New World | Sep. 29, 2024

29TH CONCERT SERIES WORLD-CLASS MUSIC EXPERIENCE IN AGGIELAND

THE MOANIN’ FROGS six saxophones

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 5 pm Century Square

Supported by Brazos Valley Jazz Society

FREE CONCERT

RUCKUS

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Sunday, November 10, 2024, 5 pm FREE CONCERT First Presbyterian Church Supported by Concerts on Carter Creek

THE STRING QUEENS violin, viola, cello

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Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5 pm A&M United Methodist Church

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MIRÓ STRING QUARTET HAYDN, SHAW, BEETHOVEN

Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5 pm St. Thomas Episcopal Church

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WORLD SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL Sunday, April 20, 2025, 4:30 pm Rudder Theatre

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THE 2024-2025

Concert Season

BRAZOS VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2024–2025 SEASON

NEW WORLD - SEP 29

SPONSORED BY: THE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SERENADE TO MUSIC - OCT 20 SPONSORED BY: THE HAM FAMILY TRUST

HOLIDAY POPS - DEC 15 SPONSORED BY: BECKY & B. DON RUSSELL AND THE WAKEFIELD FOUNDATION

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE - JAN 26 MADE POSSIBLE BY PROCEEDS FROM THE BVSO ENDOWMENT

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Te Deum This season for the Brazos Valley Chorale will prove to be very musically diverse and eclectic.

We start our season with a “tour de force” combining with the Texas g r o . bvchorale A&M Century Singers and Women’s Chorus in collaboration with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra to present Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum. This will be part of the Symphony’s Serenade to Music concert which will also feature our own Artistic Director and Conductor, Tom Gerber, as a soloist.

October 20, 2024 Rudder Auditorium, Texas A&M University Tidings of Comfort and Joy This year’s Christmas concert brings back the wonderful Bluebonnet Children’s Choir. We will sing familiar Christmas tunes and invite the audience to join us for a couple. If you have children, bring them along, as St. Nick has promised to visit! This concert is a great way to kick off Christmas with family and friends.

December 6, 2024 Holy Cross Lutheran Church, College Station, TX Stage and Screen Spectacular! The third concert the Chorale will present is a variety show complete with dinner for the patrons. As the name suggests, the Chorale will be singing tunes from popular Broadway shows and perhaps some music from the movie screen. In addition, we will be showcasing the wealth of talent within the ensemble through small group and solo acts.

March 1, 2025 College Station Visitors Center, College Station, TX Classical Echoes Our final concert of the season will visit the music of Haydn and Mozart.

These two musical giants are pillars within the classical world that greatly influenced the music today and will continue to influence tomorrow’s music.

May 4, 2025 First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, TX

Our program is made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue from the City of College Station through the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley. This project is also supported in part by an award from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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MUSIC

Director 28 YEARS

Marcelo Bussiki is the music director/conductor of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.

He is also the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Blinn College. He has had a passion for music since his early years.

Born in Cuiaba, capital of Mato Grosso State in Brazil, Bussiki left home at age 14 to study at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro.

He continued his conducting studies under Maestro Roberto Duarte at Rio de Janeiro Federal Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director University. Upon graduation, he Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair was named music director of the orchestra of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, a position he held for six years. Bussiki was awarded knighthood in the Ordem de Merito de Mato Grosso in recognition of his pioneering work in cultural expansion and musical education. He received the title of Oficial, the highest honor that the executive power can confer upon an artist in Brazil.

Bussiki came to the United States in 1992 under a scholarship from the Brazilian government and studied at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. From 1994-1996, he directed that university’s New Music Ensemble, developing an extensive repertoire of modern and contemporary music. He received a doctorate of musical arts in conducting from the University of Houston in 1998.

During his tenure with the Brazos Valley Symphony, Bussiki has been in demand as a guest conductor in Texas and out of state. In September, 2002, he returned to his native Brazil under sponsorship from the Brazilian National Bank in Rio de Janeiro to conduct 15 performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Viva la Mama, as well as other symphony concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. In October 2001, he conducted a premiere performance of the Organ Concerto by vanguard U. S. composer Lou Harrison, featuring organist John Walker and the Carnegie-Mellon Percussion Ensemble, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bussiki conducts several concerts a year at the International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. He was conductor for the International Guitar Festival in 2005, 2006, and again in 2016. In 2014, Bussiki was awarded the “Artist of the Year” honor by The Arts Council.

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FROM THE

President

Thank you and Welcome! We are thrilled to have you be a part of the 43rd Season of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra (BVSO). Under the Direction of Maestro Marcelo Bussiki, each concert within this season has been designed to captivate and inspire. Since last season, because of the generosity of Ms. Sue Lee and her late husband Dr. J.C. Lee, the BVSO is honored to have the Musical Director’s Chair endowed in their name.

It both recognizes Marcelo’s decades of dedication and guarantees the future of Maestros-to-come.

Under the dedicated leadership of our Executive Director, Sandra Castañon, we have seen a resurgence in attendance and community participation to pre-pandemic levels. Based on excellent feedback from BVSO members and patrons, we will continue to host the pre-concert receptions. These receptions are a great venue for members of the community to engage with fellow arts-lovers and occasionally musicians and special guests!

A special and emphatic thanks to our season sponsors: College Station Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz of College Station, BMW of College Station, College Station Ford, Aggieland Chevrolet, and College Station Nissan.

The passion and leadership of BVSO Board Member Andy Wheeler, GM of Hyundai of College Station, helped craft this partnership which is vital to this season’s success. Thanks also to the Friends of the Symphony Orchestra (FASO), Ham Family, and the Rea Charitable Trust for their generous support of individual concerts. Additionally, because of the BVSO Endowment we are able to host new and innovative programs such as Cirque de la Symphonie.

A community hallmark, and family favorite, Holiday Pops is once again sponsored by Becky and B. Don Russell in partnership with the Wakefield Foundation. Also, the always uplifting Youth Concerto has been further endowed by Tracy and Tamara Carter. Their increased and continued support ensures the longevity and impact of this scholarship.

Our season concludes with the Classical Mystery Tour, which will appeal and resound with all generations through the music of the Beatles.

Once again, thank you for joining us for this celebration of community and music. It is for you and because of you that the BVSO is able to continue to captivate and inspire.

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UPCOMING

Event

Serenade to Music

October 20, 2024 at 5 PM Rudder Auditorium

Sponsored by: The Ham Family Trust

Featuring

Amanda Key, soprano Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano Alexei Kusnietsov, tenor Thomas Gerber, bass/baritone Brazos Valley Chorale and Texas A&M Choirs (Music Director, Maestro Thomas Gerber)

Program Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy Williams: Serenade to Music Bruckner: Te Deum Immerse yourself in the love and feud of Tchaikovsky’s soaring love themes of Romeo and Juliet followed by the serene beauty of Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. This program closes with Bruckner’s powerful Te Deum enhanced by the voices of the Brazos Valley Chorale and Texas A&M Choirs.

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Guest

Artist Sasha Cooke

Two-time Grammy Awardwinning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has been called a “luminous standout” by the New York Times and “equal parts poise, radiance and elegant directness” by Opera News. Ms. Cooke has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, Seattle Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Gran Teatre del Liceu, among others, and with over eighty symphony orchestras worldwide, frequently in the works of Mahler. This season, Ms. Cooke debuts at La Monnaie de Munt as Emilie Ekdahl in the world premiere of Fanny and Alexander, sings Marguerite in La Damnation de Faust at the Bard Festival, Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde at the Gstaad Festival, and returns to Houston Grand Opera as Venus in Francesca Zambello’s new production of Tannhäuser. On the concert stage, Ms. Cooke reprises much of her most celebrated repertoire joining orchestras such as the Vienna Symphoniker, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Vienna Radio Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Cologne Philharmonic, Tuscon Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Marin Alsop, Cristian Macelaru, Gustavo Dudamel, Trevor Pinnock, Klaus Mäkelä, Gemma New, Karina Canellakis and Daniel Harding. In recital, Ms. Cooke returns to Wigmore Hall for a recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau, and Carnegie Hall for Shostakovitch’s From Jewish Folk Poetry with pianist Evgeny Kissin.

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Guest

Artist Kelly Markgraf

Baritone Kelly Markgraf has been praised by The New York Times for his “heart-stirring” singing and “charismatic” stage presence. A versatile performer, he has appeared in a wide range of works, from Baroque to contemporary music. In 2017, he created the role of Paul Jobs in Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera, which won a 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. He also originated the role of Hannah-Before in Laura Kaminsky’s As One, one of the most frequently performed new operas in the U.S. Markgraf has performed with leading symphony orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and collaborated with conductors like Gustavo Dudamel and Michael Tilson Thomas. His recording of West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony earned a GRAMMY nomination.

Recent engagements include performances with Tucson Symphony and Nashville Symphony, and his role in La Traviata at Houston Grand Opera. His discography includes works by John Harbison, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Carlisle Floyd. Markgraf holds degrees from Boston University, the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, and the Juilliard School.

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GRATEFUL

Acknowledgements

The Brazos Valley Symphony Society gratefully acknowledges Grant, Trust, and Community Support From:

The Clearfield Family Eugene Edge, III Charitable Trust The Ham Family Trust Gilbert & Thyra Plass Charitable Trust Plass Arts Foundation Union Pacific Rea Charitable Trust Nina Astin Winkler Charitable Trust

This program made possible in part through Hotel Tax Revenue funded from the City of College Station through The Arts Council. This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In-Kind Support and Services From:

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UPCOMING

Event

Holiday Pops

December 15, 2024 at 5 PM Christ Church

Sponsored by: Becky & B. Don Russell and the Wakefield Foundation

Featuring

James Faith, organ Christ Church Sanctuary Choir Canticle Bell Ringers College Station High School Chorale Get into the festive spirit with our Holiday Pops concert, featuring an array of delightful selections for brass, organ, and choir. Joining us for this special event are the talented voices of the Christ Church Sanctuary Choir and Canticle Bell Ringers and the College Station High School Chorale.

Accompanied by organist James Faith, the choirs will deliver a heartwarming performance of beloved holiday classics that are sure to fill you with joy and cheer.

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Ruslan and Ludmila Overture Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Glinka was born on June 1, 1804, in Novopasskoe, Russia, and he died on February 15, 1857, in Berlin, Prussia (modern Germany).

(Note: these dates conform to the Gregorian calendar.) Karl Albrecht conducted the first performance of Glinka’s opera, Ruslan and Ludmila, at the Bolshoi Kalmenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 9, 1842.

This whirlwind of an overture introduces an opera in five acts and is based on themes from Ruslan’s aria and the Finale. In the fairytale-like story, based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837), a young woman, Ludmila (or Lyudmila), is abducted by an evil sorcerer. Her lover, Ruslan, must contend with two other suitors and endure many trials and hardships before he can awaken her from a trance-like sleep, and marry her.

Glinka is known as the father of Russian nationalist music. The orchestral color and exoticism in his music for Ruslan and Ludmila greatly influenced the “Mighty Five” (Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, and Cui), as well as Tchaikovsky.

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Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth’s Magic Horn) Gustav Mahler

1. Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhine Legend) 2. Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (Song of the Persecuted in the Tower) 3. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound) 4. Lob des hohen Verstandes (Praise of Lofty Intellect) 5. Der Tamboursg’sell (The Drummer Boy) 6. Verlorne Müh’ (Labor lost) Gustav Mahler was born on July 7, 1860, in Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the Czech Republic), and he died in Venna, Austria on May 11, 1911.

He composed a total of twenty-four songs on texts from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” between 1887 and 1901 and published in various collections between 1892 and 1905.

“Des Knaben Wunderhorn: alte Deutsche Lieder” (Youth’s Magic Horn: old German songs) is a collection of folk or folklike poetry and sayings compiled by two major German poets of the Romantic era, Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) and Clemens Brentano (1778-1842), originally issued in three volumes between 1805 and 1808. Brentano also supplied illustrations. Like most 19th-century collectors of folklore, they edited the poems considerably, so it is difficult to determine the true age or authenticity of the texts. Nevertheless, the collection is a milestone in German Romantic literature. The poems themselves cover a variety of themes. Many of them are tragic, like “Der Tamboursg’sell,” about a drummer boy about to be hanged, whereas “Lob des hohen Verstandes,” has a satirical character.

Although composers such as Weber, Schubert and Brahms had set a few Wunderhorn texts to music, it was Gustav Mahler who found enduring inspiration and expression of his emotional intensity in these poems. Over the course of several years, he set twenty-four of these texts, some for solo voice and orchestra, others for solo voice and piano. He used three Wunderhorn songs (minus vocals) in his early Symphonies, for example, the Scherzo of Symphony no. 2. Several of the songs work well as duets, though Mahler did not specify them as such.

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Rheinlegendchen

Little Rhine Legend

Bald gras’ ich am Neckar, bald gras’ ich am Rhein; bald hab’ ich ein Schätzel, bald bin ich allein!

Now I mow by the Neckar, now I mow by the Rhine; now I have a sweetheart, now I’m alone!

Was hilft mir das Grasen, wenn d’Sichel nicht schneid’t; was hilft mir ein Schätzel, wenn’s bei mir nicht bleibt!

What good is mowing if the sickle doesn’t cut; what good is a sweetheart, if he/she doesn’t stay with me!

So soll ich denn grasen am Neckar, am Rhein, so werf’ ich mein goldenes Ringlein hinein.

So should I then mow by the Neckar, by the Rhine, then I will throw my little gold ring in.

Es fließet im Neckar und fließet im Rhein, soll schwimmen hinunter in’s Meer tief hinein.

It will float in the Neckar and float in the Rhine, it shall swim right down into the deep sea.

Und schwimmt es, das Ringlein, so frißt es ein Fisch!

Das Fischlein soll kommen auf’s König’s sein Tisch!

And when it swims, the little ring, then a fish will eat it!

The fish will land on the king’s table!

Der König tät fragen, wem’s Ringlein sollt’ sein?

Da tät mein Schatz sagen: „Das Ringlein g’hört mein!“

The king would ask, whose ring can it be?

Then my sweetheart would say: ‘The ring belongs to me!’

Mein Schätzlein tät springen Berg auf und Berg ein, tät mir wied’rum bringen das Goldringlein mein!

My sweetheart would spring up hill and down hill, would bring back to me my fi ne little gold ring!

Kannst grasen am Neckar, kannst grasen am Rhein!

Wirf du mir nur immer dein Ringlein hinein!

You can mow by the Neckar, you can mow by the Rhine!

You can always toss in your little ring to me!

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Lied des Verfolgten im Turm

Song of the Persecuted in the Tower

Der Gefangene: Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten; sie rauschen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten, kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jäger sie schießen, es bleibet dabei: die Gedanken sind frei!

Das Mädchen: Im Sommer ist gut lustig sein auf hohen, wilden Bergen.

Dort fi ndet man grün’ Plätzelein, mein Herz verliebtes Schätzelein, von dir mag ich nicht scheiden!

Der Gefangene: Und sperrt man mich ein in fi nstere Kerker, dies Alles sind nur vergebliche Werke; denn meine Gedanken zerreißen die Schranken und Mauern entzwei, die Gedanken sind frei!

Das Mädchen: Im Sommer ist gut lustig sein auf hohen, wilden Bergen.

Man ist da ewig ganz allein auf hohen, wilden Bergen, man hört da gar kein Kindergeschrei!

Die Luft mag einem da werden, ja, die Luft mag einem werden.

Der Gefangene: So sei’s, wie es sei, und wenn es sich schicket, nur Alles, Alles sei in der Stille, nur All’s in der Still!

Mein Wunsch und Begehren, Niemand kann’s wehren!

Es bleibt dabei: die Gedanken sind frei!

Das Mädchen: Mein Schatz, du singst so fröhlich hier, wie’s Vögelein im Grase.

Ich steh’ so traurig bei Kerkertür, wär’ ich doch tot, wär’ ich bei dir, ach muß, ach muß ich immer denn klagen!?

The Prisoner: Thoughts are free, who can guess them; they rush past like nocturnal shadows, no man can know them, no hunter can shoot them, it remains thus: thoughts are free!

The Maiden: Summer is a time for merriment on high, wild mountains.

There one finds a green place, my heartily loving little sweetheart, from you I do not wish to part!

The Prisoner: And if they lock me up in a dark dungeon, all this is but effort in vain; for my thoughts tear the bars apart and the walls in twain, thoughts are free!

The Maiden: Summer is a time for merriment, on high, wild mountains.

There one is always quite alone, on high, wild mountains.

There one hears no children yelling!

There the air invites one to himself, yes, the air invites one to himself.

The Prisoner: So may it be the way it is!

And if it happens, may it all happen in the silence, only everything in the silence!

My wish and desire can be restrained by no one!

It remains thus, thoughts are free!

The Maiden: My sweetheart, you sing as cheerfully here as a little bird in the grass.

I stand so sadly at the prison door, if I only were dead, if I only were with you, alas, must I then always complain?

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Der Gefangene: Und weil du so klagst, der Lieb’ ich entsage!

Und ist es gewagt, so kann mich Nichts plagen!

So kann ich im Herzen stets lachen und scherzen.

Es bleibet dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei!

Die Gedanken sind frei!

The Prisoner: And since you complain so, I’ll renounce love!

And if I dare, then nothing can worry me!

Then in my heart I can always laugh and be jovial.

It remains thus: Thoughts are free!

Thoughts are free!

Wo die Schönen Trompeten blasen

Where the Fair Trumpets Sound

Wer ist denn draußen und wer klopfet Who then is outside and who is an, knocking, der mich so leise wecken kann!? that can so softly awaken me?

Das ist der Herzallerlieble dein, steh’ auf und laß mich zu dir ein!

Was soll ich hier nun länger steh’n?

Ich seh’ die Morgenröt’ aufgeh’n, die Morgenröt’, zwei helle Stern’.

Bei meinem Schatz da wär ich gern’, bei meinem Herzallerlieble.

It is your dearest darling, get up and let me come to you!

Why should I go on standing here?

I see the red of morn arise, the red of morn, two bright stars.

I long to be with my sweetheart!

With my dearest darling.

Das Mädchen stand auf und ließ ihn ein; sie heißt ihn auch willkommen sein.

Willkommen lieber Knabe mein, so lang hast du gestanden!

The maiden got up and let him in; she bade him welcome, too.

Welcome, my dear lad!

You have been standing so long!

Sie reicht’ ihm auch die schneeweiße Hand.

Von ferne sang die Nachtigall, das Mädchen fängt zu weinen an.

She offered him too her snowwhite hand.

From far away the nightingale sang, then the maiden began to weep.

Ach weine nicht, du Liebste mein, auf’s Jahr sollst du mein Eigen sein.

Mein Eigen sollst du werden gewiß, wie’s Keine sonst auf Erden ist!

Ah, do not weep, beloved mine after a year you will be my own.

My own you shall certainly become, as is no other on earth!

O Lieb auf grüner Erden.

Ich zieh’ in Krieg auf grüne Haid, die grüne Haide, die ist so weit!

Allwo dort die schönen Trompeten blasen, da ist mein Haus, mein Haus von grünem Rasen!

Oh love on the green earth.

I’m off to war, on the green heath, the green heath is so far away!

Where there the fair trumpets sound, there is my home, my house of green grass!

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Lob des hohen Verstandes

Einstmals in einem tiefen Tal Kukuk und Nachtigall täten ein’ Wett’ anschlagen.

Zu singen um das Meisterstück, gewinn’ es Kunst, gewinn’ es Glück!

Dank soll er davon tragen.

Der Kukuk sprach: „So dir’s gefällt, hab’ ich den Richter wählt,“ und tät gleich den Esel ernennen. „Denn weil er hat zwei Ohren groß, so kann er hören desto bos, und, was recht ist, kennen!“ Sie fl ogen vor den Richter bald.

Wie dem die Sache ward erzählt, schuf er, sie sollten singen!

Die Nachtigall sang lieblich aus!

Der Esel sprach: „Du machst mir’s kraus!

Du machst mir’s kraus! Ija! Ija! Ich kann’s in Kopf nicht bringen!“ Der Kukuk drauf fing an geschwind sein Sang durch Terz und Quart und Quint.

Dem Esel g’fi els, er sprach nur: „Wart! Wart! Wart!

Dein Urteil will ich sprechen, ja sprechen.

Wohl sungen hast du, Nachtigall!

Aber Kukuk, singst gut Choral!

Und hältst den Takt fein innen!

Das sprech’ ich nach mein’ hoh’n Verstand, und kost’ es gleich ein ganzes Land, so laß ich’s dich gewinnen, gewinnen!“ Kukuk, kukuk! Ija!

Praise of Lofty Intellect

Once in a deep valley the cuckoo and the nightingale struck a wager.

Whoever sang the masterpiece, whether won by art or won by luck!

Thanks would he take away.

The cuckoo spoke: ‘If you agree, I have chosen the judge,’ and he at once named the ass.

‘For since he has two large ears, he can hear all the better, and recognize what is right!’

Soon they flew before the judge.

When he was told the matter, he decreed that they should sing!

The nightingale sang out sweetly!

The ass spoke: ‘You muddle me up!

You muddle me up! Heehaw! Heehaw!

I can’t get it into my head!’

There upon the cuckoo began quickly his song in thirds and fourths and fifths.

It pleased the ass, he spoke but: ‘Wait! Wait! Wait!

I will pronounce thy judgement, yes, pronounce.

You have sung well, nightingale!

But, cuckoo, you sing a good chorale!

And hold the beat precisely!

I speak from my higher understanding!

And even if it cost a whole country, I thus pronounce you the winner, the winner!’

Cuckoo, cuckoo! Heehaw

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Der Tamboursg’sel

Ich armer Tamboursg’sell!

Man führt mich aus dem G’wölb!

Wär ich ein Tambour blieben, dürft’ ich nicht gefangen liegen!

O Galgen, du hohes Haus, du siehst so furchtbar aus!

Ich schau dich nicht mehr an!

Weil i weiß, daß i g’hör d’ran!

Wenn Soldaten vorbeimarschier’n, bei mir nit einquartier’n.

Wenn sie fragen, wer i g’wesen bin: Tambour von der Leibkompanie!

Gute Nacht! Ihr Marmelstein!

Ihr Berg’ und Hügelein!

Gute Nacht, ihr Offizier, Korporal und Musketier!

Gute Nacht!

Gute Nacht ihr Offizier!

Korporal und Grenadier!

Ich schrei’ mit heller Stimm: Von Euch ich Urlaub nimm!

Gute Nacht!

The Drummer Boy

I, poor drummer boy!

They are leading me out of the dungeon!

If I’d remained a drummer, I would not lie imprisoned!

Oh, gallows, you tall house, you look so frightening!

I don’t look at you anymore!

Because I know that’s where I belong!

When soldiers march past, that are not billeted with me.

When they ask who I was: Drummer of the first company!

Good night! You marble rocks!

You mountains and hills!

Good night, you officers, corporals and musketeers!

Good night!

Good night, you officers!

Corporals and grenadiers!

I cry out with a clear voice: I take leave of you!

Good night!

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Verlome Müh

Sie: „Büble, wir!

Büble, wir wollen auße gehe!

Wollen wir?

Unsere Lämmer besehe?

Gelt! Komm! Komm! lieb’s Büberle, komm’, ich bitt’!“ Er: „Närrisches Dinterle, ich mag dich halt nit!“ Sie: „Willst vielleicht – Willst vielleicht a bissel nasche?

Hol’ dir was aus meiner Tasch’!

Hol’, lieb’s Büberle, hol’, ich bitt’!“ Er: „Närrisches Dinterle, ich nasch’ dir halt nit!“ Sie: „Gelt, ich soll – Gelt? ich soll mein Herz dir schenke?

Immer willst an mich gedenken.

Immer!

Nimm’s, lieb’s Büberle!

Nimm’s, ich bitt’!“ Er: „Närrisches Dinterle, ich mag es halt nit! nit!

Labor Lost

She: ‘Laddie, we!

Laddie, we want to go out!

Shall we?

Look at our lambs?

Come, come, dear laddie!

Come, I beg you!’

He: ‘Silly lassie, I don’t like you at all!’

She: ‘You want perhaps – You want perhaps a little bit to nibble?

Fetch yourself something out of my bag!

Fetch it, dear laddie!

Fetch it, I beg you!’

He: ‘Silly lassie, I’ll nibble nothing of yours at all!’

She: ‘You mean, I should – You mean, I should give you my heart!?

Always will you want to think on me.

Always!

Take it! Dear laddie!

Take it, I beg you!’

He: ‘Silly lassie, I don’t care for it at all!

Nothing!’

Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

From the Oxford International Song Festival Website https://oxfordsong.org/song/des-knaben-wunderhorn

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PROGRAM

Notes

Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 “From the New World” Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák was born in the village of Nelahozeves near Prague, Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the Czech Republic) on September 8, 1841, and he died in Prague on May 1, 1904. Anton Seidle conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City on December 15, 1893.

Of humble origins, Dvořák had achieved success in Europe and was at the height of his career when he received an interesting offer from a wealthy American philanthropist, Jeannette Thurber, to direct a National Conservatory of Music in New York City. He held that post from 1892-1895, at a time when the United States still looked to Europe for guidance in artistic matters. In early 1893, while he was in the U.S., Dvořák composed what has become his best known symphony. His Symphony No. 9 is scored for full orchestra and has four lengthy movements. Dvořák had great melodic invention, and no sooner does he introduce one theme than another one comes along. No theme is wasted, however; the different themes all have their place in the development. If Dvořák has a “signature tune,” it must be the famous and haunting melody of the Largo, played on the English horn with its dark reedy tone in the distant key of D-flat major. The composer mentioned that he was inspired by Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha in composing this movement and the Scherzo that follows it. The fourth movement is the longest, distinguished by a robust melody that seems to capture the forward-looking American spirit.

There has been much debate over the years whether this Symphony, especially the Largo, is based on Native American, African American, or Czech themes.

Harry Burleigh, an important African American arranger of spirituals, was one of his students. At Burleigh’s invitation, Dvořák attended a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and enjoyed it immensely. Dvořák favored the idea that such thematic material should be used to create a uniquely American musical style.

We have already noted his interest in the Hiawatha legend, and some writers have noted that the Largo melody resembles a spiritual (although the song “Goin’ home” was, in fact, a later adaptation of the Largo). However, he did not actually quote American melodies directly so much as he incorporated certain traits from them, such as the pentatonic scale, into his own themes, which show a strong Czech influence. (He never really left his native land behind, even during his American sojourn). What this shows is that Dvořák appreciated the folk songs of many peoples, and that his own compositions have universal appeal and are at home practically anywhere.

Notes by Felicia Piscitelli

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BRAZOS VALLEY

Symphony Orchestra

Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Violin I

Javier Chaparro, Concertmaster Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair Alex Caplis Tuttle Yi Ching Fong Naomi Frausto Letty Fuentes Edward Ji Steve Merson Amanda Schubert Chris Walters Yuan Wu

Violin II

Adam Mikeal, Principal Laura Callon Dustin Cunningham Eddy Marcano Gregory Mata Lucina Reyes James Robertson Mario Zelaya

Viola

Luis Perez, Principal Tam Duong John Holguin Sam Lee Omeed Manshouri Carlo Mauricio

Cello

Jane McCormick, Principal Cony Knight Alex Lammayot Tom Lawshae Elizabeth Lee Jaqui Wogick

Bass

Gaven Krase, Principal Sabrina Behrens Ray Fisher Christian Harvey Andy Moritz

Harp

Ayren Huslig

Flute

Penny Zent, Principal The Hermann Family Flute Chair Nami Kimura

Oboe

Rebecca Fairweather-Haskins, Principal Amy Burgus Jaleen Seshadri

Clarinet

Jill Stewart, Principal Mark Arritola Roberto Guzman

Bassoon

Eric Miller, Principal Luis De La Garza

Contra Bassoon Shawn Karson

Horn

Sarah Au, Principal Katie Angielczyk John Craig Hubbard Chris Shelburne

Trumpet

Phil Scoles, Principal Wesley Miller

Trombone

Steve Vogel, Principal Ramiro Cortez

Bass Trombone

Michael Johnson, Principal

Tuba

Ethyn Evans, Principal

Timpani

Todd Quinlan, Principal

Percussion

Patrick Slevin, Principal Gary Martin Percussion Chair Zach Edwards Aaron Guillory Jaclyn Perkins OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 31

Investing in a Brazos Valley TREASURE . . .

If the symphony is important to you today, help make sure it continues for their tomorrow. When you include the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in your estate plans, you provide a foundation for great symphonic music to continue in the Brazos Valley for the next generation.

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

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Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors!

Dreamers Land & Minerals, Inc

Please be sure to let all our corporate sponsors know that you value their support of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.

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BVSS

Board 2024-2025 BVSS Board of Directors

Ryan Becker, Secretary Karen Bonarrigo Blanche Brick Marcelo Bussiki, Music Director

Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair

Pierce Cantrell Sandra Castanon, Executive Director Benton Cocanougher, 1st Vice President Mike Connor, President Elect Joe Cook,

Communications Director

Blaine Decker, President Jennifer Fredericks Becky Hall, FASO President

Don Hellriegel, Treasurer Chuck Hermann Sue Lee, 2nd Vice President Cathy Loving, Past President Adam Mikeal, Orchestra Representative Elizabeth Natsios Kathy Payne Matt Prochaska Scott Shafer Rod Thornton Martha Vilas Andrew Wheeler Gaines West Penny Zent, Orchestra Chair

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FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF THE

Symphony Orchestra

For the past 40 years, an auxiliary organization called FASO (Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra) has provided the volunteer hours required to promote and stage the exciting Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra concerts you enjoy each season.

We invite you to become a member of FASO this year to help increase educational opportunities and appreciation for classical music in the Brazos Valley. Membership applications may be found on the symphony website: bvso.org/faso/ Follow us on Facebook at @faso2021

2024-2025 FASO Officers Becky Hall - President Jennifer Wood - President Elect Sandy Farris - Past President Lana Wood - 1st Vice President TBD - 2nd Vice President Anne Prescott - 3rd Vice President Beth Pennebaker - Secretary Colleen Holmes - Treasurer – Members-at-Large – Sue Lee, Karen Melvin, Julia Beazer, Kathy Brewer, Jane Miller Alice Hoelscher - TASO Representative OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 37

PLEASE

Donate

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At Derby Day 2024, the following generous donors contributed to the “Fund a Season” for the 2024-2025 Season Susan Adams Marcelo Bussiki Pierce Cantrell Andy and Kathleene Card Warren and Mary Finch Jerry Gaston Rick and Fran Giardino Brett and Jill Giroir Bob and Becky Hall Michael and Carolyn Hall Don Hellriegel Charles and Lorraine Hermann Joe Ham and Penelope Kosztolnyik James Kracht in memory of Erin Kracht Sue Lee Jerry and Cathy Loving Tom and Sally McKnight Jo Monroe John and Carol Nichols Lena & Glenn Orlin Ann Satterwhite Jim Singleton and Stephanie Sale Robert and Pamela Smits Bob Warden and Eva Read-Warden Ward and Diane Wells Gaines and Susan West John and Daisy White OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 39

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In late 2015, the Brazos Valley Symphony Society’s Board of Directors created an Endowment Committee and tasked them with the {seemingly} outrageous goal of raising one million dollars!

Once that goal was met in an astonishingly short period of time the Board charged our Endowment Committee to take our permanent endowment funding level to THREE million dollars!

Well guess what? We are closing in on that goal too!

Our Endowment Committee has announced we have just cleared the two-million-dollar mark and the end is in sight!

These last nine years, since our 2015 Board caught the vision for a permanent endowment fund, have seen unexpected changes we could have never imagined, but the music played on, and we never stopped believing in the treasure that is the BVSO! Preserving that treasure is OUR gift to future generations – and today we are literally on the precipice of reaching that goal.

Join us in our FINAL push forward to the finish line! There are many ways that you can support BVSO’s Endowment campaign. Please contact the BVSO office today to find out which one works best for you!

Gaines West Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

Cindy Craigen Co-Chair BVSO Endowment Committee

For more information on how you can play a crucial role in the future of the BVSO please contact the BVSO Office at: 979-696-6100 or office@bvso.org 42 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

Brazos Valley Symphony Society Permanent Endowment A strong endowment ensures that there is an enduring source of funding for immediate and future needs of this Brazos Valley treasure—the BVSO. Endowments grow over time to create a legacy of education, culture, and artistic development as they extend the impact of the donor’s generosity beyond a lifetime.

The investment income from the BVSO Permanent Endowment will provide a foundation for great symphonic music to continue in the Brazos Valley for the next generation and beyond.

ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITMENT LEVELS FOUNDERS

$100,000+

Diamond $50,000 - $99,999 Platinum $25,000 - $49,999 Gold $10,000 - $24,999 Silver $5,000 - $9,999 Bronze $1,000 - $4,999 Friend up to $999 OUTSTANDING LIVE PERFORMANCES | 43

Endowment Fund Contributors pledged or received as of February 1, 2024

Founders ($100,000+) Ruth Clearfield Memorial Fund Larry & Mary Koeninger Sue & J.C. Lee Music Director Chair Bert & Mary Loudon Gary & Lynn Martin Creighton Miller Concertmaster Chair Creighton & Jeannie Miller Bookman & Florence Peters Rose P. VanArsdel

Diamond ($50,000 - $99,999) Anonymous Tracy & Tamara Carter The Hermann Family Flute Chair Gary Martin Percussion Chair Taylor & Cindy Craigen Carolyn McDaniel Ward & Diane Wells

Platinum ($25,000 - $49,999) In Memory of Evelyn & Fred Anderholm Penelope Kosztolnyik & Joe Ham Stephanie Sale & Jim Singleton Susan & Gaines West Linda & Dick Witherite 44 | YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA

Gold ($10,000 - $24,999) Anonymous Nancy E. & Mark Browning Maestro Marcelo Bussiki Carol & Pierce Cantrell Chrissie & Jay Granberry Lorraine & Chuck Hermann The Coulter & Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation, Inc. Jan & Bill Johnson Anonymous Cathy & Jerry Loving Joann Monroe John & Carol Nichols Joyce Nies & Peter Witt Valerie & David Woodcock Rodney & Penny Zent

Silver ($5,000 - $9,999) Don & Pat Allen Rice David & Joanne Claridge Bonnie & Otway Denny Gary & Judy Hart Linda & Paul Parrish Ellen & Penrod Thornton Elizabeth & Bill Ward

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BRONZE ($1,000 - $4,999) Steven & Lisa Aldrich Bob & Dorothy Anderson

Randi & Averyt Knapp

Celebrating Virginia & Russell Mays

Karen Kubena

Althea Bair-Sutherland

Sue Lee

Briaud Financial Advisors Jo Berg Robert & Blanche Brick Cydney Collier Donnell John & Naomi Fackler

Claire & John Lillie Marti Marberry & Thomas Roraff

John & Leslie Miller Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios

Warren & Mary Finch

Carol Parzen Joyce Perkins

Rainer & Tammy Fink

in Memory of Richard C. Perkins

Jan Folse

Rhonda Raphael

Jennifer Fredericks Stephen A. Fulling Phil & Zo Granberry Gary & Judy Hart

In Memory of Jeannie Miller

Edward E. & Ruth Anne Hazen

Sheran Riley Dave & Lou Ellen Ruesink Becky & B. Don Russell Carol & Mark Sadoski Thomas Sadoski & Amanda Seyfried

Alice & Clifford Hoelscher

In Honor of Carol & Mark Sadoski

Michael J. King &

Jack Skinner

Robin L. Altholz

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FRIEND (UP TO $999) Sara Alpern Anonymous Kenneth & Kathi Appelt Pat & Sarah Ashburn Karen Bachman Carol & Doug Biggs Brett & Alisa Boatner Robert C. Borden Leonard L. Bowden Scott Ball & Janice Bradshaw Lorence & Zora Bravenec Karen Buck & Porscha Buck Jack & Mary Campbell Irwin & Claudia Carroll Dara & Judith Childs Charlotte Christman Robert H. Clearfield Franco & Sandra da Conturbia Olga & Brett Cooke Marian & Gus Cothran The Dangott Family Trust Mr. David Dellwo & Mrs. Nancy Inglis Ronald & Barbara Douglas Norma Dunn In Memory of Cindy Still Billie Elmendorf John Fackler In Memory of Jeannie & Creighton Miller Ann Fancher Chris & Sandra Farris Anonymous Jack & Anita Friedman Ivy V. Geiger Don & Rosemary Green Lisa Halperin & Jonathan Coopersmith Anonymous General Joe G. Hanover W.T. (Bill) Harper Tom & Lynda Henry Susan & Rodney Hill Susan Irza Anonymous Myong & Pedro Ledesma Robert & Candace Leslie Karon & Glenn Mathews David & Jeanette McMahon In Memory of Tom Roraff

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Miller Jane Miller Jeannie Miller In Memory of Tom Roraff Leon & Junett Noack In Memory of Tom Roraff Dr. Ozden Ochoa Mohsen & Terri Pourahmadi Matthew & Merrilee Prochaska The Quackenbush Kids Thomas & Liana Rike In Memory of Tom Roraff Larry & Jean Ringer The Family of Arthur & Rosalie Roraff In Memory of Tom Roraff Mary Frances Ross Schade Family Jay & Barbara Schleppenbach In Memory of Tom Roraff Timothy Seubert Mary Sherwood In Memory of Tom Roraff Matt & Toni Straley In Memory of Tom Roraff Barbara & Emil Straube Connie Swing Surrency Mrs. Dwayne (Carol) Suter Mrs. Ann W. Thompson Milton Thompson Margaret E. Touchstone Victor & Jo Ann Treat Harvey & Sandy Tucker Randy & Mary Ulery Brad & Pat Vinson Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel Barbara Buffington Walker Bob Warden & Eva Read-Warden Doris & Rand Watson Anne & Thomas Wehrly Ann Wiatt Mary Jane Wiggins Lima & Joe Williams Dr. Arthur V. Wolfe Dr. & Mrs. Grant Wolfe William & Mary Young Gaines & Susan West In Memory of Jeannie Miller

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SYMPHONY SOCIETY

Contributors

The Brazos Valley Symphony Society is most grateful to the individuals who, by their monetary commitment or through other unique forms of support, make possible the continued growth of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra’s many outstanding artists, programs and services. Listed below are those individuals that have made gifts or pledges to the Symphony through the DONOR SUBSCRIPTION LEVELS and ANNUAL FUND DRIVE as of September 13, 2024 for the Orchestra’s 43rd season.

Maestro ($10,000+)

The Clearfield Family Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra The Ham Family Trust Don Hellriegel*

Soloist ($5,000-$9,999) Sue Lee* Joyce Perkins Becky & B. Don Russell The Wakefield Foundation Concertmaster ($2,000-$4,999)

Pierce Cantrell* In Memory of Carol Cantrell David & Joanne Claridge Blaine* & Hannah Decker Jan & Bill Johnson

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Contributors

Principal ($1,000-$1,999)

Fred & Cheryl Anderholm Bob & Dorothy Anderson Fuller & Gloria Bazer Ryan* & Kari Becker Paul & Karen* Bonarrigo Robert & Blanche Brick* Mike* & Sheila Connor Terrance & Stacy Dill Jane Flaherty Gary & Judy Hart Charles* & Lorraine Hermann Clifford & Alice Hoelscher John & Claire Lillie Jerry & Cathy Loving* Brent Maxwell & Patricia Burchfield Jo Monroe Andrew & Elizabeth Natsios*

John & Carol Nichols Michael & Karen Pilant David & Lou Ellen Ruesink Mark & Carol Sadoski Shirley Smith in Memory of Robert E. Smith

Charles Still Robert & Katherine Thomas Ellen & Penrod Thornton* Harvey & Sandy Tucker Tom Vogel & Barbara Gastel Rand & Doris Watson Dean & Dorothy Wichern Eric & Julie Wilke Peter Witt & Joyce Nies David & Valerie Woodcock Rod & Penny Zent*

Patron ($500-$999)

Carolyn Adair Benton Cocanougher* Claude & Joanna Gibson Tom & Linda Henry William Kennamore James B. Kracht in Memory of Erin Kracht

Billy & Mary Jo Lay Albert & Mary Loudon

Scott* & Debe Shafer in Honor of Peggy Shafer

Carl Shafer Bobby & Nita Smith Martha Vilas* Ward & Diane Wells Ann Wiatt Mary Williams Dick & Linda Witherite The Estate of Arthur Wolfe

Friend ($50-499) Mark & Nancy Browning Zou & Boyd Cherry Kim Feldman Stephen Fulling Anat & Nehemia Geva Phil & Zo Granberry Bob & Becky* Hall

Rodger Koppa Andreas Kronenberg Roger Kuhnle Matt* & Merrilee Prochaska Werner Rose Byron & Ann Stebbins Thomas & Anne Wehrly Katherine Williams

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