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BEETHOVEN, MOZART, HAYDN
April 5 , 2024 | 7:30pm & April 6, 2024 | 7:30pm
A Message From the Chair of the Board of Trustees

Dear Columbus Symphony Supporter,

Thank you for joining us as we continue the 2023-24 Masterworks series with four outstanding programs.

Stravinsky Firebird Suite, February 3-4, will take audiences through a dramatic and fantastic journey with a suite from Stravinsky’s folklore-inspired ballet. Steven Banks, one of today’s leading classical saxophonists, will perform Henri Tomasi’s lyrical Concert for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, and the program will also include William Dawson’s 1934 Negro Folk Symphony and a selection of spirituals for choir and orchestra, featuring The Worship and Praise Chorale.

Guest conductor Carl St. Clair will lead the Columbus Symphony for Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, February 23-24. Pianist Claire Huangci will return to Columbus with Tchaikovsky’s monumental first piano concerto, and Alone Together, a recent work by John Wineglass, will musically address social issues faced during the pandemic. Brahms’ magnificent Symphony No. 4 will complete the program.

For Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1, March 22-23, Finnish-American violinist Elina Vähälä will make her Columbus Symphony debut, performing Jean Sibelius’ celebrated violin concerto. The program will also feature Rachmaninoff’s powerful and expressive Symphony No. 1, and the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn, April 5-6, will include works by three of classical music’s titans: Haydn’s Symphony No. 82 “The Bear,” Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris,” and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by Sara Davis Buechner, making her Columbus Symphony debut.

On behalf of the entire Columbus Symphony family, thank you for your exceptional support of our orchestra this season, and thank you for joining us to experience the power of music together.

Please enjoy tonight’s performance!

 

Stephen E. Markovich, MD
Board Chair

Columbus Symphony Musicians

VIOLIN I
Joanna Frankel,
   Concertmaster
   Jack & Joan George
Chair
Gyusun Han,
   Associate Concertmaster 
Sydney Hartwick
Zhe Deng
Zoran Stoyanovich
William Manley
David Edge
Manami White
Leah Burtnett
Sean Klopfenstein


VIOLIN II
Alicia Hui, Principal
   Michael &
   Arlene Weiss Chair
Tatiana Hanna,
   Assistant Principal
Robert Firdman
Ross & Pat Bridgman Chair
David Tanner
Mwakudua waNgure
Gail Sharp
Nick Naegele
Erin Gilliland


VIOLA
Karl Pedersen, Principal
   Gay Su Pinnell Chair
Ken Matsuda
Ye Jin Goo
Alice Risov
Ann Schnapp
Jessica Pasternak
Spencer Ingersoll


CELLO
Luis Biava, Principal
   Andy & Sandy Ross Chair
Luis Parra
Pei-An Chao
Victor Firlie
Nikita Annenkov
Mary Davis


BASS
Rudy Albach, Principal
   Nationwide Chair
John Pellegrino,
   Assistant Principal 
Russell Gill
Jena Huebner

FLUTE
Joseph Niles Watson,
   Principal
Lydia Roth


OBOE
Hugo Souza, Principal
Robert Royse


CLARINET
David Thomas, Principal
   Rhoma Berlin Chair
Mark Kleine


BASSOON
Betsy Sturdevant,
   Principal
   Sheldon &
   Rebecca Taft Chair
Douglas Fisher


HORN
Megan Amos, Principal
Adam Koch
Julia Rose,
   Associate Principal


TRUMPET
Mark Grisez, Principal
   Linda &
   Joe Chlapaty Chair
Jeff Korak


TIMPANI
Benjamin Ramirez,
   Principal
   AEP Foundation Chair


LIBRARIAN
Jean-Etienne Lederer,
   Principal

Program

BEETHOVEN, MOZART, HADYN

 

MASTERWORKS  8
ROSSEN MILANOV, CONDUCTOR
SARA DAVIS BUECHNER, PIANO
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

 

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No. 82 in C Major (“The Bear”)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 300a [297] (“Paris”) 
   I. Allegro assai
   II. Andantino
   III. Allegro

 

--INTERMISSION--

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Concerto No. 1 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15   
   I. Allegro con brio
   II. largo
   III. Rondo: Allegro


 

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