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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC PEROT THEATRE THE GOLDEN RULES OF THEATRE LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELCOME FROM THE MAYORS BRAVO AND APPLAUSE SUPPORTING THE SYMPHONY 2018/2019 ORCHESTRA ROSTER TSO PRESENTS: MUSICAL FRIENDS MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS TSO PRESENTS: CHRISTMAS AT THE PEROT CELEBRITY CONDUCTOR COMPETITION TEXARKANANA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STUDENT CONCERTS IN THE PEROT THEATRE TSO PRESENTS: LOH CONDUCTS -BRAHMS AND RACHMANINOFF TSO AND TEXAS A&M-TEXARKANA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES TSO PRESENTS: THE FOUR SEASONS FOUNDING PATRONS TSO PRESENTS: THE WIZARD OF OZ PATRON DONOR LIST SPECIAL THANKS
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Welcome to the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra’s 13th Season and to this beautiful new publication! Throughout its history, TSO has experimented with various marketing strategies in an effort to both save precious dollars for programming and to stay relevant in the ever-changing world of entertainment. For a few years, we have contemplated making a change in our concert program books—one that would serve a purpose larger than just listing one evening’s musical offerings. We felt like the 2018-2019 Season was the right one to take the leap! The beautiful program book you now hold is the result of the tireless efforts of many individuals at TSO, as well as the expertise of Robin Rogers and her staff at Four States Living Magazine. I know you will enjoy using this program book all season long. Whether by supporting TSO’s many sponsors or preparing for each concert by reading the biographies and program notes ahead of time, there is something for everyone to enjoy! Now to the music…I am so excited for the TSO, Texarkana, and our entire region as a new day dawns for our Orchestra! Every great city deserves a fine orchestra, and Texarkana is no exception. We have world-class musicians, and their dedication to making sure TSO thrives is amazing. Additionally, the guest conductors and performers for this season are among the top young conductors in America today. It has been quite a pleasure to work with Steven Jarvi, Jeffrey Grogan, Larry Loh, and Daniel Black as they put programs together that would not only stretch the playing level of our orchestra but,
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at the same time, expand our reach to new audiences. You will not want to miss the opportunity to see each of these fine conductors in action. One of the most exciting new efforts during this season is our first ever live performance of film score, something that we hope will quickly become a tradition. After all, the Perot was once the place to see a movie too! So, don’t miss bringing your whole family to see The Wizard of Oz in April and hear the TSO accompany Judy Garland and the rest of the cast in this classic film. Finally, one of our most-beloved traditions is back—Christmas at the Perot—and we felt it only right to invite Don Howren, our board president and long-time leader in the musical world of Texarkana, to command the podium for this concert. He will be joined by the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra and the Texarkana Symphony Chamber Singers for something just a little bit different this holiday season. TSO has been blessed from the beginning to have the extraordinary support from every facet of our community. Over the last 10 years, 58% of our funding was the result of individuals and foundations, just like you, making a commitment to the future of the Orchestra. 13% of our funding, higher than for the majority of orchestras our size, comes from the two Cities and two States that comprise Texarkana, and the remaining 29% comes from ticket revenue—a percentage that has seen healthy growth over the last 5 years. Out of this revenue, TSO spends 74% annually on artistic production and education and only 26% on administrative functions such as staff salaries and marketing. I hope you will continue, renew, or increase your gift to TSO over this next season—we are a vital part of the cultural fabric of Texarkana and critical, in many ways, to our regions efforts to attract new business and tourism. Finally, there is much work going on behind the scenes with regard to our ongoing music director search process. As of the date of this publication, we have narrowed the original field of 60 candidates down to less than 7 and will announce our finalists by no later than January 2019. Rest assured that the TSO Board of Directors is dedicated to seeking the best fit not only for growing the Orchestra artistically but for a music director that also understands the unique challenges of this industry and the potential for audience growth in Texarkana. Enjoy the Season!
R. Andrew Clark Executive Director, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
Welcome
TO THE HISTORIC PEROT THEATRE!
The Perot Theatre opened in downtown Texarkana in 1924 and was hailed as the jewel of the Saenger Theatre chain. Called the most beautiful theatre in the South, it featured silent movies, movie premieres, the nationally broadcast Fifth Annual War Bond Drive with host Orson Welles, and live performances by Annie Oakley, Will Rogers, and John Barrymore. By the mid-20th Century the theatre was owned by the Paramount Corporation and served as the entertainment hub of downtown Texarkana. Due to the growth of the modern movie plex and the population shift to the Northwest, the theatre had been reduced to a B movie house by the 1970s. The theater officially closed in 1977 when the City of Texarkana, Texas, purchased it for $19,000 as part of the Model Cities Program. With the help of Texarkana natives H. Ross Perot and his sister, Bette, the theatre was restored to its current elegance at a cost of $2.4 million and reopened in 1981. The theatre was renamed the Perot Theatre in honor of Gabriel Ross and Lulu May Perot, lifelong residents of the city and the parents of Ross and Bette. This year, Texarkana celebrates 37 years of outstanding artistic performances in the Perot Theatre, making it one of the keys to the renewal of downtown and a destination point for tourism throughout our region. Managed by the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, under a contract with the City of Texarkana, Texas, the Perot Theatre is not only the primary performance venue of Texarkana’s own professional Symphony Orchestra, but has also, through TR AHC’s annual Perot Theatre Series, played host to some of the world’s best performers: Cary Grant, Anne Murray, Alvin Ailey Dance, New York City Opera, Warsaw Philharmonic, Marvin Hamlisch, Carol Channing, Harry Belafonte, Harlem Boys Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Savion Glover, Roy Clark, Ray Charles, Houston Ballet, Tammy Wynette, Broadway blockbusters, and many more! T h e Te x a r k a n a Sy mp h ony Orchestra is proud to partner with the City of Texarkana, Texas, and PTMC to have one of the most beautiful theatres in the country as its performance venue! For more information about the Perot, rental inquiries, or for a free tour contact the Box Office at 903-792-4992.
GOLDEN RULES OF THEATRE ATTENDING A LIVE PERFORMANCE IS NOT THE SAME AS GOING TO A MOVIE. PLEASE SHOW COURTESY TO THOSE SEATED NEAR YOU AND ENSURE MAGIC MOMENTS IN OUR THEATRE BY RESPECTING THE FOLLOWING GOLDEN RULES…
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
IF BRINGING CHILDREN, INSTRUCT THEM IN PROPER AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR AND FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THE PERFORMANCE BEFOREHAND SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
PLEASE USE MODERATION IN APPLYING PERFUME, COLOGNE, OR SCENTED LOTION, AS MANY PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO PERFUMES.
PLEASE UNWRAP ALL COUGH DROPS AND CANDIES BEFORE THE CURTAIN RISES.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM TALKING, HUMMING, SINGING, OR BEATING TIME TO THE MUSIC DURING THE PERFORMANCE.
AVOID KICKING THE BACK OF THE SEAT IN FRONT OF YOU, EVEN IF IT IS DONE IN TIME TO THE MUSIC. PLEASE ALSO PREVENT YOUR CHILDREN FROM DOING THE SAME.
PLAYING GAMES, VIDEOING PERFORMANCES, AND ANY OTHER USES OF YOUR MOBILE DEVICES ARE FORBIDDEN AND INAPPROPRIATE, AND MAY BE ILLEGAL. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR IPAD OR OTHER MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES INSIDE THE THEATRE.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the 13th Season of the Texarkana Symphony! With this season we are entering a new era in the life of TSO. We are excited to see what is in store for the years to come! The Symphony Board’s artistic advisory committee has been hard at work planning amazing concerts for this transitional year. Conductors of national fame and guest artists of international reputation have been scheduled. The Symphony will once again bring the best to Texarkana. The variety is endless this year…with even one concert with no Conductor! We are grateful to our concertmasters for leading the way in March of 2019. The Texarkana Jazz Orchestra will join the TSO for our annual Christmas at the Perot concert. Not to be missed is the final concert of the season featuring the classic film The Wizard of Oz with TSO playing the film’s musical score live! In addition to our five regular season concerts at the Perot, TSO will also continue its chamber music program partnership with Texas A&M-Texarkana, as well as our annual concert for area school systems. Not only has the artistic committee been working hard these past few months, but the search committee seeking our next music director/ conductor has been equally busy. This search committee is comprised of TSO board members, community members, and most importantly TSO musicians. With over 60 applicants for the position, this group is dedicated to ensuring that TSO’s next music director will be one who can build on the success of the last 13 years while also broadening the orchestra’s artist prowess, expanding the performance repertoire, and engaging Texarkana’s diverse audience in new and creative ways. If you are attending the TSO for the very first time, welcome and thank you! If you are one of our returning patrons, welcome back! It is only through your generous support that these concerts are possible. We hope that you would consider a gift to the Symphony, so we can continue to bring to you the best in symphonic music. The TSO board is committed to providing not only a variety of musical experiences, but also “to pursue, for all, the transformative power of symphonic music through excellence in live performance and education.” Enjoy the music!
Don Howren President, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors
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WELCOME FROM TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
WELCOME FROM TEXARKANA, TEXAS
I applaud Texarkana Symphony Orchestra as they begin their 2018-2019 season. Since their first performance in April 2006 until today, they have provided the Twin Cities of Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas, and the surrounding area with live performances of symphonic music. Studies have shown that arts and cultural institutions, including symphonies, affect local economies and communities in many positive ways. They create jobs, and creative enterprises are the third-largest employer in Arkansas. They draw tourists and are an important factor to those looking for a new place to live or locate their business. Cultural resources increase the quality of life in a community and result in a lower stress level for residents. Texarkana Symphony Orchestra provides these enhancements and more in our community, and we are very lucky to have them onboard! A study by Americans for the Arts estimates that attendees of nonprofit arts and cultural events are responsible for a national economic impact of $103 billion in annual expenditures and that taxpayer investment in the arts generates an impressive 7:1 return. The City of Texarkana, Arkansas, is proud to have Texarkana Symphony Orchestra serve our entire region. Please join me in celebrating and supporting the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra as they begin their 2018-2019 season!
Welcome to the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-2019 season at the historic Perot Theatre! This new season is sure to be filled with great excitement and anticipation. Your support of TSO is greatly appreciated. The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra gives back to the community by providing educational outreach programs to local school districts, community clubs, and civic organizations. Symphony staff and volunteers are always eager to speak to local groups to inform them about the value of having a local symphony in the community and to tell them about upcoming performances. Research has shown that Arts organizations, such as symphonies, are a big draw for both tourists and prospective residents, especially young professionals who are more likely to spend discretionary income on entertainment than on tangible goods. A recent study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania concluded that cultural engagement in the community increases quality of life for residents by lowering stress among residents. For Texarkana, that is something to to be grateful for. Your continued support of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra is important. The TSO Board of Directors and staff work hard to provide the highest quality concerts for all of the Symphony patrons. Our community is better because we have an outstanding local symphony comprised of very talented musicians. I look forward to this season being one to remember!
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Mayor Ruth Penney Bell City of Texarkana, Arkansas
Mayor Bob Bruggeman City of Texarkana, Texas
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BRAVO:
2018-2019 SEASON CONCERT SPONSORS
Anonymous Music Lover (BancorpSouth Trustee) | Vasco McCoy, Jr. Foundation Kelley Morgan Foundation | Lois and Cary Patterson | Jim Yates Foundation
Yvonne Clements In memory of Florence and George Crank by the Gray and McGinnis Families Remica and Danny Gray Suzy and Victor Hlavinka Dr. Susan Keeney Stan and Linda Knowles
Craig Lashford Mike and Pete Mankins Barbara and Paul McCash Lillian R. McClerkin Martha and Josh Morriss Emily and Gabe Tarr TSO Board of Directors
STUDENT CONCERTS IN THE PEROT THEATRE Vicki and Maurice Orr
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AR/TX Music Connection | Barbara Stoeckl | Dottie and Edward Miller | Vicki and Maurice Orr | Texas Pioneer Foundation
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2018-2019 SPECIAL EVENTS UNDERWRITERS
Dr. George W. English III | Dr. Susan Keeney | Dottie and Ed Miller
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Underwriting a TSO musician for the 2018-2019 Season are: Debbie and Chris Alkire Bobbie A. Atkinson William R. and Dorothy T. Beaty Endowment C. Louis & Mary C. Cabe Foundation Yvonne Clements Vicki and Roy Deskin Dr. George W. English, III Dr. Jauquita Hargus
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Texarkana is a community that has always been passionate about the arts, and the Symphony is honored to help further that legacy by bringing the world of symphonic music to our area. Yet our capacity to pursue excellence in live performance and educational programs is directly related to the financial support the community provides. It is only through generous gifts from people like you who are passionate about music, education and their community, that we can create this legacy of symphonic music for Texarkana. Please help us set the stage for the present and the future by adding an annual fund contribution to your ticket order
YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL TO TEXARKANA, EVERY GIFT, NO MATTER THE SIZE… • • • • •
SUPPORTS THE SYMPHONY’S VISION FOR TEXARKANA TO BE A CENTER OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE FOSTERS EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH MUSIC FOR AREA CHILDREN AND YOUTH ENRICHES OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ACCESS TO LIVE SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCES PROVIDES ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH EXPANDED CULTURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPS A LEGACY FOR TEXARKANA’S FUTURE
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CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SPONSOR A CONCERT? TSO’s annual concert sponsors dramatically impact the orchestra and our community by ensuring the vital need for live symphonic performances in Texarkana. You can become a concert sponsor for $2,500-$20,000 per year. For more information, call the TSO office at 870-773-3401, or mark the appropriate box on the attached form.
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2018-2019 ORCHESTRA ROSTER CONCERTMASTER Kiril Laskarov * Dr. George W. English, III ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Algis Staskevicius * Kathy and George Lease ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTERS Daniel Santelices * Deborah and Ron Mills Diana Hector-Norwood * Craig Lashford PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Russell Lewis * Barbara and Ray Whitney VIOLIN Jonathon Andino Rachel Bundy Arthur Busby Emilio Castro Mia Catania Charlotte Crosmer Leanne Day-Simpson Lorena Ferrer Andrea Finley Trisha McGovern-Freeney Ronda Herold Meredith Hicks Jarred Kennedy Grace Kimbrough Alba Madrid-Walburn Beth Massa Christine McMichael Edinson Moreno Laurentui Norocel Nancy Norton Christopher Reed Geoffrey Robson Chi Young Song VIOLA Borys B. Smolaga, Principal * Mr. and Mrs. James H. Verschoyle Daniella Angulo Cesia Corrales Michael Drobycki Michele Gunn-Soliman Tatiana Kotcherguina Josquin Larsen Imelda Tecson
CELLO Brett Andrews, Principal * Richard Seymour and Helen Mobley Paul Christopher Andrian Harbaru Kourtney Newton Milovan Paz Alonso J. Restrepo Jorge Rodriguez Ethan Young BASS Aaron Olguin, Principal * C. Louis and Mary C. Cabe Foundation Jarrett Bastow John Cleere Jeff Madlock Lois Robinson FLUTE Sally Horak, Principal Gabriel Vega Laura Bennett PICCOLO Kara Compton
HORN David Renfro, Principal *Cathy and Mark Van Herpen Adam Black Robin Dauer Katie McBain Brent Shires TRUMPET Jeremy McBain, Principal * William R. and Dorothy T. Beaty Endowment Buddy Deese * William R. and Dorothy T. Beaty Endowment Michael Scarlato Jacob Walburn TROMBONE Mark Windham, Principal * Debbie and Chris Alkire Steve Bennett J. Mark Thompson BASS TROMBONE Ed Grissom * Vicki and Roy Deskin
OBOE Theresa Zale Bridges, Principal * Barbara and Paul McCash Leah Forsyth, Second Oboe/English Horn Ryan Estes Leanna Renfro Kelli Short
TUBA Ed Owen, Principal
CLARINET Cheyenne Cruz (& bass clarinet) * Dr. Jauquita Hargus Rebecca Wenck (& bass clarinet) Jake Hale Nathan Ramos Jessica Shuler David Steele
PERCUSSION Jacob Adam Garcia, Principal * Bobbie A. Atkinson Nathaniel Collins Aaron Guillory Ryan Lewis Erick Saoud Blake Taylor
BASSOON Jorge Cruz, Principal Janelle Ott
HARP Dr. Janel S. R. Hector, Principal Alisa Coffey Jaymee Haefner
BASSOON/ CONTRA BASSOON Sarah Highland
SAXAPHONE Nathan Nabb, Principal TIMPANI Derron Bell, Principal
PIANO/HARPSICORD Mary Scott Goode, Principal * Yvonne Clements Amy Meadows PRINCIPAL GUITAR Mark Meadows
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Musical Friends 6 OCTOBER 2018 • 7:30P.M. PEROT THEATRE Steven Jarvi, conductor with Kiril Laskarov, violin
CONCERT REPERTOIRE Finding Rothko Orange Yellow Red Wine
Adam Schoenberg (b. 1980) 16’
Concerto in E Minor, op. 64 Allegro molto appassionato Andante Allegretto non troppo; Allegro molto vivace
Felix Mandelssohn (1809-1847) 29’
INTERMISSION Variations on an Original Theme op. 36 (“Enigma Variations”) Theme “Enigma;” Andante “C.A.E.;” L’istesso tempo “H.D.S-P.;” Allegro “R.B.T.;” Allegretto “W.M.B.;” Allegro di molto “R.P.A.;” Moderato “Ysobel;” Andantino “Troyte;” Presto “W.N.;” Allegretto “Nimrod;” Adagio “Dorabella;” Intermezzo; Allegretto “G.R.S.;” Allegro di molto “B.G.N.;” Andante “***;” Romanza: Moderato “E.D.U.;” Finale: Allegro
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 31’
STEVEN JARVI, conductor Praised for his “uncommonly expressive and detailed” performances by the Miami Herald and described as an “eloquent and decisive” conductor by The Wall Street Journal, Steven Jarvi is a conductor with an equal passion for the concert hall and the opera house. Mr. Jarvi is the Interim Artistic Director of Charlottesville Opera and recently completed his tenure as the Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony and Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. He won the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award while the Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, and previously served as the Conducting Fellow with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, an Associate Conductor for New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, and the DomingoCafritz Young Artist Conductor with the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. As Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony, Jarvi conducted over 100 events, including Classical Subscription weekends, the
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weekend of Viennese music featuring pianist, Simone Dinnertstein. As a guest conductor, Mr. Jarvi has appeared in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Recent engagements include Washington National Opera, Detroit Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Orlando Philharmonic, Knoxville Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, The Florida Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Elgin Symphony and Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Germany. Jarvi has also performed with popular Grammy© Awardwinners Idina Menzel, Art Garfunkel, Lyle Lovett, Chris Botti and Kenny G as well as performances with Ben Folds. In the world of opera, Mr. Jarvi was personally selected by Plácido Domingo to be the first conductor ever invited to be a member of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera and frequently collaborates with the finest singers in the world. Recent engagements include the world premieres of An American Soldier and Approaching Ali with Washington National Opera, Philip Glass’ Orphée, La Traviata, Tosca, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Falstaff, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, Susannah, and Cosi fan tutte with companies such as Virginia Opera, North Carolina Opera, Winter Opera Saint Louis, Baltimore Lyric Opera, and Charlottesville/Ash Lawn Opera Festival. Jarvi will return to Charlottesville to conduct Le Nozze di Figaro in the summer of 2018. A frequent performer with the New World Symphony, Jarvi has shared subscription concerts in Miami Beach with Michael Tilson Thomas, conducted on the NWS Charles Ives: In Context Festival and lead their Concerts for Kids, and PULSE events. As an advocate of new music, he has collaborated with many celebrated composers including Philip Glass, Henri Dutilleux, John Adams, John Zorn, Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Mackey, Adam Schoenberg, Jennifer Higdon and Leon Kirchner; has conducted at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music, and has led multiple performances at New York City Opera’s VOX Festival. At the age of 21, Steven traveled to Austria at the invitation of Claudio Abbado for study with the maestro and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Former New York Philharmonic Music Director, Kurt Masur, later selected him to appear in a weeklong master class and concert. As the Seiji Ozawa Conducting Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Steven was one of two conductors selected to study under then Boston Symphony and Metropolitan Opera Music Director, James Levine, along with Kurt Masur, Stefan Asbury and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. While at Tanglewood, Jarvi conducted critically praised performances with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the Mark Morris Dance Group. Raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, Steven Jarvi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory from the University of Michigan where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler, Martin Katz and Jerry Blackstone, along with a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with the legendary conducting pedagogue, Gustav Meier. TSO
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Live at Powell Hall concert series, Family and Educational concerts, and other events throughout the season. He also assisted Music Director, David Robertson, and served as the Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra whose performances were recently featured on PBS. While Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, Jarvi led over 150 concerts and performed during the opening season of the Kaufmann Center for the Performing Arts. He made his Classical Series debut filling in on short notice with Violinist, Midori. The following season, after studying in Vienna with principal members of the Vienna Philharmonic, Jarvi led a highly praised subscription
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Finding Rothko ADAM SCHOENBERG
b. Northampton, Massachusetts, USA / November 15, 1980 The following was edited from a note by Luke Howard, Ph.D. Finding Rothko was Schoenberg’s first real professional commission, arranged by Michael Stern for the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, and was written in 2006 while the composer was just beginning doctoral studies at Juilliard. After experiencing a “visceral reaction” to a group of paintings at the Museum of Modern Art by the Abstract Expressionist artist Mark Rothko, Schoenberg decided to make Rothko’s art the “muse” for this piece. Although played without a break, it is in four distinct movements, each devoted to a specific Rothko painting and named after the principal color used in the painting. They are delineated and linked by a gentle three-chord motif the composer has labelled “Rothko’s theme.” Finding Rothko doesn’t try to portray Rothko’s use of color and shape, or attempt to “set” the paintings to music. The artworks are simply a pretext, an inspiration. Yet the choice of paintings and the color connections between them formed a narrative in the composer’s imagination that is expressed clearly in the music. “Orange” opens with “Rothko’s theme” and is somewhat atmospheric – a Copland-esque dawn, perhaps. The composer describes it as “a reflective moment yet to be fully realized.” “Yellow,” on the other hand, “is the realization of that moment,” and is the most upbeat of the four movements, beginning with a rocking minimalist accompaniment that gradually expands into a broad, bright landscape. The painting on which “Yellow” was based included a streak of red, providing an immediate narrative connection to the third movement. “Red” is intense, drawing on the saturated colors of the painting – the composer interprets that intensity in the movement’s jagged, irregular rhythms and mercurial personality. The final movement, “Wine,” is
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based on the last of the four paintings Schoenberg saw in person. It was the most difficult to locate and gain access to, and the journey to find it inspired the spirit of the piece and is the source of its title. “Wine,” repeats “Rothko’s theme” and develops it gradually through slow, haunting phrases toward a shining final apotheosis.
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
b. Hamburg, Germany / February 3, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany / November 4, 1847 In 1835, Mendelssohn took up the post of Music Director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. Only a few years passed before their concerts came to be considered the finest given anywhere in Europe. The orchestra’s concertmaster, Mendelssohn’s old friend, Ferdinand David, made important contributions to that upgrading process. In gratitude, Mendelssohn composed this Violin Concerto for him. David performed the première, in Leipzig, on Mar. 13, 1845. The concerto is a beautifully polished work of art, combining sureness of construction with passion, warmth and playfulness. Mendelssohn chose to have the three movements played without any breaks between them, a typical Romantic practice designed to increase the music’s cohesiveness and sense of momentum. The majority of the dramatic content unfolds during the urgent first movement. The second movement is an interlude of gentle melodic beauty. A brief bridge passage ushers in the impish finale. Its solo fireworks are backed by a Mendelssohn trademark: a gossamer-light style of orchestration.
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma”
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
b. Broadheath, England / June 2, 1857; d. Worcester, England / February 23, 1934 The origin of the “Enigma” Variations, the English orchestral work par excellence and Elgar’s ticket to fame, can be precisely dated: October 21, 1898. “One evening after a long and tiresome day’s teaching, aided by a cigar,” he recalled, “I musingly played on the piano the theme as it now stands. The voice of Lady Elgar asked with a sound of approval ‘What was that?’ I answered, ‘Nothing – but something might be made of it; Powell would have done this (Variation 2) or Nevinson would have looked at it like this (Variation 12).’ Variation 4 was then played and the question asked, ‘Who is that like?’ The answer was, ‘I cannot quite say, but it is exactly the way W.M.B. goes out of the room. You are doing something which I think has never been done before.’ Thus the work grew into the shape it has now.” Hans Richter conducted the highly acclaimed première, in London on June 19, 1899. Elgar never fully explained a mystery he had woven into the score. He stated that throughout the variations “another and larger theme ‘goes,’ but it is not played.” Its identity has yet to be confirmed. “This work, commenced in a spirit of humor & continued in deep 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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seriousness,” he wrote, “contains sketches of the composer’s friends. It may be understood that these personages comment or reflect on the original theme & each one attempts a solution of the ‘enigma,’ for so the theme is called.” After the melancholy theme has been presented, the slightly more animated and affectionate Variation 1 characterized Elgar’s wife, Caroline. The nervous bustle of Variation 2 mimics Hew David SteuartPowell’s characteristic warm-up at the piano, while the third variation’s light-hearted mood recalls the mimicking talents of Elgar’s friend Richard Baxter Townshend. The sharply accented Variation 4 presents a portrait of the brusque country squire William Meath Baker. It is followed in by Variation 5 by a gentle picture of music lover Richard Penrose Arnold. Amateur violist Isabel Fitton is the next person to be portrayed, in a lyrical variation featuring a solo for her chosen instrument. A rambunctious variation featuring timpani and trombones shows us Arthur Troyte Griffith, an outgoing architect, and his woeful efforts at piano playing. Variation 8 takes a glowing look at a young woman named Winifred Norbury. The score’s most celebrated section offers Elgar’s heartfelt tribute to one of his most steadfast friends, German-born music editor and journalist August Johannes Jaeger. In German, this family name means “hunter.” Elgar decided to nickname Jaeger’s variation Nim-
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rod, after the vain Old Testament hunterking who built the tower of Babel. The fleet, delicately orchestrated Variation 10 brings us Dora Penny, portraying her stammer in a delicately affectionate manner. Elgar drew Dorabella, his nickname for her, from a character in Mozart’s opera, Così fan tutte. The boisterous Variation 11 presents not so much its dedicatee, organist George Robertson Sinclair, as his bulldog Dan, leaping into the river to fetch a stick. A gorgeous cello solo is featured in Variation 12, depicting Basil G. Nevinson, a friend who played that instrument. Variation 13 paints a rather sombre portrait of Lady Mary Lygon. She was about to embark on a sea voyage at the time Elgar composed this portrait, hence the imitations of ship engines and the clarinets’ quotation from Mendelssohn’s concert overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. The finale is a selfportrait, written, as Elgar stated, “at a time when friends were dubious and generally discouraging as to the composer’s musical future.” His reply to their doubtfulness is confident and vigorous, and contains quotations from previous portions of the score. It accurately forecasted Elgar’s successful future. At Jaeger’s suggestion, Elgar expanded this section one month after the première, making it even more grandiose than it had been previously. Program Notes by Don Anderson © 2018
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GIFTS IN MEMORY Delma L. Dickert Holliday, Lemons & Cox, P.C. Linda Miller Smith Angela and Andrew Clark Remica and Danny Gray Patti and Brian Goesl Dottie and Ed Miller Sandy Stewart Flanagan Financial Group Mr. Hershel Flanagan Ms. Jane E. Richards
GIFTS IN HONOR Bobbie A. Atkinson Dottie and Ed Miller Marc-AndrĂŠ Bougie and Candace Taylor Angela and Andrew Clark Don Colquitt Nikki and Keith Laing Jody Digby Nikki and Keith Laing Julie Gladden Nikki and Keith Laing Remica and Danny Gray Angela and Andrew Clark Vicki and Roy Deskin Billie Ford Martha and Josh Morriss Patsy and Don Morriss TSO Board of Directors Angela and Andrew Clark Mark Windham Nikki and Keith Laing
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9 DECEMBER 2018 • 4:00P.M. • PEROT THEATRE
Don Howren, conductor and Richard Eckstein, conductor with Texarkana Jazz Orchestra, TSO Chamber Singers, TSO’s Celebrity Conductor, and Santa Claus
CONCERT REPERTOIRE The Sounds of Christmas Orchestra
David T. Clydesdale (b. 1954)
Christmas Eve / Sarajevo Orchestra
Paul O’Neill (1956-2017) & Robert Kinkel arr. Robin Thomas arr. Don Pippin
The Twelve Days After Christmas TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra White Christmas TSO & Texarkana Jazz Orchestra
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) arr. Chris Hansen
Jingle Bells TSO & Texarkana Jazz Orchestra
John La Barbera (b. 1945)
Santa Claus is Coming to Town Texarkana Jazz Orchestra
John Frederick Coots (1897-1985) & Haven Gillespie (1888-1975) arr. Dave Wolpe
Do You Hear What I Hear? TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra
Noel Regney (1922-2002) & Gloria Shayne Baker (1923-2008) arr. Jay Rouse & Camp Kirkland
The Little Drummer Boy TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra
Katherine Davis (1892-1980) & Harry Simeone (1910-2005) arr. Travis Cottrell arr. Lucas Richman (b.1964)
Christmas Sing-Along Tutti
BRIEF INTERMISSION Song for the King TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra
Michael W. Smith (b. 1957) arr. David Hamilton
Silent Night TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra
Franz Gruber (1787-1863) arr. Hal H. Hopson
No Eye Had Seen TSO Chamber Singers & Orchestra
Amy Grant (b. 1960) & Michael W. Smith (b. 1957) arr. Travis Cottrell
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Texarkana Jazz Orchestra Here Comes Santa Claus Texarkana Jazz Orchestra Sleigh Ride Orchestra & Celebrity Conductor Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Texarkana Jazz Orchestra We Wish You a Merry Christmas Tutti
arr. Gordon Goodwin Gene Autrey (1907-1998) & Oakley Haldeman (1909-1986) arr. Van Alexander Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) Hugh Martin (1914-2011) & Ralph Blane (1914-1995) arr. Dave Wolpe arr. Bob Krogstad
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DON HOWREN, conductor
Don Howren came to Texarkana in 1981 to serve as Minister of Music at First Baptist Church, Texarkana, TX. He retired from that position after 30 years in 2011. Prior to coming to Texarkana, he served churches in Missouri, Illinois, and Texas. Don received his BA in Music from Southern Illinois University and Master of Church Music degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Don led his first choir while in college at Southwest Baptist College. Upon transferring to Southern Illinois University, he served at a church in St. Louis, Missouri, and directed a nurse’s choir for the hospitals of the inner city of St. Louis. Don’s love for God and desire to lead others to serve God through music has been the center of his work. With a music program for all ages, there were over 400 involved in the music ministry at First Baptist. He directed adult, senior adult, youth, and handbell choirs and a full orchestra. He oversaw a children’s choir program and directed many musical programs and musical dramas at the church and the Perot Theatre. His joy was complete seeing others learn music and learn to serve God through song or through serving as a volunteer in a production, whether it be construction, costumes, sound or clean-up. Don served as the director of the Singing Men of East Texas from 1995 to 2005. He participated in the Texarkana Regional Chorale and is one of the founding board members of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra (TSO). Presently, he serves as President of TSO’s Board of Directors and is on the search committee for the Orchestra’s next conductor. Since retiring in 2011, Don has been serving as interim directors at churches in Oklahoma, Texas, and currently in Arkansas. Don and his wife Sue celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2017. They have three children and five grandchildren. TSO
DICK ECKSTEIN, conductor
Dick Eckstein has been teaching music in the public schools of East Texas and Arkansas for the past 34 years. He is currently the band director at North Heights Jr. High in the Texarkana, Arkansas School District. In this position, he directs the North Heights Jr. High Concert Band, the beginner band, and the jazz band. Throughout his career, Mr. Eckstein’s bands have been consistent award winners in marching, concert, and sightreading competitions. He is in demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the Four States Area. As a trombonist, Mr. Eckstein performs regularly in a wide variety of venues. He is the director and lead trombonist with the Texarkana Jazz Orchestra and plays in several other groups including: The Bill Causey Orchestra of Shreveport, LA., the LA Legacy Jazz Orchestra, Colt and the Old 45’s, and the Bois D’Arc Dixieland Band. Mr. Eckstein has had the opportunity to perform in concert with the following musicians and entertainers: Fabian, Bobby Rydell, The Shirelles, Bobby Vinton, Jim Nabors, The Dallas Wind Symphony, Mary Wilson and The Supremes, Don Rickles, Robert Goulet, Joe Piscopo, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Bill Watrous, Tom ‘Bones’ Malone, Blue Lou Marini, Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Wayne Newton. Mr. Eckstein attended East Texas State University on a music scholarship and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music education. He has also received a master’s degree in trombone performance from Texas A&M University – Commerce. Mr. Eckstein is the proud father of three daughters and two sons-in-law – Emily and Demian Camacho, Anna and Kevin Sutton, and Lauren Eckstein. TSO
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Lauren Eckstein Tanya Eckstein Gary Meggs Frank Miller Anna Sutton Kevin Sutton
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Richard Bird Joey Castrogiovani Buddy Deese Devin Sipes
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Dick Eckstein Ryan Hadaway Eric Shimanek Barry Tagg
CATHY BURGESS, SOPRANO
LOGAN LESCHPER, BASS
JEFF PATTERSON, TENOR
HEATHER KISER, ALTO
TODD PAYNE, BASS/BARITON
CARLA FRANKLIN, SOPRANO
LORI DUNLAP, ALTO
DON BRAZILE, TENOR
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Candace Taylor
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Celebrity Conductor C O M P E T I T I O N SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE COMPETITION: The primary purpose of the Competition is to bring awareness of the TSO and its mission to a broad cross-section of Texarkana and to raise important financial support.
Each competitor has been given the freedom to solicit votes in any manner they choose, so long as it is not illegal, immoral, or unethical!
Four community leaders compete for the honor of conducting the orchestra for one selection at the TSO Christmas at the Perot concert on Sunday afternoon, December 9, 2018, at 4:00 p.m.
Conduction Competitors will each receive their own baton, a conducting class from Conductor Don Howren, and an opportunity to conduct the orchestra at the dress rehearsal. . .beyond that, none of the competitors will know who has won until Santa brings them all on stage at the Christmas Concert.
Anyone may vote to support their favorite candidate and support the TSO in the process. Each vote is $20, and you can vote for as many candidates as you wish, and as many times as your pocketbook allows!
Votes can be cast by visiting the Celebrity Conductor table at TSO’s fall 2018 Concerts, contacting the individual competitor or their manager, or calling the TSO office at 870-773-3401.
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Although a Louisiana native, Lisa has resided in Texarkana for over twenty years. Lisa and her husband, John Ross, are the parents of four children; one is serving in the United States Air Force, two are studying at Texas A&M, and one is a junior in high school at Pleasant Grove. Lisa is a graduate of Northwestern State where she earned a degree in accounting, and she is also a graduate of Baylor University School of Law and Baylor University Hankamer School of Business where she earned a Juris Doctorate and a Masters in Taxation. Lisa holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate from Louisiana and law licenses from the states of Texas and Arkansas. She and her husband founded the Ross & Shoalmire, LLP elder law firm where they focus their practice on seniors and retirees. Lisa is also a board member of Opportunities Inc. where she currently serves as President-elect. Further, Lisa is a member of the board of directors for the Texarkana Area Community Foundation. In the past, Lisa has served as a Girl Scout leader, a Cub Scout leader, a member of the Junior League of Texarkana, and a member and officer of the Texarkana Bar Association.
LISA SHOALMIRE
MIKE INGRAM
Mike Ingram has lived in Texarkana his whole life. He’s the Director of Property Management for E-Z Mart / GPM Investments and has been with them for nearly 20 years. He’s the son of Wanda Ingram, and the late Bob Ingram. He’s newly married to Sylvia Harrison Ingram and has a daughter, Catherine Ingram, and daughter through marriage, Megan Harrison. Mike’s background and love for local charity organizations runs deep! He’s the past President of the CHRISTUS St. Michael ‘Friends of the Foundation’, he currently serves as Vice President of the Harvest Regional Food Bank, and is also past president of the Literacy Council of Bowie and Miller counties. He has also represented E-Z Mart at many charitable organizations through the years, and loves giving back to his community! Mike is dedicating his fundraising efforts for TSO to his father, Bob Ingram, who directed the Texas High Tiger Band for nearly 30 years from 1964-1992. “Dad had a true passion for music, and for his many students he taught throughout the years!” He played for four different presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. “I know Dad would be proud to be associated with this fine organization, the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra!” Dr. Omar Ishaq is a radiation oncologist at the W. Temple Webber Cancer Center where he strives to make a real difference in the lives of cancer patients while working with a fascinating, technologically advanced, and constantly evolving form of treatment. Omar takes pride not just in his career but also in his status as a Texarkana resident where he sees a united community that effectively operates as a whole, with people supporting each other and giving everything that they can to one another. Omar is honored to serve on the board of the Northeast Texas Chapter of the Red Cross and as a Pink Tie Guy for our local Komen Race for the Cure®. He was also proud to be selected as one of the community’s “Fabulous 40 and Under” by Four States Living Magazine. Outside of the Ark-La-Tex, Omar loves to travel, a passion ignited by studies abroad in Greece, Japan, Mexico, and South Africa through a selective scholarship at the University of Florida. That experiential education continues today, as Omar spends his free time exploring new places, cooking foreign cuisines, and just “creating new life experiences” with his loved ones.
DR. OMAR ISHAQ
JENNIFER DOAN
Jennifer Haltom Doan leads the band of trial lawyers at Haltom & Doan. As an overture, her courtroom skills are quite sharp and will rarely B flat. Having more than 50 trials to verdict, she serves on the National Board of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has taught at the law schools of Harvard, Yale and Stanford. In the courtroom, she has been known to cause treble at times, especially for the other side, but always keeps her bass instincts within measure while controlling the crescendo. Ms. Doan brings a medley of energico and expressive modes to her work and volunteer life. While its 80th President, the Junior League of Texarkana launched the Texarkana Symphony becoming its permanent Founding Presenting Sponsor. She is also past President of Women for the Arts, former Chair of its Celebrity Art Auction, past Executive Board Member of TRAHC, past President of the Arkansas Junior Federation of Music Clubs, and former music student of Ann Ahern, whose home on Laurel is now part of the Texarkana Museum System. While it may be dissonant for her to turn her back on a crowd, given the opportunity, she would love to bring classical tones and a polyphonic composition so as to resonate at just the right pitch to register an opus with a symphonic motif. Ms. Doan hails from four generations of Texarkana natives, is married to Darby Doan and has two beautiful daughters, Katherine Anne and Johanna Claire. 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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MISSION OF THE TYSO: THE MISSION OF THE TEXARKANA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS TO FOSTER A LOVE OF MUSIC AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN ORCHESTRAL EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES.
HOLIDAY CONCERT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018, 4:00PM SPRING CONCERT SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019, 3:00PM CONCERTS HELD AT: SULLIVAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTERJOHN THOMAS THEATRE 3941 SUMMERHILL RD, TEXARKANA TX 36
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ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA: The Texarkana Youth Symphony Orchestra (TYSO) auditions are open to all qualified middle and high school students (ages 10-19) who are prepared to make a commitment to the Youth Orchestra’s rigorous rehearsal and concert schedule. Exceptions for younger ages will occur only with the approval of the student’s private lesson instructor and at the discretion of the TYSO conductor. Auditions are held each fall and spring. For participation in TYSO, student must successfully pass an audition each year. Students must also be a member of his/her school instrumental program, if provided. Tuition for participation in TYSO is $125 per year and shall be paid in full by the first rehearsal. Financial aid is available in the form of scholarships for those who demonstrate need as verified by the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Standards.
STEVE M. BENNETT, conductor Mr. Bennett received his Music Education degree from Harding University and continued his education at the University of Central Arkansas where he studied trombone with Dr. Dennis Winter. He completed his Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting. While completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees, he was a member of both the Harding and UCA concert band and orchestra, The Conway Civic Orchestra, and was the music director of the University of Central Arkansas summer musical. After his first year at UCA, Mr. Bennett was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from his professors. He began his teaching carreer in the fall of 1995 in Montgomery, Alabama, where he helped start a band program at Alabama Christian Academy. During his five years there, the band competed in many events throughout the school year and received numerous awards at local and state levels. He and his family moved to Texarkana during the summer of 2000 to take on his current position with the Texarkana Independent School District. His teaching duties since moving to Texarkana include assistant band director at Pine Street and Texas Middle School, and assistant band director at Texas High School as well as the band director at Red Lick Middle School. His teaching duties also include orchestra director at Texas Middle School, and Texas High School. Mr. Bennett is also an adjunct instructor for Texarkana College and the University of Arkansas Hope/Texarkana teaching Applied Brass and Music Appreciation. As a performer and conductor, Mr. Bennett has been a member of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra as a trombonist when it premiered in 2006 and the director of the Texarkana Youth Symphony Orchestra since its second season in 2008. TSO
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019 12:30PM - PEROT THEATRE Guest Conductor Jeffrey Grogan will lead the orchestra in a program entitled: Shoot for the Stars, which will explore music inspired by and about outer space coupled with examples of great musicians (Mozart, Beethoven, and Holst) who never gave up on their dreams despite many personal obstacles. This program, in a first for TSO, will also closely link science and music through a demonstration of an electronic “Theremin,” which is used in one of the pieces, and enriches the idea of acoustics, frequency, and physics. REPERTOIRE FOR THIS CONCERT INCLUDES: Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Holst: The Planets: Mars and Jupiter Mozart: Symphony No. 41, IV Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, IV Goldsmith/Custer: Star Trek Williams: Star Wars TSO’s annual student concerts are for local school systems and homeschool groups. Any unused seats will be available to the public after January 3, 2019. For more information on these concerts please contact: Remica Gray, director of operations/education committee chair at 870-773-3401.
JEFFREY GROGAN, conductor Jeffrey Grogan is an internationally-known conductor and teacher who is dedicated to the pursuit of his craft and sharing the joy of musical excellence with young musicians. Mr. Grogan has served as adjudicator, conductor, and clinician for many prestigious national and international festivals including the Honor Orchestra of America sponsored by Music for All; the Association for Music in International Schools Orchestra (Singapore); the National Orchestra Cup at Lincoln Center; and the Honors Performance Series Orchestra and Band at Carnegie Hall. Other recent international appearances include Harpa Concert Hall in Iceland; in Bangkok, Thailand; and at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Grogan has also conducted numerous all-state orchestras and bands throughout the U.S. including three times in his home state of Texas. Grogan serves as Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Music at Oklahoma City University and Artistic Director of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras. Previously, Grogan served as Education and Community Engagement Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for eleven seasons, conductor and Artistic Director of the NJSO Youth Orchestras, the InterSchool Orchestras of New York and the New Jersey Youth Symphony. His youth orchestras have performed to capacity crowds at some of the greatest concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Musikverein in Vienna. He has appeared as a guest conductor at the University of Georgia, Indiana University, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Mannes School of Music Pre-College Division. He has also conducted performances with the Little Orchestra Society of New York, the Reno Philharmonic, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra and the New York Concerti Sinfonietta. In addition, Mr. Grogan was founding Artistic Director of two El Sistema inspired music programs, the Paterson Music Project (PMP) in Paterson, New Jersey and the NJSO CHAMPS in Newark, NJ. Grogan’s prior experience includes teaching for over a decade at the University of Michigan, Ithaca College and Baylor University where he taught conducting and trained future music educators. He is also the former Associate Director of Bands and Marching Band Director at the University of Michigan and Baylor University. TSO 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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Brahms and Rachmaninoff 2 FEBRUARY 2019 • 7:30P.M. PEROT THEATRE Lawrence Loh, conductor with Natasha Paremski, piano
CONCERT REPERTOIRE Concerto No. 2, op. 83, B-flat Major Allegro non troppo Allegro appassionato Andante Allegretto grazioso
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 46’
INTERMISSION Symphonic Dances, Op, 45 Non allegro Andante con molto Lento assai; Allegro—vivace; Come prima; Allegro—vivace
Natasha Paremski appears by arrangement with
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 35’
LAWRENCE LOH, conductor Lawrence Loh, Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY), was named Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony commencing in the 2017-18 season. Mr. Loh concluded his 12-year tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic in 2017. Mr. Loh had a decade-plus association with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he currently leads annual pops and other select programs. Mr. Loh’s previous positions include: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Having a particular affinity for pops programming, Mr. Loh has been engaged for repeat performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel, Ann Hampton Callaway, the Texas Tenors and more. He has assisted John Williams on multiple occasions and conducted numerous sold-out John Williams tribute concerts. He is particularly adept at conducting concerts synchronizing live orchestral music with film, and he is has lead Jurassic Park, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, The Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain, among other concert productions. Mr. Loh is active as a guest conductor, both in the U.S.
and abroad. In addition to annual concerts in Pittsburgh and Dallas, his recent engagements include the Boston Pops (Tanglewood); Detroit Symphony; San Diego Symphony; Seattle Symphony; Buffalo Philharmonic; and the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral. Past engagements include the National (Washington D.C.), Indianapolis, Tacoma, Utah, Naples, Knoxville, Florida, El Paso, San Luis Obispo, Edmonton, Colorado, Charleston (SC), Malaysia, Daejeon (South Korea) and Greater Bridgeport Orchestras. His summer appearances include the festivals of Sun Valley, Bravo Vail Valley, Aspen (CO), Mann Center in Philadelphia, Breckenridge, Las Vegas, Hot Springs (AR), the Kinhaven Music School (VT) and the Performing Arts Institute (PA). In the summer of 2016, he made his debut at Tanglewood, conducting Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra and returned in 2017 to conduct the Boston Pops. Mr. Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his BA, and Certificate of Management Studies, from the University of Rochester. Lawrence Loh was born in southern California of Korean parentage and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Hilary. Follow him on instagram @conductorlarryloh or twitter @lawrenceloh or visit his website, www.lawrenceloh.com. TSO 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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NATASHA PAREMSKI, pianist “Comparisons with Argerich should not be given lightly, but Paremski is so clearly of the same temperament and technique that it is unavoidable here.” — American Record Guide With her consistently striking and dynamic performances, pianist Natasha Paremski reveals astounding virtuosity and voracious interpretive abilities. She continues to generate excitement from all corners as she wins over audiences with her musical sensibility and flawless technique. Born in Moscow, Natasha moved to the United-States at the age of 8 and became a US citizen shortly thereafter. She is now based in New York. Natasha was awarded several very prestigious artist prizes at a very young age, including the Gilmore Young Artists prize in 2006 at the age of 18, the Prix Montblanc in 2007, the Orpheum Stiftung Prize in Switzerland. In September 2010, she was awarded the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year. Her first recital album was released in 2011 and it debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Traditional Classical chart. In 2012 she recorded Tchaikovsky’s first concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Fabien Gabel on the orchestra’s label distributed by Naxos. Natasha has performed with major orchestras in North America including Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Sym-
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phony, Toronto Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, Nashville Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Colorado Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra. She tours extensively in Europe with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vienna’s Tonkünstler Orchester, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre de Bretagne, the Orchestre de Nancy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester in Zurich, Moscow Philharmonic, under the direction of conductors including Peter Oundjian, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Jeffrey Kahane, James Gaffigan, Dmitri Yablonski, Tomas Netopil, JoAnn Falletta, Fabien Gabel, and Andrew Litton. Natasha has toured with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica in Latvia, Benelux, the UK and Austria and performed with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in Taipei. Natasha has given recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Schloss Elmau, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Verbier Festival, Seattle’s Meany Hall, Kansas City’s Harriman Jewell Series, Santa Fe’s Lensic Theater, Ludwigshafen BASF Series, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Tokyo’s Musashino Performing Arts Center and on the Rising Stars Series of Gilmore and Ravinia Festivals. With a strong focus on new music, Natasha’s growing repertoire reflects an artistic maturity beyond her years. In the 2010-11 season, she played the world premiere of a sonata written for her by Gabriel Kahane, which was also included in her solo album. At the suggestion of John Corigliano, Natasha brought her insight and depth to his Piano Concerto with the Colorado Symphony. In recital, she has played several pieces by noted composer and pianist Fred Hersch. Natasha continues to extend her performance activity and range beyond the traditional concert hall. In December 2008, she was the featured pianist in choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s Danse Concertantes at New York’s Joyce Theater. She was featured in a major two-part film for BBC Television on the life and work of Tchaikovsky, shot on location in St. Petersburg, performing excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and other works. In the winter of 2007, Natasha participated along with Simon Keenlyside and Maxim Vengerov in the filming of Twin Spirits, a project starring Sting and Trudie Styler that explores the music and writing of Robert and Clara Schumann, which was released on DVD. She has performed in the project live several times with the co-creators in New York and the UK, directed by John Caird, the original director/adaptor of the musical Les Misérables. Natasha began her piano studies at the age of 4 with Nina Malikova at Moscow’s Andreyev School of Music. She then studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music before moving to New York to study with Pavlina Dokovska at Mannes College of Music, from which she graduated in 2007. Natasha made her professional debut at age nine with the El Camino Youth Symphony in California. At the age of fifteen she debuted with Los Angeles Philharmonic and recorded two discs with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Dmitry Yablonsky, the first featuring Anton Rubinstein’s Piano Concerto No. 4 coupled with Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody and the second featuring all of Chopin’s shorter works for piano and orchestra. TSO
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
JOHANNES BRAHMS
b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833; d. Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897 As serious and tradition-orientated a composer as Brahms considered a concerto no less important than a symphony. Not for him the flashy, empty-headed concertos designed solely to show off soloists’ technique. His four concertos are every bit as substantial and thoughtful as his four symphonies. Maintaining an interest in such long-standing musical forms as the concerto and the symphony set him apart from many of his contemporaries. Two of them, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner – the self-declared creators of the “music of the future” – preferred to work in such freer, more innovative domains as the symphonic poem and opera. During the period when Brahms created this concerto, for example, Liszt produced the piano piece La lugubre gondola (The Melancholy Gondola), and Wagner, the opera Parsifal. The contrast between these ecstatic, forward-looking creations and Brahms’ sturdily conservative concerto is as fascinating as it is
immense. The year of the concerto’s première also witnessed the births of two other artists who were destined to be innovators in their fields: composer Béla Bartók and artist Pablo Picasso. The sketches for the concerto date from 1878, the same year as Brahms’ Violin Concerto. His creative schedule was so crowded that three years passed between the piano concerto’s conception and completion. He finished it during the summer of 1881, as part of a working holiday in the Austrian town of Pressbaum. Brahms himself was the soloist at the first performance, in Budapest, Hungary, on November 9, 1881, with Hans von Bülow conducting. In emotional terms, Brahms divided it into two pairs of movements. The first couple contains virtually all the drama. The opening horn solo casts a spell of geniality over the broadly-scaled opening movement. The mood becomes more agitated toward the centre, only to reach a conclusion as optimistic as the opening. The second movement is a tough, often passionate segment that makes use of materials intended for the abandoned scherzo of the Violin Concerto. Only its brief, dancelike middle panel offers a haven from the emotional storms. What follows is total contrast: one of the most serene of all Brahms’ inventions. The radiant third movement features a prominent role for solo cello. To conclude the concerto, Brahms declined to repeat himself by offering a rambunctious or heavenstorming rondo. He serves up relaxed Viennese charm instead. Here is author Malcolm MacDonald’s description of the concerto’s finale: “Brahms never wrote a movement that was more of an unalloyed entertainment, nor more feline in its humor; the proportions remain kingly, but the lion now moves with a kitten’s lightness and a cat’s precise, unconscious grace.”
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Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
b. Oneg, Russia / March 20, 1873; d. Beverly Hills, California, USA / March 28, 1943 Rachmaninoff began work on this, his final work, and the only one he composed completely in America, during the summer of 1940. Orchard Point, a seventeen-acre estate at Huntington, Long Island, New York, offered the peace and seclusion he needed for composition. The effort of completing the orchestration (it occupied him until the end of October) and the separate two-piano version that he prepared simultaneously, took its toll, emotionally and physically. Work continued during a piano recital tour, right up to the previously scheduled date of the première. At the final rehearsal, he turned to the orchestra and said, “Years ago I composed for the great Chaliapin. Now he is dead and so I compose for a new kind of artists, the Philadelphia Orchestra.” He dedicated the dances to conductor Eugene Ormandy and the players, who gave the first performance on January 3, 1941. The largely negative reception crushed Rachmaninoff. For decades, the Symphonic Dances remained the stepchild of his major works for orchestra. The last 25 years have witnessed a strong growth in appreciation of this moody, multi-faceted and spectacularly orchestrated work, as testified by numerous live performances and studio recordings. Rhythm plays a powerful role in it, but in terms of scale, quality of themes and ingenuity of development, it is much more a symphonic work than a balletic one. It would have been totally appropriate to call it Symphony No. 4.
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It continued his obsession with the Dies irae (Day of Wrath), a somber melody drawn from the medieval plainchant Mass for the Dead. He had previously quoted it in several works, including the tone poem The Isle of the Dead, and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra. It appears several times in veiled form in the first Symphonic Dance. This movement begins quietly, expectantly, before introducing its bold, thrusting main subject. The long, floating melody of the central panel, unexpectedly voiced in the plaintive tones of the alto saxophone, is one of Rachmaninoff’s loveliest lyrical creations. In the concluding section, a gorgeous melody appears unheralded in the strings, delicately spangled in bell-like fashion with glockenspiel, harp and piano. This is a consoling transfiguration of the “motto” subject that pervades his First Symphony. That piece’s catastrophic première in 1897 had traumatized him to the point where he was unable to compose anything significant for three years. The motto’s appearance here, in far gentler guise than in the symphony, may represent an older, wiser composer – who may have sensed that his death was less than two years ahead – reconciling with this troubled child of his creative youth. Until the symphony’s second performance – in 1945, two years after his death – few save he would have either recognized it or grasped the significance of its appearance here. Within the framework of a symphonic waltz, the second dance presents a haunted vision of the ballroom. Introduced by eerie, muted fanfares on trumpets and horns, whirling woodwind arabesques and a spectral violin solo (death tuning his fiddle, as in Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony), it turns on a troubled waltz tune first stated by English horn. The music regularly slows almost to a halt, as if in nervous anticipation of impending catastrophe, or shadowed by memories of past horrors. A mood of nostalgic reverie attempts to assert itself mid-way through, only to be shattered by the return of the opening fanfares. They summon the ghostly dancers back to fulfill their destiny. The tempo accelerates through a passage of mounting hysteria, only to peak quickly, then end with equal abruptness. The final movement is a grand witches’ Sabbath that would do Berlioz or Mussorgsky proud. Pervaded from the opening bars by the Dies irae, it seethes with manic, diabolical energy. A lengthy, reflective and lamenting middle section provides contrast. With the return of the opening material, a furious conflict breaks out between the Dies irae and a traditional Russian religious chant, Blessed is the Lord. As the chant wins through, an Allilyua theme drawn from Rachmaninoff’s choral work Vespers rings out triumphantly. Thus Rachmaninoff concluded his career as a composer with a representation of the victory of his deeply held religious faith over the powers of darkness and death. At the end of the manuscript score, he inscribed, “I thank Thee, Lord.” Program Notes by Don Anderson © 2018
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TSO’s Four Concertmasters: Kiril Laskarov Algis Staskevisius Daniel Santelices Diana Norwood
CONCERT REPERTOIRE Le Quatro Staggioni, op 8, (“The Four Seasons”) Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, L’inverno (“Winter”) Allegro non molto Largo Allegro Concerto No. 3 in Major, L’autunno (“Autumn”) Allegro Adagio Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 15’
Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (“The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) Verno Porteño (“Buenos Aires Summer”) Primavera Porteña (“Buenos Aires Spring”)
INTERMISSION Serenade, op. 48, C Major Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo; Allegro moderato Valse: Moderato; Tempo di valse Élégie: Larghetto elegiac Finale (Tema russo): Andante; Allegro con spirito
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 27’
KIRIL LASKAROV, violin Kiril Laskarov is currently in his 19th season as Concertmaster of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and 9th season as Concertmaster of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra. A native of Bulgaria, he received a Bachelor Arts degree from the State Academy of Music in Sofia and Master’s degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where he studied with Prof. Michael Barta. Laskarov has appeared as a soloist with the Arkansas Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Southern Illinois Symphony, Abilene (TX) Philharmonic, Symphony Irvine (CA) and Texarkana (TX) Symphony and also as a guest concertmaster with the Monroe (LA) Symphony and McCall (ID) Festival Orchestra. TSO
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DIANA HECTOR-NORWOOD, violin
Diana Hector-Norwood has been in the music circle of the Ark-La-Tex area for over twenty years. She has received her bachelors in 2005 under the instruction of Dr. Isador Saslav, and her master’s in 2006 under Dr. Jennifer Dalmas from SFA. Both degrees are in music performance. In addition, she has studied with world renowned violinists Emanuel Borok, Julia Bushkova, and Dr. Igor Borodin. In her concert career, Diana has played concerts throughout the Ark-La-Tex tri-state area and Europe. She was also soloist for the East Texas Honors Orchestra and a winner in the 2005-2006 concerto competition at SFA and is a life member of Pi Kappa Lambda (an honors music society). She was the assistant concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Pines from 2003 to Spring 2006, and principal of the SFA Chamber Orchestra since its inception in 2003 to the spring of 2006. Diana has played in the North East Texas Symphony, Lake Charles Symphony, Shreveport Opera (as principal), Shreveport Symphony (as principal), Longview Opera, and SFA Opera (as principal). As an active community member Diana was a founding member of the ‘Music in the Schools’ (in the Tyler Independent School District), of the SFA chamber strings camp, as well as a founding member of the Colore Ensemble, Emerald Quartet, and Emerald Piano Trio. Currently, Diana is principal of the South Arkansas Symphony, concertmaster of the North East Texas Symphony, member of the Longview Symphony, assistant concertmaster in Texarkana Symphony, Symphony of the Pines, Marshall Symphony, Shreveport Symphony and Arkansas symphonies, as well as Shreveport Opera. She is also a sought-after violinist and contractor for different community functions including Green Acres Baptist Church, First Baptist of Frankston, Marvin Methodist, Grace Community, Heart Ball of East Texas, and The El Dorado Casino of Bossier City among many other venues. Along with playing in these different ensembles, Diana was the Head of Strings at Kilgore College, and is currently on the faculty of University of Texas at Tyler. She also has a private studio and enjoys performing masterclasses and teaching at different public and private schools. TSO 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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ALGIMANTAS STASKEVICIUS, violin Algimantas Staekevicius, began his musical career at age of seven in Vilnius, Lithuania, studying violin and piano. In 1983 he graduated from the M.K. Čiurlionis School of Fine Arts, and in 1990 he received a Master’s in Music from the Lithuanian State Conservatory. From 1988 to 1991, he was a violinist with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. During that time, he performed numerous concerts in the former Soviet Union, as well as Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Japan. Beginning in 1992, Mr. Staskevicius was Principal Second Violin at the Orquesta Sinfonica de la UANL in Monterrey, Mexico. By 2001, renowned Mexican conductor and composer, Sergio Cardenas, was impressed by his work and invited him to join the Filarmonica del Bajio in Guanajuato, Mexico. Arriving in the United States in 1999, Mr. Staskevicius earned an M.M. degree from Southeastern Louisiana University. In addition to his time in state and local orchestras, Mr. Stastevicius has performed as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including Filarmonica del Bajio (Mexico), Orquesta Sinfonica de la UANL (Mexico), SLU Chamber Orchestra, Mississippi Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, and Missouri Symphony. He has participated in international festivals in Echternach, Schleswig-Holstein, Ansbach, Ivo Pogorelich, Cervantino, and Alfonso Reyes. He is currently an active member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Doppler String Quartet, and also serves as the Associate Concertmaster Texarkana Symphony Orchestra. He often joins the violin sections of symphony orchestras in surrounding areas, including Conway, Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, and Tulsa. Mr. Staskevicius is an avid educator; whose experience goes back as far as 1988. Since that time, he taught extensively at school, college, and university levels in Lithuania, Mexico, and the USA. Currently, he has an expansive private studio, and also teaches Strings at the Arkansas School for the Blind, WAMA Arts Center in Little Rock, and Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, AR.) Along with his wife, violist Tatiana Kotcherguina, Mr. Staskevicius performs in multiple concerts with diverse groups, from duo to nonet, most recently in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia. TSO
DAN SANTELICES, violin Violinist and Chicago, Illinois-native, Daniel Santelices is proud to have been a part of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra (TSO) since its formation under Maestro Marc-Andre Bougie. Mr. Santelices was appointed as Assistant Concertmaster for the TSO in 2010. Mr. Santelices also performs as a full-time member of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO), the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the Baroque Artists of Shreveport. Mr. Santelices became the Music Director and Conductor of the Centenary Youth Orchestra/Hurley Chamber Orchestra at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport in 2017. He is also faculty member and conductor for the Centenary Suzuki School. Mr. Santelices has been faculty for Centenary College, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin University, Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky and Master-Teacher for the University of Kentucky String Project. His other musical-youth education endeavors include clinician/conductor for Caddo Parish Honor Orchestras, the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra (Lexington, KY), various Suzuki and non-Suzuki summer camps across the country as well as the Ark-La-Tex Youth Orchestra. For the latter, he established the Centenary Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Camp in 1998 which offers an initial and ongoing chamber music experience for student musicians, ages 5-18 that are coached by area professional musicians. Mr. Santelices was named to Who’s Who in America’s Teachers beginning in 2003. Mr. Santelices received his Master of Music degree from Northern Illinois University, studying with Vermeer Quartet member, Pierre Menard. Mr. Santelices received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University and was a student of Daniel Heifetz. He also is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy. In his spare time, Mr. Santelices enjoys playing all forms of racquet sports and collecting horse racing memorabilia. TSO
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PROGRAM NOTES AT THIS CONCERT, YOU WILL HEAR TWO CONCERTOS EACH FROM THE VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS AND THE PIAZZOLLA/DESYATNIKOV FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES. THE PERFORMANCE ORDER IS AS FOLLOWS: WINTER – VIVALDI; SUMMER – PIAZZOLLA; AUTUMN – VIVALDI; AND SPRING – PIAZZOLLA.
The Four Seasons ANTONIO VIVALDI
b. Venice, Italy / March 4, 1678; d. Vienna, Austria / July 28, 1741 Vivaldi’s busy and productive career as composer, violinist and teacher drew its due share of acclaim. He played a major role in several significant musical developments, the rise of the concerto above all. His 500-plus concertos feature a wide variety of soloists. As you would expect, the lion’s share, more than 200, focus on the violin. His reputation suffered a severe lapse following his death. His music’s return to widespread currency dates only from the years following the Second World War. During that “down time,” virtually his only piece to remain in the standard repertoire was The Four Seasons. It was published in 1725. Its enduring popularity has been based to great degree on its nature as descriptive or programmatic music, an area in whose orchestral division Vivaldi made pioneering efforts. At the start of the Winter Concerto, the string orchestra enters gradually, almost nervously, vividly portraying a forbidding and chilly winter landscape. The violin soloist adds horrid, blustering winds to the scene. Although the edges of the scene in the second movement may be forbidding, with the orchestral violins playing pizzicato notes in imitation of raindrops striking somberly against the window panes, the soloist’s theme remains contented, as those people who are fortunate enough to be inside warm themselves in front of a crackling fireplace. At the start of the finale, the soloist undertakes in delicate fashion a slithering, treacherous walk across thin ice. People slip and fall, then the ice breaks with a snap. A brief, serene pause for breath precedes the bitter winds of the literally tempestuous conclusion. Hearty festivities are on display in the Autumn Concerto. In the first movement, Vivaldi found ingenious ways of dividing the dancers at this harvest celebration into two groups: those who have had too much to drink, and those who refrain from the grape. The sober revelers refuse to let any distractions divert them from their square, regular rhythms. Their thirsty, hard-partying comrades dance more eccentrically, sometimes slowly, sometimes in stop-and-start antics, hiccupping as they weave about. Towards the close, the tempo slows completely, and the soloist takes on the role of a reveler who has passed out. In the second movement, all the strings play with mutes in this placid depiction of the besotted party-goers lying in wine-induced slumber upon the ground. The finale takes place on the morning of the following day. A strong, brass-like, dotted-note rhythm in the orchestral strings summons everyone to the hunt. The soloist imitates the sound of the traditional hunting instrument, the horn. The prey takes flight, shots are fired, and the hunting dogs bay in excitement until the quarry is captured. 2018/2019 PROGRAM
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PROGRAM NOTES continued... The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
b. Mar del Plata, Argentina / March 11, 1921; d. Buenos Aires, Argentina / July 4, 1992 Piazzolla became a Latin American musical legend by taking the traditional tango – the sultry dance that sprang up in the back alleys and brothels of Buenos Aires in the final quarter of the nineteenth century – and mixing it with classical music and jazz to create the more sophisticated and experimental “Nuevo Tango” (new tango). In the late 1980s, classical performers such as Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and the Kronos Quartet began taking his music into their repertoire. Among his compositions of this period are a Bandoneón Concerto that shows the influence of Bach, a Cello Sonata written for Mstislav Rostropovich, and Five Tango Sensations, a moody piece for bandoneón and strings commissioned by Kronos. Piazzolla wrote some 750 pieces in all. He composed Verano Porteño (Buenos Aires Summer) in 1965. Originally part of his incidental score for Melenito de oro, a play by Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz, he later adapted it for his tango quintet. Five years passed before he decided to create three more pieces, each one inspired by another of the four seasons. He considered them separate works, and only occasionally performed them together. After his death, Gidon Kremer commissioned Russian composer Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955) to bring the four pieces together and to transcribe them for solo violin and string orchestra. Kremer wanted a piece that he could perform in concert on the same programme as Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Desyatnikov strengthened the links between the two scores by weaving witty references to Vivaldi into Piazzolla’s music. The Piazzolla/Desyatnikov Seasons offers a heady, colorful and highly entertaining mixture of ingredients: tango, jazz, Romanticism and Impressionism, all liberally spiced with saucy humor and playful contemporary techniques.
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Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48 PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY
b. Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840; d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893
Tchaikovsky adored Mozart. “I not only like Mozart, I idolize him,” he wrote. “He captivates, delights and warms me. It is my profound conviction that he is the culminating point of musical beauty. In Mozart I love everything, for we love everything in those we love truly. He was as pure as an angel, and his music is rich in divine beauty.” Tchaikovsky paid his respects to Mozart several times. He did so as directly as possible through his Suite No. 4, Mozartiana (1887), which presents orchestrations of his idol’s music for piano and for voices. In terms of general Classical style, he paid homage with the delicious Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, and this glowing Serenade for Strings. For all its Classical-period leanings, it is a Romantic work, through and through. He composed it immediately after the bombastic 1812 Overture, a commissioned work that he had written hastily and with little enthusiasm. “The overture will be very loud and noisy, but I wrote it without any warm feelings of love and so it will probably be of no artistic worth,” he confided to his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck. “But the Serenade, on the contrary, I wrote from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the heart and so, I venture to say, it does not lack artistic worth.” Completed on November 4, 1880, it had only a month to wait for its first performance, given by students at the Moscow Conservatory on December 3 as a surprise gift to the composer. The public première followed in October 1881, and won a huge success. Tchaikovsky told a friend that he intended the opening movement as a tribute to Mozart, whose opera The Magic Flute he had recently been studying for relaxation. A stately introduction in slow tempo leads to a vigorous and charming allegro. A gracious waltz, one of Tchaikovsky’s best, follows, then a sweet, heartfelt elegy. The finale makes use of two Russian folk songs. The first is treated as a slow, wistful introduction. The second kicks off the ensuing allegro with mischievous charm, a quality abetted by a gorgeous second theme of Tchaikovsky’s own invention. Near the close, the return of the first movement’s opening theme brings the serenade full circle. Program Notes by Don Anderson © 2018
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Daniel Black, conductor
FILM COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Producer: John Goberman Original orchestrations reconstructed by: John Wilson and Andrew Cottee The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.
DANIEL BLACK, conductor “Firm, decisive,” “vital and engaging” and “with a droll sense of humor on the podium,” Canada-based American conductor Daniel Black has begun to attract attention as a conductor who “makes music in a way that is meaningful to audiences in the 21st Century.” Recently appointed Assistant Conductor of the Florida Orchestra (St. Petersburg, Florida); in 2018-19 Daniel will conduct over twenty performances with that orchestra, including Pops, Coffee Concerts, and a matinee performance of Mahler’s First Symphony, while working closely with Music Director Michael Francis, Principal Guest Conductor Stuart Malina, and Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik. He will make his debut as guest conductor of the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra in April 2019. Daniel also was one of eight recipients of a Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award in 2018- his third such honor. In 2017-18, Daniel made his debut as guest conductor with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and the Dnipro State Opera and Ballet Company (in Dnipro, Ukraine) in a production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. He also debuted with Michigan Opera Theatre, serving as assistant conductor for productions of Rigoletto and Le Nozze di Figaro. In addition, he served as assistant conductor with the Florentine Opera Company’s production of Die Zauberflöte, with a second consecutive Solti Foundation U.S. opera conducting fellowship; and continued as Director of Instrumental Music at the Wildwood Arts and Music Academy in Little Rock. Daniel’s previous guest-conducting engagements have included the St. Petersburg (Russia) State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Basically Beethoven Festival, the Owensboro Symphony, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Wichita Falls Symphony, the Rockford Symphony, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, and the South Shore Opera Company. As Music Director of the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, he created the first professional recording of John Harmon’s Crazy Horse symphony, and presented the Midwest Premiere of the work, a performance which was hailed as “one of the most momentous evenings in the [130-year] history of the Grand Opera House.” Daniel won the 2017 Solti Foundation U.S. opera conducting fellowship, working with conductor Stephen Lord and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He has also toured China as assistant conductor of the Chinese premiere of composer/conductor Bright Sheng’s opera Dream of the Red Chamber. As Associate Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Daniel conducted over 150 performances, including stepping in at a moment’s notice for his Subscription debut in place of Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Daniel was the recipient of consecutive Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards in 2015 and 2016. He has been engaged as cover conductor by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony. A conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Daniel has studied with Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Robert Spano, Hugh Wolff, Larry Rachleff, Marin Alsop, Daniel Lewis, David Effron, and Gunther Schuller. Also an accomplished composer, Daniel was the composer-in-residence for the International Horn Society’s 2014 Southeast Horn Workshop, and was a finalist and diploma winner of the International Prokofiev Composition Contest in April 2008. Fluent in Russian, Daniel has studied conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern University, counting among his mentors Leonid Korchmar, Neil Varon and Victor Yampolsky. He has studied composition with Richard Danielpour. Daniel lives in Kitchener, Ontario with his wife, hornist Marie-Sonja Cotineau, and their cat Zelda. TSO
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