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THE PLAYHOUSE 12/18/21 @ 7:30pm

THE IMPERIAL 12/20/21 @ 7:30pm

THE CAPITOL 12/21/21 @ 7:30pm

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Violin: Martin Beaver

Conductor: Mélanie Léonard

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M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

At Christmas, concert-goers usually expect their Symphony to present Messiah or a potpourri of seasonal classics and carols to celebrate the festive season. However, Symphony New Brunswick is ringing in Christmas with a year-overdue party for Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday, a concert that has been on the books for many months and postponed due to COVID-19. Take comfort from the fact that Beethoven was baptized on December 17th, so he was a Christmas baby and a wonderful Christmas present to the world. SNB now presents his music as our Christmas gift to you, our many patrons and friends.

We welcome back Mélanie Léonard for her second tour as SNB’s Music Director and a special welcome to one of Canada’s foremost violinists, Martin Beaver, who is performing with SNB for the second time.

This concert is the most ambitious since the onset of the pandemic and we hope you enjoy two wonderful and familiar masterpieces by the Master from Bonn.

On behalf of Maestra Léonard, the board of Symphony New Brunswick, SNB’s staff and musicians, we wish you all the best for the Christmas season and the coming new year.

G. REID PARKER, President

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W E L C O M E M E S S A G E

Dear music lovers and friends of Symphony New Brunswick,

What a wonderful start to the season we have enjoyed! It has been lovely to get to know some of you and I look forward to meeting many more of you over the course of our season. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Now our attention turns to a celebration that COVID-19 has interfered with pretty much around the earth in 2020 — Beethoven’s 250th birthday. But nothing stops Beethoven for long. This great composer was born on December 16th, 1770. And so, it’s fitting that we celebrate his genius and his contribution to classical music through two greatly admired masterworks. I am honoured to share the stage with violinist Martin Beaver for this special occasion.

“My dear Ludwig” can be followed by what we would normally wish someone on his birthday… and why don’t we? To all music lovers he his still alive and well. I’ll start :

“My dear Ludwig, thank you for every moment of pure joy you have brought me. I wish for your music to be heard in concert halls for many years to come! As we say… to many more! Happy Birthday!”

MÉLANIE LÉONARD, Music Director of SNB

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B I O G R A P H Y

Born in Montréal, Mélanie Léonard was appointed Music Director of Symphony New Brunswick this year. She is concurrently completing her term as Music Director of the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra. She was also Resident Conductor (2009-2012) and then Associate Conductor (2012-2013) with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

Léonard has appeared as guest conductor at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and with a number of Canadian orchestras, including the Toronto, Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, and the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal. In 2014, she founded the Wild West New Music Ensemble in Calgary, and served as Music Director and Conductor of the group until 2016.

In 2019-2020, she made her debut with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Les Violons du Roy and the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra. She had return engagements with the NAC Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia and Thunder Bay Symphony.

Ms. Léonard is a sought-after conductor for varied recording projects, including movie soundtracks, multimedia projects and, more recently, Wonderbox at Paradise City – an immersive environment in a South Korean hotel complex.

Mélanie Léonard completed her Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at the Université de Montréal under Maestri Paolo Bellomia and Jean-François Rivest. In 2012, she received the Jean-Marie Beaudet prize in orchestral conducting, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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T H A N K Y O U T O O U R S P O N S O R S

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

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61Allegro ma non troppoLarghettoRondo

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 4 in B-Flat, op. 60Adagio - Allegro vivaceAdagioScherzo-trio: Allegro vivaceAllegro ma non troppo

In memory of our friend, past board member, and long-time supporter, James Macgregor “Rory” Grant (1929–2021)

Unauthorized recording or photographing of the Orchestra is prohibited.

Happy Holidays from Mercedes-BenzJoyeuses Fête de la part de Mercedes-Benz

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

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61

The Violin Concerto in D is a product of Beethoven’s middle period, written after he had reconciled himself to the chronic nature of his deafness (following the 1802 Heiligenstadt episode in which he contemplated suicide). The year 1806 witnessed a burst of creativity from which emerged the Fourth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto, the Appassionata Sonata, the three String Quartets of opus 59, the Thirty-two Variations for Piano and the Violin Concerto. With works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, Beethoven’s Concerto ranks among the most popular in the genre.

In this work, Beethoven demonstrates confidence in his growing skills. Intensity is achieved when necessary but nothing is allowed to force the relaxed presentation of ideas. The opening movement, full of grandeur, is a standard sonata with repeated exposition. In common with several of Beethoven’s major pieces of this period, a repeated note motive is a unifying element. It is this motive, presented at the outset by the tympani overlaid by an attractive tune in the oboes, which forms the principal theme of the movement. Although there is a diversity of thematic material, the motive recurs throughout the movement in various orchestral guises tying the whole together, particularly in the development section where it underlines the sweep of the soloist and the power of the orchestra.

In the second movement, Larghetto, Beethoven shows himself at his most romantic in a love duet between solo violin and tutti. The opening theme stated by the Orchestra is varied under decorative material provided by the solo violin and it is not until the middle section of the movement that the solo responds with original ideas. The dialogue ends demonstratively with an outburst for orchestra answered in fashion by the solo leading without pause to the brilliant closing rondo which, to this listener, is one of the high points of Beethoven’s concerted output. Technical brilliance, of which there is plenty, is lost in a dance of joyous freedom. The solo shows many moods, flirting with its powerful mate wistfully at times and, at others, capriciously. Seldom in the literature is the violin so beautifully matched with orchestra and the Master shows, once again, that genius can transcend any form.

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Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 4 in B-Flat, op. 60

Some musicologists think Beethoven wrote his best music in the odd-numbered symphonies, allowing his genius to catch its breath in the even-numbered. Unfortunately, the Fourth is wedged between the Third Symphony (“Eroica”) and the Fifth, both of which cast huge shadows over all other contemporary symphonies including their middle sibling. So, although the opinion has some merit, it does not mean that the Fourth is not a wonderful work. The composer Robert Schumann described the Fourth as “a slender Grecian maiden between two Nordic giants.” The first movement’s long slow introduction suspensefully weaves its way through major and minor keys before suddenly erupting into the allegro vivace of the movement’s main body. The power of this sudden transition and the music which follows confirm Beethoven wasn’t kidding when he wrote the Eroica two years earlier.

If not quite so brilliant as its older sister, the Fourth Symphony was itself another step down a path no other composer had yet found. The urgency of Beethoven’s writing is evident in all four movements. The 3/4 rhythm of the second movement adagio suggests a leisurely walk in the countryside but the stroll is anything but peaceful, interrupted by brief passages of turbulence suggestive of a suitor struggling to regain composure after an unsuccessful tryst with his lover. In the third movement scherzo (“joke” in Italian), marked allegro vivace, the mood is much happier. However, as with the scherzo of the Eroica, this music is anything but funny. Somewhat unusually, the trio section is repeated after the restatement of the opening “scherzo” passage and the scherzo is then heard for a third time, thus an A-B-A-B-A structure. The finale, allegro ma non troppo, is a galloping sonata with the first violins spinning the principal theme almost out of control. Normally, the recapitulation is launched by the full orchestra, but here, Beethoven, in a rare display of humour, asks a solo bassoon to start things off with a short theme which the learned Sir Donald Tovey called “the great bassoon joke.”

@ Reid Parker, 2021

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G U E S T S O L O I S T

Martin Beaver Violin

Canadian violinist Martin Beaver is recognized as a true master of his craft, a violin superstar for our time. As a soloist, his remarkable career has taken him to the four corners of the globe, performing with many of the world’s top orchestras and leading conductors. In addition, he has shared the stage with the most sought after chamber musicians, and was first violin for the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet for over ten years. As such he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the Sydney Opera House.

He is a Laureate of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, and a prize winner at the international competitions in Indianapolis and Montreal. He has an extensive discography with the top classical recording labels to his credit, including concerti, sonatas, and chamber music.

A devoted educator, Mr. Beaver has held appointments at the Peabody Conservatory and New York University, among others. He was artist-in-residence at the Yale School of Music, where he received its highest honour, the Sanford Medal. He joined the faculty of the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles in 2013 as Professor of Violin.

Mr. Beaver is proud to be a founding member of the Montrose Trio with pianist Jon Kimura Parker and cellist Clive Greensmith. Mr. Beaver plays a 1789 Nicola Bergonzi violin.

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Violin IDAVID ADAMS*, ConcertmasterCHRIS WILKINSONNADIA FRANCAVILLAKATHERINE MOLLERHOK KWANMERCEDES SALAZAR

Violin IIDANIELLE SAMETZ*SARA LIPTAYALI LEONARDDANIELLE GIRARD

ViolaCHRIS BUCKLEY* STEPHEN MOTTJOSIAH BAARBÉ

CelloSONJA ADAMS*CHRIS YOONCONOR BRITT

BassANDREW REED MILLER*

Second Chair First Violin: Dr. Tom Condon Memorial Chair

Principal Second Violin: Miles and Eunice Kierstead Memorial Chair

Second Chair Second Violin: Li-Hong Xu Memorial Chair

Principal Viola: The Margaret and Wallace Mccain Family Chair

Principal Cello: BMO Financial Group Endowed Chair

FluteDANIÈLE JONES*

OboeCHRISTIE GOODWIN*CARLOS AVILA

ClarinetANDREW GEORGE*JENNIFER SHEA

BassoonPATRICK BOLDUC*YVONNE KERSHAW

HornJONATHAN FISHER*PETER SAMETZ

TrumpetROBERT DUTTON*BRIAN MCAULEY

TimpaniJOEL CORMIER*

* Principal

Principal Bassoon: Pannell Family Endowed Chair

Principal Timpani: Philip W. Oland Memorial Chair

Section Viola: Reid and Jacqueline Parker Endowed Chair

Principal Trumpet: Wallace, Norma and John Macmurray Memorial Chair

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H O N O U R A R Y PA T R O N The Honourable BRENDA MURPHY New Brunswick’s 32nd Lieutenant Governor

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S , S Y M P H O N Y N E W B R U N S W I C K REID PARKER President & Board Chair

CATHY RIGNANESI Treasurer

DAVID SHORE Secretary

KATIE BOWDENEDMUND DAWEKATHRYN HAMERPETER HYSLOPLISE LÉGER-ANDERSONGILLES MELANSONDONNE SMITHMICHAEL D. WENNBERG

S N B F O U N D A T I O N B O A R DREID PARKER President & Board Chair

SUSAN DEWAR Treasurer

RON OUTERBRIDGEJOHN FITZPATRICKJ. PAUL LEGER

A D M I N I S T R A T I O N MÉLANIE LÉONARD Artistic Director

GILLIAN GRESH Director of Donor Relations

PETER SAMETZ Director of Operations & Administration

CHRIS BUCKLEY Personnel Manager

CHRISTIE GOODWIN Public Relations

PETER MEARS Stage Manager

ANDREW GEORGE Librarian

V O L U N T E E R S U P P O R TELSA PATERSON Library

RICK SANCTON Donations

LINDA SPRAGUE Friends of the Symphony (Fredericton)

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S Y M P H O N Y N E W B R U N S W I C K ’ S D O N O R S

Symphony New Brunswick warmly thanks all of its donors for their generous support in the last 12 months.

In Honour of: David & Sonja Adams

In Memory of: Charmaine AdamsRenée ArdittiJudith ColsonGladys & Samuel DavisRobert & Dora DelougheryCarm & Joe GormleyJames Macgregor “Rory” GrantGeorge E. GunterJohn KimballSylvie Nadeau

Leaders ($10,000+) Pannell Family Foundation

Builders ($5,000–$9,999)Lyse CôtéJohn Tidswell

Patrons ($2,000–$4,999)Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate ConceptionJonathan & Haleen FranklinRon LeesJohn TidswellDavid & Judith Jamieson

Lana & Gary DavisSusan & Winston Mott

Benefactors ($1,000–$1,999)Peter & Alice HyslopJim & Lynn IrvingDon MitchenerReid & Jacqueline ParkerSusan FullertonMuriel & Robert BuckleyGordon & Carol BurttAllen & Carol RosevearDavid & Roxie MeekDr Steven Bryniak & Dr Nancy GrantDoris ChesleyDavid & Mary Beaudin

Contributors ($500–$999)Duncan MacDonaldChristine & Richard SanctonGordon & Carol BurttMay Matheson-ThomasCarolyn & Paul Munro

Wladyslaw CichockiBarry & Mary RoderickJoanne GengeDr. Peter & Sheila GormanMichael & Margaret WennbergHoward & Jane FritzJames & Donna DysartMaureen & Emile ParasOctavio RibeiroSuzanne & The Late John KimballDr. J. Arditti

Donors ($200–$499)Diana Aske Brian & Vicky BaxterCarol CraigKathryn Hamer EdwardsHope HunterCathy RignanesiJosh AdamsJohn & Lois ThompsonBrian & Vicky BaxterRichard & Jayne Nicki

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Judith StreeterJennifer LandryLise AndersonAnne CreamerRobert YoungRob Black & Marilyn GalliottRichard & Yeonsuk ChoDiane G. AdamsRosi & David JoryTimothy BlackmoreJoseph HarrisonCheryl M.G. RobertsonJane PacigaFrances MorriseyRichard GibsonJ. GengeWallace TurnbullDoreen WallaceDavid & Lynn AddlemanNancy YoungCarl & Betty TompkinsAngela SmithLinda & Greg SpragueLouise & Gordon Mason

Supporters ($100–$199)Hadrian AbbottUrsula & Tony LampartPhilip HowlandDaniel LessardAnn DeveauBrian R SteevesJoseph AicherAlice & Fred MacleodJohn KeddyMichael PrangnellDarren McLeodJoan P. CreamerBarry ThompsonPeter & Deana GaddAnthony & Margaret FitzgeraldFrances GormleyDr. Eckart & Donna SchroeterMary BuffettDonna BowlinJim & Jane BairdGollings & Associates LtdGillian & Kirby KeyserPhilip & Roberta LeeCarolyn & David Nielsen

Friends ($20–$99)Jennifer Abbott Vaughn McIntyre & Pat PulleyUnited Way of Greater TorontoGardiner TurnerPatricia ScribnerHelen SteerKaren CordenRobert & Elaine KenyonSusan O’BrienAnn McLaughlinDr. Robert ChristieSNB Fredericton BranchWilma & Ian GilchristDiane & Gary MorrisonDoug & Mary WernerRichard & Marilyn PeabodyGrace OldsUnited Way (Ottawa)Illia KuksenkoJean CravenMaxine Dadson

Donate to Symphony New Brunswick using the button or visit: symphonynb.com/support

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S N B F O U N D A T I O N

We’re invested in the future of Symphony New Brunswick.

O U R M I S S I O N

Symphony New Brunswick Foundation is an independent charity that supports Symphony New Brunswick through an endowment that is held in perpetuity. As its largest single annual donor, we give SNB financial sustainability and, through its support, the Foundation enables the Symphony to deliver a more diversified musical program to the residents of New Brunswick. The Foundation’s endowment assets are held and managed by an independent Board of Directors.

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President’s Circle ($25,000+)Anonymous (3)Bank of MontrealSir James Dunn FoundationRonald Lees and Miranda LeesThe late Miles and Eunice KeirsteadThe McCain FoundationReid and Jacqueline ParkerScotiabankThe Pannell Family FoundationTom & Lisa Gribbons

Benefactors ($10,000–$24,999)The late Dr. Thomas J. CondonDeloitteLucinda FlemerJonathan & Haleen Franklin The MacMurray FoundationKathy McCainFrank McKennaDonald G. Mitchener FCPA, FCADerek & Jacqueline OlandTed ReeveyJohn Thompson

Friends of the Symphony ($2,500–$9,999)Anonymous (4)David & Sonja AdamsTerence and Jane BirdLane and Diane BishopDoris ChesleyCrosby MolassesThe late Marion ElliotJohn EmmersonJohn IrvingDavid JamiesonManon Losier

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Friends of the Symphony ($2,500–$9,999) Cont’dAllison and Clare McCainThe Sobey FoundationTD BankDavid and Miriam WellsDr. Keith Wilson

Supporters ($1,000–$2,499)David and Jane BarryRod and Jeannette BelyeaDavid and Peggy CaseWladyslaw CichockiDesjardinsJ.D. Irving LimitedJay and Karla ForbesJarislowsky FraserFrancis Ervin EstatePeter HyslopHans KlohnIan and Carole MacFarquar Eleanor and Trevor MarshallGregory and Karen ParkerJeffrey and Tricia ParkerTown of QuispamsisDavid ReidCathy and Brian Rignanesi

Supporters ($1,000–$2,499) Cont’dAnn SecordDonne SmithPeter WilshawBrian and Anne WheelockSigne Gurholt

Donors ($100–$999)Joseph AicherIan ArseneaultKatherine AschSusan AtkinsonAngela BirdsellBrian BaxterEllen BuckleyJohn and Adrienne BuckleyLino CelesteCaroline CondonMargaret ConradSally DibbleeGeorge and Karen Erb Christopher EvansFidelityJ. Anthony FitzgeraldJane M. FritzPaul Fudge Richard GibsonMyrna GunterKathryn Hamer-EdwardsPhilip HowlandAlison HughesRosi and David JoryRichard and Christine Sancton

Donors ($100–$999) Cont’dHal KillamPatrick LacroixVictoria and Scott LaskeyDaniel LessardJon LeHeupSarah LiptayTom and Careen LongonMembers of Choeur LouisbourgDuncan MacDonaldKen MacLeodGordon and Louise MasonGisela LowSusan MontagueDavid and Carolyn NielsenDora NicinskiKatherine PerryGerrit van RaaltePayson RowellSaint John Probus ClubRalph and Caroline SimpsonPeter SmitWilliam & Joan SmithDean SnowMarcel SonierGreg and Linda Sprague William & Joan SteevesRobert Uchida

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Donors ($100–$999) Cont’dSusan and Arthur VanWart John WallaceAndre WellandCarolyn Vose

Other Donors (Amount Undisclosed)Charmaine AdamsDiane AdamsDavid AddlemanKarin AurellRon and Janet BuckleyNicola Carter CasgrainRichard and Yeonsuk ChoJacques and Bernadette DeGraceJocelyn Deichmann Fredericton Chamber PlayersKrista HanHagar Holdings Ltd. (Jane Madsen)Carolyn IrvingSuzanne IrvingScott Kennedy

Other Donors (Amount Undisclosed) Cont’dJennifer LandryPaul LegerLise Legér-AndersonStephen McCainWendy NielsenJim O’SullivanMargaret RoyKaren SheriffPhyllis SutherlandLes Religieuses de Notre-Dame du Sacré-CœurSabianSisters of CharityBarbara Smith Symphony Nova Scotia Players’ AssociationWilliam TeedTeed Saunders DoyleMichael and Margaret WennbergR Douglas Werner Heather WilsonDr. Michael Zed

In Memoriam 2020/2021Charmaine AdamsDennis F. BarrettKenneth CreelmanSheila CroteauPat DarrahRuth Frank William Harrison Goodwin James Macgregor “Rory” GrantOlga GrantBarbara Jean Douglass HughesHarold “Hal” KillamRonald C. MacDonaldSandra “Shaune” MacLeodDonald MarshallSylvie NadeauPatricia Cyd van Beek Edna Dibblee-WellnerErik T. P. WennbergSandra Wright Li-Hong Xu

In Honour of 2020/2021David and Sonya AdamsBonnie Murray

For details on supporting SNB and the SNB Foundation contact Director of Donor Relations:

(506) 608-0792

ggresh.snb@bellaliant.com

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Conductor: Mélanie Leonard

FREDERICTON PLAYHOUSE Saturday, March 19 @ 2:00pm

IMPERIAL THEATRE Saturday, March 19 @ 7:30pm

CAPITOL THEATRE Sunday, March 20 @ 2:00pm

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