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Gregory Vajda, Artistic Director, Conductor
Dear Friends, Welcome to SpringFest 2010! This is the beginning of a new era. It is time to see what the new chef has been cooking! This year’s SpringFest is like a “sampler plate”. We serve you four very different programs in just five days. Come to Vienna with us this March! We are presenting the most wonderful music of the greatest composers including Mozart, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven. We invite you to come, listen and then voice your opinion. At the end of each performance you can vote for your favorites and you can share your detailed comments with us in writing or through our website. We welcome your feedback! I can’t tell you how excited I am about having been chosen as the new Artistic Director and Conductor of MIM. It is time for us to get to know each other with the help of what we all love: great music. Music in the Mountains is Your Festival. Come and be part of MIM 2.1! Best regards ,
Gregory Vajda
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One of America’s foremost baritones, Richard Zeller is internationally acclaimed for both his concert and opera roles. He is known for his sonorous dramatic voice, a compelling stage presence and outstanding musicianship.
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Mr. Zeller’s opera engagements have included 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera, including the title roles of many well known opera’s, e.g. Verdi’s Macbeth, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and Marcello in Puccini’s La Boheme, to name a few. He also has appeared in new works such as Ernesto in Bellini’s ll Pirata with Renee Fleming, in the lead role of Eddie in William Bolcom’s opera, A View from the Bridge, based on Arthur Miller’s play and as Chorebe in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, conducted by Maestro James Levine. His frequently performed Verdi baritone roles include Falstaff, Rigoletto, Macbeth, Conte Di Luna, Amonasro, Rodrigo, Don Carlo, Renato, and Simon Boccanegra.
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Mr. Zeller has sung with opera companies throughout Europe and Canada as well as in many regional opera companies in the USA. His concert engagements have included virtually all the major orchestras in the USA, Europe and Asia. He is celebrated for his interpretations of the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah which he has sung with the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and many others throughout the world. He has given over 100 performances each of Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah.
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MIM Festival Orchestra Soloists; Richard Zeller, baritone Gregory Vajda, conductor Program
Rosen auf den Suden (Roses from the South)..........Johann Strauss II Schatzwaltz (Treasure Waltz) Lagunen-Walzer (Lagoon Waltz) Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song)
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Weihnachtmusik (Wedding music)........................Arnold Schoenberg Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) ............................................................................................Gustav Mahler Richard Zeller, baritone Kaiserwaltz (Emperor Waltz).....................................Johann Strauss II (transcriptions by Webern, Berg, Schonberg)
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Johann Strauss II [1825-1899] TIME TRAVEL - - the Viennese waltz is grand music - - and it is also a state of mind. Now sit back and let yourself be transported to old Vienna - - the rhythmic beauty of the waltz, visiting homes of the great composers, the Prater Park Ferris wheel, Sacher Tortes at the Café Mozart, walking the Kartnerstrasse - - the idealized Vienna Life - -enjoy!! It all began with Johann Strauss I [1804-1849], who founded his own salon orchestra. Later, his son Johann II [or Junior] started his own orchestra - - aha, Father / Son competition!! A few years later, when dear old dad died, Junior merged the two orchestras with exceptional results. They toured Europe, Russia and England- - also an 1872 visit to the U.S. which was a monumental success. He wrote over 500 waltzes, polkas and marches, earning the title of the “Waltz King”. Tonight we celebrate his creativity with five enjoyable works - - the concluding number is his well known Emperor Waltz. Arnold Schoenberg [1874-1951 ] WHAT’S IN A NAME - - Schoenberg is a name that can bring
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shivers of consternation or enthusiastic anticipation to the average concertgoer. While he started out in a compositionally conventional way, he later broke with tradition and blazed a trail of “post romanticism” or “modern/expressionism”, if you prefer. In 1908 he began to liberate himself from tonality and the harmonic rule book This later evolved into his 12-tone period - - but lurking beneath all this was a soul of the Romantic period, as demonstrated by his 1921 Weihnachtmusick [Wedding Music] - - long melodic lines with brief touches of Brahms and even the Baroque. Gustav Mahler [1860-1911] DOWN WITH PROGRAM NOTES - - so proclaimed Gustav Mahler who went on to say, ”the audience should be left to its own thoughts….should not be forced to read…”, and so on and so on. His outburst was fully in keeping with the incredibly complex person that was Mahler - - a demanding perfectionist as a conductor who brought orchestras to greatness despite his despotic ranting and supercritical attitude - - and as a composer, his lieder and symphonies were continually raising the standards of creativity. His musical inclinations were quickly recognized and he gave his first public recital at age ten. He graduated from the Vienna Conservatory when he was 18 and assumed his first conducting position two years later. The year 1884 left Gustav in the wake of an unhappy love affair and to console himself, he wrote the musically magnificent lieder, Songs of a Wayfarer. He also wrote the text - - drippy and maudlin, but considering his romantic derailment we can excuse his dabbling in bathos. That same year he completed his Symphony No. 1. A poet - - hardly. A diplomat - - not at all. A composer of beauty, breadth and power - - a resounding yes!! You’re the man, Gus.
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MIM Festival Orchestra Soloists Gregory Vajda, conductor Program
Piano Trio #39 in G Major, “Gypsy Rondo”......... Franz Joseph Haydn Finale Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B flat, Op. II, I. ..........Beethoven Allegro con brio “Forellenquintet” (Trout Quintet) . ...............................Franz Schubert Theme and Variations Flute Quartet #1 in A, K.298.....................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Menuetto Waltz in G flat Major for Piano, Emperor Waltz.........Franz Schubert Emperor Waltz...............................................................Johann Strauss II Concert Notes
Franz Joseph Haydn- [1732-1809] He was known to many as “Papa” Haydn because of a tune taken from his Surprise Symphony. Actually, he had no children but was considered by many as the father of the symphonic form and the string quartet. You’ll love the Gypsy Rondo for Piano Trio No. 39 - - it really rocks!!!
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Ludwig van Beethoven-[1770-1827] From the master that brought you the Fifth Symphony [think da-dada-dum], here is the Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, an upbeat and happy blending of wind, strings and keyboard - - a real change of pace from his symphonies!! Franz Schubert-[1797-1828] He was a master of melody - very hummable!! He wrote hundreds of songs and many symphonies and chamber works. His Forellenquintet [The Trout Quintet] is one of his most popular pieces. And listen closely to the Waltz in G flat - - hear how he can almost make the piano sing with melody. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-[1756-1791] Wolfie started playing the harpsichord when he was four years old - and started concert tours of Europe just three years later. He waited until he was around 30 to write his Flute Quartet No.1. in A, K.298. [one of three]. We hear the Menuetto or dance movement from that very tuneful piece.
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Johann Strauss II-[1825-1899] Known as the Waltz King, he wrote over 500 waltzes, polkas and marches. Today, in his home town of Vienna, Austria, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with a gigantic concert that features his waltzes - it always sells out. And now the Emperor Waltz. Jack Roberts
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Songs ............................................................................ Robert Schumann Intermezzo Du bist wie eine Blume Mondnacht Widmung Richard Zeller, baritone Intermission
Songs...................................................................................Franz Schubert Standchen Du bist die Ruh’ Rastlose Liebe Richard Zeller, baritone Dirait on.........................................................................Morten Lauridsen Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale Songs..........................................................................................Hugo Wolf Heb’ auf dein blondes Haupt Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag erhoben Und willst du deinen Liebsten Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen Richard Zeller, baritone Amor de mi Alma.......................................................Z. Randall Stroope Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale Songs............................................................................... Johannes Brahms Botschaft Sapphische Ode Wir wandelten Meine Leibe is grun Richard Zeller, baritone O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose.....................................Rene Clausen Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale
Concert Notes
Johannes Brahms [1833-1897] A CHANGE OF PACE - - generally we think of Brahms in terms of symphonies, concertos and chamber works - - but then there is that incredible choral collection (originally for piano- four hands), the Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52 - - a set of 18 beautifully melodic and rhythmically entrancing works. These poetic and musical odes were written in 1874, while Johannes was carrying that excruciatingly heavy torch for Clara Schumann – just a torch, no hanky-panky - Clara was a “professional” widow. Ah, the Waltzes!! What a change in feeling from the same pen that gave us the fiery Hungarian Dances a few years earlier - - a true study in contrasts!! Franz Schubert [1797-1828] AFTER BEETHOVEN ?? - - “Who can do anything after Beethoven?”, said Schubert. and then went about achieving sublime creative heights, giving us 600 songs, nine symphonies, song cycles, great chamber works, piano sonatas, masses and much more - - each endowed with his unique lyricism and emotions. All this from one who had no conservatory training, but did have piano and violin lessons from his brother and father. He was tutored for a time by Antonio Salieri (you remember Salieri), and in 1810, the 13 year old Schubert wrote his first compositions - a piano fantasia and a string quartet - - and thereafter never stopped expressing himself through magnificent melody. A side note on Lieder: it is generally a song written to accompany poetry describing the beauty of nature, romance, tragedy, etc. Famous poets such as Goethe, Schiller and Heine were often used - - Mahler wrote some of his own words (should have stuck to the music). Typically Lied is composed for single voice and piano, but can also be for multiple voices or chorus and orchestra. Hugo Wolf [1860-1903] PROLIFIC PLUS - - Wolf is considered one of the greatest masters of the German Lied or art song with 300-500 songs to his credit (depending on the source). He entered the Vienna Conservatory of Music when he was 15, but was expelled after two years - - a lack of discipline so they said. Soon after he began writing songs - - experienced an unpleasant run-in with Brahms - - had a romantic affair with the wife of a Viennese Court jeweler - - was appointed second conductor of the Salzburg Orchestra (briefly and contentiously) and finally, became music critic of a weekly Viennese newspaper. He enjoyed his journalism gig, taking potshots at a number of composers that irritated him. After three years of this catharsis, he left the newspaper to compose full time. One of his major works was an eloquent set of 48 songs, The Italian Songbook. Many of his works were like short descriptive snapshots, others were longer and considered miniature symphonic poems. His last years were unhappy and damp - - he tried to drown himself as had Schumann and Berlioz - - all were unsuccessful. His last days were sadly spent confined in a mental hospital. And so it goes…….. Jack Roberts
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Romantic String Music March 27, Saturday, 2:00 PM
MIM Festival Strings Gregory Vajda, conductor Program
Capriccio, Op. 85: Introduction.....................................Richard Strauss Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (Transfigured Night)........ Arnold Schoenberg Intermission
Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703..................................... Franz Schubert Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 in B flat Major...............Ludwig van Beethoven Concert Notes
Richard Strauss [1864-1949] A PROUD FATHER - - Strauss’s father was Wagner’s most trusted horn player and he passed his love of the instrument to Richard, who started his compositional career with the Serenade in E-flat for 13 Wind Instruments at age 18. Then in 1888 he began his adventures into the world of tone poems - - 10 incredible examples of creativity and vision. His inspirations for many of his works were arcane, to say the least - - Nietzsche was the cornerstone for the tone poem, Thus Spake Zarathustra - -von Hofmannsthal’s libretto guided the opera Electra and Oscar Wilde’s play set up the opera, Salome - - unique teams often equal good results!! His operatic composing started in 1894 and on the third try he hit gold – Salome!! Tonight’s Capriccio – Introduction, was written in 1942 and was the last of his 15 operas, at least five of which are in the current international repertory. Arnold Schoenberg [1874-1951] TANGLED WEBS - - his first large scale and tonally accessible work, Transfigured Night, Op. No. 4, was written in 1899 and based on a beautifully sensitive poem by Richard Dehmel with themes of love, confession, understanding, forgiveness / transfiguration, love. Arnold was in love with Mathilde von Zemlinsky - - they married two years later (more on her brother when we meet Alma Mahler in the Summer program notes). Then, in 1907 Mathilde took off with a local artist and left Arnold with their two children. He was not amused and lost his tonality - completely. “The emancipation of dissonance”, was his term for his atonal rebirth, and the song-cycle “The Hanging Garden Book” - - talk about “Quantum shifts”!!
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Franz Schubert [1797-1828] HAT TRICK –in hockey it’s three goals by a player. For Schubert it was three unfinished works - - The Symphony No. 8 [Unfinished], the oratorio Lazarus and Quartettsatz in C minor. Written in 1820, it was originally intended to be a full string quartet in four movements. Franz stopped writing after a few measures into the second movement. Why? Perhaps he couldn’t maintain the intensity and dynamism established in the first movement. But, as with Symphony No. 8, let’s not worry about the “what ifs” and simply enjoy the beauty, structure and melody of the work. As musicologist Phillip Hale commented, “Let us be thankful that Schubert never finished his work. Possibly the lost arms of the Venus de Milo might disappoint if they were found.” Hmmm Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827] STAND ALONE – The Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 was originally the last movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op.130. His publisher requested a new fourth movement which resulted in Op. 133 being identified as an individual piece. The complexity and artistic demands on the performers are immense and the sustained urgency of the work places it in a singular position. It is one of his less accessible works, with complex fugal patterns and dissonances that truly signal the emergence of ‘new music’. Not surprising at all - - it was Beethoven!!! Jack Roberts
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MIM — Its Beginnings to the Present The first Music in the Mountains Summer Festival took place in June of 1982 after 14 months of planning. Originally operating under the auspices of City Opera, a nonprofit corporation founded in 1978 in San Francisco by Paul Perry and Terry Brown to perform little known works of opera, the purpose of City Opera was changed to produce a Summer Festival called Music in the Mountains (MIM). Utilizing the local volunteer chorus, the Golden Chain Chorale, already under the direction of Paul Perry, as the core of the Festival, professional musicians were hired from orchestras throughout the United States. That first Festival of fourteen concerts over ten days, including a free KinderKonzert, took place in St. Joseph’s Hall, with a capacity of 280, The Nevada Theatre, seating 250, and the American Victorian Museum (now Miners Foundry), seating 150. It included works for orchestra, chorus and chamber music all performed by this resident group of musicians. Since 2001 the majority of concerts have been presented at the 750 seat Amaral Family Festival Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. In 1985, the corporate name was changed from City Opera to Music in the Mountains, and the Golden Chain Chorale was renamed the Festival Chorale. In the 1994-95 season, the chamber concerts were consolidated into two “mini-fests” – one each in Fall and Spring. The Holiday Choral concerts were always a part of the schedule, presented in December. In 2009, our new Artistic Director and Conductor, Gregory Vajda, combined the Fall and Holiday concerts to present a WinterFest series in December.
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Wind Serenade March 28, Sunday, 7:30 PM
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Serenade in B flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita”.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Largo Allegro molto Menuetto Adagio Menuetto: Allegretto Romance: Adagio Theme with Variations Rondo: Allegro molto Intermission
Sonatina #1 in F Major................................................... Richard Strauss (From the Workshop of an Invalid) Allegro moderato Romance: Menuetto Allegro molto Concert Notes
WIND SERENADE A tender love song sung beneath a balcony – the old definition of a serenade. A melodic instrumental work, between a suite and symphony in scope – that was the way Mozart and R. Strauss thought of a serenade. No dreamy song here, no dozing allowed !!
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791] NO DIPLOMACY HERE – you don’t call the Archbishop of Salzburg, the “Arch-Oaf ”!! But Wolfie did - - it was part of the unraveling relationship between Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo and Mozart. It all started when the Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach, a strong supporter of Mozart, died in 1771. His replacement, Colloredo, had specific requirements for liturgical music and expected his requests be met, with no exceptions. Critical mass between the two was reached when Mozart over-stayed his leave in Munich. It was here, in early 1781, that he started Serenade in B-flat, K361, which was interrupted by a summons from “Archy” to return to Vienna, where he gave our hero the sack. Wolfie happily stayed in Vienna and completed the Serenade. The work, for 13 winds, has 7 movements, all of which overflow with melodies that range from song-like to ‘rockin’. It was given the premier performance by the great clarinetist, Anton Statler - - his brother was Principal clarinet for the Vienna Symphony (Stadler Brothers - - no, don’t think so, spelled differently anyway). Anton was particularly fond of the basset horn [a bit lower and a slightly different shape than the B-Flat clarinet.] and it was for him that Mozart later wrote the magnificent Concerto for Clarinet in A.
Richard Strauss [1864-1949] POP QUIZ – the name R. Strauss - -what is the first thing you think of? Tone poems like Till Eulenspiegel, the opera Der Rosenkavalier. Right on both counts. The Waltz King . No, wrong Strauss. He became famous (or infamous) thanks to tone poems and operas - but lurking in his compositional mind were always wind ensembles and concertos. It probably began through osmosis - - his father was a premier horn player and a favorite instrumentalist of Wagner. Both early and late in his career he “serenaded” his listeners with works such as tonight’s Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden [Sonatina #1 in F]. Written in 1943, it is among his last five chamber works. For much of his career he was a celebrated conductor, with a precise and demanding manner (an outlet, I’m sure from his domineering wife, Pauline). The comic opera, Der Rosenkavalier, written in 1911, was a definite high point in his career and was enthusiastically embraced by the public. There hadn’t been a good German comic opera since Wagner’s Die Meistersinger - - in opera speak, “comic” means everybody doesn’t die in the last act. His long suffering librettist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, was an excellent collaborator and the ongoing battle between “what’s more important – words or music?” was the basic premise for Strauss’s last opera, Cappricio. No resolution to the battle was forthcoming in the last act !!
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MIM Past Board of Directors Past Board Members Jerry Ames, 1981-94 Sherry Bartolucci, 2000-02 Elizabeth Bennett, 1992-94 (deceased) Marguerite Blickenstaff, 1983-97 Michael Bodourian, 1993-99 (deceased) David A. Breninger, 1984-88 P. Scott Browne, 1993-2005 John Casey, Jr., 1983-84 Kathryn Clauset, 1981-93 (deceased) Pat Cobler, 1981-83 Helen Conrey, 1996-2000 Seanne Courtney, 2003-05 Jacque Cowgill, 2004-06 Terry Crane, 1993-95 Jack Crombie, 1992-95 Tom Cross, 2000-02 Helen “Hank” Daggett, 1988-2001 Suzie Daggett, 1984-89, 92-93 John Darlington, 1985-89 Ken Dean, 1988-89 Betty Deane, 1981-91 (deceased) Gayle Denney, 1985-92 Chris Dickman, 1981-98 Madelyn DiMugno, 1994-2005
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Polly Dodds, 1983-94, 2002-05 Jan Doting, 2001-2003 Jean Brook Dunning, 1993-95 (deceased) Charles Dusenbury DDS, 1984-90 Larry Elliott, 2001-2004 Beverly Erickson, 1981-95 Doris Felts, 2003-04 Geraldine Flaherty, 1989-90 Christine Foster, 1997-2000 Roberta Frank, 1996-97 Scott Fritz, 2001-02 Elizabeth Fry, 1983-92 Marian Gallaher, 1988-93, 1998-2007 Michael Good, 1983-84 Larry Goodfriend, 1994-2001 Mary Grayeb, 1996-2002 William Griffin, 1988-90 (deceased) David Griswold, 1992-2001 (deceased) David Heppe, 1993-96 Judy Hess, 1992-93 MacKenzie Hild, 2008-09 Michael Hill-Weld, 1999-2001 Kathy Hillis, 1991-2006 Herbert Inskip, 1983-86 (deceased) Aileen James, 2002-05
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Rev. Richard O. Johnson, 1987-93 Sarah Johnson, 2004-05 Dieter Juli, 2002-07 Joseph M. Kandell, 1998-2001 Nancy Kendrick, 1984-87 Laura Keranen, 1997 -2007 (deceased) James F. King, 1984-85 Holly Kraemer, 1994-99 Norman Label MD, 1990-92 Dennis Lance MD, 1986-92 Don Lawson, 2004-06 Robert Libutti, 2003 Sue Longan, 1986-90 Anthony Loughran, 1981-87 Jean Loughran, 1981-89 Del Lunde, 1991-98 Hank Mack, 1990-96 Linda Marschall, 2001-07 Jim Maxwell, 1994-99, 2002 (deceased) Robin Mayforth, 2008-09 Bob McAfee, 2008-09 Terence K. McAteer, 1998-2001 Arch McPherson (Honorary) (deceased) Jo McProud, 1981-84 Clarence McProud, 1981-84 Dorla Menmuir, 1983-86 Wendell Meyer, 2000-02
Beth Moorhead, 1987-90 Adrienne Morrish, 1983-84 Vince Mutascio, 2005-2008 Mark Narveson, 1995, 98-2001 Allen Ostrofe, 1991-96 Ladell Payne, 2000-01 Paul Perry, 1981-82 Wayne Pittenger, 1999-2001, 2002-07 Corinne Pryor, 1982-84, 87-92 Gay Pryor, 1982-84 (deceased) Beverly Riddle, 2004-2006 Diane Robertson, 2001-2006 Lois Robinson, 1997-99 Jo Lynn Samuelson, 1981-83 Roger Sanford, 2004-09 Keith Schoendoerfer, 2001-04 Mac Small, Jr, 2006-07 William Smith, 1995-98 Betty Stiving, 1997-99 Morgan Stoltz, 1991-94, 2002 Connie Stone, 1983-86, 90-96 James Stradinger, 1985-92 Mark Strate, 2002-07 Chris Stritzinger, 1982-83 Fran Stritzinger, 1982-84 Barbara Swisher, 2007-2009 Bill Tuttle, 1984-85 (deceased) John van der Veen, 1981-92
Judy van der Veen, 1981-83 Sue Vardon, 2000-01 Pat Vixie, 1987-88 Sarah Wagster, 1996-99 Josephine Ward, 1981-83 Bill Wetherall, 1983-88 Dick Wiebe, 1998-2001, 2003-04 Ann Wilder, 2001-04 Helen Williamsen, 1981-82 John Woodford, 1996-2001 Annie Wright, 1993-2001