Pasts & Presences

PIONEER VALLEY 2021-2022

SYMPHONY A SEASON OF

REBIRTH

PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS
TIANHUI NG, MUSIC DIRECTOR
E. WAYNE ABERCROMBIE, CHORUS DIRECTOR

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022
GREENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
GREENFIELD, MA

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends,

Have you ever seen boiling mud? It’s
an incredible, sensory experience: the
improbability of hot liquid earth, the
stench of sulfur, and the rising steam.
It reminds me of the molten core deep
beneath us, readying to burst through
the earth’s crust. Elena Ruehr’s Unquiet
Earth masterfully captures this same
sensation, the undercurrent of chaos,
the cacophony of a young planet, and
the transformation to a quieter peace.

Brahms’s setting of the requiem is more than a mass for the souls of
the dead, it is full of transformation and transcendence. It marks the
simultaneous end and beginning of life. In this moment, we think of loved
ones we have lost, lives in peril across the world, and a way of life forever
changed. Tonight, both Brahms and Reuhr remind us that on the other
side of our grief is hope, and metamorphosis.

This year, the Pioneer Valley Symphony has been undergoing an evolution
of our own as we’ve followed changing safety recommendations and
developed a new relationship with technology. We are one of the oldest
community orchestras in the nation, and our eyes are firmly on the future.
We need your help to bring our 84th season to the stage and to stay
flexible in the face of ongoing change; please make a gift to the PVS in the
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be part of the Da Capo Society, investing in music for future generations.

On behalf of the PVS board, thank you for coming this evening, and for
your support of the Arts in our shared community.

Kara Peterman

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FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us for this
evening’s program Pasts and Presences.
When I developed this program a year
ago, we had only just begun to dream
of the possibility of returning to the
stage. It seemed difficult to imagine
safely making music together with our
beloved chorus, so we are overjoyed to
bring you on our journey with Brahms’s
A German Requiem.

Many of us have lost loved ones during our ongoing battle with COVID-19.
Our region has now largely reopened, and this concert is our long-awaited
opportunity to gather, to honor those who have passed, and to celebrate
the resilience of our whole community.

We are especially grateful for Elena Ruehr’s gift of the premiere of her
new piece, Unquiet Earth. Written in the depths of the pandemic in 2020
and dedicated to the memory of her mother, filmmaker Ruthann Richwine
Ruehr, the music pays tribute to their love of nature and cinematic music.
Unquiet Earth conveys the weight of uncertainty, the pent-up anxiety
swelling just below the surface, the inexorable, grinding passage of time,
but it is also a sunlit folksong of hope.

I am deeply grateful to the musicians of the orchestra for their trust
and fellowship, particularly over these past two years. I also share my
gratitude for being able to share this concert with my wonderful friend
and colleague, Wayne Abercrombie, who has so generously offered us
the fruits of his more than a half-century of scholarly commitment to this
requiem, and who leads tonight’s performance.

May our music be a balm to tired minds and restorative to aching hearts.

Tianhui Ng

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FROM THE COMPOSER

Dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Ruthann Richwine Ruehr, who was both
an environmentalist and a filmmaker,
this piece channels the things she
loved: the beauty of the natural world
and the glorious sound of great film
music. Although a complex comment
on our relationship to the natural world,
it begins with a simple tenet: that to
preserve the earth we must first love
and appreciate it.

Elena Ruehr

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FROM THE CHORUS DIRECTOR

The first performance of Brahms’s Ein
deutsches Requiem 154 years ago was
conducted by Brahms himself, and was
the first of his works to establish him
as a composer of note. He was only
in his thirties (without the beard with
which most pictures show him) when
he evolved his clear vision for this
most unusual piece. The complete text
Brahms used is unique, and distinctly
not Roman Catholic. The texts, their
order, and their settings speak so
deeply to human grief.

For many, many years, this has been the most performed choral-orchestral
work throughout the world, often in the two-piano version, or with organ.
My own love for and fascination with it began decades ago, and has grown
with each rehearsal and performance—even writing about it in a doctoral
dissertation did not deaden its wonders. New aspects emerge with each
new visit. When I open my score, I see the names of family and friends
who have died written across the first and last pages, which deepens my
connection to them and to the universal experience of grief we all carry.

Working with the Pioneer Valley Symphony chorus and orchestra this year,
and having the opportunity to conduct this performance of Ein deutsches
Requiem, has been a gift. My wish is that our performance allows Brahms’
chosen words and timeless music to speak to you, and to each of us.

E. Wayne Abercrombie

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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM

E. Ruehr (b. 1963): Unquiet Earth (2022)

1. Introduction—Moderato—Slow—Cadenza—Moderato
2. Adagio—Moderato—Adagio
3. Mysterioso—Milonga—Lento y dramatico—Cadenza—
Milonga—Slow

Elena Ruehr was born and raised in Michigan where she began
studying piano at age 4 and was mentored early on in composition
by Melvin Kangas, a Finnish-trained professor of music at Suomi
College. She studied with William Bolcom at the University of
Michigan as an undergraduate, and with Vincent Persichetti and
Bernard Rands for graduate studies at the Juilliard School. A
student of dance and Javanese and West African music in addition
to Western classical music, Ruehr has established herself as one
of the leading composers of her generation. She has been on the
faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1991.

Ruehr says of her
music, “the idea is
that the surface be
simple, the structure
complex.” She
has a major list of
recordings including
her orchestral works
(O’Keeffe Images,
BMOP Sound) as
well as the opera
Toussaint Before the Ruehr was inspired by the landscapes of Michigan

Spirits (Arsis Records), her cantata Averno (with the Trinity Choir,
Julian Wachner, Avie), and her Six String Quartets (Cypress String
Quartet, Borromeo Quartet and Stephen Salters, Avie). Her other
recordings include Icarus (Avie), Jane Wang considers the dragonfly
(Albany), Lift (Avie), Shimmer (Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble,
Albany) and Shadow Light (The New Orchestra of Washington
with Marcus Thompson, Acis), among others. Her works have
been commissioned and performed by string quartets, including

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the Arneis, Biava, Borromeo, Cypress, Delgani, Lark, Quartet
Nouveau, Roco, and Shanghai quartets. An award-winning faculty
member at MIT, she has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a fellow at
Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, and composer-in-residence with the
Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Known for her vocal music and
collaboration with poets, she has written four operas, four cantatas,
and a number of songs. She has also written extensively for chamber
ensemble, orchestra, chorus, wind ensemble, instrumental solo,
opera, dance, and silent film.
Her work has been described as “sumptuously scored and full
of soaring melodies” (The New York Times), and “unspeakably
gorgeous” (Gramophone).
Ruehr provides the following commentary on Unquiet Earth:

Dedicated to the memory of my mother, Ruthann Richwine
Ruehr, who was both an environmentalist and a film maker, this
piece channels the things she loved: the beauty of the natural
world and the glorious sound of great film music. Although a
complex comment on our relationship to the natural world, it
begins with a simple tenet: that to preserve the earth we must
first love and appreciate it.

J. Brahms (1833–1897): Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten
der heiligen Schrift (A German Requiem to words of the Holy
Scriptures), Op. 45 (1868)

I. Chorus: “Blessed are they that mourn,” Rather slow and
with expression
II. Chorus: “For all flesh is like grass,” Slow like a march–A bit
more lively–Tempo 1º–A
III. Bit more sustained–Allegro non troppo–Tranquillo
IV. Baritone and Chorus: “Lord, teach me,” Andante moderato
V. Chorus: “How lovely are thy dwellings,” Moderately lively
VI. Soprano and Chorus: “You now have sadness,” Slow
VII. Baritone and Chorus: “For we have no permanent place,”
Andante–Vivace
VIII. Chorus: “Blessed are the dead,” Solemn

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The text of the requiem, the Mass for the Dead, has been set to
music numerous times since the Middle Ages. Johannes Brahms
departs radically from the tradition of musical requiems by the
likes of Ockeghem, Michael Haydn, Mozart, Salieri, and Bruckner,
by choosing to set a text in the German of the Lutheran Bible as
opposed to the Latin of the Roman Catholic Church. Furthermore,
although Brahms’s German text is sacred, it is not a translation
of the Catholic Mass, but a new text Brahms constructed out of
passages from the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Unlike
his predecessors, Brahms did not intend his requiem to be used as
part of a religious Rite. Nevertheless, the contemplative nature of
the work reflects the tendency for German concert music of the
mid-to-late nineteenth century to act as a substitute for religious
ritual in an increasingly secular German society.

A German Requiem—the title refers to the language of the text
not to a lament for the nation of Germany—also differs from the
Catholic Requiem in that Brahms intended it as a consolation for
the living rather than as a ritual for the dead. The opening lines of
the work make this clear:

Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden.
(Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.)

Among those Brahms hoped to
comfort was surely himself. After
the death of his friend and mentor
Robert Schumann in 1856, Brahms
had intended to write a work in his
memory, but the conflict he felt
because of his romantic feelings
for Schumann’s widow, Clara,
seems to have prevented him from
composing such a work. The death
of Brahms’s mother nine years later
in 1865 spurred him to action. He
dedicated A German Requiem to
her.

Clara Schumann c. 1853 Although originally intended to

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have six movements, A German Requiem attained its present
seven-movement form after Brahms added what is now the
fifth movement for solo soprano and chorus following the first
performance of “the complete work” in Bremen in 1868. The
fifth movement not only adds a welcome brightness of the solo
soprano to the often-amber hues of the Requiem, it also highlights
the work’s symmetry. This symmetry can be seen in the balanced
opening and closing lines: “Blessed are those that mourn” and
“Blessed are the dead.” Brahms also has a symmetrical approach
to his layout of movements, mainly in slow tempos, which surround
the moderately lively tempo of movement 4, the middle movement
of the work. The two other sections in a fast tempo—Allegro non
troppo and Vivace—occur in subsections of the symmetrically
balanced movements 2 and 6.
Another element of symmetry is the virtually identical endings to
the first and last movements: arpeggios in the harp mimetic of
an ascent to heaven lead to the woodwinds playing a soft, high,
sustained F-major chord evocative of the bright hues of an angel’s
halo. In addition to balance, however, Brahms does not simply
end where he began. The word “Tod” (death) appears first only in
the sixth movement, here in the context of a victory over it: “Der
Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg” (Death is swallowed up in the
victory). Brahms’s image of death consoles, unlike the “Dies Irae”
of the Latin Mass, which tells of the inferno coming with the end
of the world. Similarly, the word “Toten” (dead) appears first only
in the seventh movement. Again, the words and music console. To
paraphrase the passage Brahms chooses from Revelation (14:13):
Blessed are the dead who will be in God’s care for all eternity. The
final lines feel especially potent for an artist like Brahms who sought
to create works of lasting value: “that they [the dead] may rest from
their labors; and their works do follow them.”
Thirty-five years old when he completed A German Requiem,
Brahms was on the cusp of transitioning from being the young
“genius” Robert Schumann had announced to the musical world
when he first heard Brahms play at age twenty, to being accepted
as a mature composer worthy of bearing the legacy of the German-
speaking world’s most esteemed composer. A German Requiem
proved the tipping point that placed Brahms not only in the

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historical line of J.S. Bach and
Beethoven, but equal to them in
stature. Given this heritage—of
which Brahms was keenly aware—
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results from the simultaneous expression of the sublime sadness of
death and the beauty of eternal joy.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION

BTreaxhmt as’nEdin TdreautnsschlaestiRoenquiem

Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

Chorus Blessed are they that mourn:
Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, for they shall be comforted.
denn sie sollen getröstet werden.
— Matthew 5:4

Die mit Tränen säen, They that sow in tears
werden mit Freuden ernten. shall reap in joy.
Sie gehen hin und weinen, He that goes forth and weeps,
und tragen edlen Samen, bearing precious seed,
und kommen mit Freuden shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
und bringen ihre Garben. bringing his sheaves with him.

— Psalm 126:5–6

Chorus For all flesh is as grass,
Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras and all the glory of man
und alle Herrlichkeit des Menschen as the flower of grass.
wie des Grases Blumen. The grass withers,
Das Gras ist verdorret and the flower thereof falls away.
und die Blume abgefallen.
— I Peter 1:24

So seid nun geduldig, lieben Brüder, Be patient, therefore, brethren,
bis auf die Zukunft des Herrn. unto the coming of the Lord.
Siehe ein Ackermann wartet Behold, the husband waits
auf die köstliche Frucht der Erde for the precious fruit of the earth,
und ist geduldig darüber, and hath long patience for it,
until he receive the early
bis er empfahe
den Morgenregen und Abendregen. and latter rain.
So seid geduldig. Be ye also patient.

— James 5:7–8

Aber des Herrn Wort bleibet in Ewigkeit. But the word of the Lord endures forever.
— I Peter 1:25

Die Erlöseten des Herrn werden wiederkommen, And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
und gen Zion kommen mit Jauchzen; and come to Zion
Freude, ewige Freude wird über ihrem
with songs and everlasting joy upon their
Haupte sein; heads;
Freude und Wonne werden Sie ergreifen,
und Schmerz und Seufzen wird weg müssen. they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

— Isaiah 35:10

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Baritone and Chorus Lord, teach me that there must be an end of me,
Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende and my life has a term,
and I must go hence.
mit mir haben muß, und mein Leben
ein Ziel hat, und ich davon muß. Behold, my days are a handbreadth
Siehe, meine Tage sind einer Handbreit before thee,
vor dir, and my life is as nothing before Thee:
und mein Leben ist wie nichts vor dir.
Ach, wie gar nichts sind alle Menschen, Ah, what vain things are all men, that yet
die doch so sicher leben. live so sure of themselves.
Sie gehen daher wie ein Schemen,
und machen ihnen viel vergebliche Unruhe; They go about like a shadow, and make
sie sammeln und wissen nicht, themselves much useless anxiety; they
wer es kriegen wird. amass possessions,
Nun Herr, wes soll ich mich trösten? and know not who will enjoy them.
Ich hoffe auf dich.
Now, Lord, in what shall I find solace?
Der Gerechten Seelen My hope is in Thee.
sind in Gottes Hand,
und keine Qual rühret sie an. — Psalm 39:4–7

The souls of the righteous
are in God’s hand,
And no pain touches them.

— Wisdom 3:1

Chorus How amiable are Thy tabernacles,
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, O Lord of hosts!
Herr Zebaoth! My soul desires, yea, even longs
Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich for the courts of the Lord:
nach den Vorhöfen des Herrn; my heart and my flesh
mein Leib und Seele freuen sich cry out for the living God.
in dem lebendigen Gott. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
Wohl denen, die in deinem Hause wohnen, they will still be praising Thee.
die loben dich immerdar!
— Psalm 84:1–2, 4

Soprano and Chorus Ye now therefore have sorrow;
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit; but I will see you again,
aber ich will euch wieder sehen and your heart shall rejoice,
und euer Herz soll sich freuen, and your joy no man taketh from you.
und eure Freude soll niemand von euch nehmen.
— John 16:22

Ich will euch trösten, I will comfort you,
wie einen seine Mutter tröstet. as one whom his mother comforts.

— Isaiah 66:13

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Sehet mich an: ich habe Behold me: I have for a little while had
eine kleine Zeit Mühe und Arbeit gehabt tribulation and labor, and have found
und habe großen Trost funden. great comfort.

— Ecclesiasticus 51:35

Baritone and Chorus For here have we no enduring city,
Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt, but we seek one to come.
sondern die zukünftige suchen wir.
— Hebrews 13:14

Siehe, ich sage euch ein Geheimnis. Behold, I shew you a mystery;
Wir werden nicht alle entschlafen, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
wir werden aber alle verwandelt werden;
und dasselbige plötzlich in einem Augenblick, changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
zu der Zeit der letzten Posaune.
Denn es wird die Posaune schallen at the last trumpet:
und die Toten werden auferstehen unverweslich, For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
und wir werden verwandelt werden.
Dann wird erfüllet werden shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
das Wort, das geschrieben steht: Then shall be brought to pass
Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg. the saying that is written:
Tod, wo ist dein Stachel? Death is swallowed up in victory.
Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg? O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?

— I Corinthians 15:51–52, 54–55

Herr, du bist würdig, Thou art worthy, O Lord,
zu nehmen Preis und Ehre und Kraft, to receive glory and honor and power:
denn du hast alle Dinge erschaffen for Thou hast created all things,
und durch deinen Willen and for Thy pleasure
haben sie das Wesen und sind geschaffen. they are and were created.

— Revelation 4:11

Chorus Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
Selig sind die Toten, from henceforth.

die in dem Herrn sterben, von nun an. Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from
Ja, der Geist spricht, their labors;

daß sie ruhen von ihrer Arbeit; and their works do follow them.
denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach. — Revelation 14:13

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PASTS & PRESENCES

Saturday, May 7, 2022 • 7PM

Greenfield High School Auditorium
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Unquiet Earth Elena Ruehr (b. 1963)

Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra
Tianhui Ng, Conductor

INTERMISSION

Ein deutsches Requiem,Op. 45 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
A German Requiem

I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen Blessed are they that mourn
II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras For all flesh is like grass
III. Herr, lehre doch mich Lord, teach me
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen How lovely are thy dwellings
V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit You now have sadness
VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt For we have no permanent place
VII. Selig sind die Toten Blessed are the dead

Carami Hilaire, Soprano
David Kravitz, Baritone
Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
E. Wayne Abercrombie, Conductor

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SYMPHONY

VIOLIN I Violoncello CLARINET

Janet Van Blerkom Philip Hart Helzer Kara Peterman
concertmaster principal principal

Diana Peelle Jennifer Allen Kathryn Scott
John Wcislo Susan Young Elizabeth Orchulek
Elaine Holdsworth Nancy Rich
Ronald Weiss Daniel Brandon HORN
Mark Mason Robin Luberoff
Mari Gottdiener Su Auerbach Jean Jeffries
Jojo McCon Nancy Pond principal
Zoe Nordquist Laurie Israel
Myra Ross Kate Walker Christine Mortensen
Rebecca Krause-Hardie
VIOLIN II BASS Timothy Burns
Stanley Light
Cecilia R. Berger Patricia Cahn
principal principal TRUMPET

Nancy Ramsey Lynn Lovell Karen Atherton
Carol Baker Kathleen Mahoney co-principal
Maureen Carney Sue Keller
Margie Kierstead David Glassberg Melissa Griffin
Meredith Quitno Jeff Knox co-principal
Brian Whetstone Lauren C. Ostberg
Barbara Freed Rene Bernard
FLUTE
VIOLA TROMBONE
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Mandi Jo Hanneke principal Ben Smar, principal
principal Scott Pemrick
Nancy Shinn Joe Sabol
Sonya Lawson Samantha Levreault
Jeff Ramsey TUBA
Judy Hudson OBOE
Roy Rudolph Richard Sargent
Alina Fox Aaron Lakota
Robert McGuigan Jessica Murrow TIMPANI
Peter J. Haas
Ellen S. Dickinson BASSOON Dan Albert
principal
HARP Alex Meade
Roger F. Clapp PERCUSSION
Tara Alterman
Dustin Patrick
Andrew Armstrong

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PIONEER VALLEY CHORUS

SYMPHONY

SOPRANO ALTO TENOR

Susan Andrade Susan Altabet Jason Burns
Ananda Bagjackas Patricia Appelbaum Lisa Evans
Cynthia Bishop Charli Carpenter Henry Gibson
Sarah Boy Edith Fabos
Judy Case Amanda Ferron section leader
Carol Coan Jill Franks Leo Goodman
Beth Curtis Heidi Frantz-Dale Ross Goodwin-Brown
Nina DaDalt-Korza Joyce Harper Robert Kidder
Helena Donavan Cheryl Hayden Jason Kittler
Suzette Jones Marsha Hertel Thomas Klansek
Polly Keener Judy Holmes Jim Mead
Tinka Lunt Kay Holt Steven Williams
Andrea McDermott Roy Williams
Suzanne Metz section leader
Linda Overing Pamela Hunter BASS
Shirley Pelletier Miriam Jenkins
Michelle Kaskey Duane Dale
section leader Mary King Gordon Freed
Patty Ramsey Maureen Lahti Dan Grubbs
Pam Rooney Deborah Marquardt
Annita Sawyer Cherryl McLaughlin section leader
Nancy Slator Nancy Nelkin Steve Herzberg
Anna Smith Joan O’Brien Jeff Hunter
Pamela White Alethea O’Donnell Stephen Hussey
Elizabeth Orchulek John Jenkins
Marilyn Paterno Craig Machado
Gretchen Plotkin Robert Mantler
Susan Schaeffer Norman Metz
Lucy Shrenker David Olsson
Hetty Startup Larry Picard
Maggie Sweeney Mark Rentschler
Margot Thomas William Sawyer
Sylvia White Peter Snedecor
Pamela Winter Kevin Sweeney
John Thomas
Tom Webb

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CARAMI HILAIRE

Soprano

Lirico-spinto soprano Carami Hilaire,
praised for her “marvelous sound,
rich and luscious” (Opera News), is
poised to become an international
name in the Verismo repertoire.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has
featured her in concert performances
of Tosca and she recently sang her
first Musetta in La bohème with
Regina Opera. Her subsequent
performances of the title role in
Aida were a resounding critical success: “Hilaire’s intimate phrasing
floated over the tumult of the strings, and in the moments where
her voice soared, she earned the applause which nearly brought the
show to a stop.” (OperaWire).

In 2020-2021, Mimi debuted with On Site Opera in What Lies
Beneath, starred in two prominent White Snake Projects about
the devastation that COVID-19 wreaked on the lives of essential
workers, Alice in the Pandemic and Essential Songs. Other recent
engagements have included a recital sponsored by the Wagner
Society of New York, the title role in Suor Angelica in Italy, and a
concert with Opera Memphis. In 2022 she returns to White Snake
Projects as Tia in the premiere of Cosmic Cowboy, and performs
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth with Knoxville Opera.

Mimi has appeared with Sarasota Opera, Opera Saratoga, Teatro
Nuovo, New Jersey Verismo Opera, and the Internationale
Opernwerkstatt of Switzerland. She was a featured soloist in
Symphony of the Mountains’ Song of the Slave.

A notable prize recipient, Ms. Hilaire received the Aprile Millo
award from the Premiere Opera International Vocal Competition,
was awarded a Julian Autrey Foundation grant, and won an
encouragement award from the Wagner Society of New York. This
unique and soulful performer hails from Brooklyn, NY. She attended
the Mannes School of Music where she earned a Professional Studies
Diploma.

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DAVID KRAVITZ

BARITONE

Hailed as “a charismatic baritone” by
the New York Times, “magnificently
stentorian and resonant” by Opera
News, and “a first-rate actor” by
Opera (UK), David Kravitz’s recent
opera engagements include lead
roles at Washington National Opera
(Davis Miller in the world premiere
of Approaching Ali),Chautauqua
Opera (Captain Balstrode in Peter
Grimes), Skylight Music Theatre
(Scarpia in Tosca), Opera Santa Barbara (The Forester in The Cunning
Little Vixen), Grand Harmonie (Don Pizarro in Fidelio),Opera Saratoga
(Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola), Charlottesville (Ash Lawn) Opera
(Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof), Boston Lyric Opera (Abraham in
Clemency), Emmanuel Music (Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress
and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby), and the New England
Philharmonic (Wozzeck in Wozzeck). He recently created the lead
role of De Sade in Nicola Moro’s Love Hurts at the Piccolo Teatro
in Milan, Italy, and at Symphony Space in New York. His many
concert appearances include the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Virginia
Symphony, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Emmanuel Music,
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Boston Baroque.

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TIANHUI NG

Music Director
Tianhui Ng is the music director
of the Pioneer Valley Symphony,
Boston Opera Collaborative, the
Victory Players, and White Snake
Projects.
Tian has conducted orchestras
around the world including the
Savaria Symphony Orchestra
(Hungary), Moravian Philharmonic
Orchestra (Czech Republic),
Dartington Festival Orchestra (UK),

Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Wallonie (Belgium), and the Oregon
Bach Festival Orchestra (USA). A versatile musician, he is equally at
home in the realm of choral music and has conducted ensembles
like the Stuttgart Chamber Choir (Germany), Carnegie Hall Festival
Chorus (USA), Oregon Bach Festival Chorus (USA), Yale Schola
Cantorum (USA), and the Young Person’s Chorus of New York
(USA). He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists
such as Dashon Burton, Tyler Duncan, Marcus Eiche, Jamie-Rose
Guarrine, Ayano Kataoka, Ilya Polataev, Gary Steigerwalt, Astrid
Schween, Sara Davis Buechner, Hanna Elisabeth Müller, Nicholas
Phan, James Taylor, Gilles Vonsattel, and Soyoung Yoon.
Well known for bringing new music to fresh audiences, he has
premiered new works by numerous composers, including Pulitzer
and Rome Prize winners Curt Cacioppo, Aaron Jay Kernis, Robert
Kyr, David Sanford, and Joan Tower. These include unusual firsts,
like Irin Ajo, the first Nigerian opera by Olabode Omojola, and
Chaya Czernowin’s ephemeral Once I Blinked, Nothing was the
Same.
Tian’s irrepressible musical spirit first expressed itself when
he conducted a choir of kindergarten children in his native
Singapore at the age of five. A pianist, singer, and trombonist,
he later studied composition and early music at the University of
Birmingham (UK) where he discovered his love for Stravinsky and

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contemporary music. Returning home, he helped found one of the
first contemporary music ensembles in the country and was soon
composing for animation, dance, film, chorus, and orchestra. It was
during this time that he discovered his affinity for interdisciplinary
work and created the groundbreaking, site-specific, community-
based arts festival, NOMAD, with which he has won awards from the
Singapore National Arts Council. His works have since been heard
in diverse settings such as the Hong Kong Film Festival, Animation
World Magazine (USA), and Apsara Asia Dance (Singapore). Tian
continued his education at the Yale School of Music (USA), where
he helped start a new tradition with the music of his graduation
recital reflecting on war and conflict. There, he fed his passion
for the masterworks of the choral-orchestral repertoire, assisting
such renowned interpreters as Nicholas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki,
Dale Warland, Simon Carrington, Marguerite Brooks, and Jeffrey
Douma. He is indebted to his teachers, including Paolo Arrivabeni,
John Carewe, Peter Eötvös, Kurt Masur, and Michel Tabachnik,
who have incalculably enriched his musical life.
In 2021–2022, Tian looks forward to a season of premieres with the
Pioneer Valley Symphony, White Snake Projects, including Elena
Ruehr’s Cosmic Cowboy and Mary Prescott’s Survivors’ Odyssey;
and Mt Holyoke Orchestra, including the world’s first opera sung
in a Native American language, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s
Shellshaker; debut performances on National Public Radio and
the US Public Broadcasting Service with the Victory Players; and
first appearances with the New England Philharmonic and the Lviv
National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
Stay in touch with Tian via Instagram @ngtianhui

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E. WAYNE ABERCROMBIE

INTERIM CHORUS DIRECTOR

E. Wayne Abercrombie, Professor of
Music Emeritus and former Director
of Choral Activities at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst has
conducted choirs—at all levels—
and orchestras, taught, and lectured
nationally and internationally. A
graduate of Westminster Choir
College (B.M., M.M.) and Indiana
University (D. Mus., With Highest
Distinction), he has conducted All-
State choirs in Georgia, Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts, among others, and is 2016 conductor of the New
Hampshire All-State choir.
Wayne has been guest conductor, teacher, or lecturer at Amherst
College, Boston University, Northeastern University, Temple
University, Western New England University, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, at the Seventh Taipei International Choral Festival, University
of Massachusetts Summer Choral Institute, Yale University, and the
University of Delaware Choral Academy in Aix-en-Provence, France.
He is a co-founder and former Artistic Director and Conductor of the
Children’s Chorus of Springfield (MA), member of IFCM and NAfME.
Wayne is Past President of Massachusetts and Eastern Division ACDA
and has been Chair and Co-Chair of the Conducting Masterclasses of
the ACDA Eastern Division (2014 and 2016). He was Massachusetts
ACDA Conductor of the Year (2007) and is recipient of the Choral
Arts New England Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) and the
Eastern Division ACDA Helen Kemp Award (2014).
Wayne feels most fortunate to have his joy be his profession, to be
able to continue practicing it, and to have experienced the teaching
of Julius Herford, Nicholas Harsanyi, Don V Moses, Fiora Contino,
Warren Martin, and Ray and Virginia Smathers. He is inspired by
both experienced and younger colleagues who are moving the
profession forward. Especially gratifying is life with his wife, Kayla
Werlin, and seeing his wonderful children, grandchildren, and great-
grandchildren grow into such caring folks.

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ANTHONY FERREIRA

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Anthony C. Ferreira (ASCAP) is a
composer, conductor, educator,
and filmmaker. He has written and
produced six albums of varied genres
and enjoys an active career writing
and producing for local singers
and rappers. He holds a B.Mus. in
Composition from UMass Amherst
and a M.Mus. in Choral Conducting
from the Indiana University Jacobs
School of Music. Anthony currently
serves as the Director of Choral
Music and Theater Teacher at Chicopee High School. He is thrilled
to be joining the vibrant and deeply committed PVS community
and is honored to be able to work with both Tianhui Ng and Dr.
Abercrombie.

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DAVID SCHNEIDER

Resident Musicologist
David E. Schneider has a former
life as a professional clarinetist that
includes recordings of Copland’s
Clarinet Concerto and works written
for him by Eric Sawyer, Lew Spratlan,
and Daniel Palkowski.
A graduate of Harvard College (A.B.)
and the University of California at
Berkeley (Ph.D.), his day job since
1997 has been as a professor of
music history, music theory, and

chamber music at Amherst College, where he serves as the Georges
Lurcy Professor of Music and European Studies and Dean of the
Class of 2023.
His publications include Bartók, Hungary, and the Renewal of
Tradition (University of California Press, 2006) and articles, chapters,
and reviews on subjects including Hungarian opera, Anton Webern,
W.A. Mozart, and the genre of the concerto.
He is proud to be pre-concert lecturer and program-note writer for
PVS since 2013.

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ELENA RUEHR

Composer
Elena Ruehr says of her music, “the
idea is that the surface be simple,
the structure complex.”
She has a major list of recordings,
including her orchestral works
(O’Keeffe Images, BMOP Sound)
as well as the opera Toussaint
Before the Spirits (Arsis Records),
her cantatas Averno (with the Trinity
Choir, Julian Wachner, Avie), and
her Six String Quartets (the Cypress
String Quartet, Borromeo Quartet

and Stephen Salters, Avie). Her other recordings include Icarus
(Avie), Jane Wang considers the Dragonfly (Albany), Lift (Avie),
Shimmer (Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble on Albany) and
Shadow Light (The New Orchestra of Washington with Marcus
Thompson, Acis), as well as many others.
Her works have been commissioned and performed by numerous
string quartets, including the Arneis, Biava, Borromeo, Cypress,
Delgani, Lark, Quartet Nouveau, Roco, and Shanghai string
quartets. An award winning faculty member at MIT, she has been
a Guggenheim Fellow, a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, and
composer-in-residence with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Known for her vocal music and collaboration with poets, she has
written four operas, four cantatas, and a number of songs. She is a
graduate of the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School, and
has written extensively for chamber ensemble, orchestra, chorus,
wind ensemble, instrumental solo, opera, dance, and silent film.
Her work has been described as “sumptuously scored and full
of soaring melodies” (The New York Times), and “unspeakably
gorgeous” (Gramophone).
Dr. Ruehr lives in Boston with her husband and daughter.

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OUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS

We offer our deepest thanks to the individuals, businesses, and
foundations who support the Pioneer Valley Symphony through financial
gifts. Your trust, support, and encouragement inspire us and make the
music possible. To learn more about giving, visit pvsoc.org/donate or
contact us at 413.773.3664 or [email protected]. The following represents
gifts pledged this season during the period July 1, 2021 - April 22, 2022.

Conductor’s circle
Platinum Baton | $10,000 +

Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation
U.S. Small Business Association

Gold Baton | $5,000-$9,999

Greenfield Cooperative Bank
Mass Cultural Council, a state agency

Silver Baton | $2,500-$4,999

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Janet Van Blerkom and Dennis Townsend

Bronze Baton | $1,000-$2,499

Alex Meade Bikeworks, LLC Meade
Anonymous

in honor of Tianhui Ng and Janna Walters-Gidseg
Julia Bady
Dartmouth Class of 1968
Greenfield Cultural Council
GSB Investments and Insurance
Mandi Jo and David Hanneke*
Elaine and Robert Holdsworth
Kathleen Holt
Lathrop Communities
Mark Mason and John Shea^
Marilyn Pryor
Myra and David Ross*
John Thomas and Dennis Coffey*
Ronald and Janet Weiss

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Music Lovers

Music Director | $500-$999

Andy’s & The Oak Shoppe William MacKnight
Maureen Carney* Alex Meade and Clarissa Spawn
George Drake and Roberta Lombardi Grant Moss
Finck & Perras Newmarket Dentistry
Florence Bank New Salem Cultural Council
Franklin First Federal Credit Union Northfield Cultural Council
Jean and William Jeffries Davin and Jennifer Peelle
Jones Whitsett Architects Nancy Pond
Attorney Stanley Light
Long Island Youth Orchestra Alumni in honor of Owen and Tyler
Robin Luberoff and Neal Pruchansky Jan Puchalski
Mary and George Lunt River Valley Co-op Market
Pamela Skinner and Wayne Glaser

concertmaster | $250-$499

Anonymous Judy and Al Hudson^
in honor of Janice Kreitner in memory of Elizabeth Bowdan

Ashfield Cultural Council Marvin and Carol Kelley
Paul Benjamin in honor of Beckie Markarian
Bernardston Cultural Council
Bridgeside Grille Alison Locke
Elizabeth Brown and Stanley Morris Mark Marshall and Helen Leung
Bulkley, Richarson & Gelinas LLP Oberlin Alumni
Patricia Cahn* Diana and Paul Peelle
Liz Carney Brenda and Scott Peterman
Kara Peterman
in honor of Katie MacGregor Nancy and Jeff Ramsey
Mary Collins Renfrew Real Estate
Colrain Cultural Council Ryan & Casey Liquors
Curtiss, Carey, Gates & Goodridge LLP Shelburne Cultural Council
Barbara Davis and George Howard* Stamell Stringed Instruments
Esser Kent Family Law Tuesday Morning Music Club
Frank Labelle’s Sales & Service Umass Amherst Department of Biology
Gill Cultural Council
Lisa Kent and David Glassberg* in honor of George Drake
Hope & Olive West Branch Capital
Whately Cultural Council

* indicates members of the Continuo Society. 37
^ indicates members of the Da Capo Society.
Learn more about giving societies at pvsoc.org/donate.
2021 / 2022 A season of rebirth

First chair | $125-$249 Spencer and Lorma Hopton
Robert Kidder
Suzanne Auerbach and Matt Kaplowitz Carol and Peter Letson
Cecilia and Joseph Berger Mark and Polly Lindhult

in honor of Maureen Carney in memory of Julius Gy. Fabos
Berkshire Facial Surgery Lynn Lovell and John Darrow
Newton Bowdan Beckie Markarian*
Susan Bowman Robert McGuigan and Julia Bady
Stephen Broll and Dvora Cohen Lisa Middents
Buckland Cultural Council Alethea O’Donnell and Scott Tulay
Charlemont-Hawley Cultural Council John Pearson*
Roger and Joanne Clapp Wallis and Cornelia Reid
Karen Cole* Nancy Rich
Peter and Giovanna Contuzzi Nancy Shinn
Devine Overhead Doors Ben Smar
Catherine Dodds* Snow & Sons Landscaping
Jay Ducharme Dr and Mrs Speth
Stein Feick Ilene Stahl
Debbie Felton and Jim Miller Dana Muller and Gary Steigerwalt
Kristen Fossum* Surner Heating
Goff Media Margot Thomas
Mari Gottdiener Jean Pittman Turner
E Lary Grossman and Moira Brady
Eugene and Mary Hanneke in memory of E. Wayne Turner
Zeke and Linda Hecker Peter Van Pelt
Hitchcock Brewing Western Mass. Horn Society
Judith Holmes Susan Young
HomeLight

Friend | Up to $124 Masako Bogin*
Bernice Bowler
Rev. Stanley Aksamit Tony Brackett
Jennifer Allen Monica Braunstein
Jion Allen Bruce and Mary Brown
Anonymous Robert Brown
Lea Appel and Sebastian Gutwein Karen Burkinshaw and Laurel Quirk
Oscar Arce Jill Bussiere

in honor of Ronald S. Languedoc in honor of Eudice Glassberg
Bryan Armington Katherine Buttolph
Glenn and Heidi Arnold Ana Caicedo
Margot Atkinson
Patricia Auchard and Joseph Sabella in honor of George Drake
Barbara Baatz Virginia Caputo
Carol Baker Eileen Carney
Ben and Mary Jane Barnard Meghan Carroll
Steven Bathory-Peeler Judith and Joe Case
Alisa S Beaver Pauline Casey
Geraldine Berenson Tama Chambers
Robert Cherdack
in memory of Julius Fabos
Anne Berkley

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Friend | Up to $124 Constance and William Gillen
Dan and Cheryl Gillman
Eliza Childs Deborah Glassberg
Arne Christensen and Stephanie Allen
Dustin Christensen in honor of David Glassberg
Carol Coan and David Nixon Robin Gline
Madeleine Cohen Douglas Gnepp
Michael Cohen Matt Godfrey
Laurie Coursin Yolanda and David Goff
Yvonne Crevier Joseph Green and Erin Lylis
Eileen Crosby Kate Green and Philip Helzer
Patricia H Crosby Linda Greenebaum
Regis Crosby Claire Griffin
Emilie Czupryna
Nina DaDalt-Korza and Edward Korza in memory of John and Madelyn Carney
Mimi and Carl Darrow Shirley Griffin
Keith Davis Peter Haas
Martin Daye and Linda Woodall Nancy Haines
Ellen and Charles Dickinson Denzel Hankinson
Lea Douville Brenda Hannon
Gerald Downes Christine Hannon
Maia Hansen
in honor of George Drake Lauren Hartley
Marcia and Russell Edes Danielle and Christopher Hartner
Arthur and Barbara Elkins Maryann Hayes
Peter Hepler
in memory of Arthur Elkins
Claudia Ellet in honor of George Drake
Emily Dickinson Museum Mary Hocken
Helen Engeseth Jim and Diana Holdsworth
Edith Fabos Danielle and Clay Holdsworth
Christine Farley Thomas Housten
Patricia Farrington and Jim Ellis Alfred Hutt
Sam Icklan
in memory of Julius Fabos Laurie Israel and Elaine Sidney
Federal Street Books
Anthony Ferreira in honor of David Glassman
Laurie Ferreira Mary Jaffee
Amanda Ferron Dorothy Janke
Theodore Fijal Jeremy Jetzon
Debbie Finney Karen and Bill Johnston
Diane Forman Judd Candice Jones
Andrea and Zachary Fox Suzette and Thomas Jones
Heidi Frantz-Dale and Duane Dale Peter Jones
Paul Friedmann Michelle Kaskey
Shirley Keech and Mary K. King
in memory of Nicholas P. W. Coe, M.D. Kathleen Keene
Friends of Leverett Library Pauline Keener
Rachel Kelley
in honor of Library Family Pass Program Sue Keller
David Gang and Roberta Hillenberg-Gang Lucinda Kidder
Denise Gendron Margie Kierstead
Orca and Julio Giarrusso Susan Kimball
Henry Gibson Brian King
Eric Gidseg Mary B. King
Michael Gilbert

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Rebecca King Chet Myslinski
Barbara Klaus Nancy Nelkin
Alice Klingener
Susan Knightly in memory of Cathy Vollinger
John Nuhibian
in honor of Tian Ng Elizabeth Orchulek
Karis Knoll Debra Orgera and George Kohout
Mara Kohls Julie Orvis
Christina Kopp Robert K Ostberg
Sarah Kraaz Alexandra Ottaway
Rebecca and John Krause-Hardie Lynne Page and Roland Ratte
Peter Kravetz Richard Page
Patricia Krol Marilyn Paterno
Melanie Lahti Andrea Patt
Maureen and Paul Lahti Lorraine Pearson
Kathy Lanza Shirley Pelletier
Bee Leake
Maya and Sue Leibowitz in memory of Jack Ramey
Leo’s Table David and Elaine Pesuit
Rebecca Lombardi Dale and Lorna Peterson
Richard Loomis Lawrence D. Picard
Louise Lopman Emily Pietras and John E. Pietras
Susan and Richard Lovelace Barbara Pilarcik
James Lowe Gretchen Plotkin
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