Fairfax Symphony with George Li_April 2023

Christopher Zimmerman, music director and conductor

Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 8pm

George Mason University Center for the Arts

EDWARD ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1, op. 39, D major

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18, C minor

I. Moderato

II. Adagio sostenuto

III. Allegro scherzando

George Li, piano

—Intermission—

EDWARD ELGAR

Symphony No. 1, op. 55, A-flat major

I. Andante; nobilmente e semplice - Allegro

II. Allegro molto

III. Adagio

IV. Lento - Allegro

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PROGRAM NOTES

EDWARD ELGAR

Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1, Op. 39

Few melodies have embedded themselves so deeply in the collective national consciousnesses of Britons and Americans as the trio section of Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. Elgar, who described the theme as “coming once in a lifetime,” sensed the appeal and staying power of this simple, aspirational tune. In the UK, this music is known as “Land of Hope and Glory,” England’s unofficial second national anthem. For Americans, the trio section’s indelible association with graduation ceremonies dates back to June 28, 1905, when Yale University played the trio at their annual commencement exercise in homage to Elgar, who was there to receive an honorary doctorate.

In 1902, Elgar was asked to provide music for King Edward VII’s upcoming coronation. On a suggestion from King Edward himself, Elgar added lyrics from poet A. C. Benson to the Pomp and Circumstance trio, which became the hymn, “Land of Hope and Glory.” In its enhanced version, Elgar featured the new hymn as the conclusion to his Coronation Ode.

Conductor Sir Henry Wood recalled the reception given to Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 at its London premiere: “The people simply rose and yelled. I had to play it again – with the same result; in fact, they refused to let me go on with the programme…”

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

In 1900, Sergei Rachmaninoff was at low ebb, professionally and emotionally. His Symphony No. 1 had premiered to dismal reviews three years earlier, triggering a paralyzing depression that plagued Rachmaninoff off and on throughout the rest of his life.

“I did nothing and found no pleasure in anything,” Rachmaninoff wrote in his Memoirs. “Half my days were spent lying on a couch and sighing over my ruined life.” In desperation, Rachmaninoff sought help from a hypnotist, Dr. Nicolai Dahl, who was also an amateur string player. Dahl, using hypnotic techniques, would plant encouraging thoughts about writing the concerto in Rachmaninoff’s head during their sessions.

In Rachmaninoff’s Recollections, the composer recounts, “I heard the same hypnotic formula repeated day after day while I lay half asleep in my armchair in Dr. Dahl’s study: ‘You will begin to write your concerto... You will

work with great facility... The concerto will be of excellent quality...’ It was always the same, without interruption. Although it may sound incredible, this cure really helped me.”

With Dahl’s help, Rachmaninoff was able to complete the concerto. It became an instant success, and, a year later, when the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor was published, Rachmaninoff dedicated it to “Monsieur N. Dahl.”

The concerto opens with a series of chords by the soloist that expand in both volume and intensity. Interestingly for a piano concerto, the solo part is more of an accompaniment until the second theme appears. The movement continues with a rousing march in the piano, which dissolves into a solo horn intoning the second theme. The power of the opening returns for a brief, fiery conclusion.

The sensual beauty of the Adagio sostenuto creates an atmosphere of enchanted otherworldliness. The primary melody is heard first in the clarinet and flute, with the piano accompanying. The soloist then takes up the melody, one of serene, unabashed romanticism, and develops it, with accompanying woodwinds and strings.

For the Allegro scherzando, the lower instruments murmur a brief introduction to the soloist’s opening showy cadenza, which segues into the staccato pulsing rhythm of the first motif. Violas and solo oboe play a contrasting lyrical countertheme. The two themes vie for prominence as the mood of this movement shifts abruptly from jittery agitation to ecstatic rhapsody. Rachmaninoff concludes with a pull-out-all-the-stops ending.

EDWARD ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55

“There is no programme beyond a wide experience of human life with a great charity (love) and a massive hope in the future.” – Edward Elgar on his first symphony

If Edward Elgar had been asked to name the greatest living composer of his time, he would likely have replied, “Richard Strauss.” Elgar had great admiration for Strauss’ colorful orchestrations, and his masterful ability to present compelling narratives through music (for his part, Strauss praised Elgar as “the first English progressive”).

Elgar himself also favored the “absolute music” embodied in symphonies, but by the early 20th century, many considered the genre passé. Like every successor to Beethoven, Elgar approached the idea of writing a symphony

with some trepidation; could he create a work that could stand on its own, alongside the towering symphonic legacies of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler? Elgar determined to try. In 1905, while lecturing at Birmingham University, he declared, “It seems to me that because the greatest genius of our days, Richard Strauss, recognizes the symphonic-poem as a fit vehicle for his splendid achievements, some writers are inclined to be positive that the symphony is dead … but when the looked-for genius comes, it may be absolutely revived.” Elgar may or may not have had himself in mind when he mentioned the “looked-for genius” (such a statement seems at odds with the English national penchant for humility and self-deprecation), but there is no doubt the idea of a symphony had been gestating within him for some time.

In the winter of 1907, Elgar, his wife Alice, and their daughter Carice traveled to Rome; while there he began working on the first movement of Op. 55. Upon his return to England, Elgar completed the remaining movements. When conductor Hans Richter led the first performance, the audience was so moved by the Adagio that they broke with Richter’s strict protocol of enforcing silence between movements. Richter invited Elgar to the stage to acknowledge the audience’s cheers before continuing with the final movement.

The symphony begins with a noble, expansive theme of heroic proportions, which returns at the end of the fourth movement. Unlike the straightforward statement of this grand theme, Elgar introduces subsequent melodic ideas more indirectly, by giving them first to the players at the back of a string section. “I have employed the last desks of the strings to get a soft diffused sound: the listener need not be bothered to know where it comes from – the effect is of course different from that obtained from the first desk soli,” Elgar explained.

Elgar’s first symphony fulfilled the hopes of all who heard it, including its creator. Richter declared it “the greatest symphony of modern times,” while the Daily Mail, under the heading “The Musical Event of the Year,” wrote, “It is quite plain that here we have perhaps the finest masterpiece of its type that ever came from the pen of an English composer.” Within a year of its premiere, Op. 55 had been performed approximately 100 times in concert halls around the world.

© Elizabeth Schwartz 2023

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MEET THE ARTIST

GEORGE LI

Praised by the Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, such as Dudamel, Gaffigan, Gergiev, Gimeno, Honeck, Orozco-Estrada, Petrenko, Robertson, Slatkin, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas, Long Yu, and Xian Zhang.

Highlights for the 2022-2023 season include concerto engagements with The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Portland (ME), Arkansas, Pacific, Fairfax, and Modesto Symphonies, and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in Belgium. In recital, Li returns to Carnegie Hall and appears in El Cajon, Santa Rosa, and Carmel (CA), Richmond (VA), New Orleans (LA), Rochester (NY), Middlebury (IN), Williamstown (MA), and Chapel Hill (NC).

Recent concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles, New York, London, Rotterdam, Oslo, St. Petersburg, Buffalo Philharmonics; the San Francisco, Tokyo, Frankfurt Radio, Sydney, Nashville, New World, North Carolina, Pacific, Valencia, Montreal, and Baltimore Symphonies; as well as the Philharmonia, DSO Berlin, and Orchestra National de Lyon. His eight-concert tour of Germany with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra included performances at the Berlin Philharmonie, Philharmonie am Gasteig Munich, and the Stuttgart Liederhalle. He frequently appears with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, including performances at the Paris Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music, Graffenegg Festival, and in various venues throughout Russia.

In recital, Li has previously performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, Symphony Center in Chicago, the Mariinsky Theatre, Elbphilharmonie, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Poly Theater, and Amici della Musica Firenze, as well as appearances at major festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence Festival, and Montreux Festival. An active chamber musician, Li has performed alongside Benjamin Beilman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, James Ehnes, Daniel Hope, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Kian Soltani.

Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, with his debut recital album released in October 2017 which was recorded live from the Mariinsky. His second recording for the label features Liszt solo works and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1, which was recorded live with Vasily Petrenko and the London Philharmonic and was released in October 2019.

Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at the age of ten, and in 2011 performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. Among Li’s many prizes, he was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a recipient of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory, continuing to work with Wha Kyung Byun. When not playing piano, George is an avid reader and photographer, as well as a sports fanatic.

CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN, Music Director

Named Music Director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra in 2009, Christopher Zimmerman celebrates his fourteenth season with the FSO. Under his leadership, the FSO has received consistent praise from the media. Former Washington Post arts critic, Anne Midgette, wrote: “the Bernstein was a note-perfect end to a very refreshing evening that spoke well for the programming vision of Zimmerman.” Washington Post reporter, Stephen Brookes, commented: “Zimmerman has been injecting adrenalin into this determined ensemble… (and has) made the Fairfax players a serious force to be reckoned with.”

Christopher Zimmerman graduated from Yale with a B.A. in Music and received his Master’s from the University of Michigan. He also studied with Seiji Ozawa and Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, and at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine with Charles Bruck. Zimmerman served as an apprentice to Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony and in Prague, as assistant conductor to Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

A champion of contemporary music and commissioning new work, during his leadership with the FSO, Zimmerman has commissioned three new works and presented nine premieres. In 2023, Zimmerman and the FSO will present the U.S. premiere of “Bruromano,” a concerto for guitar, double bass, and string orchestra by Czech composer Sylvie Bodorova featuring renowned guitarist, Jason Vieaux. In 2022, the FSO presented the regional premiere of composer Robert Carl’s “White Heron” and composer Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No.4 “Heichalos.” The FSO brought “Dances of the Yogurt Maker” by Turkish composer, Erberk Eryilmaz to Virginia for the first time in 2019, along with the 2018 Virginia premiere of Philip Glass’ “Piano Concerto No. 3,” with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who commissioned the work and for whom it was written. In 2017, the Fairfax Symphony in celebration of its 60th season commissioned “Resolutions” by composer Mark Camphouse in honor of the 275th Anniversary of Fairfax County. In 2016, the FSO presented the regional premiere of Martin Bresnick’s “The Way it Goes.” In 2013 premiered “Virtue” by composer Chris Theofanidis for soprano, actor, three voices and orchestra that it cocommissioned with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and in 2011, the FSO commissioned Concerto of “The Andes” for Guitar, Charango and orchestra by composer Javier Farias.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MUSIC

Beyond the concert stage, the Fairfax Symphony partners with teachers in classrooms across Fairfax County to enhance learning through music. Your support is essential to help bring vital education programs to thousands of students in our community each year.

Over 3,000 students in Grades 3-5 from across the DC metro region perform in our collaborative, Carnegie Hall Link Up concert.

CONNECTING THE CLASSROOM WITH THE CONCERT HALL

In partnership with Carnegie Hall, the FSO joins orchestras across the globe to implement Link Up—a semester-long, music-learning program that engages young minds and connects over 500,000 students with the concert hall experience. Through our Link Up program, the FSO works together with teachers in schools across Fairfax County to implement evidence-based curriculum that builds creativity, communication, collaboration, and confidence. The students then join us in a culminating, collaborative performance at the GMU Center for the Arts!

MEET OUR 2022/23 FELLOWS

Fairfax Symphony Diversity Fellowship Program

This season, we strengthen our commitment to serving students through high-quality education and mentorship programs, as we launch the FSO Diversity Fellowship program to help accelerate the careers of talented, student musicians from backgrounds that are underrepresented in orchestras today. The program is designed to enhance opportunities for pre-professional musicians, encourage greater diversity in the field, and increase diverse representation in orchestras across the United States.

Carlos Figueroa, cello

Mr. Figueroa is an emerging cellist from Venezuela. His passion for music never stopped and he was always striving to one day share the stage with famous musicians and to be a concert soloist. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in cello performance at George Mason University under the guidance of Dr. Dorotea Racz after successfully earning his bachelor’s degree at Shenandoah University as summa cum laude.

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Carolina Pedroza, violin

She was a permanent member of the Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas (Venezuela) and has been concertmaster of the Catholic University Symphony Orchestra, Penn State Philharmonic, and Colour of Music Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. She has also been a section member of the West Virginia Symphony and Baton Rouge Symphony, among others. She has participated in festivals including FEMUSC (Brazil), A Tempo (Colombia), Sewanee Summer Music Festival (TN), Academia Internacional Teatro del Lago (Chile), Northern Lights Music Festival (MN), and Colour of Music Festival (SC and CA).

Joshua Rhodes is a double bassist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is currently in his first year of pursuing a Master’s of Music degree in Double Bass Performance at the University of Maryland. Prior to his enrollment at UMD, he procured his Bachelor’s Degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Rhodes has a severe passion for understanding others and contributing positively to the environment around him. As a musician, this drives him to explore music and new ways of sharing art.

Cristian Contreras is an accomplished Violist from Los Angeles, CA. At the age of 19, he won a three-year tenure with the American Youth Symphony and also attended the National Orchestral Institute. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Viola Performance at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Cristian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach.

Ms. Proctor graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Music degree concentrating in Music Industry. Breonna is currently in pursuit of a law degree with an intellectual property concentration. With this degree, she hopes to become an advocate for the protection of artists and their creations.

Breonna Proctor, violin

The FSO Diversity Fellowship is made possible in part by the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Fairfax County Government, TD Bank, and GEICO.

Joshua Rhodes, double bass

Cristian Contreras, viola

2022-2023 PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

The Fairfax Symphony gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following contributions received within the past twelve months as of April 1, 2023.

Thank you for dedicating these vital gifts to the music and education programs we work so passionately to create and share with our community.

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PLATINUM

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FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN 1

David Salness, Concertmaster

Doris F. Dakin Chair

Allison Bailey, Associate Concertmaster

Cristina Constantinescu, Assistant Concertmaster

Tim Kidder

Chris Franke

Natalie Trainer

Sharon Like

Celaya Kirchner

Mia Lee

Carolina Pedroza, FSO Fellow

Sarah Berger

Savannah Kari

Shaundra Culatta

VIOLIN 2

Melanie Kuperstein, Interim Principal, Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair

Andrew Juola, Associate Principal, Sue Bower Memorial Chair

Christine Kharazian

Milena Aradski

Cindy Crumb

Karan Wright

Tim Wade

Elena Smirnova

Sue Manus

Yuna Kim

Maribeth Frank

Becky Fulton

VIOLA

Greg Rupert, Principal

Imelda Tecson

Adelya Shagidullina

Helen Fall

Patti Reid

Cristian Contreras, FSO Fellow

Amelia Eckloff

Tim Zenobia

Lillian Green

CELLO

Natalia Vilchis, Principal

Syneva Colle

Brent Davis

Anne Rupert

Kathy Thompson

Carlos Figueroa, FSO Fellow

Nick Pascucci

Emily Doveala

Alex Kang

DOUBLE BASS

Aaron Clay, Principal

Kyle Augustine, Associate Principal

John Barger

Joshua Rhodes, FSO Fellow

Erik Cohen

Jim Donahue

Mark Stephenson

FLUTE

Lawrence Ink, Principal

Cheryl Hall

Sharon Lee, Piccolo

OBOE

Emily Foster, Acting Principal

Trevor Mowry

ENGLISH HORN

Meredith Rouse

CLARINET

Patrick Morgan, Principal

Wendi Hatton

Barbara Haney, Bass Clarinet

BASSOON

Lauren Yu, Acting Principal

Sandy Johnson

Chris Larios, Principal

Chris Ferrari

Neil Brown

TROMBONE

Bryan Bourne, Acting Principal

David Sisk

Kaz Kruzsewksi, Bass Trombone

TUBA

Joseph Guimaraes

PERCUSSION

Shari Clark Rak, Principal

Mark Carson

Jeff Gilliam

Joe McIntyre

TIMPANI

Jonathan Milke

HARP

Madeline Jarzembak

Chris McFarlane, Contra Bassoon

FRENCH HORN

Eric Moore, Principal

Clinton Soisson

Doug Quinzi

Sarah Soisson

TRUMPET

Christopher Zimmerman | Music Director

FAIRFAX SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jose “Pepe” Figueroa, Chairman

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HONORARY BOARD

The Honorable Sharon Bulova

The Honorable Thomas M. Davis

Dr. Gerald L. Gordon

Julien Patterson

FSO ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Christopher Zimmerman, Music Director

Jonathan Kerr, Executive Director

Lisa LaCamera, Chief Operating Officer

Susan Petroff, Director of Development

John Murton, Assistant Conductor and Fellowship Program Coordinator

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