Ravinia 2019, Issue 5, Week 9

VIOLINS Robert Chen e Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Stephanie Jeong e Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair David Taylor Yuan-Qing Yu * So Young Bae § Cornelius Chiu Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou Blair Milton Paul Phillips Jr. † Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang Baird Dodge Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling Hermine Gagné Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir † Matous Michal Simon Michal Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz VIOLAS Li-Kuo Chang e Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor John Bartholomew Catherine Brubaker Youming Chen Sunghee Choi Wei-Ting Kuo Danny Lai Diane Mues Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi Weijing Wang CELLOS John Sharp e Eloise W. Martin Chair Kenneth Olsen e Adele Gidwitz Chair Karen Basrak Loren Brown Richard Hirschl Daniel Katz Katinka Kleijn David Sanders Gary Stucka Brant Taylor BASSES Alexander Hanna e David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Daniel Armstrong Joseph DiBello Michael Hovnanian Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland HARPS Sarah Bullen Lynne Turner FLUTES Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson e Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Richard Graef § Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn PICCOLO Jennifer Gunn OBOES William Welter e Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Michael Henoch e Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler ENGLISH HORN Scott Hostetler CLARINETS Stephen Williamson John Bruce Yeh Gregory Smith J. Lawrie Bloom E-FLAT CLARINET John Bruce Yeh BASS CLARINET J. Lawrie Bloom BASSOONS Keith Buncke William Buchman Dennis Michel † Miles Maner CONTRABASSOON Miles Maner HORNS David Cooper Daniel Gingrich James Smelser David Grif n Oto Carrillo Susanna Gaunt TRUMPETS Mark Ridenour e Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor John Hagstrom Tage Larsen TROMBONES Jay Friedman e Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon BASS TROMBONE Charles Vernon TUBA Gene Pokorny e Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld TIMPANI David Herbert e Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos PERCUSSION Cynthia Yeh Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross LIBRARIANS Peter Conover Carole Keller Mark Swanson ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL John Deverman Anne MacQuarrie , CSO STAGE TECHNICIANS Christopher Lewis Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Dave Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick Joe Tucker * Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. † On sabbatical § On leave e Louise H. Benton Wagner Chair is currently unoccupied. e Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the rst desk ( rst two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically. e Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. Its music director since is Riccardo Muti, one of the preeminent conductors of our time. e orchestra was founded in by its rst music director, eodore omas, and its other illustrious music directors include Frederick Stock, Désiré Defauw, Artur Rodziński, Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Sir Georg Solti, and Daniel Barenboim. e renowned musicians of the CSO command a vast repertoire and annually perform more than concerts— most at Symphony Center in Chicago and, since , at Ravinia during the summer. e CSO also tours nationally and internationally. Since its rst tour to Canada in , the orchestra has performed in countries on ve continents during international tours. Since , recording has been signi cant in establishing the orchestra’s international reputation, with recordings by the CSO earning a total of Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Its independent label, CSO Resound, was launched in . e release of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem , with the CSO and Chicago Symphony Chorus conducted by Muti, was recognized with two Grammy Awards. Listeners around the world can hear the CSO in weekly airings of the CSO Radio Broadcast Series, which is syndicated on the WFMT Radio Network and online at CSO.org/Radio. ousands of patrons, volunteers, and donors support the CSO Association each year. e CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gi from the Zell Family Foundation. e Negaunee Foundation provides generous support in perpetuity for the work of the Negaunee Music Institute. www.cso.org www.csosoundsandstories.org CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — RICCARDO MUTI, Zell Music Director DUAIN WOLFE, Chorus Director and Conductor MISSY MAZZOLI , Mead Composer-in-Residence RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 29 – AUGUST 4, 2019 104