Slatkin Conducts Gershwin!
Saturday, November 9th, 2024 at 7:30pm
Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Storm Large, soprano / The Hudson Shad Quartet, vocal ensemble
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
George Gershwin (1839-1916)
Overture to Candide
The Seven Deadly Sins Sloth Pride Anger Gluttony Lust Covetousness
Envy Epilogue
Storm Large, soprano
The Hudson Shad Quartet, vocal ensemble
Mark Bleeke, tenor
Eric Edlund, baritone
Peter Becker, bass/baritone
Wilbur Pauley, bass
~ INTERMISSION ~
Symphony No. 2, op. 132 (“Mysterious Mountain”)
Andante con moto
Double Fugue: Moderato maestoso – Allegro vivo
Andante espressivo: Con moto
An American in Paris
This performance is made possible by the generous support of Jeri and Rick Crawford.
Programs and artists are subject to change. The use of recording devices in the concert hall is strictly prohibited.
LEONARD SLATKIN, Artistic Consultant
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Artistic Consultant to the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
To celebrate his 80th birthday, he is returning to orchestras he led as Music Director, including the DSO, ONL, SLSO, and National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, DC). Additional 2024-25 highlights include the New York Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Philharmonia, National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Jersusalem Symphony, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Moreover, his composition Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy and his arrangement of Scarlatti keyboard sonatas are receiving world premieres this season.
Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 35 nominations. Naxos recently reissued Vox audiophile editions of his SLSO recordings featuring the works of Gershwin, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev. Other Naxos recordings include Slatkin Conducts Slatkin—a compilation of pieces written by generations of his family—as well as works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Berlioz, Copland, Borzova, McTee, and Williams.
A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton. He received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business (2012), which was followed by Leading Tones (2017) and Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021). His latest books are Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (Rowman & Littlefield, spring 2024) and Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century (fall 2024), comprising essays that supplement the score-study process. For more information, visit leonardslatkin.com.
STORM LARGE, soprano
Storm Large shot to national fame in 2006 as a finalist on Rock Star: Supernova and continues to tour internationally with a devoted fan base. Her career spans music, acting, and writing, with highlights including performances with Pink Martini and major symphonies such as the New York Pops, BBC Symphony, and Oregon Symphony. Storm’s acclaimed memoir Crazy Enough became a hit one-woman show, a bestselling book, and won the 2013 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction.
Storm has worked with artists like k.d. lang and Rufus Wainwright, and her album Le Bonheur showcases her unique interpretations of the American Songbook. She continues to captivate audiences with her dynamic stage presence and powerful voice.
THE HUDSON SHAD QUARTET, vocal ensemble
Hudson Shad, a six-man ensemble (five singers and a pianist), officially debuted in 1992 but traces its roots to 1977 when three members performed at Carnegie Hall. They gained prominence for their performances of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, with more than 100 performances worldwide, including collaborations with Marianne Faithfull, Ute Lemper, and Storm Large. They have recorded the work with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic, among others.
The group has also performed Where the Wild Things Are by Oliver Knussen and developed an English translation of Stravinsky’s Renard. Hudson Shad has appeared with prestigious orchestras like the Oregon Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, and Shanghai Symphony, and they starred in Band in Berlin on Broadway. Their members include Mark Bleeke (tenor), Eric Edlund (baritone), Peter Becker (bass/ baritone), and Wilbur Pauley (bass).
PROGRAM NOTES
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) — Candide Overture (1956)
American Leonard Bernstein lived a varied career, becoming known not only as a composer, but also as a celebrated conductor and passionate educator. He skyrocketed to fame in November 1943, after substituting at the last moment to conduct a national broadcast of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He left his assistant conducting position with the New York Philharmonic shortly after, but his relationship with the orchestra did not end there. In 1958 he was appointed Music Director of the New York PO, becoming the youngest and first American-born music director to hold the position. During this time, he cultivated his largely impactful educational programs, which included broadcast Young People’s Concerts and concerts specifically narrated and televised for adults.
Bernstein’s compositional career culminated with the completion of his dramatic works Candide and West Side Story. These masterpieces premiered approximately nine months apart. West Side Story has become a treasured American classic, a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet that we all know and love. While generally successful, Candide did not have the same immediate success, running for only 73 performances initially. The operetta is based on text by Voltaire, with the libretto written by Lillian Hellman. Over the years, several revisions were attempted, some using different text, with the final 1989 version gaining Bernstein’s approval. Throughout all of these versions, one of the constants is this brilliant overture.
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) — The Seven Deadly Sins (1933)
German composer Kurt Weill was part of the Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity movement. Originating in art but quickly adopted by composers, this movement saw a rise in music that was objective and drew from familiar elements such as jazz, popular music, and Classical and Baroque traditions, making the music more accessible and relatable to contemporary times.
Weill is largely known for his operas and Broadway productions, working closely with librettist Bertolt Brecht for many of his works. The Seven Deadly Sins was the last of these major collaborations and was composed just months after Weill and his wife, Lotte Lenya, fled Nazi Germany. The libretto is satirical in nature and elements of New Objectivity can be found throughout the piece. This sung ballet centers around two sisters, Anna I and Anna II. Anna I is portrayed by the singer; Anna II by the dancer. It is heavily implied by the family (portrayed by the male quartet) that these sisters are really the split personalities of one girl. Through the course of the piece, the sisters visit seven American cities and encounter a different sin in each location.
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) — Symphony No. 2, op.132 ‘Mysterious Mountain’ (1955)
American-born composer Alan Hovhaness is one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century, with over 400 surviving works. Much of his music has a religious nature, inspired by his early fascination with meditation and mysticism. His style is also largely characterized by the use of counterpoint, Renaissance components, complex rhythmic patterns, and East Asian elements.
‘Mysterious Mountain’ was composed during Hovhaness’s third stylistic period. The first movement is heavily inspired by Western hymns, creating a celestial air, accentuated by the twinkling of the celeste. The second movement begins in such a way that is reminiscent of a Renaissance motet. Later in the movement one can hear Hovhaness’ contrapuntal genius at work, as the fugue builds to a climax. The hymnlike-quality returns in the third movement, as the orchestra takes the listener on one last heavenly journey
George Gershwin (1898-1937) — An American in Paris (1928)
Known as one of the most gifted 20th-century American composers, George Gershwin first made a name for himself as a song plugger on Tin Pan Alley. Soon after he began writing popular songs and Broadway music with his brother Ira, before entering the classical world and becoming the leading American composer across both genres. One of the most distinguishing features of Gershwin’s music is his ability to blend popular and classical elements into exciting compositions, as illustrated by his most famous work, Rhapsody in Blue.
An American in Paris is no exception to his stylistic brilliance. The piece is rife with rhythmic vitality and syncopation, jazz and blues elements, and melodies that range from declamatory to highly lyrical. Gershwin included instruments rarely seen in the orchestra, including saxophones and taxi horns, which play a prominent role. Gershwin composed this work shortly after his visit to Paris in 1926. The piece begins with a walking theme, which later returns to signal the end of the work.
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