e , in his o w n

w o r d s , " a n o f f i cer -d i le t tan te w h o some t imes e n j o y e d

p lay ing or l is ten ing to mus ic . " I t was on ly t h r o u g h

t h e in f luence a n d gu idance o f a f r i e n d , t h e c o m p o s e r

Mi ly Balakirev, t h a t t h e y o u n g Rimsky-Korsakov

d e d i c a t e d h imsel f to b e c o m i n g a " se r i ous " composer .

Fo l l ow ing t h e sty le es tab l i shed by Mikha i l G l inka ,

Balakirev a n d Rimsky-Korsakov un i t ed in the i r

a im w i t h c o m p o s e r s A l e x a n d e r B o r o d i n , M o d e s t

Mussorgsky, a n d Cesar Cu i to c rea te a nat iona l is t

schoo l o f Russian music. This g r o u p o f c o m p o s e r s ,

w i t h Balakirev as t h e m e n t o r o f t h e f o u r y o u n g e r

c o m p o s e r s , was k n o w n as The Five and l a t e r—a long

w i t h Gl inka and A l e x a n d e r DargomTzhsky—became

k n o w n as Moguchaya kuchka ( the M i g h t y Handfu l )

i n r ecogn i t i on o f t he i r nat iona l is t e f for ts to ma in ta in

the i r musical " i n d e p e n d e n c e " f r o m t h e basical ly

Ge rman i c , W e s t e r n European conserva t i ve app roach

t o c o m p o s i t i o n , o f wh i ch the i r c o n t e m p o r a r y

Tchaikovsky a n d , later, Rachman ino f f w e r e t h e

h ighes t e x p o n e n t s . I t shou ld be n o t e d t h a t t h e

conservat ives w e r e o f t en i n f l uenced by the i r

nat iona l is t c o u n t e r p a r t s , a n d in t u r n Rimsky-Korsakov

" b o r r o w e d " a t t imes f r o m t h e G e r m a n t r a d i t i o n and

eventua l l y a b s o r b e d in f luences f r o m Wagner .

Cappriccio espagnole, Scheherazade, a n d t h e

Russian Easter Overture w e r e Rimsky-Korsakov 's last

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l p o r t a n t p u r e l y o r c h e s t r a l w o r k s . I n t h e c o m p o s e r ' s

o r d s , t h e s e t h r e e p i e c e s " c l o s e [ d ] a p e r i o d o f m y

o r k , a t t h e e n d o f w h i c h m y o r c h e s t r a t i o n h a d

t a i n e d a c o n s i d e r a b l e d e g r e e o f v i r t u o s i t y a n d

a r m s o n o r i t y w i t h o u t W a g n e r i a n i n f l u e n c e , l i m i t i n g

yself t o t h e n o r m a l l y c o n s t i t u t e d o r c h e s t r a u s e d b y

l inka." T h e o r c h e s t r a l c o m p l e m e n t of Scheherazade

ins ists o f pairs o f w o o d w i n d s w i t h a d d e d p i c c o l o

i d Engl ish h o r n , f o u r h o r n s , t w o t r u m p e t s , t h r e e

o m b o n e s , t u b a , h a r p , a n d t h e usual s t r i n g choir, a s

ell as an array of p e r c u s s i o n i n s t r u m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g

m p a n i , snare d r u m , bass d r u m , t a m b o u r i n e ,

. m b a l s , t r i a n g l e , a n d t a m - t a m .

msky-Korsakov h a d always b e e n f a s c i n a t e d b y t h e

xot ic a n d c o l o r f u l , a n d h e w r o t e t h e s y m p h o n i c

o e m Scheherazade in 1 8 8 8 a f t e r r e a d i n g t h e

xabian Nights' Entertainment. T h e score is p r e f a c e d

у t h e f o l l o w i n g s t o r y :

T h e Sul tan Schahriar, c o n v i n c e d o f t h e falseness

a n d i n f i d e l i t y o f all w o m e n , has s w o r n t o p u t t o

d e a t h each o n e o f his w i v e s a f t e r t h e f i rs t n i g h t .

T h e Sul tana S c h e h e r a z a d e , h o w e v e r , s a v e d her

o w n life by i n t e r e s t i n g h i m in a succession of

ta les w h i c h she r e c o u n t e d o v e r a p e r i o d of a

t h o u s a n d a n d o n e n i g h t s . O v e r c o m e b y cur ios i ty,

t h e m o n a r c h p o s t p o n e d f r o m d a y t o d a y his

wife's e x e c u t i o n , i n t h e e n d r e n o u n c i n g his b l o o d y

r e s o l u t i o n .

M a n y w e r e t h e marve ls r e c o u n t e d t o Schahriar b y

S c h e h e r a z a d e . For t h e t e l l i n g o f t h e s e , she d r e w

f r o m t h e verses o f t h e p o e t s a n d t h e w o r d s o f

f o l k s o n g s a n d t a l e s , c o n n e c t i n g her s tor ies o n e

w i t h t h e o t h e r .

"he f i rs t m o v e m e n t b e g i n s w i t h a heavy a n d

o r b i d d i n g m o t i f i n t h e brass, usual ly a s s o c i a t e d

vith t h e Sul tan Schahriar; th is is i m m e d i a t e l y

o l l o w e d b y q u i e t , p a c i f y i n g w o o d w i n d c h o r d s a n d

i sensuous v io l in c a d e n z a r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e v o i c e of

i c h e h e r a z a d e . As t h e sultana's f i rs t t a l e u n f o l d s , a

ich t a p e s t r y o f s o u n d i s w o v e n f r o m t h e init ial m o t i f ,

Scheherazade's t h e m e ( w h i c h is n o t a lways r e s t r i c t e d

t o t h e s o l o v io l in), a n d a r o c k i n g t h e m e t h a t s u g g e s t s

t h e w a v e s b e a t i n g a g a i n s t S inbad's s h i p .

T h e s e c o n d m o v e m e n t b e g i n s w i t h a n e x p a n s i o n o f

Scheherazade's v io l in c a d e n z a . She t h e n r e c o u n t s

" T h e S t o r y o f t h e K a l e n d a r Pr ince," w h i c h i s

i m m e d i a t e l y i n t r o d u c e d b y a n e x o t i c t h e m e f i rst

p l a y e d b y t h e n o b l e b a s s o o n i n its u p p e r register.

I n t h e m i d s t o f t h e musica l t a l e , t h e sultan's t h e m e

is t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a f a n f a r e s u g g e s t i n g t h e pr ince's

a d v e n t u r e s .

T h e t h i r d m o v e m e n t is a l o v e story, " T h e Pr ince a n d

t h e Y o u n g Princess." Each o f t h e t w o p r o t a g o n i s t s o f

th is t a l e i s r e p r e s e n t e d w i t h a n i n d i v i d u a l t h e m e . T h e

s imi lar i t ies b e t w e e n t h e t w o t h e m e s , h o w e v e r , p o i n t

t o t h e love t h a t b i n d s t h e m a s o n e . T h e f i rs t v io l ins

p r e s e n t t h e pr ince 's g e n t l e t h e m e a t l e n g t h . A s o l o

c l a r i n e t p r e s e n t s t h e pr incess' jaunt ier , m o r e p layfu l

t h e m e . A s h o r t r e s t a t e m e n t o f t h e pr ince's t h e m e i s

i n t e r r u p t e d b y Scheherazade's t h e m e , a f t e r w h i c h

t h e t w o m a i n t h e m e s o f t h e m o v e m e n t are h e a r d

l o v i n g l y i n t e r w o v e n .

T h e f o u r t h m o v e m e n t b e g i n s w i t h a n i n t r o d u c t i o n i n

w h i c h t h e sultan's m o t i f a n d Scheherazade's t h e m e

p l a y o f f each o t h e r . A n a g i t a t e d t h e m e p r e s e n t e d b y

t h e f l u t e b r i n g s u s t o t h e fest iva l a t B a g h d a d ; s o o n

t h e rest o f t h e o r c h e s t r a j o i n s i n t h e e x c i t e m e n t . A s

t h e t a l e o f t h e vessel b e i n g w r e c k e d o n t h e rocks

s u d d e n l y e n c r o a c h e s o n t h e p r e v i o u s story, t h e m a t i c

m a t e r i a l f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s m o v e m e n t s i s d e v e l o p e d

a n d i n t e r w o v e n a s i f t r y i n g t o c o n d e n s e all t h e

t h o u s a n d a n d o n e s t o r i e s t h a t S c h e h e r a z a d e te l ls

her h u s b a n d ; th is i n c l u d e s t h e m o t i o n - o f - t h e - w a v e s

m o t i f f r o m t h e f i rs t m o v e m e n t , t h e fanfares f r o m t h e

s e c o n d , a n d t h e pr incess ' t h e m e f r o m t h e t h i r d , a s

w e l l a s Scheherazade's t h e m e a n d t h e sultan's m o t i f .

A s t h e s t o r m s u b s i d e s a n d t h e seas b e c o m e c a l m

a g a i n , Scheherazade's v o i c e f a d e s a w a y i n o n e f inal

v io l in c a d e n z a , b r i n g i n g t h e w o r k t o its q u i e t a n d

d r e a m y c o n c l u s i o n .

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ROMAN LEONTIEV, MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CONDUCTOR

Roman Leont iev, music d i rec to r

a n d ch ie f c o n d u c t o r o f t h e

Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsbu rg

S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , is

w i d e l y r e g a r d e d as o n e o f t h e

p r e e m i n e n t Russian c o n d u c t o r s

o f his g e n e r a t i o n . Leont iev 's

career has b e e n a c c e n t e d by

d i s t i ngu i shed e n g a g e m e n t s

t h r o u g h o u t Russia a n d W e s t e r n Eu rope since his

g r a d u a t i o n i n 1981 w i t h h ighes t honors f r o m t h e

Gl inka Conse rva to ry o f Mus ic in St. Pe te rsbu rg ,

w h e r e his m e n t o r s i n c l u d e d t h e People 's Ar t i s ts o f

Russia (Russia's h ighes t cu l tu ra l honor ) G e n n a d y

Rozhdestvensky a n d A. M. Katz. U p o n his

g r a d u a t i o n f r o m t h e Gl inka Conserva to ry o f Music ,

Leon t iev was a c c e p t e d as an a p p r e n t i c e to t h e St.

Pe te rsburg State Conse rva to ry o f Music , wh i ch is

St. Petersburg 's l ead ing conservatory , w h e r e he was

a c c e p t e d as a pup i l of t h e Peop le 's A r t i s t of Russia I .

A . Muss in .

Leont iev 's f i rst pro fess iona l acco lade was rece ived

in 1985 u p o n b e i n g a w a r d e d t h e USSR State M e d a l

o f Excel lence in C o n d u c t i n g fo r his leadersh ip o f t h e

M o s c o w In te rna t iona l Fest ival Orches t ra wh i l e stil l

a s t u d e n t at t h e Gl inka Conse rva to ry of Music . This

success was f o l l o w e d in 1986 w h e n Leon t iev was

a w a r d e d t h e Special A w a r d fo r C o n d u c t i n g a t t h e

Th i rd Annua l Russian Na t iona l Folk Mus ic Fest ival .

These honors led t o Leon t iev b e i n g e n g a g e d t o

c o n d u c t t h e l ead ing orchest ras o f Russia, i nc lud ing

t h e M o s c o w Sta te Radio S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , t h e

Bolshoi Thea t re Orches t ra , a n d t h e USSR State

S y m p h o n y Orches t ra . The cr i t ical acc la im o f t hese

e n g a g e m e n t s led t o Leon t iev b e i n g inv i ted t o France

t o c o n d u c t t h a t count ry 's g rea tes t o rches t ra . Leont iev

was inv i ted to re tu rn to France to c o n d u c t a series

o f i m p o r t a n t concer ts , wh i ch i nc l uded appearances

a t t h e Palais des C o n g r e s de Paris, t h e N o t r e D a m e

C a t h e d r a l , a n d t h e U N E S C O C o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h was

b roadcas t nat iona l ly on French te lev is ion a n d rad io

(ORTF). Leont iev 's add i t i ona l European e n g a g e m e n t s

i nc l uded pe r f o r m anc es in Germany , F in land , a n d

S w e d e n .

I n 1997 , Leon t iev was e n g a g e d to c o n d u c t t h e

Symphon i ca Toscanini f o r his I tal ian d e b u t , wh i ch

was f o l l o w e d by e n g a g e m e n t s i n Hunga ry w i t h t h e

Budapes t Radio and Televis ion Orches t ra a n d t h e

Budapes t Ph i lharmon ic Orches t ra . The success o f

t hese concer ts l ed Leont iev t o b e inv i ted t o c o n d u c t

t h e Bolshoi Thea t re Orches t ra in t h e Bolshoi 's Grea t

Hal l , t h e Mar i insky Thea t re S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , a n d

t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg State S y m p h o n y Orches t ra .

Leont iev 's e n g a g e m e n t s w i t h t h e Tschaikowski St.

Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra led t o t h a t o rchest ra

e n g a g i n g Leon t iev as its p r inc ipa l gues t c o n d u c t o r

i n 2 0 0 1 , a n d t h a t season he p e r f o r m e d w i t h t h e

Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsbu rg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra

t h e c o m p l e t e B e e t h o v e n s y m p h o n y cyc le, w h i c h was

m e t w i t h cr i t ical acc la im. F o l l o w i n g t h e success o f

t hese pe r f o rmances , Leon t iev a n d t h e Tschaikowski

St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra w e r e i nv i t ed t o

u n d e r t a k e a t o u r o f t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m .

In 2002 , Leon t iev was n a m e d music d i rec to r o f t h e

Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra ,

a n d in h o n o r o f th is t i t l e he was inv i ted to lead

t h e orchest ra i n t h e w o r l d p r e m i e r e o f t h e w o r k

Vladimirskaya Square in c o m m e m o r a t i o n of t h e

3 0 0 t h anniversary o f t h e f o u n d i n g o f St. Pe te rsbu rg .

Tha t same year, Leon t iev was also n a m e d pr inc ipa l

gues t c o n d u c t o r o f t h e S y m p h o n y Orches t ra o f

Konstanz, Germany .

As music d i r ec to r o f t h e Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsburg

S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , Leont iev led t h e orchest ra

in p e r f o r manc es in t h e l ead ing c i t ies of Russia in

2 0 0 4 . In 2012 , Leon t iev wi l l lead t h e Tschaikowski

St. Pe te rsbu rg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra on its inaugura l

t r anscon t i nen ta l t o u r o f t h e U n i t e d States.

ALEXANDRE PIROJENKO, PIANO

"P ian is t A l e x a n d r e P i ro jenko has

t h e techn ica l skills t o do any th i ng

he wan ts w i t h a p i ano ; b e t t e r ye t ,

w h a t he wan ts to do i s sensi t ive,

o r ig ina l , a n d br i l l ian t , " w r o t e t h e

Washington Post a f ter Pi ro jenko's

W a s h i n g t o n , D C , d e b u t a t t h e

Kennedy Center .

His in te rna t iona l p i ano c o m p e t i t i o n pr izes inc lude

First Prize in t h e 2 5 t h E t to re Pozzol i In te rna t iona l

Piano C o m p e t i t i o n in Italy, First Prize in t h e Young

C o n c e r t Ar t i s ts In te rna t iona l A u d i t i o n s in N e w

York, First Prize in t h e 16 th Ibiza In ternat iona l

Piano C o m p e t i t i o n in Spa in , First Prize in t h e

Paula Cussi In te rna t iona l Piano C o m p e t i t i o n to

C e l e b r a t e t h e Tercentenary o f St. Pe te rsbu rg , First

Prize in t h e E igh th N e w p o r t In te rna t iona l Piano

C o m p e t i t i o n in Wales , a n d Second Prize in t h e

C o n c o r s o In ternaz iona le Valsesia-Musica In te rna t iona l

C o m p e t i t i o n in Italy, t h e Th i rd In te rna t iona l Piano

C o m p e t i t i o n in M e m o r y o f Emil Gi le ls in Odessa ,

t h e Seventh N e w Or leans In ternat iona l Piano

C o m p e t i t i o n , t h e V e n d o m e Prize In te rna t iona l

Piano C o m p e t i t i o n , t h e Four th In te rna t iona l Piano

C o m p e t i t i o n in M e m o r y o f V lad im i r H o r o w i t z in Kiev,

a n d t h e B remen In te rna t iona l Piano C o m p e t i t i o n .

He has a p p e a r e d on s tages in Russia, Ukra ine ,

Eston ia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, G e o r g i a , Ge rmany ,

Aus t r ia , France, t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , t h e U n i t e d

States, t h e Ne the r l ands , Italy, Po r tuga l , Spa in ,

Sw i t ze r land , J a p a n , S lovenia, Croa t ia , Serb ia ,

L e b a n o n , a n d Peru, p e r f o r m i n g a t such conce r t halls

as t h e G r a n d a n d C h a m b e r Ph i lharmon ic Halls in St.

Pe te rsbu rg , t h e Cape l la C o n c e r t Hall and Mar i insky

Thea t re C o n c e r t Hal l , t h e M o s c o w Conserva to i re

Smal l Hall a n d Rachman ino f f Hal l , t h e Kiev G r a n d

Ph i lharmon ic Hall a n d Conserva to i re G r a n d Hal l ,

t h e Salle C o r t o t and U N E S C O in Paris, t h e C o l o g n e

Ph i lha rmon ie , N e w York's 9 2 n d St reet Y (Kau fmann

Hall) and L incoln Center , t h e Kennedy Center , t h e

Louis J . Roussel Pe r fo rmance Hal l in N e w Or leans ,

t h e Kle ine Zaal a t A m s t e r d a m ' s C o n c e r t g e b o u w ,

Geneva 's Palais des Na t ions , t h e Mus ic Hall in

Z a g r e b , t h e Cankar jev d o m in L jubl jana, and

Salzburg 's M o z a r t e u m (Soli tar), a m o n g many o the rs .

He has p e r f o r m e d a t n u m e r o u s fest iva ls, i nc lud ing

t h e Musica l O l y m p u s Festival in St. Pe te rsbu rg ,

t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg Musica l Sp r ing Fest ival , t h e

St. Pe te rsburg In te rna t iona l Piano Fest ival , t h e

Stars o f t h e W h i t e N i g h t s i n St. Pe te rsbu rg , t h e

Gradus ad Parnassum Festival in M o s c o w , t h e M.

Gl inka B icen tenary in M o s c o w , Kiev S u m m e r Mus ic

Evenings, t h e Sintra Festival o f Mus ic a n d Dance

in Po r tuga l , t h e Hones t B rook Mus ic Fest ival in t h e

Un i t ed States, In V i a g g i o con la Musica in Italy, and

A l les B e e t h o v e n and Schuber t ! in Sa lzburg .

P i ro jenko f r equen t l y p e r f o r m s as a so lo is t w i t h

orchest ras i nc lud ing t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg Ph i lharmon ic

Orches t ra , t h e Mar i insky Thea t re S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra , t h e Tchaikowsk i St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra , t h e St. Pe te rsburg Sta te A c a d e m i c

Cape l la S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , t h e TRC " P e t e r s b u r g "

S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra "K lass ika , " t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra o f t h e Mikha i lovsky O p e r a a n d Bal let

Thea t re , t h e S y m p h o n y Orches t ra o f t h e O p e r a a n d

Bal let Thea t re o f t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg Conserva to i re ,

t h e Saratov Ph i lharmon ic Orches t ra , t h e Karel ia

Ph i lharmon ic Orches t ra , t h e V o l g o g r a d S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra , a n d t h e Ukra ine Na t i ona l S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra . He has also a p p e a r e d w i t h t h e Ukra ine

Ph i lharmon ic Orches t ra in Kiev, t h e Khark iv

Ph i lharmon ic , t h e Odessa Ph i lharmon ic Orches t ra ,

t h e Latvian Na t iona l S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , t h e BBC

Na t i ona l Orches t ra o f Wa les , t h e N o r d w e s t d e u t s c h e n

Ph i lha rmon ie , t h e Orches t ra de i P o m e r i g g i Musica l i

d i M i l ano , t h e Gu lbenk ian Orches t ra in Po r tuga l ,

t h e RTV Slovenia S y m p h o n y Orches t ra , F i la rmonica

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" M i h a i l J o r a " d in Bacau (Romania) , t h e W r o c l a w

Ph i lharmonic Orches t ra " W i t o l d Lu tos lawsk i , " t h e

C o n t e m p o r a n e o u s Orches t ra l Ensemb le in France,

t h e Orches t ra o f St. Luke's, t h e Nap les (Flor ida)

Ph i lharmonic Orches t ra , t h e Louisiana Ph i lharmon ic

Orches t ra , t h e A l b a n y Symphony , and t h e For t Smi th

Symphony .

He has w o r k e d w i t h c o n d u c t o r s i nc lud ing N iko la i

A lexeev , A l e x a n d e r Dmi t r iev , V lad im i r A l tshu ler ,

A l e x a n d e r Sladkovsky, Sergey Stadler, A l e x a n d e r

Tchernushenko , Stanislav G o r k o v e n k o , A l e x a n d e r

Kantorov , Edwa rd Serov, A n d r e i An ikhanov , Tugan

Sokhiev, V o l o d y m y r S i renko, Myko la Dyadyura ,

H o b a r t Earle, Imants Resnis, G ran t L lewel lyn , Ulf

Schirmer, N icho las Carthy, Nei l Va ron , En Shao,

O v i d i u Balan, Mar iusz Smo l i j , O l iv ie r De jours , M ichae l

S te rn , J o r g e Mester , K lauspeter Se ibe l , Cla i re Fox

Hi l la rd , and J o h n Jeter .

In 2007 , A l e x a n d r e Pi ro jenko's CD was re leased

in Italy by t h e E t to re Pozzol i In te rna t iona l Piano

C o m p e t i t i o n .

Born on N o v e m b e r 3, 1979 , in St. Pe te rsbu rg , Russia,

A l e x a n d r e P i ro jenko b e g a n his p iano s tud ies w i t h

Irina Saravayskaya a t t h e age o f f ive and s t u d i e d

w i t h Mar ina W o l f a t t h e Special Mus ic Schoo l o f t h e

St. Pe te rsburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conserva to ry .

In 1998, he b e g a n s tud ies w i t h A l e x a n d e r Sandler

a t t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg Conserva to ry , g r a d u a t i n g w i t h

h ighes t honors in 2003 and c o m p l e t i n g p o s t g r a d u a t e

s tud ies t w o years later. He also d i d p o s t g r a d u a t e

s tud ies w i t h A r i e Vard i a t t h e Hochschu le fur Mus ik

u n d Thea te r Hannover .

Since 2006 , P i ro jenko has t a u g h t p iano a t t h e St.

Pe te rsburg Sta te Conserva to ry . He has g iven master

classes in t h e U n i t e d States, Ukra ine , a n d Italy

a n d has served as a ju ry m e m b e r of in te rna t iona l

c o m p e t i t i o n s in Spain a n d Ukra ine.

TSCHAIKOWSKI ST. PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra

was f o u n d e d in t h e years f o l l o w i n g W o r l d War II.

Du r i ng th is t i m e , t h e orchest ra successful ly w o r k e d

in d i f fe ren t musical genres a n d rece ived b r o a d

a c k n o w l e d g m e n t a n d g a i n e d w i d e popu la r i t y

t h r o u g h o u t Russia. O v e r t h e course o f t h e h is tory o f

t h e orchest ra , i t has w o r k e d w i t h many o u t s t a n d i n g

c o n d u c t o r s f r o m t h e St. Pe te rsbu rg C o n d u c t i n g

Schoo l . The orches t ra has u n d e r g o n e s ign i f i cant

changes since its i n c e p t i o n , i nc lud ing a c h a n g e of

n a m e and leadersh ip , b u t t h r o u g h all th is t i m e i t

has b e e n d e v e l o p i n g its r epe r to i r e s t reng ths a n d

bu i l d i ng a d e v o t e d aud ience .

The orchestra 's r epe r to i r e is e x t r e m e l y d iverse ,

r ang ing f r o m Ba roque music r i gh t t h r o u g h t o music

o f t h e 20 th century . The orchest ra 's r epe r to i r e

inc ludes a range f r o m Ba roque c o m p o s i t i o n s

by V iva ld i , Bach, a n d Hande l a n d c o n t e m p o r a r y

c o m p o s i t i o n s by Schn i t t ke , Banshikov, Desyatn ikov ,

a n d Kanchel i . The orchest ra is a t h o m e in t h e

w o r k s o f f a m o u s Russian Roman t i c c o m p o s e r s

(Tschaikowski , Rachmaninof f ) to t h e classical

c o m p o s e r s o f t h e 2 0 t h cen tu ry (Honegger , Pou lenc ,

H i n d e m i t h , Stravinsky). The orchest ra p e r f o r m s in

t h e bes t St. Pe te rsbu rg halls, such as t h e D m i t r y

Shostakov ich St. Pe te rsbu rg Ph i lharmon ic G r a n d

Hal l , t h e State A c a d e m i c Cape l l a , Smo lny C a t h e d r a l ,

a n d t h e C i ty Cu l tu ra l Center . Since t h e 1990s, t h e

orchest ra has he ld a regular subsc r ip t ion series in

a d d i t i o n t o s tanda rd concer ts t h r o u g h o u t Russia.

The orchest ra of fers many educa t i ona l a n d char i ty

p r o g r a m s a i m e d a t e x p o s i n g ch i ld ren a n d y o u n g

p e o p l e to its vast r epe r to i r e , a n d i t p e r f o r m s t h e very

popu la r Young People 's Conce r t s in St. Pe te rsburg

on a regu lar basis.

O v e r t h e past 10 years, t h e Tschaikowski St.

Pe te rsburg S y m p h o n y Orches t ra has b e c o m e an

e n s e m b l e w i t h un l im i t ed musical poss ib i l i t ies ,

i nc lud ing t h e regu lar c o m m i s s i o n i n g a n d p e r f o r m i n g

o f n e w c o m p o s i t i o n s . This is a t e s t a m e n t to t h e h igh

s tandards o f t h e o rches t ra , w h i c h commiss ions many

n e w w o r k s w r i t t e n especia l ly f o r i t each season. The

orchest ra has a specia l re la t ionsh ip w i t h several local

c o m p o s e r s in St. Pe te rsbu rg b u t also co l l abora tes

a n d p remie res wo rks o f f o r e i g n c o m p o s e r s , w h o

have d e d i c a t e d m ay o f t he i r w o r k s t o t h e o rches t ra .

The Tschaikowski St. Pe te rsbu rg S y m p h o n y Orchest ra

t o u r s regular ly all over t h e w o r l d a n d has had

successful conce r t t ou rs in Eu rope , Ch ina , a n d Japan.

M a n y o f Russia's l egenda ry a n d m o s t d i s t i ngu i shed

solo ists and c o n d u c t o r s have w o r k e d w i t h t h e

orchest ra over t h e past several decades , i nc lud ing

M o n t s e r r a t Caba l le , Sviatoslav Richter, Elena

Ob raz t sova , Yevgeny N e s t e r e n k o , Youri Egorov, and

V ik to r Tretyakov.

M e m b e r s o f t h e Kranner t C e n t e r Soc ie ty have d o n a t e d

o r p l e d g e d $1 mi l l i on o r m o r e t o ensure c o m p r e h e n s i v e

accessib i l i ty to t h e arts i n th is c o m m u n i t y . T h e y sustain t h e

v is ion o f H e r m a n a n d El lnora Kranner t , w h o s e remarkab le

idea a n d g e n e r o u s sp i r i t l ed t o t h e f o u n d i n g o f t h e

C e n t e r in 1969 . The Univers i ty o f I l l inois, t h e C o l l e g e o f

Fine a n d A p p l i e d A r t s , and Kranner t C e n t e r are d e e p l y

h o n o r e d by such s tead fas t s u p p o r t .

k i VALENTINE JOBST III (1904-1993)

AB 1926, A M 1931, PhD 1935

March 1994

CLAIR MAE ARENDS (1912-2000)

G. WILLIAM ARENDS (1914-1997)

M D 1940

March 2000

MARILYN PFLEDERER ZIMMERMAN

(1929-1995)

MS 1955, EdD 1963

VERNON K. Z IMMERMAN

(1928-1996)

BS 1949, MS 1950, PhD 1964

November 2003

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M e m b e r s o f t h e Foe l l i nge r Soc ie ty have d o n a t e d o r

p l e d g e d $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 to $ 9 9 9 , 9 9 9 i n a f ie rce d e v o t i o n to t h e

t r a n s f o r m a t i v e p o w e r o f t h e ar ts . Its n a m e hono rs He lene

Foel l inger , w h o s e g i f t i n m e m o r y o f her sister, Lo re t ta

Foe l l i nger Teep le , i n a u g u r a t e d t h e M a r q u e e Pe r f o rmance

E n d o w m e n t . Because o f t he i r loyal ty , l i f e -a f f i rm ing

expe r i ences a n d m o m e n t s o f w o n d e r a n d j o y are ava i lab le

f o r eve ryone in th is c o m m u n i t y t o share.

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M e m b e r s o f t h e Co lwe l l Soc ie ty have d o n a t e d o r p l e d g e d $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 t o $ 4 9 9 , 9 9 9 f o r

exce l l ence a n d i nnova t i on in t h e arts. Its n a m e recogn izes t h e essent ia l c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f Dr.

J o h n B. C o l w e l l , Paul ine Groves C o l w e l l , a n d R. Forrest Co lwe l l to t h e M a r q u e e Pe r f o rmance

E n d o w m e n t . Because o f advoca tes such as t hese , t h e arts can r o o t d e e p l y in th is c o m m u n i t y to

susta in h o p e a n d s t imu la te creat iv i ty .

DOLORIS DWYER EMILY GILLESPIE R O S A N N & BETH L. & LOIS KENT

(1918-1997) (1909-2000) RICHARD N O E L JAMES W. ARMSEY (1912-1999)

A p r i M 9 9 6 J A M E S GILLESPIE Apr i l 1997 February 1998 LOUIS KENT

(1905-1999) (1914-1994)

D e c e m b e r 1996 O c t o b e r 2000

RICHARD MERRITT AL ICE & A N O N Y M O U S L INDA M. MILLS CAROLE &

(1933-2005) J O H N PFEFFER N o v e m b e r 2006 (1940-2006) JERRY RINGER

A N N A MERRITT N o v e m b e r 2006 O c t o b e r 2007 O c t o b e r 2007

N o v e m b e r 2006

GRACE & J O H N

MICETICH

March 2011

Soc ie ty m e m b e r s have m a d e es ta te g i f t s ; o u t r i g h t d o n a t i o n s ; char i tab le g i f t annui t ies ; char i tab le

rema inde r t rus ts ; g i f ts o f real es ta te , insurance, a n d secur i t ies ; and p l e d g e s fu l f i l l ed over a

p e r i o d o f f i ve years. C o n t a c t us a t 2 1 7 / 3 3 3 - 1 6 2 9 o r deve lopmen t@kranner t cen te r . i l l i no i s .edu to

e x p l o r e h o w y o u can c rea te you r o w n last ing legacy.

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SEITZINGER

S e p t e m b e r 2001

JUDITH & STANLEY

IKENBERRY

S e p t e m b e r 2002

HELEN &

D A N I E L RICHARDS

O c t o b e r 2003

DIRK M O L &

JERALD W R A Y

S e p t e m b e r 2004

HELEN &

J A M E S FARMER

Apr i l 2005

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THE SUSAN

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M I S A H O &

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2011-2012 MARQUEE CORPORATE SPONSORS The C o r p o r a t e C i rcu i t i s a pa r tne rsh ip p r o g r a m bu i l t on t h e ene rgy a n d i nnova t i on o f local business

leaders . To f i nd o u t h o w y o u can j o i n th is d y n a m i c n e t w o r k a n d en joy t a i l o r e d bene f i t s , p lease c o n t a c t us

a t 2 1 7 / 3 3 3 - 1 6 2 9 o r corporatecircui t@krannertcenter . i l l inois .edu.

K R A N N E R T C E N T E R

Corporate Power Train Engine

Corporate Power Train

Lead Corporate Gold Sponsor

Corporate Gold Sponsors

corporatecircuit Eastland Suites Hotel and Conference Center (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

Flex-N-Gate Corporat ion (programming support)

Fox/Atkins Development, LLC, and I Hotel and Conference Center (Royal Philharmonic

Orchestra wi th Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)

JSIV1 Apartments (Campaign for Young Audiences)

JSM Development (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

The News-Gazette (Creative Intersections)

Q96, WGKC, and The New 93.5 95.3 Connect FM (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

WCIA 3 (Campaign for Young Audiences)

Adams Outdoor Advert is ing (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

Comcast Spotl ight (Corporate Circuit Night)

Crandall, Rapier, Englehardt Group Morgan Stanley of Champaign (Pacifica Quartet

Beethoven Cycle; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wi th Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)

Hilton Garden Inn Champaign-Urbana and Homewood Suites by Hilton (National Acrobats 0"'

the People's Republic of China)

NewsTalk 1400-WDWS, Lite Rock 97.5-WHMS FM, and U-Rock 107.9 WUIL (ELLNORA | The

Guitar Festival)

Premier Print Group (Corporate Circuit Night)

Roundtable (Corporate Circuit Night)

WICD-TV/ABC NewsChannel 15 (Danu)

Busey (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn)

Baymont Inn and Suites (Moscow Festival Ballet)

Carle (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields wi th Joshua Bell, viol in; National Acrobats of the

People's Republic of China)

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (Day of the Drum)

Champaign-Urbana's Classic Rock 105.9 WGKC (The Miles Davis Experience: T949-1959, A

Collaboration with Blue Note Records)

Lite Rock 97.5-WHMS FM (National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China)

Mervis Industries—Marco Recycling and Advantage Recycling, Divisions of Mervis Industries

Inc. (OUTSIDE at the Research Park)

Michaels' Catering (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn)

The New 93.5 95.3 Connect-FM (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jean-Yves

Thibaudet, piano)

NewsTalk 1400-WDWS (Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra)

96.1-FM, All the Hits, Q96 (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival; Moscow Festival Ballet)

One Main Development, Marci Dodds and Cody Sokolski (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

Timpone's Ristorante, Raymond and Ginger Timpone (programming support)

U-Rock 107.9 WUIL (Day of the Drum)

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Corporate Silver Sponsors The Blind Man Hunter Douglas Gallery (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) BodyWork Associates (Pilobolus) The Daily lllini (Recycling: wasbi tales) Dean's Graphic Division (Opening Night Party) D imond Bros. Insurance (ELLNORA j The Guitar Festival) Edible Arrangements (National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China) First Financial Bank (Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra) Fluid Events, LLC (programming support) Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham (Chanticleer) Hendrick House (Day of the Drum) Liz Jones at The McDonald Group (Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra) Prairie Gardens (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Prudential Snyder Real Estate (programming support) Service Experts of Champaign (National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China) Sharon Harkness, Inc., at Keller Will iams Realty (Moscow Festival Ballet) Snyder Insurance (programming support) State Farm Insurance (OUTSIDE at the Research Park) StormCenter 17 W A N D (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Ward & Associates, Realtors®, Inc., Debora M. Auble (programming support) WBCP 1580 AM (Spirit of Uganda) WEFT 90.1 FM (Spirit of Uganda) Wells Fargo Advisors (programming support)

Corporate Bronze Sponsors Analog Outf i t ters (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Bacca Cigar Company (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Barham Benefit Group (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Buzz (Ragamala Dance: Sacred Earth) Centrec Consult ing Group, LLC (Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra) Comfor t Suites (Vienna Symphony Orchestra wi th the Eroica Trio) Commerce Bank (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields wi th Joshua Bell, violin) Corson Music (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) F & G Sound (programming support) The Great Impasta (programming support) lllini Studio, Jon and Patricia Dessen (programming support) The Prairie Production Group (Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel: Gypsy F/re) Precision Graphics (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Skins-n-Tins Drum Shop (Day of the Drum) Spherion (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) The217.com (Day of the Drum) University of Illinois Employees Credit Union (Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans

Jazz Orchestra) UpClose Market ing & Printing (Krannert Center Youth Series) Jeffrey Van Buren, Senior Vice President-Investments of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Valerie Van Buren (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival; Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra)

Marjorie Will iams, RE/MAX Choice (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) WPGU-FM 107.1 (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival)

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2011-2012 MARQUEE PATRON SPONSORS Endowed Underwriters ($10,000 or more per event)

Endowed Sponsors ($5,000 per event)

Endowed Co-sponsors ($2,500 per event)

Campaign for Young Audiences ($20,000 and up)

General Marquee Programming Support ($10,000)

Interval Series Sponsor ($10,000)

Patron Underwriters ($10,000 per event)

Af terg low Series Sponsor ($5,000)

Patron Sponsors ($5,000 per event)

Clair Mae & G. Wil l iam Arends (Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra) Emily & James Gillespie (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Avis & Dean Hilfinger (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Valentine Jobst III (St. Louis Symphony) Rosann & Richard Noel (Nathan Gunn, bari tone, and Julie Gunn, piano) Marilyn Pflederer Zimmerman & Vernon K. Zimmerman (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)

Mary & Kenneth Andersen (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Doloris Dwyer (Vienna Symphony Orchestra with the Eroica Trio) Helen & James Farmer (Danu) Judi th & Stanley Ikenberry (Nathan Gunn, bari tone, and Julie Gunn, piano) Lois & Louis Kent (Vienna Symphony Orchestra wi th the Eroica Trio) Anna Merr i t t (Mark Morris Dance Group)

Virginia R. Ivens (Mark Morris Dance Group) Mi ldred Maddox Rose (Concert Artists Guild Winners: Michael Brown, piano, and the

Linden String Quartet) The Susan Sargeant McDonald Endowed Fund for Youth Programming (Suzi was the

founder/developer of the Krannert Center Youth Series) (The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life Stage Presentation of The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; Rani A rbo & daisy mayhem)

Anonymous (Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra)

Phyllis & Kyle Robeson

Anne & Charles Slichter

Anonymous

Misaho & Richard Berlin [Recycling: washy tales)

Anonymous

Dixie & Evan Dickens (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, viol in; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir; An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn; Vienna Symphony Orchestra with the Eroica Trio)

Norma & David Fathauer (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields wi th Joshua Bell, violin) Judith & Jon Liebman (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) A. Mark Neuman (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival; An Evening with Mandy Patinkin

and Nathan Gunn) Jean & Howard Osborn (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Alice & John Pfeffer (Recycling: washi tales) Helen & Daniel Richards (Vienna Symphony Orchestra with the Eroica Trio)

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Marlyn Rinehart (St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour) Carole & Jerry Ringer (Chanticleer; St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour) David Sansone (Tokyo Quartet with Alon Goldstein) Dolores & Roger Yarbrough (programming support) Anonymous (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Anonymous (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Anonymous (programming support)

Patron Co-sponsors Christopher Alix (programming support) ($2,500 per event) Louise Allen (Krannert Center Debut Artist)

Frances & Marc Ansel (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Dianna Armstrong (Kronos Quartet) Carol & Carl Belber (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Abb ie & Mike Broga (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Carolyn Burrell (Vienna Symphony Orchestra wi th the Eroica Trio) Dorothy Buzzard (Krannert Center Youth Series) Sylvia & Thomas Dunning (Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel: Gypsy Fire) Sue & Tom Falender (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Nadine Ferguson (Naumburg Piano Compet i t ion Winner: Soyeon Lee) Margaret Frampton (Concert Artists Guild Winners: Michael Brown, piano, and the

Linden String Quartet) Elizabeth & Edwin Goldwasser (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Melanie Loots & George Goll in (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Dr. David Graham (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Margaret R. & Michael Grossman (St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour) Lois & Ernest Gul lerud (Concert Artists Guild Winners: Michael Brown, piano, and the

Linden String Quartet ; Danu) Elaine & Wil l iam Hall (St. Louis Symphony) Gozen & Chris Hartman (Pilobolus) Jane Bishop Hobgood (Moscow Festival Ballet) Joan & Peter Hood (Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra) Maxine & Jim Kaler (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, viol in; An Evening

with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Mary Pat & J. Michael Killian and First National Bank & Trust of Clinton (Academy of St.

Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Barbara & Miles Klein (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Cecile & Ira Lebenson (Academy of St. Mart in in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin) Diana Sheets & Stephen Levinson (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Margaret & Larry Neal (Vienna Symphony Orchestra wi th the Eroica Trio) Wanda & Bruno Nett l (Merce Cunningham Dance Company: The Legacy Tour) Claudia Reich & Gary Olsen (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wi th Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano) Mary & George Perlstein (ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival) Peggy Madden & Richard Phillips (Pilobolus; St. Louis Symphony) Jill & James Quisenberry (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, violin;

ELLNORA | The Guitar Festival; An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Lois & Robert Resek (St. Louis Symphony) Selma Richardson (St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour; Vienna Symphony Orchestra with

the Eroica Trio)

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Patron Co-sponsors (cont.) Gay & Donald Roberts (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Judi th Rowan & Richard Schacht (Chanticleer) Carol & Ed Scharlau (Spirit of Uganda) LaVerne & Joseph Smith (Chanticleer) Cecile & Allan Steinberg (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wi th Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano) Pnina & Gadi Steiner (Vienna Symphony Orchestra with the Eroica Trio) Imogene & Harrison Streeter (The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959, a Collaboration wi

Blue Note Records) Craig Sutter (Moscow Festival Ballet) Iris & Burt Swanson (Chanticleer) Masako Takayasu in loving memory of Wako Takayasu [Recycling: washi tales;

Tokyo String Quartet wi th Alon Goldstein, piano) Nancy & Edward Tepper (Mark Morris Dance Group) Masha & Brent Trenhaile (Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra) Joy Thornton Walter & John Walter (Pacifica Quartet Beethoven Cycle) Charlotte & Jeffrey Wandell (An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn) Susan & Robert Welke (Danu) Jerald Wray & Dirk Mol (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir; Aszure Barton &

Artists; Merce Cunningham Dance Company; The Legacy Tour; St. Olaf Choir 100th Anniversary Tour)

Anonymous (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields wi th Joshua Bell, viol in; Naumburg Piam Compet i t ion Winner: Soyeon Lee; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jean-Yvi Thibaudet, piano; St. Louis Symphony; Tokyo String Quartet with Alon Goldst piano; Vienna Symphony Orchestra wi th the Eroica Trio)

Anonymous (Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; The Mi Davis Experience: 1949-1959, a Collaboration with Blue Note Records; Recycl washi tales; Spirit of Uganda)

Anonymous (National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China) Anonymous (programming support) Anonymous (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra wi th Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)

32 Make good stuff happen at Krannert Center. Please contact us at 217/333-1629 or development@krannertcenter.i l l inois.edu.

50К MILESTONE

These visionary individuals, corporations, public entities, and foundations have given at least $50,000 to Krannert Center as of July 1, 2011. They have made immeasurable contributions to the arts and to this community.

Ellnora & Herman Krannert (1969) University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign (1969) Krannert Charitable Trust (1973) Helene Foellinger (1980) Valentine Jobst III Trust (1981) Clair Mae & G. Wil l iam

Arends Estate (1982) National Endowment for the Arts (1983) Illinois Arts Council (1984) Susan Link (1986) Anne & Richard Tryon Jr. (1987) United Airlines Foundation (1991) Doloris Dwyer Estate (1993) Carle Clinic Association (1995) Carle Foundation Hospital (1995) Beth L. & James W. Armsey (1996) Arts Midwest (1996) Susan 8c Clinton Atkins(1996) Emily 8c James Gillespie (1996) Mi ldred Rose Estate (1996) Colwell Systems (1997) Monsignor Edward J. Duncan (1997) Rosann & Richard Noel (1997) American Eagle/American Airlines (1998) Mary & Kenneth Andersen (1998) Avis 8: Dean Hilfinger (1999) Elizabeth 8c Robert Mussey (1999) Busey (2000) Lois 8c Louis Kent Estate (2000) N e w England Foundation

for the Arts (2000) Helen 8c Daniel Richards (2000) Flex-N-Gate Corporat ion (2001) Frances R Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund/

Col lege of Fine and A p p l i e d Arts (2001) Hawthorn Suites Hotel

and Conference Center (2001) Ann8cShahid Kahn{2001) Kraft Foods Inc. (2001) Gail 8c Richard Lumpkin (2001)

The News-Gazette (2001) June 8c Grover Seitzinger (2001) W C I A 3 (2001) Alice 8c John Pfeffer (2002) Phyllis 8c Kyle Robeson (2002) Roundtable (2002) Jack Simon Trust (2002) Anonymous (2002) Judith 8c Stanley Ikenberry (2003) Jean 8c Howard Osborn (2003) Carole 8c Jerry Ringer (2003) Swanlund Initiative for the

Performing Arts (2003) Vernon 8c Marilyn Pflederer

Zimmerman Foundation Inc. (2003) Jerald Wray 8c Dirk Mol (2003) Dolores 8c Roger Yarbrough (2003) Helen 8c James Farmer (2004) Judith 8c Jon Liebman (2004) Ray T impone Sr. (2004) Anonymous (2004) Anna 8c Richard Merr i t t (2005) Pfizer Foundation (2005) Marci Dodds 8c Cody Sokolski (2005) James Russell Vaky (2005) Dixie 8c Evan Dickens (2006) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2006) Anastasia 8c James Economy (2006) Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund (2006) NewsTalk 1400 and Lite Rock 97.5(2006) PersonalCare, A Coventry Health Plan (2006) Mary Reimers (2006) WICD-TV/ABC NewsChannel 15 (2006) Kim 8c Peter Fox (2007) Fox Development Corporat ion (2007) Susan "Suzi" 8c Rich McDonald (2007) Ruth Smith Miller (2007) Linda Mills Estate (2007) Mary 8c George Perlstein (2007) The Andrew W. Mel lon Foundation (2008) Michael J. Carragher (2008)

Center for Advanced Study/The George A. Miller Endowment Fund (2008)

Comcast Spotl ight (2008) JSM Development (2008) Loretta 8c Wayne LaFave (2008) Anonymous (2008) Anonymous (2008) Marilyn Dunsing (2009) Eastland Suites Hotel and Conference

Center (2009) Virginia R. Ivens Trust (2009) Grace 8c John Micetich (2009) Nancy & David Morse (2009) Anne & Charles Slichter (2009) Masako 8c Wako Takayasu (2009) Misaho 8c Richard Berlin (2010) Crandall, Rapier, Englehardt Group

of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (2010) Diana 8c Ward McDonald (2010) Joanne 8c Charles Mclntyre (2010) Norma 8c David Fathauer (2011) Maxine 8c James Kaler (2011) Jo AnnTrisler (2011)

The date listed indicates when each donor reached the $50,000 milestone.

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DONORS TO KRANNERT CENTER

W e r e c o g n i z e w i t h g r a t i t u d e t h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s a n d businesses f o r d o n a t i o n s t h a t s u p p o r t M a r q u e e

p r o g r a m m i n g , t h e K r a n n e r t C e n t e r Youth Series, b u i l d i n g m a i n t e n a n c e , a n d e q u i p m e n t p u r c h a s e s .

[List c u r r e n t as of J a n u a r y 18, 2 0 1 2 ]

E R T C E N T E R ' S

4 M A R Q U E E K 4IC I R С L E F

$ 1 , 0 0 0 and up Linda & Charles Adams Betty Jean Albert Christopher Alix Melissa Huff & Richard Alkire** Louise Allen Nadja & Carl Altstetter Mary & Ken Andersen** Kathryn Seybert & Michael Andrechak Frances & Marc Ansel** Beth L. Armsey Dianna Armstrong Judith Bach Caroline & George Badger Werner Baer Janice Bahr Jack S. Baker Jeanne & Byron Balbach Tangul & Tamer Basar Carol & Carl Belber Geneva & R. Linn Belford Ann & Robert Bender Nancy Johnson & Ken Bengoechea Kathleen & John Lansingh Bennett** Brenda L. Berg Misaho & Richard Berlin Freda Birnbaum W. Randall Kangas & Suzanne Bissonnette Barbara & Richard Blahut Mary Blair

Marsha Clinard & Charles Boast Christy & Ken Bruce Elizabeth & Michael Brunk Jean & Donald Burkholder Carolyn Burrell Dorothy Buzzard Toni Putnam & Ira Carmen Catherine & Steven Cassady Sandra & Joseph Casserly

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