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28 SEPTEMBER 18 & 20, 2008
A Hero’s Life Joint Concert of the Winston-Salem & Greensboro Symphonies Robert Moody, baritone
32 OCTOBER 23 & 25, 2008
The Street Fair – A Hundred Years Later Time for Three
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JANUARY 29 & 31, 2009
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FEBRUARY 26 & 28, 2009
The Great Russian Melodists Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
Monk’s Secrets Jennifer Check, soprano Jeremy Kelly, baritone Scott Scully, tenor
The Great Exiles Nina Kotova, cello
54 MAY 7 & 9, 2009 The Musical Planets
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25 SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
Special Century Gala Celebration Yefim Bronfman, piano René Barbera, tenor
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DECEMBER 31, 2008 Big Band Blast Featuring Rich Ridenhour and Kathy Wagner
FEBRUARY 14, 2009 Broadway Magic Featuring Ron Bohmer and Rita Harvey
85 MAY 2, 2009
Hot! Hot! Hot! Featuring Victor Vanacore
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67 SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 Jane Hawkins, piano Fred Raimi, cello Terry Rhodes, soprano
69 OCTOBER 24, 2008 Inara Zandmane, piano Time for Three
71 JANUARY 30, 2009
Susan Roberts, soprano Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
73 APRIL 3, 2009
Nina Kotova, cello, Inara Zandmane, piano Kelly Burke, clarinet
75 MAY 8, 2009
Goldberg Variations (arr. by Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS: Community Gospel Concert ........ 87 Burlington Series ...........................89 Sealy/Fox 8 Holiday Concert.........91 Lincoln Financial Keep Kids in Tune Education Program ....................... 92 ON THE COVER: Illustration for the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra by Chico Hayasaki
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ARTISTIC STAFF Dmitry Sitkovetsky............................... Music Director Bruce Kiesling......................................... Resident Conductor Karen Collins........................................... Youth Strings Music Director Gregorio Midero .................................... Allegro Strings Conductor FULL TIME STAFF Lisa Crawford.......................................... President & CEO Sheila Cauthen ....................................... Director of Marketing & Sales Connie Parrish ........................................ Box Office Manager/Grant Associate ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRODUCTION STAFF Vito Ciccone ............................................ Production Manager Charles Adams ....................................... Controller Peter Zlotnick ......................................... Education Manager Jane Starling ........................................... Office Manager Wendy Rawls .......................................... Orchestra Personnel John Spuller ............................................ Orchestra Librarian Nancy J. R. Wells ................................... Development & Marketing Assistant AFFILIATES Larry Williams ........................................ Playbill Designer Sheri Masters ......................................... Proofreader Media Production Associates .......... Recording Company Progress Printing ................................. Playbill Printing TechTriad .................................................. Web-Site Design UNCG ......................................................... Chamber Series WFDD ........................................................ Radio Broadcasts TICKETS: To purchase tickets in advance, call the Greensboro Symphony Box Office, 336.335.5456, Ext. 223 (all major credit cards accepted), 9:00 – 5:00, Monday – Friday, or visit the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office, 1921 West Lee Street or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available 45 minutes prior to the performance at War Memorial Auditorium Box Office.
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Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Dennis Stearns Chairman-Elect Robert Harris Past Chairman (Nominations) Bob Braswell Vice Chair-Development Bill Webber Vice Chair-Development Bonnie Cordes Vice Chair-Legal Robert Klepfer Vice Chair-Community Relations Howard Chubbs Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory Sam LeBauer Vice Chair–Advocacy Jonathan Smith Vice Chair–Development-Grants Susan Schwartz Vice Chair-Audience Development Gary Nixon Vice Chair- Public Relations David Gleeson Secretary Ches Kennedy Treasurer Philippe Dorier Guild President Suzy Walker Guild President-Elect Connie Saul **President & CEO Lisa Pickett Crawford **Music Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Braswell Myrna Carlock Martha Chandler Howard Chubbs Bonnie Cordes Lisa Crawford** Bert Davis, Jr. Philippe Dorier Bill Fraser David Gleeson Jessica Good Holt Gwyn Peggy Hamilton Robert Harris Joe Hughes DK Jeong Linda Jones Orton Jones Mike Kelly Ches Kennedy Michael Kirkman Bob Klepfer, Jr Andrea Knupp* Ann Kroupa Joe LeBauer Samuel LeBauer Gary Liebel Kim Littrell* Gail McGroaty
Bernie Mann Kathy Manning Tricia Merrell Tam Milton Carole Moore Gary Nixon Amelia Parker David F. Parker James Pegram Lillian Rauch Kemp Reece Bob Rhodes Garson Rice Roy Rizzo Ed Riley*** Connie Saul* Susan Schwartz Dmitry Sitkovetsky** Jonathan Smith Dennis Stearns Janet Stenersen Jeanne Tannenbaum John O.H. Toledano Kenneth Tutterow Frances Vinoski* Suzy Walker* Bill Webber* Bill Werner Russell Williams
PAST PRESIDENTS Miles H. Wolff 1959-67 Douglas M. Orr 1967-72 L.L. Weltner 1972-74 Charles L. Weill 1974-75 Miles H. Wolff 1975-76 Samuel G. Wilson 1976-80 Joy Morrison 1980-83 Bernard Mann 1983-85 Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. 1985-87 Anne Daniel 1987-89
Lewis R. Ritchie 1989-91 Robert E. Lavietes 1991-93 Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. 1993-95 David F. Parker 1995-97 Joyce Kiser 1997-98 John O.H. Toledano 1998-00 David Routh 2000-02 Ann E. Kroupa 2002-04 Carole Lineberry-Moore 2004-06 Robert Braswell 2006-08
Orchestra Representative Ed Riley Endowment Chairman Emeritus Carolina Lee *** Orchestra Representative ** Ex-Officio * Guild Appointment
Dear Symphony Supporter, Welcome to our wonderful world of music! We have a breathtaking season planned for you. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Symphony Music Director, and Lisa Crawford, Symphony President and CEO, have been hard at work with our Board and musicians designing an excellent season of music to truly delight you. The choices are great, whether you enjoy the Masterworks, Dennis is a former Pan-American chess champion POPS, Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber Series, or have a child or grandchild in one of our many Youth music programs which bring the gift of music to more than 50,000 children in our area every year. Our Symphony is one of Greensboro’s great “quality of life” assets that grows better and better each year. While you may think you are coming to enjoy great music performed by first-class musicians and our world-class conductor, you are also supporting an organization which has become one of several key attractions in Greensboro for economic development. Our Symphony, in its many roles, plays a critical role in attracting and retaining companies and good employees (and new jobs) to our area.
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How can you help enhance our Greensboro Symphony? • Ask friends to join you for a concert and experience for themselves how music can be a catalyst to calm those tough days and restore their soul, • Volunteer to help with our Symphony Guild, comprised of more than 500 women who share a passion for music and help promote awareness and raise funds for our children’s music programs, • Get involved, even at modest levels, with our Heritage Society, a part of the Greensboro Symphony Endowment, and help ensure the Symphony will be a fiscally strong asset for our children, grandchildren and generations to come. We invite you to step forward and make a difference in our Symphony! Please contact Lisa Crawford at 336-335-5456 ext. 222 for more information. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing our excitement. Thank you! Sincerely,
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Born in Durham, Lisa’s North Carolina roots are strong, her ancestors settling here in the late 1700’s. Lisa spends time quite differently than she expected when she began making her way in the world with her BA in Music and Theology from UNC Chapel Hill and Meredith College. After brief stays in Nashville and Washington, DC, she moved to Boston and sang with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, took additional music courses at Harvard University and spent a summer at Tanglewood. The experience of working with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Seiji Ozawa and with such top artists as Jessye Norman, Federica Von Stade, Klaus Tennstadt and Sir Colin Davis instilled in her a new respect for symphonic music. She moved to Berlin, Germany to study music at the Freie University and was invited to sing with the Chor St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir and experienced first-hand the Berlin Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Anton Dorati, Eric Leinsdorf and Ricardo Chailly. Upon returning to the states, she met her late husband, David, a graduate of the Curtis Institute, who had just signed a contract with the Heidelberg Opera house. They married in Heidelberg and spent eight years living in France and Germany as David pursued his career as a leading opera tenor. Lisa worked with the French company, Bongrain, and assumed directorship of Colombo Europe. She conducted international distributor negotiations and supervised all European operations, except UK and ITALY, until General Mills acquired Colombo at the end of 1994. Following the sale and moving to Miami, Florida, Lisa completed her Masters of Music Business at the University of Miami. While in school, she was the Orchestra Manager of the UM Symphony, initiator of the classical label for ‘Cane Records, Co-founder of the Key West Music Festival, Director of the Corporate Campaign for Florida Grand Opera and Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning for the New World Symphony. Upon graduation, she accepted the position of Executive Director of the Palm Beach Pops. Lisa joined the Greensboro Symphony in 1999 and her responsibilities include all management aspects of the Orchestra. During her tenure, the GSO has expanded its Education Programs with additional Youth Orchestra ensembles, an in-school string program and a series for 3 to 5 year olds at Triad Stage. She was a key committee member during the International Music Director Search when Dmitry Sitkovetsky was chosen from more than 300 applicants. Under her tenure, the Symphony conducted a statewide POPS tour, hosted the National Symphony, expanded educational and POPS concerts to Burlington, launched a popular Chamber Series at UNCG School of Music, a successful annual Community Gospel Concert to diversify the Symphony offerings and released two professional recordings.
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky MUSIC DIRECTOR
Dmitry Sitkovetsky is one of a rare breed of artists whose career successfully manifests itself in many artistic fields. As a violinist, he has worked with the very best orchestras in the world - the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Symphony, Philharmonia, NHK Symphony, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Cleveland orchestras. He has also performed at the Salzburg , Lucerne, Edinburgh, Verbier, Istanbul and Georges Enescu festivals, as well as being a founding artist of the Tuscan Sun Festival which began in 2003. Sitkovetsky has built a flourishing conducting career. He was the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra and has worked with the London Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle and Milwaukee symphonies; Santa Cecilia and Ensemble Orchestre de Paris. Sitkovetsky is also the founding director of the New European Strings (NES) Chamber Orchestra which is comprised of distinGREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 15
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director guished string players from the East and West. Since 2003, Sitkovetsky has been the Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian State Orchestra. In March, 2006 he was named Artist-in-Residence of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in Spain, which involves his conducting the orchestra on tours, playing as a soloist and in chamber music, as well as giving masterclasses. Since his successful transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio, he has transcribed works by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Schnittke, mostly for string orchestra. He has been a member of ASCAP since 1985, and his transcriptions are published by Doblinger, Sikorski and Schirmer. He has an active and varied recording career with an extensive discography, which includes all the major violin concerti, numerous chamber music works as well as orchestral recordings as conductor. In the spring of 2005, a CD with his transcriptions for string orchestra of works by Shostakovich and Stravinsky was released by Hänssler Records with the NES CO and Sitkovetsky. In 2006 Hänssler released a recording of Trios by Shostakovich and Mieczyslaw Weinberg with David Geringas and Jasha Nemtsov as well as the first recording of the Complete Mozart Violin
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Conductor Bruce Kiesling has a diverse background, which encompasses conducting, harpsichord performance, theater and piano work in both classical and popular genres. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Dr. Kiesling received his undergraduate degree and Masters in Conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music. While there, Dr. Kiesling conducted many theatrical productions, served as Director of Choral Activities for the Residential College, and Assistant Conductor of the internationally acclaimed University of Michigan Men’s Glee. Dr. Kiesling received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Miami, Florida, where he was awarded the highly competitive University Fellowship. While in Miami, he served as Artistic Director of the Miami Oratorio Society, Associate Conductor of the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra and co-founder and conductor of the Clarke Chamber Players. Aside from University training, Dr. Kiesling participated in the conducting master class at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Robert Shaw Workshop at Carnegie Hall. Returning to his theatrical roots, he spent several years as the Supervising Music Director for the five-time Emmy–award winning political satire troupe, The News in Revue, including performances and productions in Miami and New York City. Dr. Kiesling is also an active composer. His first musical, King of the Playground, received a staged reading at Musical Theater Works (NYC). His other projects include incidental scores for theatrical productions: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Swimming (off-Broadway) and On Golden Pond (Triad Stage). Recently, he also contributed songs to a revue at the Metropolitan Room in New York City in August. Expanding his skills as a keyboardist, Dr. Kiesling began studying the harpsichord and within a year was the recipient of the prestigious Duane Wilder Award for Harpsichord. He has led performances from the keyboard with the University of Miami Chamber Orchestra, the Clarke Chamber
Players and served as harpsichordist for the Florida Baroque Ensemble. He has also provided piano accompaniment for countless recitals, musicals, showcases and cabarets. Dr. Kiesling’s other career is as a composer of music for a growing number of film and television productions. He also regularly conducts orchestral recording sessions for his own and other composers’ film scores. Within just the past two years, he has written original music for more than twenty film productions. His most recent projects include the feature films A Noise of Many Waters (winner of the Red Inkworks Screenwriting Competition), Wesley, Foresight, Seven Days of Yellow, the slasher comedy Caesar and Otto’s Summer Camp Massacre, and the feature length documentary Di Passaggio. Other projects include the short films Cadence (winner, best film and best score, 2008 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Festival) and Lost Joe, as well as a documentary for the Hickory Museum of Art, the web-series Forced to Protect, the pilot for the series Raven Rock and three book trailers for the Random House Video Book Awards. Kiesling has also composed music for the trailer for the upcoming feature Metal Detector, and many student films, most recently Stormy Weather, 1915, Por Amor and Tommy’s Chocolates. As Resident Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony, Dr. Kiesling leads classical concerts, the hugely popular Holiday Concert at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Gospel Concert (featuring Curt Karr, Richard Smallwood and Wintley Phipps), the highly successful education concerts, and has appeared many times with the Carolina Pops. Highlights include leading the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Gary Hoffman, and an upcoming 2009 performance of Carmina Burana. In addition to these duties, he serves as Music Director and Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, having led the orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in May 2001 and more recently, a triumphant performance at Carnegie Hall in June 2007 where the orchestra received an immediate standing ovation. Most recently, the orchestra performed at Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Under Dr. Kiesling’s guidance, the youth orchestra program has more than doubled in size and now includes five ensembles with more than 200 members. Dr. Kiesling also serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro. This year, he will appear with the Tulare County Symphony in California. Other recent conducting opportunities have included the North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, the College of William and Mary Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival, the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and All-County Orchestras in Guilford and Alamance counties. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 19
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Guiseppe Verdi Overture from La Forza del Destino Domenico Donizetti “Ah! Mes amis” from The Daughter of the Regiment “Una Furtiva Lagrima” from The Elixir of Love Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Giuseppi Verdi “La Donna e Mobile” from Rigoletto René Barbera, tenor Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 B flat Major, Op. 23 Yefim Bronfman, piano I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso; Allegro con spirito II. Andante semplice III. Allegro con fuoco
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Widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuoso pianists performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his prestigious orchestral engagements or his rapidly growing catalogue of recordings. Mr. Bronfman appears regularly with such celebrated ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London’s Philharmonia, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mr. Bronfman has also given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East, includ-
ing acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15. That same year he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. An exclusive SonyBMG recording artist, Mr. Bronfman has won widespread praise for his solo, chamber and orchestral recordings. He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók Piano Concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. GUEST ARTIST
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Born in Laredo, Texas, he began singing at the age of 10 as a boy soprano in the San Antonio Boys’ Choir. In high school he competed for the All-State Choir in his junior and senior years. Mr. Barbera was invited to the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2003, and the Vocal Arts Symposium of Colorado Springs in 2004. In 2004 he won the largest award given to undergraduate vocalists at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he is currently a senior in college. He performed the role of Ottario in (NCSA’s) Fletcher Opera Institute’s Belisario in the 2005 season and in 2006 he performed the role of Arbace in (NCSA’s) Fletcher Opera Institute’s Idomeneo. In 2006 he won first place in the 5th annual Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition as well as first place in the undergraduate division of the Charlotte Opera Guild Vocal Competition. In 2007 he participated in the UNCG Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition where he placed 3rd in the young artist division but received the grand prize of a performance with the Greensboro Symphony. Most recently Mr. Barbera was one of 5 equal winners of the Metropolitan National Council Audition Grand Finals and participated in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program in the summer of 2008.
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Program Notes Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Songs No other composer exemplifies the American orchestral sound more than Aaron Copland. Much of his work includes the influence of American folk songs. Copland prepared two sets of songs for voice and piano, the first in 1950, and followed with an additional set in 1952. The composer later arranged them for chamber orchestra. Tonight’s selections include examples from both the first and second sets of the songs. John Corigliano (b. 1938) The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
Strauss endeavored to emulate Beethoven’s Eroica symphony “with lots of French horns, which are always a measure of heroism.” Some scholars have suggested that Strauss even based “The Hero” on himself. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Although the creator of only a few scores for motion pictures, Corigliano has created unique and fascinating examples in the genre. In addition to Altered States and Revolution, he is best known for his work on the 1998 film The Red Violin. The film follows the journey of a particular instrument from its creation in the 17th century to a modern day auction of rare violins. Corigliano’s gorgeously Romantic score creates themes that seem at home in all the various periods, but still reflect differences in tone and style for changing musical tastes. His versatility is certainly no surprise. He has been active in nearly every genre of contemporary classical music, including the creation of one of the most popular contemporary operas, The Ghosts of Versailles. His two symphonies are also very popular, the second of which earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life) “I may not be a first rate composer,” wrote Strauss, “but, I am a first rate second-rate composer.” History has shown him to have underestimated his worth. However during his lifetime, he struggled greatly with his quest for critical success. Although his early efforts were primarily in traditional forms, in the mid 1880’s Strauss began composing tone poems—programmatic large scale works. Along with his groundbreaking operas, Strauss would become best known for these works. Ein Heldenleben was to be Strauss’ final effort in the genre. Although most of his tone poems involve a specific program, the com-
poser did not include one for Ein Heldenleben. Instead, he endeavored to emulate Beethoven’s Eroica symphony “with lots of French horns, which are always a measure of heroism.” Some scholars have suggested that Strauss even based “The Hero” on himself. What is certainly clear, however, is that he created a work of thrilling power and emotionally Romantic grandeur. Organized as one large sonata-form movement, the poem is broken into six distinct sections. The first three represent the two subjects of the Sonata form with a transition (“The Hero’s Adversaries”) between. Introduced in the third section is the idea of a beloved companion that the hero pursues throughout the work. The fourth section represents the development with three offstage trumpets sounding a call to our hero. A stunning battle sequence ensues, which climaxes with a quote from Strauss’ earlier tone poem, Don Juan. The final section includes some remembrances of the earlier sections, but the hero finds himself at peace with his companion. JOHN FADIAL Violinist John Fadial has served as concertmaster of the Greensboro Symphony for eleven years. This season, he has taken a leave of absence as he explores a new position at the University of Wyoming. He has performed on four continents as a United States Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at such notable venues as the Smithsonian Museum, the Philips Collection, and the Kennedy Center, with numerous engagements at summer festivals such as Aspen, Banff, Brevard, Eastern, Heidelberg, Mirecourt, Costa Rica and Salvador. Fadial has performed widely in the U.S. and Europe since 1997 as violinist of the critically acclaimed Chesapeake Piano Trio.
CORINE BROUWER Corine Brouwer is the concertmaster of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players, and is a member of the Arizona MusicFest Orchestra. Ms. Brouwer has appeared as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Canton (Ohio) Symphony, Carolina Chamber Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, and Salisbury Symphony Orchestras. Chamber performances include the Keowee Chamber Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, International Bartok Festival, and the Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Brouwer earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at NCSA, where she studied with the late Elaine Richey.
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Aaron Copland Songs Robert Moody, baritone Zion’s Walls Simple Gifts At the River All the Pretty Horses I Bought Me a Cat
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Now in his fourth season as Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody is extremely proud of the orchestra’s accomplishments in recent years. Since coming to the WSS in 2005, Moody has also been named artistic director of Arizona Musicfest (2007), and music director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony (2008). Maestro Moody’s first three seasons with the Winston-Salem Symphony have been tremendous successes for the orchestra: sold out concerts, performances with superstar musicians from various genres (including Itzhak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Midori, Amy Grant, and The Manhattan Transfer), strong reviews from press and audience, and an orchestra that is quickly becoming one of the leading “gem” regional orchestras in the country. Additions of Pops and Discovery series, plus annual Side by Side and Handel’s Messiah performances are key markers of the orchestra’s growth. Having conducted the Portland Symphony’s final concert of the 2007 - 2008 season (a much- lauded performance of Mahler’s First Symphony, Titan), Maestro Moody begins his first season as music director in the fall of 2008. Born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, Moody earned a bachelor’s degree in church music from Furman University, with performing emphasis in both voice and cello. He completed his Master of Music in conducting at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Donald Neuen.
John Corigliano The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Main Title Anna’s Theme Death of Anna Coitus Musicales Journey to China Shanghai Pope’s Betrayal Victoria’s Departure The Auction Gypsy Cadenza Anna’s Theme
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Conceiving the piece as a sort of concerto for piano and orchestra, Stravinsky played an early draft for the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev (of the Ballet Russe fame) who suggested the composer expand the work to accommodate a full story for use as a ballet.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Petrouchka The second in the series of Stravinsky’s masterful ballets, Petrouchka, found its inspiration between the composer’s somewhat better known works, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. Nonetheless, Petrouchka contains all the rhythmic inventiveness of the latter work combined with the melodic charm of the former. Conceiving the piece as a sort of concerto for piano and orchestra, Stravinsky played an early draft for the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev (of the Ballet Russe fame) who suggested the composer expand the work to accommodate a full story for use as a ballet. Stravinsky quickly obliged and divided the work into four distinct tableaus or scenes. The title character was the inspiration for the concerto as well as the full ballet, an unhappy puppet seen at a country fair. Although he scored for a very large orchestra, Stravinsky manages to create moments of incredible intimacy and transparency. Of course, the composer’s gift for rhythmic complexity as well as his bold use of the vast orchestral palette is evident throughout as well. The four tableaus are separated by rapid succession of drum beats. The first tableau suggests the happy and ebullient atmosphere at a carnival. The second movement introduces the puppet Petrouchka, the successive piano notes suggest the frustration he feels over his unrequited love for the ballerina puppet. Moving to the third tableau, music is heard illustrating an evil puppet, Blackamoor. A fight ensues, which ends in Petrouchka’s near defeat. However, the fourth and final tableau takes us once again to the carnival outside. After a series of dances by members of the carnival crew, Petrouchka and Blackamoor’s battle is once again illustrated. In the ballet, Petrouchka is killed by Blackamoor’s sword,
Time for Three American Suite A young, dynamic trio of classically trained string musicians, Time for Three transcends traditional performance genres. In concert, a blue-grass standard like “Orange Blossom Special” may be followed by a gypsy-tinged “Csardas.” Tf3 is equally comfortable offering their own arrangements of shorter classical works and popular hits, whether Brahms or the Beatles. They continue to write and arrange all manner of music and have begun a major commissioning program to expand their unique repertoire for both symphony orchestras and concert series. Among their recent is a new work written by Jennifer Higdon, which was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra in January 2008. Graduates of Philadelphia’s venerable Curtis Institute of Music, Tf3’s members, though still in their late twenties, have performed with many of the world’s preeminent conductors and orchestras. Playing 120 concerts each year, Tf3 continues to win over widely diverse audiences across America, including through their enthusiastically received school and community outreach programs, which they view as a central part of their mission. Tf3 currently has two available CDs, with a third release, Three Fervent Travelers, scheduled for the spring. They have also recorded the soundtrack to the History Channel’s Spanish-American War, airing nationally in spring 2007.
“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. ”
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and a quiet ending closes the work. For the suite of the ballet (slightly reorchestrated in 1947) Stravinsky wrote a new ending to close the work with a final flourish.
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Petrouchka Intermission Time for Three American Suite
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The groundbreaking, category-shattering trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The members—Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass—carry a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging, all prime elements of the ensemble’s playing. What started as a trio of musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short — a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall first discovered their mutual love of fiddling in the country western and bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and improvisation. After considerable experimentation, the three officially formed Tf3. The ensemble gained instant attention in July 2003, during a lightning-induced power failure at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts. While technicians attempted to restore onstage lighting, Ranaan and Zach, who were both performing as members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, obliged with an impromptu jam session that included works as far afield from the originally scheduled symphony as “Jerusalem’s Ridge,” “Ragtime Annie,” and “The Orange Blossom Special.” The crowd went wild.
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“Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.” PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Featuring no fewer than 24 variations, the work is a showpiece for the soloist, who makes his way through a wide variety of styles and tempos. Cleverly, Rachmaninov opens with the first variation before the theme itself is heard. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Opening tonight’s concert is one of Tchaikovsky’s lesser-known (and too rarely performed) masterpieces. Based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, the title refers to a character Dante meets in the fifth canto of the epic poem. Francesca was a noblewomen who commits adultery by having an affair with her ugly husband’s brother. Both she and her lover are punished with eternal damnation where they are lost in a fierce storm never to locate one another. The composer identified closely with the title character. Indeed several of his works reflect a kinship he felt with those for whom their truest love remained unattainable. Tchaikovsky wrote some of his most passionate music for these characters, which include the ballet Swan Lake and his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. In the work, one cannot help but hear the influence of Lizst, whom Tchaikovsky admired. Not only is the subject matter typical of the other composer (who wrote several works based on Dante, including his Dante Symphony), but Tchaikovsky’s use of orchestral colors to illustrate the swirling storm conjures the clear influence of Lizst’s creative techniques. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 In an era where the Faustian legend was strong, perhaps no other public figure conjured images of a man who sold his soul to master this world more than Paganini. The great violin virtuoso was known the world over. His technical skills were unmatched, to be sure, but he also could bring an audience to tears with his beautiful playing a single unaccompanied lyrical line as well.
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A gifted composer, Paganini wrote music that inspired many others in his wake. The “theme” upon which Rachmaninov composed his variations, also was a source for Schumann, Brahms and (once again) Liszt. Featuring no fewer than 24 variations, the work is a showpiece for the soloist, who makes his way through a wide variety of styles and tempos. Cleverly, Rachmaninov opens with the first variation before the theme itself is heard. Instead, the theme is played moments later by all the violins. Perhaps best known in the work is the 18th variation, a soaring and beautiful inversion of Paganini’s theme. Although already popular, this theme became beloved by a new generation when it was prominently featured in the film Somewhere in Time. Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 A full fifteen years elapsed between the composition of Prokofiev’s 4th symphony and his 5th. It had been an important period of change for the composer, who now found himself back in Russia (he had relocated from France eight years earlier), and there were high expectations for his new symphony. At the premiere in 1944, cannon fire was heard outside as the Russian army began to push back the German forces. The end of the Second World War was finally in sight. As a full contrast to his light and buoyant “Classical Symphony” (his first), the audience is treated to the full influence of the broad romanticism of Brahms and even his fellow countryman Shostakovich. In the previous years, Prokofiev had grown a great deal and even stated that this work in particular was “a culmination of an entire period in my work. I conceived of it as a symphony on the greatness of the human soul.” Like Shostakovich’s works, however, underlying the work are questions. Is the symphony’s optimism genuine or ironic? Although filled with moments of triumph, there are also quieter and grief-filled moments, such as the funeral march in the third movement. Ending the work, however, is an upbeat and relentless finale, with an unusual coda that draws the listener even in the final moments of the work. The energy almost seems to dissipate before the final cadence.
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Concert Program
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Intermission
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Konstantin Lifschitz
As a very small child, Konstantin Lifschitz became irresistibly attracted to the piano, playing by ear and improvising with total absorption for hours on end. This aptitude for his chosen instrument was so remarkable, that at five, he enrolled in the renowned Gnessin Special Middle School of Music. In 1990 the Russian Culture Foundation awarded him a scholarship to perform in prominent music centers in Europe which brought him to the attention of Vladimir Spivakov. The latter arranged for Lifschitz to perform as soloist with the Moscow Virtuosi and tour in Japan performing Bach’s Concerto in D minor. At 13, Lifshitz presented a landmark recital in the chamber hall of the Russian Academy of Music. The capacity crowd responded with an overwhelming enthusiasm that even then established him as a major artist, ready to take his place alongside the masters of Russian piano legend. In 1994, Lifschitz presented his graduation recital from Gnessin Special Middle School of Music in Moscow – his program commenced with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Denon Records recorded the 17-year-old in this deeply felt interpretation of his beloved Bach. This recording, when released in 1996, was nominated for a Grammy Award and moved critic Edward Rothstein (The New York Times) to regard Konstantin’s performance “the most powerful pianistic interpretation since Gould.” In 1995 he won the German Echo Classic Record Prize, as a “New Young Artist” of the year.
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Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 I. II. III. IV.
Andante Allegro marcato Adagio Allegro giocos
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The student songs of the German countryside deal with the most colorful, secular, and even ribald aspects of life: eating, dancing, drinking, gambling and lovemaking. Orff treats the listener to a primitive, exotic, and essentially dramatic presentation of their texts. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) The Fountains of Rome Although Italy is regarded as the home of the world’s greatest opera composers, the country has produced few masters of great concert orchestral music. While Germany and Austria are thought to be the home of the symphony, the concerto and the tone poem, almost no composer has emerged from Italy without the benefit of a beloved opera. The lone exception to this rule is Ottorino Respighi. Trained in composition and viola, Respighi studied in Bologna but traveled to Russia to play in the Imperial Opera Orchestra for two years. While there, he studied orchestration with the masterful Rimsky-Korsakov. Returning to Italy, he began composing in earnest. Taking his cue from outside sources, Respighi wrote pieces inspired by ancient Italian music, Botticelli’s paintings, Brazilian songs and stained-glass windows. By far his most famous works are the three pieces inspired by the fountains, the pines, and the festivals of Rome. In The Fountains of Rome, the first in the series, Respighi tried “to give expression to the sentiments and vision suggested to him by four of Rome’s fountains, contemplated at the hour in which their character is most in harmony with the surrounding landscape, or in which their beauty appears most impressive to the observer.” The work is divided into four interconnected sections: I.
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The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn. “…a peaceful landscape; cattle pass en route to pasture and disappear in the fresh, damp mists of the dawn.” The Triton Fountain in the Morning. “A gay, frenzied dance between the jets of water.” The Fountain of Trevi at Midday. “Neptune’s chariot is drawn by sea horses and followed by a train of sirens and tritons.” The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset. “It is the nostalgic hour of sunset, the air is full of the sound of tolling bells of neighboring churches, birds sing their farewells. Sounds peacefully die into the silence of the night.”
Carl Orff (1895-1982) Carmina Burana, a Scenic Cantata Born in Munich, Germany, into a wealthy Bavarian military family, Carl Orff began studying the piano at age five and by age fifteen, had already published several musical works. After graduating from the Munich Academy of Music, he made a living in the opera houses of Germany. His compositions, too, began to take a different form. What was once a derivative post-romantic leaning was abandoned by the 1930s, when he composed Carmina Burana. Billed as a “Scenic Cantata,” it was so different from his former efforts that the composer disowned all his previous work. Carmina Burana was premiered at the Frankfurt Opera in 1937. It was a massive success. Believing that concert music had reached its developmental limit, Orff focused on stage works for the rest of his life, eventually adding two more chapters to Carmina. Titled Catulli carmina (1943) and Trionfo di Afrodite (1952), they form a trilogy. Tonight’s work grew out of Orff’s fascination with a collection of poems found in a 13th century Benedictine monastery near Munich. The title of the work comes from the Latin plural Carmen (“student songs”) and Burana (“Bavaria”). Not surprisingly, these student songs of the German countryside deal with the most colorful, secular and even ribald aspects of life: eating, dancing, drinking, gambling and lovemaking. Setting twenty-four of the poems in the set, Orff treats the listener to a primitive, exotic and essentially dramatic presentation of their texts. Divided into three parts, the first deals with “Spring,” the second, “In the tavern” (reserved for the men of the choir), and the third “The Court of Love.” Book-ending these three sections is the well-known “O Fortuna” chorus. “Oh Fortune, like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing and waning; hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it.” Diabolical and menacing, one can almost hear the spinning of the wheel of fate in this diabolical and menacing piece. Including only the most basic harmonic practices that suggest early musical modes of the 13th century, the work is propelled primarily by a relentless rhythm that drives deep into the soul and colorful effects of orchestration.
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Jennifer Check
Ms. Check completed the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and made her Met debut during the 2001-02 season and regularly appears at the Met in a variety of roles under the baton of James Levine. She has performed with the Charlotte Symphony, Tokyo Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Verbier Festival, Spoleto Festival and Salzburg Festival. Ms. Check received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College followed by a graduate degree from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
■ Jeremy Kelly Rising young baritone Jeremy Kelly began his 200708 season with a return to Kentucky Opera for Ping in Turandot. Among his previous engagements are acclaimed portrayals of Schaunard in La Bohème with Seattle Opera for which he was praised for “giving more vocal life to Schaunard than I’ve heard or seen in a long time” (Opera News.) Mr. Kelly holds both a Master and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music.
■ Scott Scully Following recent performances of Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Arizona Opera, the Arizona Republic exclaimed that tenor Scott Scully “turned in a performance startling for its clarity, easy power and infusion of character. Scully embraced the big second act aria of deathless beauty, ‘Una furtiva lagrima,’ with warmth and emotional charge.” He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas
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Concert Program
Ottorino Respighi
The Fountains of Rome Intermission Carl Orff
Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata Jennifer Check, soprano Jeremy Kelly, baritone Scott Scully, tenor Choral Society of Greensboro Choirs of Guilford College Dr. Wendy Looker, director I. II. III.
Primo vere (“Spring”) In Taberna (“In the Tavern”) Cour d’amours (“Court of Love”)
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“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” SERGEI RACHMANINOV
George F. Handel (1685-1759) Watermusic The entire Water Music cycle involves three different sets or suites of movements. However, there is some debate among scholars as to their history and ordering. What is clear is that King George I asked the composer to create music for a trip down the Thames in 1717. Quite the favorite of London’s aristocracy, a well-stocked barge would float down the river catering to the needs of its passengers. For entertainment, a second barge (notably less well-stocked) would follow closely with the musicians playing music to further entertain the passengers on the first barge. It is unclear whether all of the suites of the set were composed for one evening’s diversions or a series of parties. Tonight’s selection includes most of the first Suite with a few bonuses of Suite #2 as a special treat. Throughout, we hear a variety of tempos and styles that beautifully represent Handel’s baroque stylings. The last of the movements heard tonight, “Hornpipe,” has become quite famous and is, to many, the embodiment of the entire set.
The Adagio ranks alongside the most moving lyric movements in any symphony. Sounding completely modern to any listener today, its power, beauty and haunting melodies are immediately emotional and engaging. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Michael Nyman (b. 1944) The composer of tonight’s concerto has had a diverse career active in many different specialties within the musical community. Perhaps best known for his film scores in collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, Nyman’s career is far more diverse than those familiar with his popular score for the film The Piano might suspect. After studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music in the late 1960s, Nyman worked in film and opera before becoming a music critic. He is widely accepted to have been the first to apply the term “minimalism” to a style of music. Over the years, he has continued to be an active composer, both inside and outside the film industry. He provided music for the films The Cook, the
Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero’s Books; The Piano; Gattaca and The End of the Affair. He is also active in foreign films produced throughout Europe. His best known works for the concert hall include his operas, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Facing Goya; Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs; a ballet, The Princess of Milan, and concertos for saxophone, piano, violin, harpsichord, trombone and now, the cello. He also has a chamber ensemble called The Michael Nyman Band and/or The Michael Nyman Orchestra, which tours and records his own music and that of others as well. The composer is a published author as well, having published a well-known text on new music called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 As many other composers of the late romantic period, Rachmaninov maintained a multifaceted career: as a composer, a performer on the piano and as a conductor. Maintaining such a schedule left the exhausted Rachmaninov precious little time to compose. In 1906, however, the composer withdrew from performing (on piano and podium) to begin on a new work, what would become his second symphony. Unlike his first symphony, whose premiere was something of a debacle, the second symphony scored an immediate success. Rachmaninov was at the height of his compositional powers. His lush harmonies and melodies would influence the sound of late romantic music for all other composers. Highlights of the work include the second movement (a scherzo) that begins with the four French horns. After the middle section with its fast and furious passages, Rachmaninov returns to the opening material and even glimpses the first movements theme. The Adagio ranks with the most moving slow movements in any symphony. Sounding completely modern to any listener today, its power, beauty and haunting melodies are immediately emotional and engaging. Closing the symphony is a bright tarantella that alternates with a march throughout this exciting conclusion.
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Concert Program
George F. Handel
Watermusic Suite #1 I. II. III. IV. V. VI.
Overture Adagio e staccato Allegro Andante Air Allegro
Suite #2 I. II.
Allegro Alla Hornpipe
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Nina Kotova
Born into a family of musicians and scientists, Russian cellist Nina Kotova has been hailed as “unforgettable,” “passionate and inspiring” and as having “powerfully expressive energy with a technique of utter mastery.” Nina Kotova represents the third generation of musicians in her family. Ms. Kotova gave her first performance as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 11 and at 15 won First Prize at the “Concertino Prague” International Competition. Since her Western debut in 1996 at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London, Ms. Kotova has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the Orchid Hall in Tokyo, and Ravinia’s “Rising Stars” series. Ms. Kotova has recently performed as soloist with symphony orchestras across the globe including a solo performance for the Imperial Family of Japan, an appearance on the MTV Music Awards at the MET and a special performance with the singer Sting at the Royal Opera House in London. Elle magazine named Nina Kotova “one of the 25 persons to watch in the next century,” and she has been the subject of features in Time, Newsweek, Vogue, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, Classic FM and on television on the Charlie Rose Show, Hard Talk with Tim Sebastian, and Breakfast with the Arts.
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Cello Concerto Nina Kotova, cello Intermission Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 I. II. III. IV.
Largo; Allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio Allegro vivace
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A modern man who dabbled in the mystic, the new age movement, and even Astrology, Holst based each movement on the planet’s astrological influence on humankind. The titles of the individual movements suggest their characteristics. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Much has been made of Mozart’s early success as a child prodigy, both as performer and composer. What is less well known is that he did enjoy some adult success, albeit short-lived. He presented a successful concert series at Vienna’s Burgtheater. However, by the time Mozart wrote his final three symphonies, the economy had turned less favorable in Vienna. Mozart’s world was in decline. This was partly due to his failing health and mounting debt. There was also a growing sense amongst the Viennese elite that his music was dated, and no longer current. Although Mozart planned a new concert to feature his latest works, he sold only one ticket to this concert, to his friend Baron Gottfried von Swieten. Of course, it is well known that this proposed concert never occurred. The composer never heard his last three symphonies performed. Von Swieten’s name may be well known to music lovers. It is he who fell in love with the music of Bach and his contrapuntal brilliance. Indeed, it is he who showed this music to both Mozart and Haydn. Highly contrapuntal writing was quite out of style in the classical period and young composers were not taught its intricacies as part of their musical education. Mozart and Hadyn were deeply inspired by what they saw in Bach’s music, which was new to them both. One only need listen to the stunning finale of the Jupiter Symphony (the moniker was not Mozart’s own—its source is not known) to appreciate the affect Von Sweiten had on him. The final movement is alive with contrapuntal inventiveness throughout. Most stunning, however, is the coda, which brings all the ideas into play at once, in a thrilling display of technical mastery. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Planets, Op. 32 Closing a season of 20th Century Masterpieces, it is difficult to imagine not including Holst’s magnificent suite The Planets. Written for a very large orchestra, the suite took nearly three years for the composer to complete. Another three years would pass before the first public performance at the end of the First World War. Holst designed each of the seven movements to reflect the seven planets (other
than the Earth) of the solar system. Much attention has been given to the missing “Pluto” movement (the celestial body known as Pluto was not discovered until 1930). Several composers have even attempted to compose a new movement to complete the cycle. However, the reclassification of Pluto as dwarf planet, suggests that perhaps Holst had it right the first time. A modern man who dabbled in the mystic, the new age movement, and even astrology, Holst based each movement on the planet’s astrological influence on humankind. The titles of the individual movements suggest their characteristics. Mars suggest the modern battery of a fully equipped and deadly war machine. Famously, this movement and its harmonies were the basis for much of the score to the Star Wars motion pictures and its sequels. For the Venus movement, Holst leaves out the brass instruments entirely. Mercury is a light and deft scherzo. Perhaps the best-known movement of the suite is “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity.” Two memorable themes make up this movement. The first is a rhythmically syncopated horn call and the second is a relaxed yet moving melody for the strings. Saturn uses a slow funeral march to suggest the end of life. The tolling chimes and brass chords echo a terror rarely equaled in music. Following is the mischievous Uranus. Although at times a bit scary, mostly, one feels that Uranus is more playful than terrifying. This movement definitely suggests Dukas’ playful Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Closing the suite is Neptune’s mysterious shrouds. Although much of this movement suggests the unknown abyss of the ocean, one also feels that Holst illustrated the unknown frontier beyond Neptune. At that time, what lay beyond the planet Neptune was completely mystifying. Quiet and mysterious strains are heard throughout the movement, with a wordless chorus joining in to quietly tempt sailors to the sea. The chorus fades in the oceanic depths … or is it lost in the silence of interstellar space? The listener’s mind is free to wonder and wander at this rhapsodic experience that closes this magnificent season.
■ Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music and composers with David Nelson (UNCG) . Preludes is a series of informative lectures held prior to each Masterworks performance. The presentations begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday evening concert for a brief question and answer session held at the front of the stage with our guest artists and Dima. Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this concert on Sunday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m
Concert Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” I. II. III. IV.
Allegro vivace Andante cantabile Menuetto: Allegretto Molto allegro
The Women of the Choral Society of Greensboro
M masterworks
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Intermission
MAY 7 / 9
Gustav Holst
The Musical Planets
The Planets, Op. 32 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.
Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic
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The Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund was started in 1986 when the Symphony Guild contributed $50,000 toward endowing the $250,000 Concertmaster’s Chair. The endowment of the Chair was completed in 1995, and Guild member Kay Edwards and Maurice Jennings launched a successful campaign which accomplished the $1 million mark in the Fund. The Guild supports the endowment each year. The
ENDOWMENT FUND
fund surpassed $2.5 Million during the 2001-2002 season. The Endowment was under the leadership of Guild member Caroline M. Lee for more than twenty years. Led by Barbara Cone, a special initiative was undertaken by Endowment donors who contributed additional funds in honor of Caroline Lee’s dedication to the GSO endowment. The Associate Concertmaster’s Chair was endowed in her name in 2001. In October of 2006, Cathy and Garson Rice were named co-chairs of the Endowment Committee. The Rice’s continue the good work of Caroline Lee and many new gifts and chairs have been recruited under
TRUSTEES Ann E. Kroupa, Chairman Lisa Bullock Sally B. Cone K. William Fraser Robert Harris A. Robinson Hassell Linda Jones Lewis R. Ritchie William R. Rogers, Ph.D.
their leadership. In 2008, the Endowment Fund surpassed $ 3.8 million and a gift was made to the Symphony of $137,000 for its annual operating budget. NAMED FUNDS $10,000- $39,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, III Marion Stedman Covington Amelia Tatum Daniel Memorial by Samuel Cameron Tatum Warren Moore and Anne Moore Diaz Memorial by Jean Paul Moore George W. and Anna B. Dickieson Kay Bryan Edwards by KPB Corporation Ronda Ellen and Kenneth Kornfeld Mrs. E. Pierpoint Gill Herbert and Mary Frances Hazelman Michel Family Foundation Dr. E. Phillip Morgan Memorial by Inga Borgstorm Morgan, Kent and Carolyn Morgan Carolyn and Harold O’Tuel Doris R. Preyer, Trustee William Y. Preyer, Jr. CLU Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund Mr. And Mrs. J. W. Werner, Jr.
HERITAGE SOCIETY The Heritage Society is composed of those who provided bequests in their wills to the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund. Gifts may be in honor or as a memorial. Anonymous Bequests Nan and John Bayersdorfer Dr. Jean B. Brooks Anne Rendleman Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guirlinger Pearl E. and Robert A. Kraay E. Joseph LeBauer Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee Susan and Dale Miller Sally and Steve Millikin Roy E. and Christine P. Rizzo Mrs. Beverly C. Moore Kitty and George Robison Connie and Robin Saul Florence G. Young
CAROLINE M. LEE ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR Caroline Lee has tirelessly led the Greensboro Symphony Endowment since its inception in 1985. To honor her years of service and the remarkable growth of the Fund, the Guild and Symphony friends honored Caroline by endowing the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in 2001. $30,000 Greensboro Symphony Guild $25,000 Mike and Lynn Haley $5,000 Anonymous Fund Dr. Jean B. Brooks Barbara and Herman Cone Joan and Bill Hemphill Linda and Maurice Jennings Helen and Al Lineberry Carolyn and John Maness Carole and Ed Monroe Pat Austin Nussbaum Lynn R. Prickett Fund through Betty and Charles Cheek $1,500–$2,500 Kay Bryan Edwards Marie and Ed Faulkner, Jr.
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Susan and Bill Fraser Kenneth and Ronda Kornfeld Ann and Bob Kroupa Fred L. Proctor, Sr. Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven $1,000 Beverly and Ray Berry Nancy and Alex Brown Martha and John Chandler Dorothy and Clyde Collins Sally and Alan Cone Sally B. and Robert C. Cone Mary Carol and Pat Danahy Martha and Reed Devane George and Anna Dickieson Jack C. Dixon Margaret and Walter Faison Dorothy and Stanley Frank Charles T. Hagan, Jr. Charles and Jeanne Hassell Ginger and Walter Hornig
Rachel S. Hull Bonnie and Bynum Hunter J.T. and Johnnye Greer Hunter Lenora W. Jackson Karen and Eugene Johnston Judy and Allen Jolly John and Ellen Kavanagh Mose and Doris Egerton Kiser Glorine and Tom Luper Dale and Susan Miller Joy and Moon Morrison Doris R. Preyer Royce and Jane Reynolds Peggy and Lewis Ritchie Shirley Spears Kay Stern John C. Tate, Jr. Boppy and John O. Toledano Dorothy and Charles Weill B.J. and Bob Williams Doug and Julia Wilson Elaine and Tom Wright
Patrons of chairs receive permanent listing in the playbill, recognition on column in auditorium lobby, and preferential parking. The Greensboro Symphony is grateful for your generous support in building the Endowment Fund. For more information on how you may play a part in the continuation of the Symphony’s great music and education programs, please call co-chairs Cathy and Garson Rice at 336-273-1426. MAESTRO’S PODIUM $500,000 Endowed by bequest MAESTRO’S PODIUM EMERITUS CHAIR $300,000 Endowed by bequest YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR $275,000 1 CHAIR AVAILABLE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR $250,000 Greensboro Symphony Guild THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST ARTIST PIANO CHAIR $250,000 In honor of Linda M. Jones THE YOUTH STRINGS CHAIR $150,000 In honor of Dr. Jean B. Brooks. ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR $150,000 In Honor of Caroline M. Lee ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR · $100,000 Chair Avaiable PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $80,000 11 CHAIRS AVAILABLE Kathleen Price Bryan Memorial Chair by Kay Bryan Edwards and Family Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair by Mary Ann Bush and Children Irene Mitchell Moore and Beverly Cooper Moore Chair Fraser Family Chair by Susan and Bill Fraser Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $60,000 Kay Bryan Edwards Chair by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair by Charles M. Hassell Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair by Lenora W. Jackson Carolyn J. Maness Chair by John R. Maness Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair by Catherine G. Rice and Children SECTION CHAIRS · $40,000 10 CHAIRS AVAILABLE Austin Family Chair by Patricia Austin Sevier Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Foundation Brough-Webber Chair by Elizabeth Brough Webber and William R. Webber Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair by the Massey Trust through Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr. Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial Chair by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright John E. and Martha S. Chandler Chair Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Chair by Donna M. and Herman Cone III
Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner
C. Scott Lee Chair by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Dorothy G. Frank Chair by Stanley M. Frank
Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry Memorial Chair by Helen H. and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
Hughlene Bostian Frank and William Allen Frank Chair James Autha Freeze Memorial Chair by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze
The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair by Flo and Bill Snider
Greensboro Opera Company Chair by Peggy and Phil Johnson
Joy C. Morrison Chair by William H. Morrison, Jr.
Lynn Carroll Haley Chair by Michael W. Haley
Carole Swope Monroe Chair by Edwin Brent Monroe
Joan T. and William L. Hemphill Chair
Alice Wilson Pearce Chair by Woody Pearce
Sally London Hobbs Memorial Chair by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter
Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund
Rachel Smothers Hull and Worth Brantley Hull Chair
Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair by the Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund
Linda B. and Maurice Jennings Chair
Royce O. Reynolds Chair by Jane W. Reynolds
Jimmie Irene Johnson Memorial Chair by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family
Dr. William R. and Beverley C. Rogers Chair
Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne Kavanagh Chair by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh Preston Wylie Keith and Martha Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair by Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair
Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Richard and Danahy Family Chair by Mary C. Richard Danahy iand Patrick Danahy George W. Dickieson Chair GSO Conductor 1951-1963 by Anna B. Dickieson Lucy and Clark Dixon Memorial Chair by Jack C. Dixon
R. Bradford Lloyd Chair by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.
Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair by Elizabeth Yates King Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family Kroupa Family Chair by Bob and Ann Kroupa
Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair by Katherine G. Stern Ellen and Gary Taft Chair Richard W. and Carlotta M. Treleaven Memorial Chair by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven Frederick Kent Wilkins Memorial Chair by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children Betty F. and Robert P. Williams Chair Thomas E. and Elaine R. Wright Chair
Barbara B. and Robert E. Lavietes Chair
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Ticket Subscriptions * Orchestra Support (musician meals) * Education Programs * GSO Annual Campaign, Endowment, and GSG Youth Fund Contributions Office Assistance * Fund Raising In-kind Donations * Advocacy Budget Support * Youth Orchestra Scholarships Youth Orchestra Receptions * Publicity. For more information about The Greensboro Symphony Guild, visit www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741
On behalf of the Greensboro Symphony Guild, I welcome you to the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 season. We anticipate another extraordinary concert season with our Music Director Maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky and an exciting POPS season with talented guest conductors. We also look forward to the excellent Chamber Series on Friday evenings and to concerts by the widely recognized Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra. It is truly a season with something for everyone. Organized in 1964, the Greensboro Symphony Guild works closely with the orchestra to promote and maintain our city’s fine music tradition. The Guild provides financial support to the Symphony through various fund-raising projects. We rely on you as patrons of those fund-raising activities. Please join us for our Symphony of Homes Tour this fall and consider playing in our Golf Classic next spring. By participating, you will be directly helping to support our wonderful Symphony. The Guild also provides volunteer support for the orchestra’s music programs throughout our community. The Guild and the Symphony work together to present a series of concerts for local school-age children at both the elementary and middle school levels. In 2008 we started a partnership program between orchestra musicians and high school music students. For our older citizens, the Symphony Guild Chorus performs at a variety of venues where residents are not able to travel to concerts. Music does matter and does make a difference in our lives. Please enjoy the concert and please also continue to support the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Greensboro Symphony Guild. For more information about the Guild go to our web-site at www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741. Sincerely,
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Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a Many popular works of the repertoire were not conceived in the form they are best known to the concert-going public. Such is the case with this sonata. Originally written as a flute sonata in 1943, the first performance was witnessed by the violinist David Oistrakh. Approaching the composer after the concert, Oistrakh insisted to Prokofiev that the work would enjoy a much greater success if it were rewritten as a sonata for violin and piano. Capitulating, the composer adapted the solo part for violin and left the piano part virtually unchanged. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Composed in 1967, this set of poems was written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the “October Revolution.” The poet Blok is widely regarded as the “Father of Symbolism” in Russia. Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich requested his friend Shostakovich compose a work that the cellist could perform with his wife, a well-known soprano. After initially considering a work for voice and solo cello, the composer added a piano and violin for variety and a greater tonal palette. The first six songs divide the instruments in various combinations with the solo voice before combining them in the final song.
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Sergei Prokofiev sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a I. Moderato II. Scherzo: Presto III. Andante IV. Allegro con brio Jane Hawkins, piano Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
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Dmitri Shostakovich Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 1. Ophelia’s Song 2. Gamayun, Bird of Prophecy 3. We Were Together 4. The City is Asleep 5. The Storm 6. Secret Signs 7. Music Jane Hawkins, piano Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Fred Raimi, cello Terry Rhodes, soprano
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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Suite Italienne, for violin and piano (after Pulcinella) The Suite Italienne is one of several arrangements of ballet music from Pulcinella (1920) that the composer extracted and arranged from the original suite. His first attempt was in 1925, when he collected a suite of music based on Pergolesi (as is the music in the ballet). Seven years later, the first version of tonight’s suite was arranged for cello and piano. The present version was created soon after. Stravsinky called this popular and engaging work “the epiphany through which the whole of my later work became possible.” Time for Three Improvisation The groundbreaking, category-shattering trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The members — Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass— carry a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging, all prime elements of the ensemble’s playing. What started as a trio of musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short — a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall first discovered their mutual love of fiddling in the country western and bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and improvisation. After considerable experimentation, the three officially formed Tf3.
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Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne, for violin and piano (after Pulcinella) I Introductione II. Serenata III. Tarantella IV. Gavotta con due variazioni V. Scherzino VI. Minuetto e finale Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Inara Zandmane, piano
Zachary DePue, violin Nicolas Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer, bass
Time for Three Improvisation Zachary DePue, violin Nicolas Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer, bass Inara Zandmane
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301 Mozart was on a Parisian tour when he composed this sonata. Completed both in Paris and Mannheim in 1778, it is part of a group known as the Kurfurstin Sonatas. The set is known as some of the first works to give the violin an important role equal to that of the piano. This work has only two movements, both with relatively bright tempo. Happy for the most part, there is a section in the first movement that modulates to the minor. Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano Best known for large scale symphonic works and his opera Boris Godounov, Mussorgsky also had a significant output of miniatures. Even his well-known Pictures at an Exhibition is originally based on a series of short pieces for solo piano. The Nursery features not only the composer’s music but also his own texts. Mussorgsky was an active member of “The Mighty Five,” a group of Russian composers who labored to free Russian music from western influences and to create a distinct Russian musical style and legacy. These charming movements are considered by many as ideal glimpses into the Russian soul. César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano Whereas many composers initially pursued non-musical careers and later were drawn by fate or destiny back into music careers, Franck was “coerced” into a piano career by his parents. The composer’s only sonata, this work was written for the wedding of his friend (and brilliant violinist) Eugene Ysaye. Meant to serve as a illustration of one’s personal journey, the work’s movements each represent a distinct phase of life. The first movement’s innocent charm suggests youth, whereas the energetic second movement is seen as young adulthood. The final two movements respectively represent a philosophical old age and then a look back on a full and satisfying life well lived.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301 I. Allegro II. Allegro con spirito Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Modest Mussorgsky Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano I. With Nanny II. In the Corner III. The Beetle IV. With the Doll V. Bedtime Prayer VI. Sailor the Cat VII. Riding the Hobby Horse Susan Roberts, soprano Konstantin Lifschitz, piano César Franck Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano I. Allegretto ben moderato II. Allegro III. Recitativo Fantasia IV. Allegretto poco mosso Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
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Bela Bartók (1881-1945) Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano Benny Goodman asked Bartok to compose this work for the clarinetist and József Szigeti, a famous Hungarian violinist, to perform at a concert in New York City in 1939. Originally consisting of two movements and titled Rhapsody, the middle movement was added before Goodman and Szigeti recorded the work months later. The first movement is based on a robust dance used by military recruiters to encourage young men to enlist. The second movement, “Pihenö” (relaxation), features nighttime murmurings in this tranquil illustration of a quiet evening in the country. The finale is once again a fast dance and features a contrasting middle section in the unusual meter of thirteen beats to the bar before a return of the opening material closes the movement. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “In Memory of a Great Artist” The dedication “In Memory of a Great Artist” is written to Nicholas Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky’s long-time friend, former teacher, and director of the Moscow Conservatory. Rubinstein passed away in 1881 and the work made its premiere less than a year later. Arranged as two large movements (the first is known as “Elegiac Piece”) the work showcases the composer’s prodigious gift of melody. Four different themes are heard in the first movement alone. Rubinstein was also a lover of folk music. Tchaikovsky designs the theme of the second movement as a simple and straightforward, yet charming, folk song. This tune is treated to eleven variations in a variety of colors and settings. The coda serves as a twelfth variation before a return of the first movement material ends this moving and powerful work.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Goldberg Variations (arr. by Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Celebrating the end of a fifth year of the Rice Toyota-Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber Series is a performances of Mr. Sitkovetsky’s own masterpieces. His transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations has been called “a tone poem” and having the effect of “clarifying and purifying the piece; every line of counterpoint is audible.” What better work to close our fifth anniversary of this series? Bach’s gift for counterpoint is everywhere and this transcription “sheds new light on the music by drawing out expressive elements that previously could only be hinted at when played on a harpsichord or even a modern piano.”
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■ Rich Ridenour Rich Ridenour has built a formidable career performing concerts of great piano favorites ranging from classical masterworks to American ragtime, jazz and rock and roll. Recent symphony engagements include Guatemala, Ocean City, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Paducah, Jacksonville, Cleveland Pops, New Mexico, San Antonio, Richmond, Florida, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Tacoma and Midland-Odessa. Rich regularly appears as pops conductor for the Elgin, IL and Dearborn, MI Symphonies. Recently Rich covered for Peter Nero at 2 hours notice to perform Rhapsody in Blue with the Detroit Symphony at Orchestra Hall. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rich received a Bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School of Music. In his career, Rich has accompanied stars Carol Lawrence, Robert Guillaume, Smokey Robinson, Larry Gatlin, Martin Short, Mercedes Ellington and “B” for Bob from Sesame Street.
■ Kathy Wagner Kathy Wagner is well known for her mastery of a variety of musical styles and genres. A recipient of numerous awards, Kathy was a regional Star Search winner, WYCE recording artist winner and she has been a bronze and silver medallist at the prestigious American Traditions Singing Competition in Savannah, Georgia. Recordings include The Pink Album, Not Since Prom, Taking A Chance On Love and I Love A Piano. Symphony pops concerts include West Shore, Elgin, Sagi-
naw, Bay Area, Kalamazoo, Lafayette, Grand Rapids and the Bijou Orchestra. Favorite musical theatre roles include Eva Peron (Evita), Velma (Chicago), The Old Lady (Candide), and was a Grand Award recipient for her performances as Mama Rose (Gypsy), Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd, Fosca in Passion, Best musical direction for Spitfire Grill and a special grand award for Beehive. Kathy has opened for The Drifters, The Platters, The Shirelles, Little Anthony and most recently for Bob Newhart. She was a member of the Motown rock and soul band, Sounds Like Fun, and has long been swinging tunes with The River City Jazz Ensemble. Her vocal work also encompasses jingles, studio work and award-winning compositions. As a dancer and choreographer, she has studied in LA, Chicago and New York. Kathy taught for The Ken Tepper Studio for 10 years and then continued on at The Performing Arts Academy in Grand Rapids. Kathy teaches contemporary music at Cornerstone University, and is a founding member of the West Michigan Cabaret Association. She has a terrific husband of 29 years and two wonderful daughters who love when mom sings, but even more when she cooks.
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ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
■ Ron Bohmer
■ Stuart Malina
Ron Bohmer has starred on Broadway and national tour as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera, Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (Jefferson Award nomination)., the swashbuckling hero The Scarlet Pimpernel (National Broadway Theatre Award nomination), Alex in Aspects Of Love (LA Robby award), the evil Sir Percival Glyde in The Woman in White, Enjolras in Les Miserables, and Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof. Ron received a Jefferson Award Best Actor nomination for his work in Sunset Blvd., and a National Broadway Theatre Award’s Best Actor nomination for The Scarlet Pimpernel. He recently completed a 64 week tour of the US and Canada, starring as Coach Bolton in the cultural phenomenon Disney’s High School Musical. Ron has appeared in several Television shows such as Law & Order SVU, Rescue Me, Ryan’s Hope, One Life to Live, and As The World Turns.
Stuart Malina is one of America’s most versatile and accomplished conductors. In a wide variety of concerts his ease on the podium, engaging personality, and insightful interpretations have thrilled audiences and helped to break down the barriers between performer and listener. Music Director and Conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra since June 2000, Mr. Malina’s other appointments have included Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra from 1996 to 2003 and Associate Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra from 1993 to 1997. In 2006 Mr. Malina had return engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and at the Eastern Music Festival, where he conducted the world premiere of Billy Joel’s Symphonic Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra. Mr. Malina helped create Movin’ Out with director and choreographer Twyla Tharp, for which he won a Tony Award for Orchestration with Billy Joel in June 2003.
■ Rita Harvey Rita Harvey recently sang the role of Hodel in the Broadway revival of ‘Fiddler on the Roof” starring Rosie O’Donell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera, following a two-year national tour performing the same role. Rita created the role of Lady Edith in the off- Broadway hit musical The Prince and the Pauper. At the Irish Repertory Theatre, she played the role of Ethel Chichester in “Peg O’ My Heart”. Rita also created the role of Elizabeth in the highly acclaimed concept CD/DVD of ”Frankenstein the Musical” available on Amazon.com. She can be heard on recordings of The Prince and the Pauper, Tim , A Tale of Two Cities, Big the Musical, Frankenstein the Musical and Fiddler on the Roof. Rita has performed as featured soloist in numerous concerts around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Liz Callaway, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White, Rita Moreno and Michael Crawford. She received her Masters in Opera Performance at Northwestern University.
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Tony Award winner Stuart Malina, returns to one of his favorite stages. Don’t miss Stuart and his friends from Broadway as they play some of your favorite show tunes from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Sondheim, Bacharach, and Bernstein.
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This show is guaranteed to be mucho caliente, an evening of Latin dance, music, and romance. Latin dancers will perform the chacha, tango, rumba, and more, while Grammy winner Victor Vanacore turns up the heat in the sauciest show of the season. It doesn’t get much hotter than this. ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
■ Victor Vanacore Grammy Award Winner Victor Vanacore has been at the nexus of popular music for the past 25 years. In 1974, Vanacore moved to Los Angeles where he joined the Jackson Five as a keyboardist and musical arranger. A year later the band’s conductor had an emergency; Vanacore was asked to fill in, and after his performance that night, he became the Jackson’s permanent conductor and arranger. Vanacore’s star rose, and after the end of the Jackson Five tour, he signed with the Fifth Dimension, serving as conductor and arranger for two years. Johnny Mathis then heard of Vanacore’s talent, and hired him away as the Musical Director for his world tour. This musical relationship lasted for two years. He then joined Barry Manilow for six
years in the same capacity, and received six album credits, including “If I Should Love Again,” “Barry Live in Britain,” “Barry,” and “The Greatest Hits.” Victor Vanacore valued a close ongoing relationship with the musical icon Ray Charles, whom he met in 1990, until Charles’ passing in 2004. Vanacore served as Musical Director, Arranger, and Opening Act for Mr. Charles. Ray Charles’ only platinum CD entitled, “Genius Loves Company” features Victor Vanacore’s 80 piece Grammy Award winning orchestral arrangements. In addition to his musical associations with Celebrity vocalists, Vanacore enjoys a career as a Pops Conductor with symphony orchestras worldwide. His recent appearance as conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl garnered broad critical acclaim. Recently, Victor has been working as a composer in conjunction with his brother David on the critically acclaimed hit CBS show “Survivor.” He composed music for Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice,” American Idol and the 2005 Academy Awards. In 2007, at the request of Placido Domingo, Vanacore composed original neoclassical music based on the texts of Pope John Paul II. Recent symphonic commissions by Vanacore include “Detroit Soul” commissioned by the Detroit Symphony featuring Motown themes and “America Then And Now” for New Jersey Public Television Network and “Spain Meets Birdland” for the Berklee College of Music 60th anniversary.
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Kurt Carr As gifted a songwriter as he is an artist, instrumentalist, producer, arranger and conductor, Kurt has twice written the Stellar Songs of the Year; Byron Cages smash, The Presence of the Lord Is Here, as well as his own groups’ classic, In the Sanctuary. In the Sanctuary has, to date, been translated into nine different languages and recorded by more than 20 different acts all over the world. Kurt’s family was not deeply involved in church when he was a child, but at the age of 13 he found himself drawn there on his own, quickly becoming active in the music program. And while music was his original passion in the church, the forming of a personal relationship with Christ would follow over the next several years. I think the Lord brought me along in a gradual sort of way until I was around 17, Kurt recalls. I began to realize that there was a greater meaning and higher calling to what I was doing. I heard Him telling me that this was what I was supposed to do with my life, and that He was going to use me for His purposes, and I accepted that and Him. Kurt obtained a degree in music from the University of Connecticut, focusing in the classroom on classical music, but all the while absorbing the sounds of the street and the world around him. His first national recognition came when he spent seven years as pianist and musical director for James Cleveland, as well as a year accompanying Gospels’ equally legendary Andrae Crouch. Kurt’s abundance and range of talent, coupled with those high-profile associations, led to the position of Creative Director at Los Angeles renowned West Angeles COGIC Church, where he worked with luminaries from both the Gospel and secular music industry, including Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield, and Kirk Franklin. He formed the Kurt Carr Singers in the early 90s. Kurt emerged as a serious force to be reckoned with when his song For Every Mountain, released initially on his own album, No One Else, was covered by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and won a Grammy Award in 1995. Wildly popular, the song was recorded by more than ten other artists and today is considered a standard of the church. Kurt is focused ultimately on a refreshingly humble and simple-but-profound lifetime goal. When it’s all finished, and the Lord has called me home, there’s just one thing I hope people will be able to say about me, he concludes. And that’s, `Well done, kid. Well done, indeed, Kurt. Very well done.
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JANUARY 23 WESTOVER CHURCH Media Sponsors:
Community Gospel Concert Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Kent R. Brooks, community chorus master Kurt Carr, performer
Additional Support:
Participating Organizations American Express Gospel Choir Bennett College Bethel AME Church Ebenezer Baptist Church Faithzone Outreach Ministries Friendship Baptist Church Genesis Baptist Church U.C.C. Grace Community Church Greater Ambassadors for Christ Laughlin Memorial Church Mount Pleasant Church Mount Zion Baptist Church New Light Refugee Church New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Providence Baptist Church Rescue Temple # 2 COGIC Rock Hill Baptist Church Saint James Church Saint Paul Church Saint Pius Catholic Church Total Deliverance Westover Church Williams Memorial Church SEASON SPONSORS
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NowTHREE stations in one! HD Radio Technology allows 88.5 WFDD to broadcast three separate channels, available with an HD radio or at our website, www.wfdd.org. Tune in to hear • News and Discussion programming, like Morning Edition and The Diane Rehm Show, on 88.5 FM and WFDD-1 • Classical Music (24 hours a day!) on WFDD-2 and • Eclectic Music, including World Cafe, Mountain Stage, and Folk Alley, on WFDD-3
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■ Education Concerts Friday, May 1, 2009 9:00 am and 11:00 am Williams High School For every Second and Third Grader in Alamance County
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December 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm Elon Alumni Gym Haggard Avenue at Elon University Admission to the concert is FREE with a donation of a non-perishable food item to benefit the Salvation Army. For only the cost of a can of food, members of the community enjoy a holiday celebration.
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Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Hosted by FOX8 News Anchors and featuring Anthony Dean Griffey, Lisa Dames, Choral Society of Greensboro
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■ Raising the Curtain 2009 Elementary School Concerts showcasing Music of the Theatre The program will explore the relationship between words and music through theatrical works, introducing students to music from opera, dance, theater and film. Students will be treated to Glinka’s Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, Mozart’s Commendatore Scene from Don Giovanni with three opera singers, Prokofiev’s The “Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet with a dance Ensemble, Elfman’s Batman Theme with screen captures from the movie and the Finale from Hairspray with Broadway Dancers from the Elon University Musical Theater Program.
American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages worldwide. The combination of his beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, along with his gift for exceptional communication and excellent musicianship have earned him the highest praise. He has been hailed for possessing both “presence and a tenor that is pure, sweet and clarion” (The Los Angeles Times), and for having a voice that is “both full-bodied and sweet-toned” (The New York Times). In the 2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey will perform leading roles with many of America’s premiere opera houses, to include appearances with Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw, and the San Diego Opera in the title role of Peter Grimes. His extensive concert schedule includes an appearance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under the baton of Valery Gergiev, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony. He will also re-unite with Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the Saito Kinen Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
“We thank the many generous donors who make great music possible in Alamance County.” Carole Lineberry-Moore past chair, Greensboro Symphony Board
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Holiday Concert Friday, December 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Doors Open at 6 p.m. for Seating GREENSBORO COLISEUM ARENA More than 600,000 food items collected last year to benefit the Salvation Army in eight counties. Help support your community. Admission and Parking are FREE with a donation of non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army.
Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Appearances by:
■ Anthony Dean Griffey American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages worldwide. The combination of his beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, along with his gift for exceptional communication and excellent musicianship have earned him the highest praise. He has been hailed for possessing both “presence and a tenor that is pure, sweet and clarion” (The Los Angeles Times), and for having a voice that is “both full-bodied and sweet-toned” (The New York Times). In the 2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey will perform leading roles with many of America’s premiere opera houses, to include appearances with Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw, and the San Diego Opera in the title role of Peter Grimes. His extensive concert schedule includes an appearance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under the baton of Valery Gergiev, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony. He will also re-unite with Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the Saito Kinen Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
Anthony Dean Griffey Summit Figure Skating Club of Greensboro Bill Flynn WMAG 99.5 FM Choral Society of Greensboro Neill McNeill and Julie Luck Lisa Dames Sir Robert Bell of Clan MacMillan, Bagpiper
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■ Lisa Dames Lisa Dames is neither timid nor cold. She is a sassy, sexy wife and mother who is making her mark on country music. On Dames’ new album, No One Like Me, she explores her songs from the inside out, investing each one with a sense of urgency ripped from her own life. A life that could have been inconsequential in someone else’s hands. “There seems to be a prevailing thought that once a woman gets married and has kids, she stops being a woman,” comments Dames. “I tend to believe the opposite—that a woman may get married and have kids, but first and foremost she’s a woman.” Visit her web site at www.lisadames.com for more information.
Additional Support By:
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Summit Figure Skating Club
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OrKIDStra OrKIDStra is a three-concert series designed for children and their families, held on Saturday mornings at the Triad Stage in Downtown Greensboro. This year, the series features musical fairytales, a spotlight on the percussion section, and the classic work Carnival of the Animals. OrKIDStra programs also include hands-on activities for children led by Musikgarten teachers. On each concert date, there are two performances. Programs begin at 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. Additional support provided by Greensboro Kiwanis Club
Music in the Middle An annual concert series for seventh grade students in Guilford County. The theme for fall 2008 is “A Musical World Tour,” featuring music of all seven continents! Music in the Middle concerts present both traditional and contemporary repertoire, and aim to expand students’ ideas of orchestral music. The global theme of the program connects to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for seventh grade social studies. October 16 and 17 Performances at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. each morning
September 20 Musical Fairytales Music of William Bolcom Actors from Community Theatre of Greensboro
In-School Ensembles Every February and March, third and fourth grade students in Guilford County hear live performances right in their own schools. Musicians from the Greensboro Symphony travel to schools and perform chamber music, demonstrate their instruments, answer questions from students, and help the third and fourth grade classes prepare for the Elementary School Concerts. In 2009, first and second grade students at Kirkman Park and Washington Elementaries will also hear an in-school ensemble performance
February 14 Drum and Dance Music for Percussion Dancers from the North Carolina Dance Project April 4 Carnival of the Animals Music of Camille Saint-Saens Narration by Preston Lane Education Sponsor
Elementary School Concerts Every year, all third and fourth grade students from the Piedmont region hear a dynamic program by the full Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. “Music for the Theatre” is the theme for the spring 2009 concerts. The
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program will include an orchestral overture, scenes from opera and ballet, film music, and a musical theatre finale. In addition to the concert experience, students and teachers receive educational resources and curricular materials that support the program’s theme. Performances at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. each morning Greensboro: April 21, 22, and 23 Asheboro: April 24 Reidsville: April 30 Burlington: May 1 Elementary School Concerts Sponsored By
UNCG/Peck Elementary Beginning Strings Partnership The Symphony’s tradition of string instrument instruction continues at Peck Elementary in the 2008-2009 season. Instruments and materials are provided by the Greensboro Symphony. Instruction is designed and implemented by music education faculty and graduate students from the UNCG School of Music. Sideby-side performances with the beginning students and their collegiate mentors are planned for the coming year. The students will be featured performers in the War Memorial Auditorium lobby prior to the May 2 Carolina Pops concert! Partnership Sponsored By
High School Partnership Sponsored by the Greensboro Symphony Guild, this exciting new partnership program is now in its second year. In Spring 2008, the Greensboro Symphony partnered with Ragsdale High School. Ragsdale students enjoyed a chamber music performance and intensive coaching sessions from Symphony musicians, and then themselves performed on stage at the War Memorial Auditorium. In January 2009, the Greensboro Symphony will partner with Grimsley High School. The Grimsley students will study Russian orchestral music, hear an in-school performance by Symphony musicians, and receive coaching sessions. The partnership will culminate with a performance by the Grimsley orchestra at the War Memorial Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31. The high school orchestra members will be invited to stay for the evening’s concert to watch their professional mentors perform. Student Tickets Students of any age can get $5 tickets to any Masterworks concert! Sign up by emailing your request to boxoffice@ greensborosymphony.org. Bring your valid student ID to Will Call on the night of the concert to pick up your tickets.
Preludes High School Night Thursday, October 23 is the second annual High School Night! All High School students are invited to hear the Greensboro Symphony’s program, which includes a feature piece for the hot young string trio, Time for Three. High School students can sign up for free tickets, parking, and a reception by sending an email to [email protected]
College Night College students will also get the chance to catch Time for Three — for free! The second annual College Night is Saturday, October 25. College students can sign up for free tickets, free parking, prize giveaways, and free food at a pre-concert reception by sending an email to [email protected].
Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra In the past two years, the GSYO has performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall and at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Young performers and audiences alike have experienced the power of Holst’s Planets Suite, the grace of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun, and the emotional journey of Elgar’s Enigma Variations. GSYO members study and perform the best in orchestral music as they grow as musicians and make lasting friendships. The GSYO is planning a European Tour for April 2010! The youth orchestra program now has five ensembles: • Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, our flagship ensemble, features between 80 and 100 advanced high school musicians. The GSYO gives three concerts per year, features full symphonic repertoire, and is directed by Dr. Bruce Kiesling. • Chamber Orchestra, a highly select group of 40 players, is also led by Dr. Kiesling. Chamber Orchestra performs three times per season, focusing on the music of the Classical Era (Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven) and contemporary works for smaller ensemble. • Philharmonic Strings is an advanced strings-only ensemble. This group of 40 young players gives two concerts per year, features a variety of musical styles, and is conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Karen Collins. • Youth Strings has been created to meet the needs of growing string players. Conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Gregorio Midero, this ensemble develops players’ ensemble, music reading, and expressive skills. • Allegro Strings is perfect for those in the first years of instruction on a string instrument. The group of 20 young musicians performs on two concerts per year and is conducted by Gregorio Midero. ALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! November 23, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro Day School, All Ensembles March 15, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro College GSYO, Chamber Orchestra, and Concerto Competition Winners May 17, 6:00 p.m., Greensboro College, All Ensembles Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra Sponsored by United Guaranty and BGF Industries.
All of the Greensboro Symphony Education Programs are made possible with the support of the Lincoln Financial Foundation.
Come early and catch the Prelude! Thursday evening Preludes start at 6:45 p.m. Saturday evening Preludes start at 7:00 p.m. and are joined by our maestro and guest artists! Preludes are pre-concert presentations designed to enhance your listening experience. Speakers from local colleges and universities represent a range of musical backgrounds and often have a specialty in the evening’s music. September 18 & 20 Gregory Carroll, UNCG October 23 & 25 Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Randolph Community College January 29 & 31 Wendy Looker, Guilford College February 26 & 28 Welbourn Young, UNCG April 2 & 4 Irna Priore, UNCG May 7 & 9 David Nelson, UNCG
Alliance Urology Music at Midday Series The Music at Midday series includes eight performances by Greensboro Symphony chamber ensembles. The performances, which are hosted by retirement communities and other local venues, are free and open to the public! Adult Center for Enrichment January 7, 10:30 a.m. Moses Cone Memorial Hospital January 7, 12:00 p.m. Twin Lakes January 8, 11:00 a.m. The Village at Brookwood January 8, 12:30 p.m. Abbotswood at Irving Park January 13, 12:30 p.m. Wellspring January 13, 1:45 p.m. Friends Home West January 15, 11:15 p.m. River Landing January 15, 12:45 p.m. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 93
Make it a night out! RESTAURANT SPECIALS
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the fine restaurants listed to the right are collaborating to make your concert evenings special nights out. THE SYMPHONY SUBSCRIBER DINING PACKAGE is offered only to our Masterworks and Pops season subscribers. On nights of our performances, the restaurants will offer an entree special. Each individual restaurant sets the promotional value of this offer. Please ask your server about any restrictions. Show your “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and your concert tickets to your server by 6 p.m. on concert nights to ensure adequate time for an enjoyable dinner. Early reservations are recommended. Restaurants not accepting reservations will honor this promotional special on a first-come, first served basis. Gratuity percentage is based on full menu price unless otherwide noted. Tax, alcohol, and other menu items are not included in the promotion. To become eligible for the “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and to take advantage of this great offer, call the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at 336-335-5456. Subscribe by January 30, 2009 to receive this offer.
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A Hero’s Life Joint Concert of the Winston-Salem & Greensboro Symphonies Robert Moody, baritone
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The Street Fair – A Hundred Years Later Time for Three
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Monk’s Secrets Jennifer Check, soprano Jeremy Kelly, baritone Scott Scully, tenor
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Goldberg Variations (arr. by Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
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ARTISTIC STAFF Dmitry Sitkovetsky............................... Music Director Bruce Kiesling......................................... Resident Conductor Karen Collins........................................... Youth Strings Music Director Gregorio Midero .................................... Allegro Strings Conductor FULL TIME STAFF Lisa Crawford.......................................... President & CEO Sheila Cauthen ....................................... Director of Marketing & Sales Connie Parrish ........................................ Box Office Manager/Grant Associate ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRODUCTION STAFF Vito Ciccone ............................................ Production Manager Charles Adams ....................................... Controller Peter Zlotnick ......................................... Education Manager Jane Starling ........................................... Office Manager Wendy Rawls .......................................... Orchestra Personnel John Spuller ............................................ Orchestra Librarian Nancy J. R. Wells ................................... Development & Marketing Assistant AFFILIATES Larry Williams ........................................ Playbill Designer Sheri Masters ......................................... Proofreader Media Production Associates .......... Recording Company Progress Printing ................................. Playbill Printing TechTriad .................................................. Web-Site Design UNCG ......................................................... Chamber Series WFDD ........................................................ Radio Broadcasts TICKETS: To purchase tickets in advance, call the Greensboro Symphony Box Office, 336.335.5456, Ext. 223 (all major credit cards accepted), 9:00 – 5:00, Monday – Friday, or visit the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office, 1921 West Lee Street or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available 45 minutes prior to the performance at War Memorial Auditorium Box Office.
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Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Dennis Stearns Chairman-Elect Robert Harris Past Chairman (Nominations) Bob Braswell Vice Chair-Development Bill Webber Vice Chair-Development Bonnie Cordes Vice Chair-Legal Robert Klepfer Vice Chair-Community Relations Howard Chubbs Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory Sam LeBauer Vice Chair–Advocacy Jonathan Smith Vice Chair–Development-Grants Susan Schwartz Vice Chair-Audience Development Gary Nixon Vice Chair- Public Relations David Gleeson Secretary Ches Kennedy Treasurer Philippe Dorier Guild President Suzy Walker Guild President-Elect Connie Saul **President & CEO Lisa Pickett Crawford **Music Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Braswell Myrna Carlock Martha Chandler Howard Chubbs Bonnie Cordes Lisa Crawford** Bert Davis, Jr. Philippe Dorier Bill Fraser David Gleeson Jessica Good Holt Gwyn Peggy Hamilton Robert Harris Joe Hughes DK Jeong Linda Jones Orton Jones Mike Kelly Ches Kennedy Michael Kirkman Bob Klepfer, Jr Andrea Knupp* Ann Kroupa Joe LeBauer Samuel LeBauer Gary Liebel Kim Littrell* Gail McGroaty
Bernie Mann Kathy Manning Tricia Merrell Tam Milton Carole Moore Gary Nixon Amelia Parker David F. Parker James Pegram Lillian Rauch Kemp Reece Bob Rhodes Garson Rice Roy Rizzo Ed Riley*** Connie Saul* Susan Schwartz Dmitry Sitkovetsky** Jonathan Smith Dennis Stearns Janet Stenersen Jeanne Tannenbaum John O.H. Toledano Kenneth Tutterow Frances Vinoski* Suzy Walker* Bill Webber* Bill Werner Russell Williams
PAST PRESIDENTS Miles H. Wolff 1959-67 Douglas M. Orr 1967-72 L.L. Weltner 1972-74 Charles L. Weill 1974-75 Miles H. Wolff 1975-76 Samuel G. Wilson 1976-80 Joy Morrison 1980-83 Bernard Mann 1983-85 Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. 1985-87 Anne Daniel 1987-89
Lewis R. Ritchie 1989-91 Robert E. Lavietes 1991-93 Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. 1993-95 David F. Parker 1995-97 Joyce Kiser 1997-98 John O.H. Toledano 1998-00 David Routh 2000-02 Ann E. Kroupa 2002-04 Carole Lineberry-Moore 2004-06 Robert Braswell 2006-08
Orchestra Representative Ed Riley Endowment Chairman Emeritus Carolina Lee *** Orchestra Representative ** Ex-Officio * Guild Appointment
Dear Symphony Supporter, Welcome to our wonderful world of music! We have a breathtaking season planned for you. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Symphony Music Director, and Lisa Crawford, Symphony President and CEO, have been hard at work with our Board and musicians designing an excellent season of music to truly delight you. The choices are great, whether you enjoy the Masterworks, Dennis is a former Pan-American chess champion POPS, Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber Series, or have a child or grandchild in one of our many Youth music programs which bring the gift of music to more than 50,000 children in our area every year. Our Symphony is one of Greensboro’s great “quality of life” assets that grows better and better each year. While you may think you are coming to enjoy great music performed by first-class musicians and our world-class conductor, you are also supporting an organization which has become one of several key attractions in Greensboro for economic development. Our Symphony, in its many roles, plays a critical role in attracting and retaining companies and good employees (and new jobs) to our area.
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How can you help enhance our Greensboro Symphony? • Ask friends to join you for a concert and experience for themselves how music can be a catalyst to calm those tough days and restore their soul, • Volunteer to help with our Symphony Guild, comprised of more than 500 women who share a passion for music and help promote awareness and raise funds for our children’s music programs, • Get involved, even at modest levels, with our Heritage Society, a part of the Greensboro Symphony Endowment, and help ensure the Symphony will be a fiscally strong asset for our children, grandchildren and generations to come. We invite you to step forward and make a difference in our Symphony! Please contact Lisa Crawford at 336-335-5456 ext. 222 for more information. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing our excitement. Thank you! Sincerely,
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REVENUE BREAKDOWN Please donate to the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra! Did you know that ticket sales only account for 27 percent of our revenue? Your contribution is an investment in the Orchestra as well as in the artistic life of the community. Our sincere appreciation is extended to those who recognize the enriching qualities of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and pledge their gifts of support. For more information, contact Lisa Crawford at 335-5456 x 222.
Born in Durham, Lisa’s North Carolina roots are strong, her ancestors settling here in the late 1700’s. Lisa spends time quite differently than she expected when she began making her way in the world with her BA in Music and Theology from UNC Chapel Hill and Meredith College. After brief stays in Nashville and Washington, DC, she moved to Boston and sang with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, took additional music courses at Harvard University and spent a summer at Tanglewood. The experience of working with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Seiji Ozawa and with such top artists as Jessye Norman, Federica Von Stade, Klaus Tennstadt and Sir Colin Davis instilled in her a new respect for symphonic music. She moved to Berlin, Germany to study music at the Freie University and was invited to sing with the Chor St. Hedwig’s Cathedral Choir and experienced first-hand the Berlin Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Anton Dorati, Eric Leinsdorf and Ricardo Chailly. Upon returning to the states, she met her late husband, David, a graduate of the Curtis Institute, who had just signed a contract with the Heidelberg Opera house. They married in Heidelberg and spent eight years living in France and Germany as David pursued his career as a leading opera tenor. Lisa worked with the French company, Bongrain, and assumed directorship of Colombo Europe. She conducted international distributor negotiations and supervised all European operations, except UK and ITALY, until General Mills acquired Colombo at the end of 1994. Following the sale and moving to Miami, Florida, Lisa completed her Masters of Music Business at the University of Miami. While in school, she was the Orchestra Manager of the UM Symphony, initiator of the classical label for ‘Cane Records, Co-founder of the Key West Music Festival, Director of the Corporate Campaign for Florida Grand Opera and Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning for the New World Symphony. Upon graduation, she accepted the position of Executive Director of the Palm Beach Pops. Lisa joined the Greensboro Symphony in 1999 and her responsibilities include all management aspects of the Orchestra. During her tenure, the GSO has expanded its Education Programs with additional Youth Orchestra ensembles, an in-school string program and a series for 3 to 5 year olds at Triad Stage. She was a key committee member during the International Music Director Search when Dmitry Sitkovetsky was chosen from more than 300 applicants. Under her tenure, the Symphony conducted a statewide POPS tour, hosted the National Symphony, expanded educational and POPS concerts to Burlington, launched a popular Chamber Series at UNCG School of Music, a successful annual Community Gospel Concert to diversify the Symphony offerings and released two professional recordings.
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky MUSIC DIRECTOR
Dmitry Sitkovetsky is one of a rare breed of artists whose career successfully manifests itself in many artistic fields. As a violinist, he has worked with the very best orchestras in the world - the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Symphony, Philharmonia, NHK Symphony, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Cleveland orchestras. He has also performed at the Salzburg , Lucerne, Edinburgh, Verbier, Istanbul and Georges Enescu festivals, as well as being a founding artist of the Tuscan Sun Festival which began in 2003. Sitkovetsky has built a flourishing conducting career. He was the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra and has worked with the London Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle and Milwaukee symphonies; Santa Cecilia and Ensemble Orchestre de Paris. Sitkovetsky is also the founding director of the New European Strings (NES) Chamber Orchestra which is comprised of distinGREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 15
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director guished string players from the East and West. Since 2003, Sitkovetsky has been the Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian State Orchestra. In March, 2006 he was named Artist-in-Residence of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in Spain, which involves his conducting the orchestra on tours, playing as a soloist and in chamber music, as well as giving masterclasses. Since his successful transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio, he has transcribed works by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Schnittke, mostly for string orchestra. He has been a member of ASCAP since 1985, and his transcriptions are published by Doblinger, Sikorski and Schirmer. He has an active and varied recording career with an extensive discography, which includes all the major violin concerti, numerous chamber music works as well as orchestral recordings as conductor. In the spring of 2005, a CD with his transcriptions for string orchestra of works by Shostakovich and Stravinsky was released by Hänssler Records with the NES CO and Sitkovetsky. In 2006 Hänssler released a recording of Trios by Shostakovich and Mieczyslaw Weinberg with David Geringas and Jasha Nemtsov as well as the first recording of the Complete Mozart Violin
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Conductor Bruce Kiesling has a diverse background, which encompasses conducting, harpsichord performance, theater and piano work in both classical and popular genres. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Dr. Kiesling received his undergraduate degree and Masters in Conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music. While there, Dr. Kiesling conducted many theatrical productions, served as Director of Choral Activities for the Residential College, and Assistant Conductor of the internationally acclaimed University of Michigan Men’s Glee. Dr. Kiesling received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Miami, Florida, where he was awarded the highly competitive University Fellowship. While in Miami, he served as Artistic Director of the Miami Oratorio Society, Associate Conductor of the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra and co-founder and conductor of the Clarke Chamber Players. Aside from University training, Dr. Kiesling participated in the conducting master class at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Robert Shaw Workshop at Carnegie Hall. Returning to his theatrical roots, he spent several years as the Supervising Music Director for the five-time Emmy–award winning political satire troupe, The News in Revue, including performances and productions in Miami and New York City. Dr. Kiesling is also an active composer. His first musical, King of the Playground, received a staged reading at Musical Theater Works (NYC). His other projects include incidental scores for theatrical productions: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Swimming (off-Broadway) and On Golden Pond (Triad Stage). Recently, he also contributed songs to a revue at the Metropolitan Room in New York City in August. Expanding his skills as a keyboardist, Dr. Kiesling began studying the harpsichord and within a year was the recipient of the prestigious Duane Wilder Award for Harpsichord. He has led performances from the keyboard with the University of Miami Chamber Orchestra, the Clarke Chamber
Players and served as harpsichordist for the Florida Baroque Ensemble. He has also provided piano accompaniment for countless recitals, musicals, showcases and cabarets. Dr. Kiesling’s other career is as a composer of music for a growing number of film and television productions. He also regularly conducts orchestral recording sessions for his own and other composers’ film scores. Within just the past two years, he has written original music for more than twenty film productions. His most recent projects include the feature films A Noise of Many Waters (winner of the Red Inkworks Screenwriting Competition), Wesley, Foresight, Seven Days of Yellow, the slasher comedy Caesar and Otto’s Summer Camp Massacre, and the feature length documentary Di Passaggio. Other projects include the short films Cadence (winner, best film and best score, 2008 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Festival) and Lost Joe, as well as a documentary for the Hickory Museum of Art, the web-series Forced to Protect, the pilot for the series Raven Rock and three book trailers for the Random House Video Book Awards. Kiesling has also composed music for the trailer for the upcoming feature Metal Detector, and many student films, most recently Stormy Weather, 1915, Por Amor and Tommy’s Chocolates. As Resident Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony, Dr. Kiesling leads classical concerts, the hugely popular Holiday Concert at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Gospel Concert (featuring Curt Karr, Richard Smallwood and Wintley Phipps), the highly successful education concerts, and has appeared many times with the Carolina Pops. Highlights include leading the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Gary Hoffman, and an upcoming 2009 performance of Carmina Burana. In addition to these duties, he serves as Music Director and Conductor for the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, having led the orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in May 2001 and more recently, a triumphant performance at Carnegie Hall in June 2007 where the orchestra received an immediate standing ovation. Most recently, the orchestra performed at Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Under Dr. Kiesling’s guidance, the youth orchestra program has more than doubled in size and now includes five ensembles with more than 200 members. Dr. Kiesling also serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro. This year, he will appear with the Tulare County Symphony in California. Other recent conducting opportunities have included the North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, the College of William and Mary Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Music Festival, the Carolina Chamber Symphony, and All-County Orchestras in Guilford and Alamance counties. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 19
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Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Foundation
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Guiseppe Verdi Overture from La Forza del Destino Domenico Donizetti “Ah! Mes amis” from The Daughter of the Regiment “Una Furtiva Lagrima” from The Elixir of Love Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Giuseppi Verdi “La Donna e Mobile” from Rigoletto René Barbera, tenor Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 B flat Major, Op. 23 Yefim Bronfman, piano I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso; Allegro con spirito II. Andante semplice III. Allegro con fuoco
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Widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuoso pianists performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his prestigious orchestral engagements or his rapidly growing catalogue of recordings. Mr. Bronfman appears regularly with such celebrated ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London’s Philharmonia, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mr. Bronfman has also given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East, includ-
ing acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15. That same year he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. An exclusive SonyBMG recording artist, Mr. Bronfman has won widespread praise for his solo, chamber and orchestral recordings. He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartók Piano Concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. GUEST ARTIST
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Born in Laredo, Texas, he began singing at the age of 10 as a boy soprano in the San Antonio Boys’ Choir. In high school he competed for the All-State Choir in his junior and senior years. Mr. Barbera was invited to the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria in the summer of 2003, and the Vocal Arts Symposium of Colorado Springs in 2004. In 2004 he won the largest award given to undergraduate vocalists at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he is currently a senior in college. He performed the role of Ottario in (NCSA’s) Fletcher Opera Institute’s Belisario in the 2005 season and in 2006 he performed the role of Arbace in (NCSA’s) Fletcher Opera Institute’s Idomeneo. In 2006 he won first place in the 5th annual Heafner/Williams Vocal Competition as well as first place in the undergraduate division of the Charlotte Opera Guild Vocal Competition. In 2007 he participated in the UNCG Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition where he placed 3rd in the young artist division but received the grand prize of a performance with the Greensboro Symphony. Most recently Mr. Barbera was one of 5 equal winners of the Metropolitan National Council Audition Grand Finals and participated in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program in the summer of 2008.
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Program Notes Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Songs No other composer exemplifies the American orchestral sound more than Aaron Copland. Much of his work includes the influence of American folk songs. Copland prepared two sets of songs for voice and piano, the first in 1950, and followed with an additional set in 1952. The composer later arranged them for chamber orchestra. Tonight’s selections include examples from both the first and second sets of the songs. John Corigliano (b. 1938) The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
Strauss endeavored to emulate Beethoven’s Eroica symphony “with lots of French horns, which are always a measure of heroism.” Some scholars have suggested that Strauss even based “The Hero” on himself. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Although the creator of only a few scores for motion pictures, Corigliano has created unique and fascinating examples in the genre. In addition to Altered States and Revolution, he is best known for his work on the 1998 film The Red Violin. The film follows the journey of a particular instrument from its creation in the 17th century to a modern day auction of rare violins. Corigliano’s gorgeously Romantic score creates themes that seem at home in all the various periods, but still reflect differences in tone and style for changing musical tastes. His versatility is certainly no surprise. He has been active in nearly every genre of contemporary classical music, including the creation of one of the most popular contemporary operas, The Ghosts of Versailles. His two symphonies are also very popular, the second of which earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life) “I may not be a first rate composer,” wrote Strauss, “but, I am a first rate second-rate composer.” History has shown him to have underestimated his worth. However during his lifetime, he struggled greatly with his quest for critical success. Although his early efforts were primarily in traditional forms, in the mid 1880’s Strauss began composing tone poems—programmatic large scale works. Along with his groundbreaking operas, Strauss would become best known for these works. Ein Heldenleben was to be Strauss’ final effort in the genre. Although most of his tone poems involve a specific program, the com-
poser did not include one for Ein Heldenleben. Instead, he endeavored to emulate Beethoven’s Eroica symphony “with lots of French horns, which are always a measure of heroism.” Some scholars have suggested that Strauss even based “The Hero” on himself. What is certainly clear, however, is that he created a work of thrilling power and emotionally Romantic grandeur. Organized as one large sonata-form movement, the poem is broken into six distinct sections. The first three represent the two subjects of the Sonata form with a transition (“The Hero’s Adversaries”) between. Introduced in the third section is the idea of a beloved companion that the hero pursues throughout the work. The fourth section represents the development with three offstage trumpets sounding a call to our hero. A stunning battle sequence ensues, which climaxes with a quote from Strauss’ earlier tone poem, Don Juan. The final section includes some remembrances of the earlier sections, but the hero finds himself at peace with his companion. JOHN FADIAL Violinist John Fadial has served as concertmaster of the Greensboro Symphony for eleven years. This season, he has taken a leave of absence as he explores a new position at the University of Wyoming. He has performed on four continents as a United States Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at such notable venues as the Smithsonian Museum, the Philips Collection, and the Kennedy Center, with numerous engagements at summer festivals such as Aspen, Banff, Brevard, Eastern, Heidelberg, Mirecourt, Costa Rica and Salvador. Fadial has performed widely in the U.S. and Europe since 1997 as violinist of the critically acclaimed Chesapeake Piano Trio.
CORINE BROUWER Corine Brouwer is the concertmaster of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players, and is a member of the Arizona MusicFest Orchestra. Ms. Brouwer has appeared as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Canton (Ohio) Symphony, Carolina Chamber Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, and Salisbury Symphony Orchestras. Chamber performances include the Keowee Chamber Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, International Bartok Festival, and the Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Brouwer earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at NCSA, where she studied with the late Elaine Richey.
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Aaron Copland Songs Robert Moody, baritone Zion’s Walls Simple Gifts At the River All the Pretty Horses I Bought Me a Cat
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Now in his fourth season as Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody is extremely proud of the orchestra’s accomplishments in recent years. Since coming to the WSS in 2005, Moody has also been named artistic director of Arizona Musicfest (2007), and music director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony (2008). Maestro Moody’s first three seasons with the Winston-Salem Symphony have been tremendous successes for the orchestra: sold out concerts, performances with superstar musicians from various genres (including Itzhak Perlman, Van Cliburn, Midori, Amy Grant, and The Manhattan Transfer), strong reviews from press and audience, and an orchestra that is quickly becoming one of the leading “gem” regional orchestras in the country. Additions of Pops and Discovery series, plus annual Side by Side and Handel’s Messiah performances are key markers of the orchestra’s growth. Having conducted the Portland Symphony’s final concert of the 2007 - 2008 season (a much- lauded performance of Mahler’s First Symphony, Titan), Maestro Moody begins his first season as music director in the fall of 2008. Born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, Moody earned a bachelor’s degree in church music from Furman University, with performing emphasis in both voice and cello. He completed his Master of Music in conducting at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Donald Neuen.
John Corigliano The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Main Title Anna’s Theme Death of Anna Coitus Musicales Journey to China Shanghai Pope’s Betrayal Victoria’s Departure The Auction Gypsy Cadenza Anna’s Theme
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Conceiving the piece as a sort of concerto for piano and orchestra, Stravinsky played an early draft for the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev (of the Ballet Russe fame) who suggested the composer expand the work to accommodate a full story for use as a ballet.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Petrouchka The second in the series of Stravinsky’s masterful ballets, Petrouchka, found its inspiration between the composer’s somewhat better known works, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. Nonetheless, Petrouchka contains all the rhythmic inventiveness of the latter work combined with the melodic charm of the former. Conceiving the piece as a sort of concerto for piano and orchestra, Stravinsky played an early draft for the ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev (of the Ballet Russe fame) who suggested the composer expand the work to accommodate a full story for use as a ballet. Stravinsky quickly obliged and divided the work into four distinct tableaus or scenes. The title character was the inspiration for the concerto as well as the full ballet, an unhappy puppet seen at a country fair. Although he scored for a very large orchestra, Stravinsky manages to create moments of incredible intimacy and transparency. Of course, the composer’s gift for rhythmic complexity as well as his bold use of the vast orchestral palette is evident throughout as well. The four tableaus are separated by rapid succession of drum beats. The first tableau suggests the happy and ebullient atmosphere at a carnival. The second movement introduces the puppet Petrouchka, the successive piano notes suggest the frustration he feels over his unrequited love for the ballerina puppet. Moving to the third tableau, music is heard illustrating an evil puppet, Blackamoor. A fight ensues, which ends in Petrouchka’s near defeat. However, the fourth and final tableau takes us once again to the carnival outside. After a series of dances by members of the carnival crew, Petrouchka and Blackamoor’s battle is once again illustrated. In the ballet, Petrouchka is killed by Blackamoor’s sword,
Time for Three American Suite A young, dynamic trio of classically trained string musicians, Time for Three transcends traditional performance genres. In concert, a blue-grass standard like “Orange Blossom Special” may be followed by a gypsy-tinged “Csardas.” Tf3 is equally comfortable offering their own arrangements of shorter classical works and popular hits, whether Brahms or the Beatles. They continue to write and arrange all manner of music and have begun a major commissioning program to expand their unique repertoire for both symphony orchestras and concert series. Among their recent is a new work written by Jennifer Higdon, which was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra in January 2008. Graduates of Philadelphia’s venerable Curtis Institute of Music, Tf3’s members, though still in their late twenties, have performed with many of the world’s preeminent conductors and orchestras. Playing 120 concerts each year, Tf3 continues to win over widely diverse audiences across America, including through their enthusiastically received school and community outreach programs, which they view as a central part of their mission. Tf3 currently has two available CDs, with a third release, Three Fervent Travelers, scheduled for the spring. They have also recorded the soundtrack to the History Channel’s Spanish-American War, airing nationally in spring 2007.
“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. ”
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and a quiet ending closes the work. For the suite of the ballet (slightly reorchestrated in 1947) Stravinsky wrote a new ending to close the work with a final flourish.
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Petrouchka Intermission Time for Three American Suite
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The groundbreaking, category-shattering trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The members—Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass—carry a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging, all prime elements of the ensemble’s playing. What started as a trio of musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short — a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall first discovered their mutual love of fiddling in the country western and bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and improvisation. After considerable experimentation, the three officially formed Tf3. The ensemble gained instant attention in July 2003, during a lightning-induced power failure at Philadelphia’s Mann Center for the Performing Arts. While technicians attempted to restore onstage lighting, Ranaan and Zach, who were both performing as members of The Philadelphia Orchestra, obliged with an impromptu jam session that included works as far afield from the originally scheduled symphony as “Jerusalem’s Ridge,” “Ragtime Annie,” and “The Orange Blossom Special.” The crowd went wild.
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“Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.” PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Featuring no fewer than 24 variations, the work is a showpiece for the soloist, who makes his way through a wide variety of styles and tempos. Cleverly, Rachmaninov opens with the first variation before the theme itself is heard. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Opening tonight’s concert is one of Tchaikovsky’s lesser-known (and too rarely performed) masterpieces. Based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, the title refers to a character Dante meets in the fifth canto of the epic poem. Francesca was a noblewomen who commits adultery by having an affair with her ugly husband’s brother. Both she and her lover are punished with eternal damnation where they are lost in a fierce storm never to locate one another. The composer identified closely with the title character. Indeed several of his works reflect a kinship he felt with those for whom their truest love remained unattainable. Tchaikovsky wrote some of his most passionate music for these characters, which include the ballet Swan Lake and his Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. In the work, one cannot help but hear the influence of Lizst, whom Tchaikovsky admired. Not only is the subject matter typical of the other composer (who wrote several works based on Dante, including his Dante Symphony), but Tchaikovsky’s use of orchestral colors to illustrate the swirling storm conjures the clear influence of Lizst’s creative techniques. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 In an era where the Faustian legend was strong, perhaps no other public figure conjured images of a man who sold his soul to master this world more than Paganini. The great violin virtuoso was known the world over. His technical skills were unmatched, to be sure, but he also could bring an audience to tears with his beautiful playing a single unaccompanied lyrical line as well.
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A gifted composer, Paganini wrote music that inspired many others in his wake. The “theme” upon which Rachmaninov composed his variations, also was a source for Schumann, Brahms and (once again) Liszt. Featuring no fewer than 24 variations, the work is a showpiece for the soloist, who makes his way through a wide variety of styles and tempos. Cleverly, Rachmaninov opens with the first variation before the theme itself is heard. Instead, the theme is played moments later by all the violins. Perhaps best known in the work is the 18th variation, a soaring and beautiful inversion of Paganini’s theme. Although already popular, this theme became beloved by a new generation when it was prominently featured in the film Somewhere in Time. Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 A full fifteen years elapsed between the composition of Prokofiev’s 4th symphony and his 5th. It had been an important period of change for the composer, who now found himself back in Russia (he had relocated from France eight years earlier), and there were high expectations for his new symphony. At the premiere in 1944, cannon fire was heard outside as the Russian army began to push back the German forces. The end of the Second World War was finally in sight. As a full contrast to his light and buoyant “Classical Symphony” (his first), the audience is treated to the full influence of the broad romanticism of Brahms and even his fellow countryman Shostakovich. In the previous years, Prokofiev had grown a great deal and even stated that this work in particular was “a culmination of an entire period in my work. I conceived of it as a symphony on the greatness of the human soul.” Like Shostakovich’s works, however, underlying the work are questions. Is the symphony’s optimism genuine or ironic? Although filled with moments of triumph, there are also quieter and grief-filled moments, such as the funeral march in the third movement. Ending the work, however, is an upbeat and relentless finale, with an unusual coda that draws the listener even in the final moments of the work. The energy almost seems to dissipate before the final cadence.
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Concert Program
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Intermission
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Konstantin Lifschitz
As a very small child, Konstantin Lifschitz became irresistibly attracted to the piano, playing by ear and improvising with total absorption for hours on end. This aptitude for his chosen instrument was so remarkable, that at five, he enrolled in the renowned Gnessin Special Middle School of Music. In 1990 the Russian Culture Foundation awarded him a scholarship to perform in prominent music centers in Europe which brought him to the attention of Vladimir Spivakov. The latter arranged for Lifschitz to perform as soloist with the Moscow Virtuosi and tour in Japan performing Bach’s Concerto in D minor. At 13, Lifshitz presented a landmark recital in the chamber hall of the Russian Academy of Music. The capacity crowd responded with an overwhelming enthusiasm that even then established him as a major artist, ready to take his place alongside the masters of Russian piano legend. In 1994, Lifschitz presented his graduation recital from Gnessin Special Middle School of Music in Moscow – his program commenced with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Denon Records recorded the 17-year-old in this deeply felt interpretation of his beloved Bach. This recording, when released in 1996, was nominated for a Grammy Award and moved critic Edward Rothstein (The New York Times) to regard Konstantin’s performance “the most powerful pianistic interpretation since Gould.” In 1995 he won the German Echo Classic Record Prize, as a “New Young Artist” of the year.
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Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 I. II. III. IV.
Andante Allegro marcato Adagio Allegro giocos
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The student songs of the German countryside deal with the most colorful, secular, and even ribald aspects of life: eating, dancing, drinking, gambling and lovemaking. Orff treats the listener to a primitive, exotic, and essentially dramatic presentation of their texts. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) The Fountains of Rome Although Italy is regarded as the home of the world’s greatest opera composers, the country has produced few masters of great concert orchestral music. While Germany and Austria are thought to be the home of the symphony, the concerto and the tone poem, almost no composer has emerged from Italy without the benefit of a beloved opera. The lone exception to this rule is Ottorino Respighi. Trained in composition and viola, Respighi studied in Bologna but traveled to Russia to play in the Imperial Opera Orchestra for two years. While there, he studied orchestration with the masterful Rimsky-Korsakov. Returning to Italy, he began composing in earnest. Taking his cue from outside sources, Respighi wrote pieces inspired by ancient Italian music, Botticelli’s paintings, Brazilian songs and stained-glass windows. By far his most famous works are the three pieces inspired by the fountains, the pines, and the festivals of Rome. In The Fountains of Rome, the first in the series, Respighi tried “to give expression to the sentiments and vision suggested to him by four of Rome’s fountains, contemplated at the hour in which their character is most in harmony with the surrounding landscape, or in which their beauty appears most impressive to the observer.” The work is divided into four interconnected sections: I.
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The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn. “…a peaceful landscape; cattle pass en route to pasture and disappear in the fresh, damp mists of the dawn.” The Triton Fountain in the Morning. “A gay, frenzied dance between the jets of water.” The Fountain of Trevi at Midday. “Neptune’s chariot is drawn by sea horses and followed by a train of sirens and tritons.” The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset. “It is the nostalgic hour of sunset, the air is full of the sound of tolling bells of neighboring churches, birds sing their farewells. Sounds peacefully die into the silence of the night.”
Carl Orff (1895-1982) Carmina Burana, a Scenic Cantata Born in Munich, Germany, into a wealthy Bavarian military family, Carl Orff began studying the piano at age five and by age fifteen, had already published several musical works. After graduating from the Munich Academy of Music, he made a living in the opera houses of Germany. His compositions, too, began to take a different form. What was once a derivative post-romantic leaning was abandoned by the 1930s, when he composed Carmina Burana. Billed as a “Scenic Cantata,” it was so different from his former efforts that the composer disowned all his previous work. Carmina Burana was premiered at the Frankfurt Opera in 1937. It was a massive success. Believing that concert music had reached its developmental limit, Orff focused on stage works for the rest of his life, eventually adding two more chapters to Carmina. Titled Catulli carmina (1943) and Trionfo di Afrodite (1952), they form a trilogy. Tonight’s work grew out of Orff’s fascination with a collection of poems found in a 13th century Benedictine monastery near Munich. The title of the work comes from the Latin plural Carmen (“student songs”) and Burana (“Bavaria”). Not surprisingly, these student songs of the German countryside deal with the most colorful, secular and even ribald aspects of life: eating, dancing, drinking, gambling and lovemaking. Setting twenty-four of the poems in the set, Orff treats the listener to a primitive, exotic and essentially dramatic presentation of their texts. Divided into three parts, the first deals with “Spring,” the second, “In the tavern” (reserved for the men of the choir), and the third “The Court of Love.” Book-ending these three sections is the well-known “O Fortuna” chorus. “Oh Fortune, like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing and waning; hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it.” Diabolical and menacing, one can almost hear the spinning of the wheel of fate in this diabolical and menacing piece. Including only the most basic harmonic practices that suggest early musical modes of the 13th century, the work is propelled primarily by a relentless rhythm that drives deep into the soul and colorful effects of orchestration.
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Jennifer Check
Ms. Check completed the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and made her Met debut during the 2001-02 season and regularly appears at the Met in a variety of roles under the baton of James Levine. She has performed with the Charlotte Symphony, Tokyo Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Verbier Festival, Spoleto Festival and Salzburg Festival. Ms. Check received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College followed by a graduate degree from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
■ Jeremy Kelly Rising young baritone Jeremy Kelly began his 200708 season with a return to Kentucky Opera for Ping in Turandot. Among his previous engagements are acclaimed portrayals of Schaunard in La Bohème with Seattle Opera for which he was praised for “giving more vocal life to Schaunard than I’ve heard or seen in a long time” (Opera News.) Mr. Kelly holds both a Master and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music.
■ Scott Scully Following recent performances of Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Arizona Opera, the Arizona Republic exclaimed that tenor Scott Scully “turned in a performance startling for its clarity, easy power and infusion of character. Scully embraced the big second act aria of deathless beauty, ‘Una furtiva lagrima,’ with warmth and emotional charge.” He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas
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Concert Program
Ottorino Respighi
The Fountains of Rome Intermission Carl Orff
Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata Jennifer Check, soprano Jeremy Kelly, baritone Scott Scully, tenor Choral Society of Greensboro Choirs of Guilford College Dr. Wendy Looker, director I. II. III.
Primo vere (“Spring”) In Taberna (“In the Tavern”) Cour d’amours (“Court of Love”)
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“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” SERGEI RACHMANINOV
George F. Handel (1685-1759) Watermusic The entire Water Music cycle involves three different sets or suites of movements. However, there is some debate among scholars as to their history and ordering. What is clear is that King George I asked the composer to create music for a trip down the Thames in 1717. Quite the favorite of London’s aristocracy, a well-stocked barge would float down the river catering to the needs of its passengers. For entertainment, a second barge (notably less well-stocked) would follow closely with the musicians playing music to further entertain the passengers on the first barge. It is unclear whether all of the suites of the set were composed for one evening’s diversions or a series of parties. Tonight’s selection includes most of the first Suite with a few bonuses of Suite #2 as a special treat. Throughout, we hear a variety of tempos and styles that beautifully represent Handel’s baroque stylings. The last of the movements heard tonight, “Hornpipe,” has become quite famous and is, to many, the embodiment of the entire set.
The Adagio ranks alongside the most moving lyric movements in any symphony. Sounding completely modern to any listener today, its power, beauty and haunting melodies are immediately emotional and engaging. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Michael Nyman (b. 1944) The composer of tonight’s concerto has had a diverse career active in many different specialties within the musical community. Perhaps best known for his film scores in collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, Nyman’s career is far more diverse than those familiar with his popular score for the film The Piano might suspect. After studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music in the late 1960s, Nyman worked in film and opera before becoming a music critic. He is widely accepted to have been the first to apply the term “minimalism” to a style of music. Over the years, he has continued to be an active composer, both inside and outside the film industry. He provided music for the films The Cook, the
Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Prospero’s Books; The Piano; Gattaca and The End of the Affair. He is also active in foreign films produced throughout Europe. His best known works for the concert hall include his operas, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Facing Goya; Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs; a ballet, The Princess of Milan, and concertos for saxophone, piano, violin, harpsichord, trombone and now, the cello. He also has a chamber ensemble called The Michael Nyman Band and/or The Michael Nyman Orchestra, which tours and records his own music and that of others as well. The composer is a published author as well, having published a well-known text on new music called Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 As many other composers of the late romantic period, Rachmaninov maintained a multifaceted career: as a composer, a performer on the piano and as a conductor. Maintaining such a schedule left the exhausted Rachmaninov precious little time to compose. In 1906, however, the composer withdrew from performing (on piano and podium) to begin on a new work, what would become his second symphony. Unlike his first symphony, whose premiere was something of a debacle, the second symphony scored an immediate success. Rachmaninov was at the height of his compositional powers. His lush harmonies and melodies would influence the sound of late romantic music for all other composers. Highlights of the work include the second movement (a scherzo) that begins with the four French horns. After the middle section with its fast and furious passages, Rachmaninov returns to the opening material and even glimpses the first movements theme. The Adagio ranks with the most moving slow movements in any symphony. Sounding completely modern to any listener today, its power, beauty and haunting melodies are immediately emotional and engaging. Closing the symphony is a bright tarantella that alternates with a march throughout this exciting conclusion.
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Concert Program
George F. Handel
Watermusic Suite #1 I. II. III. IV. V. VI.
Overture Adagio e staccato Allegro Andante Air Allegro
Suite #2 I. II.
Allegro Alla Hornpipe
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Nina Kotova
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Cello Concerto Nina Kotova, cello Intermission Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 I. II. III. IV.
Largo; Allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio Allegro vivace
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A modern man who dabbled in the mystic, the new age movement, and even Astrology, Holst based each movement on the planet’s astrological influence on humankind. The titles of the individual movements suggest their characteristics. PROGRAM NOTES BY BRUCE KIESLING
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” Much has been made of Mozart’s early success as a child prodigy, both as performer and composer. What is less well known is that he did enjoy some adult success, albeit short-lived. He presented a successful concert series at Vienna’s Burgtheater. However, by the time Mozart wrote his final three symphonies, the economy had turned less favorable in Vienna. Mozart’s world was in decline. This was partly due to his failing health and mounting debt. There was also a growing sense amongst the Viennese elite that his music was dated, and no longer current. Although Mozart planned a new concert to feature his latest works, he sold only one ticket to this concert, to his friend Baron Gottfried von Swieten. Of course, it is well known that this proposed concert never occurred. The composer never heard his last three symphonies performed. Von Swieten’s name may be well known to music lovers. It is he who fell in love with the music of Bach and his contrapuntal brilliance. Indeed, it is he who showed this music to both Mozart and Haydn. Highly contrapuntal writing was quite out of style in the classical period and young composers were not taught its intricacies as part of their musical education. Mozart and Hadyn were deeply inspired by what they saw in Bach’s music, which was new to them both. One only need listen to the stunning finale of the Jupiter Symphony (the moniker was not Mozart’s own—its source is not known) to appreciate the affect Von Sweiten had on him. The final movement is alive with contrapuntal inventiveness throughout. Most stunning, however, is the coda, which brings all the ideas into play at once, in a thrilling display of technical mastery. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Planets, Op. 32 Closing a season of 20th Century Masterpieces, it is difficult to imagine not including Holst’s magnificent suite The Planets. Written for a very large orchestra, the suite took nearly three years for the composer to complete. Another three years would pass before the first public performance at the end of the First World War. Holst designed each of the seven movements to reflect the seven planets (other
than the Earth) of the solar system. Much attention has been given to the missing “Pluto” movement (the celestial body known as Pluto was not discovered until 1930). Several composers have even attempted to compose a new movement to complete the cycle. However, the reclassification of Pluto as dwarf planet, suggests that perhaps Holst had it right the first time. A modern man who dabbled in the mystic, the new age movement, and even astrology, Holst based each movement on the planet’s astrological influence on humankind. The titles of the individual movements suggest their characteristics. Mars suggest the modern battery of a fully equipped and deadly war machine. Famously, this movement and its harmonies were the basis for much of the score to the Star Wars motion pictures and its sequels. For the Venus movement, Holst leaves out the brass instruments entirely. Mercury is a light and deft scherzo. Perhaps the best-known movement of the suite is “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity.” Two memorable themes make up this movement. The first is a rhythmically syncopated horn call and the second is a relaxed yet moving melody for the strings. Saturn uses a slow funeral march to suggest the end of life. The tolling chimes and brass chords echo a terror rarely equaled in music. Following is the mischievous Uranus. Although at times a bit scary, mostly, one feels that Uranus is more playful than terrifying. This movement definitely suggests Dukas’ playful Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Closing the suite is Neptune’s mysterious shrouds. Although much of this movement suggests the unknown abyss of the ocean, one also feels that Holst illustrated the unknown frontier beyond Neptune. At that time, what lay beyond the planet Neptune was completely mystifying. Quiet and mysterious strains are heard throughout the movement, with a wordless chorus joining in to quietly tempt sailors to the sea. The chorus fades in the oceanic depths … or is it lost in the silence of interstellar space? The listener’s mind is free to wonder and wander at this rhapsodic experience that closes this magnificent season.
■ Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music and composers with David Nelson (UNCG) . Preludes is a series of informative lectures held prior to each Masterworks performance. The presentations begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday evening concert for a brief question and answer session held at the front of the stage with our guest artists and Dima. Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this concert on Sunday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m
Concert Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” I. II. III. IV.
Allegro vivace Andante cantabile Menuetto: Allegretto Molto allegro
The Women of the Choral Society of Greensboro
M masterworks
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Intermission
MAY 7 / 9
Gustav Holst
The Musical Planets
The Planets, Op. 32 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.
Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic
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The Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund was started in 1986 when the Symphony Guild contributed $50,000 toward endowing the $250,000 Concertmaster’s Chair. The endowment of the Chair was completed in 1995, and Guild member Kay Edwards and Maurice Jennings launched a successful campaign which accomplished the $1 million mark in the Fund. The Guild supports the endowment each year. The
ENDOWMENT FUND
fund surpassed $2.5 Million during the 2001-2002 season. The Endowment was under the leadership of Guild member Caroline M. Lee for more than twenty years. Led by Barbara Cone, a special initiative was undertaken by Endowment donors who contributed additional funds in honor of Caroline Lee’s dedication to the GSO endowment. The Associate Concertmaster’s Chair was endowed in her name in 2001. In October of 2006, Cathy and Garson Rice were named co-chairs of the Endowment Committee. The Rice’s continue the good work of Caroline Lee and many new gifts and chairs have been recruited under
TRUSTEES Ann E. Kroupa, Chairman Lisa Bullock Sally B. Cone K. William Fraser Robert Harris A. Robinson Hassell Linda Jones Lewis R. Ritchie William R. Rogers, Ph.D.
their leadership. In 2008, the Endowment Fund surpassed $ 3.8 million and a gift was made to the Symphony of $137,000 for its annual operating budget. NAMED FUNDS $10,000- $39,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, III Marion Stedman Covington Amelia Tatum Daniel Memorial by Samuel Cameron Tatum Warren Moore and Anne Moore Diaz Memorial by Jean Paul Moore George W. and Anna B. Dickieson Kay Bryan Edwards by KPB Corporation Ronda Ellen and Kenneth Kornfeld Mrs. E. Pierpoint Gill Herbert and Mary Frances Hazelman Michel Family Foundation Dr. E. Phillip Morgan Memorial by Inga Borgstorm Morgan, Kent and Carolyn Morgan Carolyn and Harold O’Tuel Doris R. Preyer, Trustee William Y. Preyer, Jr. CLU Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund Mr. And Mrs. J. W. Werner, Jr.
HERITAGE SOCIETY The Heritage Society is composed of those who provided bequests in their wills to the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund. Gifts may be in honor or as a memorial. Anonymous Bequests Nan and John Bayersdorfer Dr. Jean B. Brooks Anne Rendleman Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guirlinger Pearl E. and Robert A. Kraay E. Joseph LeBauer Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee Susan and Dale Miller Sally and Steve Millikin Roy E. and Christine P. Rizzo Mrs. Beverly C. Moore Kitty and George Robison Connie and Robin Saul Florence G. Young
CAROLINE M. LEE ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR Caroline Lee has tirelessly led the Greensboro Symphony Endowment since its inception in 1985. To honor her years of service and the remarkable growth of the Fund, the Guild and Symphony friends honored Caroline by endowing the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in 2001. $30,000 Greensboro Symphony Guild $25,000 Mike and Lynn Haley $5,000 Anonymous Fund Dr. Jean B. Brooks Barbara and Herman Cone Joan and Bill Hemphill Linda and Maurice Jennings Helen and Al Lineberry Carolyn and John Maness Carole and Ed Monroe Pat Austin Nussbaum Lynn R. Prickett Fund through Betty and Charles Cheek $1,500–$2,500 Kay Bryan Edwards Marie and Ed Faulkner, Jr.
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Susan and Bill Fraser Kenneth and Ronda Kornfeld Ann and Bob Kroupa Fred L. Proctor, Sr. Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven $1,000 Beverly and Ray Berry Nancy and Alex Brown Martha and John Chandler Dorothy and Clyde Collins Sally and Alan Cone Sally B. and Robert C. Cone Mary Carol and Pat Danahy Martha and Reed Devane George and Anna Dickieson Jack C. Dixon Margaret and Walter Faison Dorothy and Stanley Frank Charles T. Hagan, Jr. Charles and Jeanne Hassell Ginger and Walter Hornig
Rachel S. Hull Bonnie and Bynum Hunter J.T. and Johnnye Greer Hunter Lenora W. Jackson Karen and Eugene Johnston Judy and Allen Jolly John and Ellen Kavanagh Mose and Doris Egerton Kiser Glorine and Tom Luper Dale and Susan Miller Joy and Moon Morrison Doris R. Preyer Royce and Jane Reynolds Peggy and Lewis Ritchie Shirley Spears Kay Stern John C. Tate, Jr. Boppy and John O. Toledano Dorothy and Charles Weill B.J. and Bob Williams Doug and Julia Wilson Elaine and Tom Wright
Patrons of chairs receive permanent listing in the playbill, recognition on column in auditorium lobby, and preferential parking. The Greensboro Symphony is grateful for your generous support in building the Endowment Fund. For more information on how you may play a part in the continuation of the Symphony’s great music and education programs, please call co-chairs Cathy and Garson Rice at 336-273-1426. MAESTRO’S PODIUM $500,000 Endowed by bequest MAESTRO’S PODIUM EMERITUS CHAIR $300,000 Endowed by bequest YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR $275,000 1 CHAIR AVAILABLE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR $250,000 Greensboro Symphony Guild THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST ARTIST PIANO CHAIR $250,000 In honor of Linda M. Jones THE YOUTH STRINGS CHAIR $150,000 In honor of Dr. Jean B. Brooks. ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR $150,000 In Honor of Caroline M. Lee ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR · $100,000 Chair Avaiable PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $80,000 11 CHAIRS AVAILABLE Kathleen Price Bryan Memorial Chair by Kay Bryan Edwards and Family Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair by Mary Ann Bush and Children Irene Mitchell Moore and Beverly Cooper Moore Chair Fraser Family Chair by Susan and Bill Fraser Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes
ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $60,000 Kay Bryan Edwards Chair by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair by Charles M. Hassell Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair by Lenora W. Jackson Carolyn J. Maness Chair by John R. Maness Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair by Catherine G. Rice and Children SECTION CHAIRS · $40,000 10 CHAIRS AVAILABLE Austin Family Chair by Patricia Austin Sevier Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Foundation Brough-Webber Chair by Elizabeth Brough Webber and William R. Webber Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair by the Massey Trust through Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr. Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial Chair by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright John E. and Martha S. Chandler Chair Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Chair by Donna M. and Herman Cone III
Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner
C. Scott Lee Chair by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee
Dorothy G. Frank Chair by Stanley M. Frank
Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry Memorial Chair by Helen H. and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.
Hughlene Bostian Frank and William Allen Frank Chair James Autha Freeze Memorial Chair by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze
The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair by Flo and Bill Snider
Greensboro Opera Company Chair by Peggy and Phil Johnson
Joy C. Morrison Chair by William H. Morrison, Jr.
Lynn Carroll Haley Chair by Michael W. Haley
Carole Swope Monroe Chair by Edwin Brent Monroe
Joan T. and William L. Hemphill Chair
Alice Wilson Pearce Chair by Woody Pearce
Sally London Hobbs Memorial Chair by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter
Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund
Rachel Smothers Hull and Worth Brantley Hull Chair
Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair by the Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund
Linda B. and Maurice Jennings Chair
Royce O. Reynolds Chair by Jane W. Reynolds
Jimmie Irene Johnson Memorial Chair by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family
Dr. William R. and Beverley C. Rogers Chair
Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne Kavanagh Chair by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh Preston Wylie Keith and Martha Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair by Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair
Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Richard and Danahy Family Chair by Mary C. Richard Danahy iand Patrick Danahy George W. Dickieson Chair GSO Conductor 1951-1963 by Anna B. Dickieson Lucy and Clark Dixon Memorial Chair by Jack C. Dixon
R. Bradford Lloyd Chair by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.
Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair by Elizabeth Yates King Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family Kroupa Family Chair by Bob and Ann Kroupa
Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair by Katherine G. Stern Ellen and Gary Taft Chair Richard W. and Carlotta M. Treleaven Memorial Chair by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven Frederick Kent Wilkins Memorial Chair by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children Betty F. and Robert P. Williams Chair Thomas E. and Elaine R. Wright Chair
Barbara B. and Robert E. Lavietes Chair
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Ticket Subscriptions * Orchestra Support (musician meals) * Education Programs * GSO Annual Campaign, Endowment, and GSG Youth Fund Contributions Office Assistance * Fund Raising In-kind Donations * Advocacy Budget Support * Youth Orchestra Scholarships Youth Orchestra Receptions * Publicity. For more information about The Greensboro Symphony Guild, visit www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741
On behalf of the Greensboro Symphony Guild, I welcome you to the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 season. We anticipate another extraordinary concert season with our Music Director Maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky and an exciting POPS season with talented guest conductors. We also look forward to the excellent Chamber Series on Friday evenings and to concerts by the widely recognized Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra. It is truly a season with something for everyone. Organized in 1964, the Greensboro Symphony Guild works closely with the orchestra to promote and maintain our city’s fine music tradition. The Guild provides financial support to the Symphony through various fund-raising projects. We rely on you as patrons of those fund-raising activities. Please join us for our Symphony of Homes Tour this fall and consider playing in our Golf Classic next spring. By participating, you will be directly helping to support our wonderful Symphony. The Guild also provides volunteer support for the orchestra’s music programs throughout our community. The Guild and the Symphony work together to present a series of concerts for local school-age children at both the elementary and middle school levels. In 2008 we started a partnership program between orchestra musicians and high school music students. For our older citizens, the Symphony Guild Chorus performs at a variety of venues where residents are not able to travel to concerts. Music does matter and does make a difference in our lives. Please enjoy the concert and please also continue to support the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the Greensboro Symphony Guild. For more information about the Guild go to our web-site at www.gsoguild.org or call 274-2741. Sincerely,
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Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a Many popular works of the repertoire were not conceived in the form they are best known to the concert-going public. Such is the case with this sonata. Originally written as a flute sonata in 1943, the first performance was witnessed by the violinist David Oistrakh. Approaching the composer after the concert, Oistrakh insisted to Prokofiev that the work would enjoy a much greater success if it were rewritten as a sonata for violin and piano. Capitulating, the composer adapted the solo part for violin and left the piano part virtually unchanged. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Composed in 1967, this set of poems was written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the “October Revolution.” The poet Blok is widely regarded as the “Father of Symbolism” in Russia. Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich requested his friend Shostakovich compose a work that the cellist could perform with his wife, a well-known soprano. After initially considering a work for voice and solo cello, the composer added a piano and violin for variety and a greater tonal palette. The first six songs divide the instruments in various combinations with the solo voice before combining them in the final song.
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Sergei Prokofiev sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D, Op. 94a I. Moderato II. Scherzo: Presto III. Andante IV. Allegro con brio Jane Hawkins, piano Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
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Dmitri Shostakovich Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127 1. Ophelia’s Song 2. Gamayun, Bird of Prophecy 3. We Were Together 4. The City is Asleep 5. The Storm 6. Secret Signs 7. Music Jane Hawkins, piano Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Fred Raimi, cello Terry Rhodes, soprano
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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Suite Italienne, for violin and piano (after Pulcinella) The Suite Italienne is one of several arrangements of ballet music from Pulcinella (1920) that the composer extracted and arranged from the original suite. His first attempt was in 1925, when he collected a suite of music based on Pergolesi (as is the music in the ballet). Seven years later, the first version of tonight’s suite was arranged for cello and piano. The present version was created soon after. Stravsinky called this popular and engaging work “the epiphany through which the whole of my later work became possible.” Time for Three Improvisation The groundbreaking, category-shattering trio Time for Three transcends traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. The members — Zachary (Zach) De Pue, violin; Nicolas (Nick) Kendall, violin; and Ranaan Meyer, double bass— carry a passion for improvisation, composing and arranging, all prime elements of the ensemble’s playing. What started as a trio of musicians who played together for fun while students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute for Music evolved into Time for Three, or Tf3 for short — a charismatic ensemble with a reputation for limitless enthusiasm and no musical boundaries. Violinists Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall first discovered their mutual love of fiddling in the country western and bluegrass styles. Then bassist Ranaan Meyer introduced them to his deep roots in jazz and improvisation. After considerable experimentation, the three officially formed Tf3.
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Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne, for violin and piano (after Pulcinella) I Introductione II. Serenata III. Tarantella IV. Gavotta con due variazioni V. Scherzino VI. Minuetto e finale Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Inara Zandmane, piano
Zachary DePue, violin Nicolas Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer, bass
Time for Three Improvisation Zachary DePue, violin Nicolas Kendall, violin Ranaan Meyer, bass Inara Zandmane
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301 Mozart was on a Parisian tour when he composed this sonata. Completed both in Paris and Mannheim in 1778, it is part of a group known as the Kurfurstin Sonatas. The set is known as some of the first works to give the violin an important role equal to that of the piano. This work has only two movements, both with relatively bright tempo. Happy for the most part, there is a section in the first movement that modulates to the minor. Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano Best known for large scale symphonic works and his opera Boris Godounov, Mussorgsky also had a significant output of miniatures. Even his well-known Pictures at an Exhibition is originally based on a series of short pieces for solo piano. The Nursery features not only the composer’s music but also his own texts. Mussorgsky was an active member of “The Mighty Five,” a group of Russian composers who labored to free Russian music from western influences and to create a distinct Russian musical style and legacy. These charming movements are considered by many as ideal glimpses into the Russian soul. César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano Whereas many composers initially pursued non-musical careers and later were drawn by fate or destiny back into music careers, Franck was “coerced” into a piano career by his parents. The composer’s only sonata, this work was written for the wedding of his friend (and brilliant violinist) Eugene Ysaye. Meant to serve as a illustration of one’s personal journey, the work’s movements each represent a distinct phase of life. The first movement’s innocent charm suggests youth, whereas the energetic second movement is seen as young adulthood. The final two movements respectively represent a philosophical old age and then a look back on a full and satisfying life well lived.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano and Violin Sonata in G major K. 301 I. Allegro II. Allegro con spirito Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Modest Mussorgsky Nursery Songs for Soprano & Piano I. With Nanny II. In the Corner III. The Beetle IV. With the Doll V. Bedtime Prayer VI. Sailor the Cat VII. Riding the Hobby Horse Susan Roberts, soprano Konstantin Lifschitz, piano César Franck Sonata No. 1 A major for Violin & Piano I. Allegretto ben moderato II. Allegro III. Recitativo Fantasia IV. Allegretto poco mosso Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
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Bela Bartók (1881-1945) Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano Benny Goodman asked Bartok to compose this work for the clarinetist and József Szigeti, a famous Hungarian violinist, to perform at a concert in New York City in 1939. Originally consisting of two movements and titled Rhapsody, the middle movement was added before Goodman and Szigeti recorded the work months later. The first movement is based on a robust dance used by military recruiters to encourage young men to enlist. The second movement, “Pihenö” (relaxation), features nighttime murmurings in this tranquil illustration of a quiet evening in the country. The finale is once again a fast dance and features a contrasting middle section in the unusual meter of thirteen beats to the bar before a return of the opening material closes the movement. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “In Memory of a Great Artist” The dedication “In Memory of a Great Artist” is written to Nicholas Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky’s long-time friend, former teacher, and director of the Moscow Conservatory. Rubinstein passed away in 1881 and the work made its premiere less than a year later. Arranged as two large movements (the first is known as “Elegiac Piece”) the work showcases the composer’s prodigious gift of melody. Four different themes are heard in the first movement alone. Rubinstein was also a lover of folk music. Tchaikovsky designs the theme of the second movement as a simple and straightforward, yet charming, folk song. This tune is treated to eleven variations in a variety of colors and settings. The coda serves as a twelfth variation before a return of the first movement material ends this moving and powerful work.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Goldberg Variations (arr. by Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Celebrating the end of a fifth year of the Rice Toyota-Sitkovetsky and Friends Chamber Series is a performances of Mr. Sitkovetsky’s own masterpieces. His transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations has been called “a tone poem” and having the effect of “clarifying and purifying the piece; every line of counterpoint is audible.” What better work to close our fifth anniversary of this series? Bach’s gift for counterpoint is everywhere and this transcription “sheds new light on the music by drawing out expressive elements that previously could only be hinted at when played on a harpsichord or even a modern piano.”
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■ Rich Ridenour Rich Ridenour has built a formidable career performing concerts of great piano favorites ranging from classical masterworks to American ragtime, jazz and rock and roll. Recent symphony engagements include Guatemala, Ocean City, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Paducah, Jacksonville, Cleveland Pops, New Mexico, San Antonio, Richmond, Florida, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Tacoma and Midland-Odessa. Rich regularly appears as pops conductor for the Elgin, IL and Dearborn, MI Symphonies. Recently Rich covered for Peter Nero at 2 hours notice to perform Rhapsody in Blue with the Detroit Symphony at Orchestra Hall. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rich received a Bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School of Music. In his career, Rich has accompanied stars Carol Lawrence, Robert Guillaume, Smokey Robinson, Larry Gatlin, Martin Short, Mercedes Ellington and “B” for Bob from Sesame Street.
■ Kathy Wagner Kathy Wagner is well known for her mastery of a variety of musical styles and genres. A recipient of numerous awards, Kathy was a regional Star Search winner, WYCE recording artist winner and she has been a bronze and silver medallist at the prestigious American Traditions Singing Competition in Savannah, Georgia. Recordings include The Pink Album, Not Since Prom, Taking A Chance On Love and I Love A Piano. Symphony pops concerts include West Shore, Elgin, Sagi-
naw, Bay Area, Kalamazoo, Lafayette, Grand Rapids and the Bijou Orchestra. Favorite musical theatre roles include Eva Peron (Evita), Velma (Chicago), The Old Lady (Candide), and was a Grand Award recipient for her performances as Mama Rose (Gypsy), Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd, Fosca in Passion, Best musical direction for Spitfire Grill and a special grand award for Beehive. Kathy has opened for The Drifters, The Platters, The Shirelles, Little Anthony and most recently for Bob Newhart. She was a member of the Motown rock and soul band, Sounds Like Fun, and has long been swinging tunes with The River City Jazz Ensemble. Her vocal work also encompasses jingles, studio work and award-winning compositions. As a dancer and choreographer, she has studied in LA, Chicago and New York. Kathy taught for The Ken Tepper Studio for 10 years and then continued on at The Performing Arts Academy in Grand Rapids. Kathy teaches contemporary music at Cornerstone University, and is a founding member of the West Michigan Cabaret Association. She has a terrific husband of 29 years and two wonderful daughters who love when mom sings, but even more when she cooks.
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ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
■ Ron Bohmer
■ Stuart Malina
Ron Bohmer has starred on Broadway and national tour as the Phantom in The Phantom Of The Opera, Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (Jefferson Award nomination)., the swashbuckling hero The Scarlet Pimpernel (National Broadway Theatre Award nomination), Alex in Aspects Of Love (LA Robby award), the evil Sir Percival Glyde in The Woman in White, Enjolras in Les Miserables, and Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof. Ron received a Jefferson Award Best Actor nomination for his work in Sunset Blvd., and a National Broadway Theatre Award’s Best Actor nomination for The Scarlet Pimpernel. He recently completed a 64 week tour of the US and Canada, starring as Coach Bolton in the cultural phenomenon Disney’s High School Musical. Ron has appeared in several Television shows such as Law & Order SVU, Rescue Me, Ryan’s Hope, One Life to Live, and As The World Turns.
Stuart Malina is one of America’s most versatile and accomplished conductors. In a wide variety of concerts his ease on the podium, engaging personality, and insightful interpretations have thrilled audiences and helped to break down the barriers between performer and listener. Music Director and Conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra since June 2000, Mr. Malina’s other appointments have included Music Director of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra from 1996 to 2003 and Associate Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra from 1993 to 1997. In 2006 Mr. Malina had return engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and at the Eastern Music Festival, where he conducted the world premiere of Billy Joel’s Symphonic Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra. Mr. Malina helped create Movin’ Out with director and choreographer Twyla Tharp, for which he won a Tony Award for Orchestration with Billy Joel in June 2003.
■ Rita Harvey Rita Harvey recently sang the role of Hodel in the Broadway revival of ‘Fiddler on the Roof” starring Rosie O’Donell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera, following a two-year national tour performing the same role. Rita created the role of Lady Edith in the off- Broadway hit musical The Prince and the Pauper. At the Irish Repertory Theatre, she played the role of Ethel Chichester in “Peg O’ My Heart”. Rita also created the role of Elizabeth in the highly acclaimed concept CD/DVD of ”Frankenstein the Musical” available on Amazon.com. She can be heard on recordings of The Prince and the Pauper, Tim , A Tale of Two Cities, Big the Musical, Frankenstein the Musical and Fiddler on the Roof. Rita has performed as featured soloist in numerous concerts around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Liz Callaway, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White, Rita Moreno and Michael Crawford. She received her Masters in Opera Performance at Northwestern University.
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Tony Award winner Stuart Malina, returns to one of his favorite stages. Don’t miss Stuart and his friends from Broadway as they play some of your favorite show tunes from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Sondheim, Bacharach, and Bernstein.
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This show is guaranteed to be mucho caliente, an evening of Latin dance, music, and romance. Latin dancers will perform the chacha, tango, rumba, and more, while Grammy winner Victor Vanacore turns up the heat in the sauciest show of the season. It doesn’t get much hotter than this. ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
■ Victor Vanacore Grammy Award Winner Victor Vanacore has been at the nexus of popular music for the past 25 years. In 1974, Vanacore moved to Los Angeles where he joined the Jackson Five as a keyboardist and musical arranger. A year later the band’s conductor had an emergency; Vanacore was asked to fill in, and after his performance that night, he became the Jackson’s permanent conductor and arranger. Vanacore’s star rose, and after the end of the Jackson Five tour, he signed with the Fifth Dimension, serving as conductor and arranger for two years. Johnny Mathis then heard of Vanacore’s talent, and hired him away as the Musical Director for his world tour. This musical relationship lasted for two years. He then joined Barry Manilow for six
years in the same capacity, and received six album credits, including “If I Should Love Again,” “Barry Live in Britain,” “Barry,” and “The Greatest Hits.” Victor Vanacore valued a close ongoing relationship with the musical icon Ray Charles, whom he met in 1990, until Charles’ passing in 2004. Vanacore served as Musical Director, Arranger, and Opening Act for Mr. Charles. Ray Charles’ only platinum CD entitled, “Genius Loves Company” features Victor Vanacore’s 80 piece Grammy Award winning orchestral arrangements. In addition to his musical associations with Celebrity vocalists, Vanacore enjoys a career as a Pops Conductor with symphony orchestras worldwide. His recent appearance as conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl garnered broad critical acclaim. Recently, Victor has been working as a composer in conjunction with his brother David on the critically acclaimed hit CBS show “Survivor.” He composed music for Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice,” American Idol and the 2005 Academy Awards. In 2007, at the request of Placido Domingo, Vanacore composed original neoclassical music based on the texts of Pope John Paul II. Recent symphonic commissions by Vanacore include “Detroit Soul” commissioned by the Detroit Symphony featuring Motown themes and “America Then And Now” for New Jersey Public Television Network and “Spain Meets Birdland” for the Berklee College of Music 60th anniversary.
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Kurt Carr As gifted a songwriter as he is an artist, instrumentalist, producer, arranger and conductor, Kurt has twice written the Stellar Songs of the Year; Byron Cages smash, The Presence of the Lord Is Here, as well as his own groups’ classic, In the Sanctuary. In the Sanctuary has, to date, been translated into nine different languages and recorded by more than 20 different acts all over the world. Kurt’s family was not deeply involved in church when he was a child, but at the age of 13 he found himself drawn there on his own, quickly becoming active in the music program. And while music was his original passion in the church, the forming of a personal relationship with Christ would follow over the next several years. I think the Lord brought me along in a gradual sort of way until I was around 17, Kurt recalls. I began to realize that there was a greater meaning and higher calling to what I was doing. I heard Him telling me that this was what I was supposed to do with my life, and that He was going to use me for His purposes, and I accepted that and Him. Kurt obtained a degree in music from the University of Connecticut, focusing in the classroom on classical music, but all the while absorbing the sounds of the street and the world around him. His first national recognition came when he spent seven years as pianist and musical director for James Cleveland, as well as a year accompanying Gospels’ equally legendary Andrae Crouch. Kurt’s abundance and range of talent, coupled with those high-profile associations, led to the position of Creative Director at Los Angeles renowned West Angeles COGIC Church, where he worked with luminaries from both the Gospel and secular music industry, including Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield, and Kirk Franklin. He formed the Kurt Carr Singers in the early 90s. Kurt emerged as a serious force to be reckoned with when his song For Every Mountain, released initially on his own album, No One Else, was covered by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and won a Grammy Award in 1995. Wildly popular, the song was recorded by more than ten other artists and today is considered a standard of the church. Kurt is focused ultimately on a refreshingly humble and simple-but-profound lifetime goal. When it’s all finished, and the Lord has called me home, there’s just one thing I hope people will be able to say about me, he concludes. And that’s, `Well done, kid. Well done, indeed, Kurt. Very well done.
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JANUARY 23 WESTOVER CHURCH Media Sponsors:
Community Gospel Concert Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Kent R. Brooks, community chorus master Kurt Carr, performer
Additional Support:
Participating Organizations American Express Gospel Choir Bennett College Bethel AME Church Ebenezer Baptist Church Faithzone Outreach Ministries Friendship Baptist Church Genesis Baptist Church U.C.C. Grace Community Church Greater Ambassadors for Christ Laughlin Memorial Church Mount Pleasant Church Mount Zion Baptist Church New Light Refugee Church New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Providence Baptist Church Rescue Temple # 2 COGIC Rock Hill Baptist Church Saint James Church Saint Paul Church Saint Pius Catholic Church Total Deliverance Westover Church Williams Memorial Church SEASON SPONSORS
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NowTHREE stations in one! HD Radio Technology allows 88.5 WFDD to broadcast three separate channels, available with an HD radio or at our website, www.wfdd.org. Tune in to hear • News and Discussion programming, like Morning Edition and The Diane Rehm Show, on 88.5 FM and WFDD-1 • Classical Music (24 hours a day!) on WFDD-2 and • Eclectic Music, including World Cafe, Mountain Stage, and Folk Alley, on WFDD-3
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■ Education Concerts Friday, May 1, 2009 9:00 am and 11:00 am Williams High School For every Second and Third Grader in Alamance County
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December 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm Elon Alumni Gym Haggard Avenue at Elon University Admission to the concert is FREE with a donation of a non-perishable food item to benefit the Salvation Army. For only the cost of a can of food, members of the community enjoy a holiday celebration.
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Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Hosted by FOX8 News Anchors and featuring Anthony Dean Griffey, Lisa Dames, Choral Society of Greensboro
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■ Raising the Curtain 2009 Elementary School Concerts showcasing Music of the Theatre The program will explore the relationship between words and music through theatrical works, introducing students to music from opera, dance, theater and film. Students will be treated to Glinka’s Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla, Mozart’s Commendatore Scene from Don Giovanni with three opera singers, Prokofiev’s The “Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet with a dance Ensemble, Elfman’s Batman Theme with screen captures from the movie and the Finale from Hairspray with Broadway Dancers from the Elon University Musical Theater Program.
American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages worldwide. The combination of his beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, along with his gift for exceptional communication and excellent musicianship have earned him the highest praise. He has been hailed for possessing both “presence and a tenor that is pure, sweet and clarion” (The Los Angeles Times), and for having a voice that is “both full-bodied and sweet-toned” (The New York Times). In the 2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey will perform leading roles with many of America’s premiere opera houses, to include appearances with Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw, and the San Diego Opera in the title role of Peter Grimes. His extensive concert schedule includes an appearance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under the baton of Valery Gergiev, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony. He will also re-unite with Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the Saito Kinen Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
“We thank the many generous donors who make great music possible in Alamance County.” Carole Lineberry-Moore past chair, Greensboro Symphony Board
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Holiday Concert Friday, December 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Doors Open at 6 p.m. for Seating GREENSBORO COLISEUM ARENA More than 600,000 food items collected last year to benefit the Salvation Army in eight counties. Help support your community. Admission and Parking are FREE with a donation of non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army.
Bruce Kiesling, conductor See bio on page 19. Appearances by:
■ Anthony Dean Griffey American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages worldwide. The combination of his beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, along with his gift for exceptional communication and excellent musicianship have earned him the highest praise. He has been hailed for possessing both “presence and a tenor that is pure, sweet and clarion” (The Los Angeles Times), and for having a voice that is “both full-bodied and sweet-toned” (The New York Times). In the 2008-2009 season Mr. Griffey will perform leading roles with many of America’s premiere opera houses, to include appearances with Opera Philadelphia as Florestan in Fidelio, the Portland Opera as Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw, and the San Diego Opera in the title role of Peter Grimes. His extensive concert schedule includes an appearance with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde under the baton of Valery Gergiev, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the Zürich Tonhalle Orchester under Maestro David Zinman, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony. He will also re-unite with Maestro Seiji Ozawa with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mendelssohn’s Elias and at the Saito Kinen Festival in Britten’s War Requiem.
Anthony Dean Griffey Summit Figure Skating Club of Greensboro Bill Flynn WMAG 99.5 FM Choral Society of Greensboro Neill McNeill and Julie Luck Lisa Dames Sir Robert Bell of Clan MacMillan, Bagpiper
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■ Lisa Dames Lisa Dames is neither timid nor cold. She is a sassy, sexy wife and mother who is making her mark on country music. On Dames’ new album, No One Like Me, she explores her songs from the inside out, investing each one with a sense of urgency ripped from her own life. A life that could have been inconsequential in someone else’s hands. “There seems to be a prevailing thought that once a woman gets married and has kids, she stops being a woman,” comments Dames. “I tend to believe the opposite—that a woman may get married and have kids, but first and foremost she’s a woman.” Visit her web site at www.lisadames.com for more information.
Additional Support By:
Dames
Summit Figure Skating Club
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OrKIDStra OrKIDStra is a three-concert series designed for children and their families, held on Saturday mornings at the Triad Stage in Downtown Greensboro. This year, the series features musical fairytales, a spotlight on the percussion section, and the classic work Carnival of the Animals. OrKIDStra programs also include hands-on activities for children led by Musikgarten teachers. On each concert date, there are two performances. Programs begin at 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. Additional support provided by Greensboro Kiwanis Club
Music in the Middle An annual concert series for seventh grade students in Guilford County. The theme for fall 2008 is “A Musical World Tour,” featuring music of all seven continents! Music in the Middle concerts present both traditional and contemporary repertoire, and aim to expand students’ ideas of orchestral music. The global theme of the program connects to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for seventh grade social studies. October 16 and 17 Performances at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. each morning
September 20 Musical Fairytales Music of William Bolcom Actors from Community Theatre of Greensboro
In-School Ensembles Every February and March, third and fourth grade students in Guilford County hear live performances right in their own schools. Musicians from the Greensboro Symphony travel to schools and perform chamber music, demonstrate their instruments, answer questions from students, and help the third and fourth grade classes prepare for the Elementary School Concerts. In 2009, first and second grade students at Kirkman Park and Washington Elementaries will also hear an in-school ensemble performance
February 14 Drum and Dance Music for Percussion Dancers from the North Carolina Dance Project April 4 Carnival of the Animals Music of Camille Saint-Saens Narration by Preston Lane Education Sponsor
Elementary School Concerts Every year, all third and fourth grade students from the Piedmont region hear a dynamic program by the full Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. “Music for the Theatre” is the theme for the spring 2009 concerts. The
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program will include an orchestral overture, scenes from opera and ballet, film music, and a musical theatre finale. In addition to the concert experience, students and teachers receive educational resources and curricular materials that support the program’s theme. Performances at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. each morning Greensboro: April 21, 22, and 23 Asheboro: April 24 Reidsville: April 30 Burlington: May 1 Elementary School Concerts Sponsored By
UNCG/Peck Elementary Beginning Strings Partnership The Symphony’s tradition of string instrument instruction continues at Peck Elementary in the 2008-2009 season. Instruments and materials are provided by the Greensboro Symphony. Instruction is designed and implemented by music education faculty and graduate students from the UNCG School of Music. Sideby-side performances with the beginning students and their collegiate mentors are planned for the coming year. The students will be featured performers in the War Memorial Auditorium lobby prior to the May 2 Carolina Pops concert! Partnership Sponsored By
High School Partnership Sponsored by the Greensboro Symphony Guild, this exciting new partnership program is now in its second year. In Spring 2008, the Greensboro Symphony partnered with Ragsdale High School. Ragsdale students enjoyed a chamber music performance and intensive coaching sessions from Symphony musicians, and then themselves performed on stage at the War Memorial Auditorium. In January 2009, the Greensboro Symphony will partner with Grimsley High School. The Grimsley students will study Russian orchestral music, hear an in-school performance by Symphony musicians, and receive coaching sessions. The partnership will culminate with a performance by the Grimsley orchestra at the War Memorial Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31. The high school orchestra members will be invited to stay for the evening’s concert to watch their professional mentors perform. Student Tickets Students of any age can get $5 tickets to any Masterworks concert! Sign up by emailing your request to boxoffice@ greensborosymphony.org. Bring your valid student ID to Will Call on the night of the concert to pick up your tickets.
Preludes High School Night Thursday, October 23 is the second annual High School Night! All High School students are invited to hear the Greensboro Symphony’s program, which includes a feature piece for the hot young string trio, Time for Three. High School students can sign up for free tickets, parking, and a reception by sending an email to [email protected]
College Night College students will also get the chance to catch Time for Three — for free! The second annual College Night is Saturday, October 25. College students can sign up for free tickets, free parking, prize giveaways, and free food at a pre-concert reception by sending an email to [email protected].
Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra In the past two years, the GSYO has performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall and at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Young performers and audiences alike have experienced the power of Holst’s Planets Suite, the grace of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun, and the emotional journey of Elgar’s Enigma Variations. GSYO members study and perform the best in orchestral music as they grow as musicians and make lasting friendships. The GSYO is planning a European Tour for April 2010! The youth orchestra program now has five ensembles: • Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, our flagship ensemble, features between 80 and 100 advanced high school musicians. The GSYO gives three concerts per year, features full symphonic repertoire, and is directed by Dr. Bruce Kiesling. • Chamber Orchestra, a highly select group of 40 players, is also led by Dr. Kiesling. Chamber Orchestra performs three times per season, focusing on the music of the Classical Era (Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven) and contemporary works for smaller ensemble. • Philharmonic Strings is an advanced strings-only ensemble. This group of 40 young players gives two concerts per year, features a variety of musical styles, and is conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Karen Collins. • Youth Strings has been created to meet the needs of growing string players. Conducted by Greensboro Symphony violinist Gregorio Midero, this ensemble develops players’ ensemble, music reading, and expressive skills. • Allegro Strings is perfect for those in the first years of instruction on a string instrument. The group of 20 young musicians performs on two concerts per year and is conducted by Gregorio Midero. ALL YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! November 23, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro Day School, All Ensembles March 15, 7:00 p.m., Greensboro College GSYO, Chamber Orchestra, and Concerto Competition Winners May 17, 6:00 p.m., Greensboro College, All Ensembles Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra Sponsored by United Guaranty and BGF Industries.
All of the Greensboro Symphony Education Programs are made possible with the support of the Lincoln Financial Foundation.
Come early and catch the Prelude! Thursday evening Preludes start at 6:45 p.m. Saturday evening Preludes start at 7:00 p.m. and are joined by our maestro and guest artists! Preludes are pre-concert presentations designed to enhance your listening experience. Speakers from local colleges and universities represent a range of musical backgrounds and often have a specialty in the evening’s music. September 18 & 20 Gregory Carroll, UNCG October 23 & 25 Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Randolph Community College January 29 & 31 Wendy Looker, Guilford College February 26 & 28 Welbourn Young, UNCG April 2 & 4 Irna Priore, UNCG May 7 & 9 David Nelson, UNCG
Alliance Urology Music at Midday Series The Music at Midday series includes eight performances by Greensboro Symphony chamber ensembles. The performances, which are hosted by retirement communities and other local venues, are free and open to the public! Adult Center for Enrichment January 7, 10:30 a.m. Moses Cone Memorial Hospital January 7, 12:00 p.m. Twin Lakes January 8, 11:00 a.m. The Village at Brookwood January 8, 12:30 p.m. Abbotswood at Irving Park January 13, 12:30 p.m. Wellspring January 13, 1:45 p.m. Friends Home West January 15, 11:15 p.m. River Landing January 15, 12:45 p.m. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 93
Make it a night out! RESTAURANT SPECIALS
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the fine restaurants listed to the right are collaborating to make your concert evenings special nights out. THE SYMPHONY SUBSCRIBER DINING PACKAGE is offered only to our Masterworks and Pops season subscribers. On nights of our performances, the restaurants will offer an entree special. Each individual restaurant sets the promotional value of this offer. Please ask your server about any restrictions. Show your “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and your concert tickets to your server by 6 p.m. on concert nights to ensure adequate time for an enjoyable dinner. Early reservations are recommended. Restaurants not accepting reservations will honor this promotional special on a first-come, first served basis. Gratuity percentage is based on full menu price unless otherwide noted. Tax, alcohol, and other menu items are not included in the promotion. To become eligible for the “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and to take advantage of this great offer, call the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at 336-335-5456. Subscribe by January 30, 2009 to receive this offer.
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Please mention that you saw our advertisers in the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra playbill when you visit or call. Enjoy! 223 South Elm Restaurant ............................... 31 Abbotswood at Irving Park ..............................22 Aladdin Travel ..................................................... 62 Art Beat Greensboro......................................... 84 AT & T ................................................................... 86 Bank of America/US Trust ............................. 66 Bank of North Carolina.....................................40 Barber Plastic Surgery ...................................... 48 Bardy’s Fine Jewelry .......................................... 62 Bel Canto Company .......................................... 42 Benjamin Craig ....................................................77 Bill Black Chevrolet Cadillac ............................22 Carlyle & Company ....................................... OBC Carolina Bank ...................................................... 20 Carolina Coffee & Tea........................................77 Carousel Theatre ............................................... 46 Center Pointe ..........................................................1 Choral Society of Greensboro ........................ 47 CoCo’s Corner..................................................... 66 Community One Bank ...................................... 43 Crown Automotive............................................ 70 Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co..................... 34 Designs North, Florist & Interiors ..................35 DLM Builders, Inc. ............................................. 96 Doug Key Paintings & Portraits ...................... 31 Earth Fare Market & Café ................................80 Extra Ingredient .................................................. 42 Flow Lexus ............................................................ 12 Fresh Market ....................................................... 46 Friendly Center ................................................... 94 Friends Home, Inc.............................................. 20 Ganache Restaurant & Bakery ....................... 30 Greensboro Day School ...................................40 Greensboro Imaging ......................................... 62 Greensboro Opera Company ......................... 46 Greensboro Youth Chorus .............................. 47
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