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SummerFest
41ST ANNUAL
JUNE 18-JULY 9
2022
Three weeks, seven concerts,
hundreds of musicians and
transformative music experiences
for the whole family!
For tickets and information, visit
musicinthemountains.org
or call (530) 265-6124
WELCOME
Table of Contents
We are thrilled to welcome you to our 41st consecutive
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SummerFest! Every summer since 1982, our community has come
In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 together to celebrate great music.
Terry Brown, our founding Executive Director, once described
Opening Night in the Garden . . . . . . .7
SummerFest as “a sudden flush of exuberance.” He explained that,
Brahms’ Requiem & like mushrooms (Yes! He compared us to mushrooms) staff and
V. Williams Lark Ascending . . . . . . . .9 volunteers worked hard and out-of-sight for months culminating in
Vivialdi’s Ring of Mystery . . . . . . . . .14 a sudden flush of exuberance that leaves audiences covered in
goosebumps and chills, and overcome by joy-filled tears.
A Trip to the Highlands . . . . . . . . . . .17 We have packed this festival full of moments and experiences
Pirates of the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . .21 you won’t want to miss. Music that will speak to your soul and
transform you. Travel to Scotland, Venice, Hollywood and sail the
Happy Birthday USA . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
seven seas without leaving the comfort of Grass Valley this summer.
MIM Chorus & Core Orchestra . . . . .24 You’ll enjoy Grammy nominees, Quartet San Francisco with the
Brass, Brats & Brews . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Sierra Nevada Mountains as a backdrop, and one week later meet
up-and-coming award-winning violinist, Shannon Lee as she plays
MIM Board, Staff & Volunteers . . . .28 your emotions into the sky like a Lark Ascending. The chorus has
Our Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 been rehearsing for months to sing the world’s beloved Human
Requiem, as it was nicknamed by its composer Brahms. Children
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
and adults alike will delight in the story of Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery,
Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 our Free children’s concert. And for those of you who would like to
experience the Scottish Highlands through music, Ryan has
programmed a Trip to the Highlands with world-renowned Scottish
fiddler, Alasdair Fraser.
For our last three concerts, we’ll move outside to the Nevada
County Fairgrounds. Climb aboard the Black Pearl if ye dare for an
adventure on the high seas as our orchestra and chorus perform
live to the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
131 S. Auburn Street Grab your picnic and your best red, white and blue finery for our
Grass Valley, CA 95945 celebration of uniquely American music. And finally, we are
(530) 265-6173 Business departing from our tradition of ending on July 3rd to bring you
(530) 265-6124 Box Office toe-tapping fun with the Joe Mazzeferro Big Band on July 9th at the
musicinthemountains.org Fairgrounds’ Pine Tree Stage.
Business Hours: By appointment Here at Music in the Mountains, we believe our job is to
Box Office Hours: Tues.-Fri., 12-4pm transport you to another world with transformative musical
experiences. We ask that during the festival you share your stories,
MISSION STATEMENT so your friends and family can experience this great music too.
Our mission is to inspire, engage, and
connect our community through Sincerely,
extraordinary musical experiences.
• We provide transformative music by Ryan Murray, Artistic Director & Conductor
presenting inspirational concert experiences. Jenny Darlington-Person, Executive Director
• We present accessible education programs Judith Ciphers, Board President
for everyone.
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IN MEMORIAM
Ewart Hadden Thresh Marguerite Blickenstaff
III “Butch” Marguerite Blickenstaff, who passed away
on January 20, 2022, served on the MIM
Ewart Hadden Thresh III “Butch”,
Board from 1983-1997 and was Board
who passed away peacefully with
President from 1991-1994. In 1999 she
his family by his side on December was honored with the Maestro Award for
7, 2021 at the age of 83. Butch was all her leadership, volunteer and monetary
courageous, and felt it was impor- gifts to MIM. She sang with the Music in the Mountians
tant to share that given the progres- Chorus and its precursor the Golden Chain Chorale for 36
sion of his cancer, he elected to years along with her husband Harold until his death in 2012.
participate in California’s Death The dynamic duo, Harold and Marguerite, worked for
with Dignity option. many years as a team on Production, building sets and
Butch was born in San Francisco schlepping things around. After resigning from the Board,
on March 23, 1938. He lived his Marguerite was hired to do Advertising Sales for MIM which
she did until retiring in December 2000.
early life in San Luis Obispo, Berkeley and Oakland, graduating
In addition to MIM, Marguerite was involved with many
from Oakland High School. After high school, he spent eight
other community organizations such as KVMR, Nevada Theatre,
years in the U.S. Air Force. Hospitality House and Planned Parenthood.
Butch then continued his college education, attending
various universities including UC Berkeley. He eventually Jan Doting
obtained a special education teaching credential. Butch loved
Jan Doting was a tireless volunteer for
teaching. He spent his career educating students facing Music in the Mountains over many years,
challenges at Milhous Boys Ranch, Grizzly Hill School, and including a stint as President of our volunteer
Sierra Mountain High School in Grass Valley. organization, known as the Allegro Alliance
Music in the Mountains was extremely important to Butch. when she was president and today called the
He spent many hours attending concerts and volunteering. He, Music in the Mountains Alliance. Her cheerful
along with wife Virginia, received the Maestro Award in 2002, and gracious manner was a presence at many events and in
MIM’s highest recognition for his gifts of time, talent and the office, filling in wherever needed. She was not afraid to
treasure. He was instrumental in erecting the outdoor MIM pitch in and “get her hands dirty” and could often be seen
SummerFest tent for many years and was always available to fixing food and washing dishes even while chairing an event.
She was a recipient of a Maestro Award, in recognition of her
help in any way.
many donations of time, talent and treasure.
Mary Stradinger
Mary Stradinger, wife of MIM Past President Jim Stradinger,
passed away on January 5, 2021. She was a gracious hostess
SAVE THE DATES
for various MIM events and a major donor along with Jim. A
former elementary school teacher, Mary was an active MIM Gala
community member volunteering for Interfaith Food and
Hospice of the Foothills.
Halloween
Jim Swisher
Masquerade Ball
Jim and his wife, Barbara began volunteer- OCTOBER 22
ing for MIM in 1999. In the twenty-two years The Center for the Arts
that he volunteered for MIM, he held numerous
positions and volunteered for almost every
benefit event MIM sponsored, including the
home tour, golf tournament, Foothills Celebration, and
BrewFest. He was an active member of the MIM Alliance, most 2ND ANNUAL
recently serving as its financial advisor. For five years, he was
the chairperson of the Great Giveaway at both SummerFest MARCH 4,
and BrewFest. In 2018, Jim and Barbara were named the MIM 2023
Volunteers of the Year for their years of dedicated service to The Center for the Arts
MIM's mission and programs.
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JUNE 18 PROGRAM & NOTES
OPENING NIGHT IN THE GARDEN
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday, June 18
Nyumbani: Julia Amaral & Mark Strate’s Garden
5:30 p.m. Drinks & appetizers with
Quartet San Francisco
6:30 p.m. Dinner served
7:15 p.m. Concert with Quartet San Francisco
QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO the Brubeck Room in the Wilton (Conn.) Látigo (Violinjazz Recordings, 2006), was
Library, the Mendocino Music Festival, in honored with Grammy nominations for Best
Non-traditional in their delivery, QSF concert with the Marin Symphony and Bob Classical Crossover and Best Engineered,
redefines the sound of chamber music. "When Weir of The Grateful Dead in San Rafael, Calif., Classical. The quartet members were again
the music says swing, we swing. When the the Bay Area’s Peninsula Symphony, the Tulsa Classical Crossover Grammy nominees for
music says groove, we groove." Symphony, and the San Jose Chamber Whirled Chamber Music (Violinjazz
Grammy nominees for four CD releases Orchestra. They have appeared at the Corning Recordings, 2007),"…what could easily be
(2013, 2009, 2007, and 2006) and Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y., Troy Music the most cheerful and brilliantly-executed
International Tango competition winners (New Hall in Troy, N.Y., Herbst Theatre in San release of 2007"–Judith Schlesinger, All
York, 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses Francisco, Café Tortoni in Buenos Aires, About Jazz.
itself in its agility and standout virtuosic Portland (Ore.) Friends of Chamber Music,
playing. Quartet San Francisco was founded in the La Jolla Music Society, Martha's Vineyard
2001 by celebrated Bay Area violinist and Chamber Music Society Summer Music
composer-arranger Jeremy Cohen. Along with Festival, University of Vermont Lane Series,
violinist Joseph Christianson, violist Chad San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, St. Peter's
Kaltinger, and cellist Andrés Vera, these Church in New York, N.Y., Dumbarton Concert
crossover specialists excel in multiple styles Series in Washington, D.C., Manhattan School
— from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to of Music, Berklee College of Music, The
bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and Jazzschool in Berkeley, Ford Amphitheatre in
beyond. Los Angeles, San Francisco Performances,
Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival, and
San Francisco has offered its groundbreaking the University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Festival
literature to local, national and international at Mills College in Oakland, Calif.
audiences in performing arts centers, tango QSF’s September 2018 CD release, A QSF
and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and Journey (Reference Recordings), features new
classrooms. In 2002 the quartet began its on- chamber music from Jeremy Cohen, Helmut
stage collaborations with tango dancers Lipsky, and Giovanni Sollima, and showcases
Sandor and Parissa. world music and the lyrical leanings of the THANK YOU TO OUR
Quartet San Francisco recently toured group. Their 2013 disc, Pacific Premieres:
Italy, China, South Korea, Japan, and Turkey, New Works by California Composers
UNDERWRITERS
George & Jo Ann Rebane
performing in Cremona, San Giovanni in (Violinjazz Recordings), received two
Galdo, Seoul, Tokyo, Hyogo, Sanda, and composer Grammy nominations (Gordon SPONSORS
Istanbul. Recent U.S. appearances include the Goodwin and Vince Mendoza). In 2010 the Meyers Investment Group of Baird
Monterey Jazz Festival, Napa Valley Opera quartet and its engineers were awarded two Grass Valley Brewing Company
House, Berkeley Art Museum, Hopkins Center Grammy nominations for their release QSF
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JUNE 24 PROGRAM & NOTES
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM and
V. WILLIAMS LARK ASCENDING
MIM CHORUS & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Friday, June 24, 7 p.m.
The Center for the Arts
The Lark Ascending Ralph Vaughan Williams
Shannon Lee, Violin
German Requiem Johannes Brahms
Arranged for chamber ensemble by Joachim Linckelmann
Carrie Hennessey, Soprano
Efrain Solis, Baritone EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, OP. 45
Johannes Brahms
I. Blessed are they that mourn
II. For all flesh is as grass As for the title, I must admit I should like to leave out the word
III. Lord, teach me “German” and refer instead to “Humanity”.
INTERMISSION —Johannes Brahms
IV. How lovely are thy dwelling places While struggling with his own fear of death, Brahms endeavored to
V. You now have sorrow create something new. An alternative to the traditional Requiem Mass if you
VI. For here we have no abiding place will. Instead of centering the work around the usual liturgical texts that
VII. Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord invoked fear and judgment, Brahms grounded the text in passages of hope,
solace and comfort. He also deviated from the standard use of Latin and
UNDERWRITERS composed the piece in his native German. The result is a groundbreaking
requiem of universal appeal that transcends national and religious borders
George & Jo Ann Rebane
and unites its audience.
SPONSORS Brahms, a Lutheran by birth, did not attend church. And while the
Meyers Investment Group of Baird message in his Requiem is theistic, it is not specifically Christain. In fact, it
does not mention Christ or Jesus once. Brahms’ response when he was
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Petrasic Dental hall than the church. In 1950, more than 50 years after Brahms’ death,
Holbrooke Hotel Schoenberg wrote an essay titled, “Brahms the Progressive,” which gave the
Full Circle Financial Requiem significant popular momentum.
Commonwealth Financial THE INSPIRATION
Foothill Flowers There are several theories as to what inspired Brahms to compose the
work. Many cite the fact that Brahms was deeply affected by the suicide of
EIN DEUTCHES REQUIEM, OP. 45 his mentor and surrogate father figure Robert Schumann. The fact that the
AT-A-GLANCE
first sketches were started shortly after Schumann’s death in 1856 is further
proof of this motive. He even later wrote to a friend, “I felt in my inmost
Composed: 1856-1868 heart that it should be sung for [Schumann].”
However, the work took more than ten years to finish, and his mother’s
Length: approx. 70 minutes death seems to have been the catalyst for him to complete it. The Requiem
Orchestration: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, was perhaps as much a vehicle for Brahms to come to terms with his
horn, timpani, and strings difficult childhood and his challenging relationship with his mother, as it
World premiere: Feb, 18, 1868. Carl Reinecke was anything else. Brahms added the fifth movement, “Ye now are
conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. sorrowful,” to honor his mother.
Brahms was also saddened by the loss of life during the Franco-Prussian
Program Notes by Jenny Darlington-Person
War, which likely also inspired the Requiem. Laid over all of these
Music in the Mountains SummerFest Program 2022 9
JUNE 24 PROGRAM NOTES continued
motivations was Brahms’ lifelong fear of colored with the dark tones of the violas,
death. He wrote many works contemplating cellos & timpani. The chorus answers with the
THE TEXT
1.
death and mortality. In fact, after he confidence that while life is frail and fleeting, Blessed are they that mourn,
composed Four Serious Songs where the the answer lies in faith: “My hope is in Thee.” for they shall be comforted.
baritone sings “O death how bitter are you, “
he refused to hear public performances of the Movement 4 They who sow in tears,
work. Perhaps his “Human” Requiem was his At the center of the Requiem we find shall reap in joy.
attempt at confronting and even coming to comfort in the warmth of home. The soft light Go forth and cry,
terms with his own mortality. of the woodwinds creates an ethereal glow as bearing precious seed,
the choir sings, “How lovely is Thy dwelling and come with joy
The reality is that Brahms was likely
bearing their sheaves
inspired by not one, but all of these factors. place.” The tempo remains slow but the
The result is a work of universal appeal that is dance-like quality of the orchestration evokes 2.
also a deeply personal tribute to those Brahms For all flesh is as grass,
the majesty of Heaven. This is the shortest but
loved and lost. and the glory of man
arguably most popular movement. like flowers.
The grass withers
THE MUSIC Movement 5
and the flower falls.Therefore be patient,
Brahms crafted the Requiem to alternate This is the high-point in the Requiem, or
dear brothers,
between texts offering comfort and those in Biblical terms, the mountain top experience. for the coming of the Lord.
confronting life’s frailty. In the center– The soprano soloist soars through the heavens Behold, the husbandman waits
movement 4–we dwell in the house of the haloed by the high woodwinds. Gone is the for the delicious fruits of the earth
Lord, and at the end, we rest from our hard darkness of the low strings and timpani. The and is patient for it, until he receives
work. The result is a symmetry in the thematic music parallels the theme and codas of the the morning rain and evening rain.
first and last movements, but offers light But the word of the Lord endures for eternity.
structure.
instead of despair. This movement was added The redeemed of the Lord will come again,
Movement 1 by Brahms after his mother’s death, and and come to Zion with a shout;
A calm and resigned tone is set in the invokes the feeling of a mother comforting her eternal joy shall be upon her head;
beginning. The pulsing of low strings with children; “Your joy no one shall take from you.” They shall take joy and gladness,
violins, piccolo and clarinets removed, creates and sorrow and sighing must depart
a rich sound conveying the gravity of the Movement 6 3.
occasion. The chorus begins singing text from Tension and drama permeate the sixth Lord, teach me
the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are they movement. Apocalyptic judgment is upon us, That I must have an end,
that mourn.” but it is unclear whether it will bring final And my life has a purpose,
freedom or eternal torment. and I must accept this. Behold, my days are as
Movement 2 a handbreadth before Thee,
The second movement is a funeral march Movement 7 and my life is as nothing before Thee.
And finally, rest. The gently moving orchestra Alas, as nothing are all men,
with throbbing triplets in the percussion
cradles the chorus at a slow steady pace. We but so sure the living.
section. The choir sings at first anxiously of find comfort and solace that our loved ones They are therefore like a shadow,
life’s fleeting nature. “Behold all flesh is as the are steady and at peace in God’s embrace. The and go about vainly in disquiet;
grass...that with’reth.” But the winds intercede high soaring soprano lines invoke the image they collect riches, and do not know
in the middle and the choir sings of “joy and of the angels in heaven welcoming them to who will receive them.
gladness. Until, the funeral march and the their final rest. “Blessed are the dead which Now, Lord, how can I console myself?
tympanic triplets return for the movement’s die in the Lord henceforth. Yea, says the My hope is in Thee.
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and The righteous souls are in God’s hand
tranquil conclusion.
their works do follow them.” and no torment shall stir them
Movement 3 continued next page...
The third movement is a dramatic REFERENCES
www.phoenixchorale.org/concerts/program-notes-brahms-requiem/
dialogue between the chorus and the baritone
www.indianapolissymphony.org/backstage/program-notes/brahms-a-german-requiem/
soloist. The baritone protagonist gives a www.nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1819/Brahms-Ein-deutsches-Requiem.pdf
desperate fearful plea for God about the frailty houstonsymphony.org/brahms-german-requiem/
and even futility of life. The orchestra again is www.classical-music.com/features/works/brahmss-german-requiem-text/
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EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, OP. 45 THE LARK ASCENDING And ever winging up and up,
Our valley is his golden cup
The Text continued... Ralph Vaughan Williams And he the wine which overflows
4. to lift us with him as he goes.
How lovely are thy dwelling places, 2022 marks the 150th year anniversary Till lost on his aërial rings
O Lord of Hosts! of Ralph Vaughan Williams birthday. So, it is In light, and then the fancy sings.
My soul requires and yearns for fitting that this year The Lark Ascending
—From the preface of the score for
the courts of the Lord; topped the Classical FM Hall of Fame as The Lark Ascending
My body and soul rejoice listeners’ favorite piece of classical music.
The piece was inspired by Victorian poet In Vaughan Williams’ Lark Ascending,
in the living God. George Meredith’s poem by the same name. the lark is played by the violin soloist
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; The work for string instruments is meant to (played in MIM’s concert by Shannon Lee).
they praise you forever It sometimes mimics the skylark’s singing in
conjure in the listener’s mind images of a
5. lark ascending in the British countryside. rhapsodic passages, but also introduces
You now have sorrow; Meredith’s poem describes the sight of a thematic material. Williams also used
but I shall see you again lark as it climbs higher and higher while themes from English folk music. Music
and your heart shall rejoice singing continuously. The bird climbs almost scholars point to this as Williams' lamenting
and your joy no one shall take from you. straight up in the air and then hovers, only the loss of pastoral life after the war. Not the
Behold me: to keep repeating the process until the rose-colored-glasses wearing nostalgia, but
I have had for a little time toil and torment, one born of pain and the search for
viewer can no longer see the bird. Other
and now have found great consolation. transcendence from earthly tribulations.
English poets were also captivated by this
I will console you, The song was originally composed in
bird. Wordsworth called it the “ethereal
as one is consoled by his mother 1914 for violin and piano. Williams later
minstrel” and Shelly the “Blithe Spirit.” In
reimagined the romantic duet for orchestra
6. Meredith’s poem the lark is a metaphor for after spending time as an orderly in WWI.
For we have here no continuing city, rural life: “Vaughan Williams’s lark is at once an
but we seek the future. He rises and begins to round, instinctual voice of Nature and a man-made
Behold, I show you a mystery: He drops the silver chain of sound, artifact [that] offers a rare glimpse of
We shall not all sleep, Of many links without a break, eternity’s sunrise.”
but we all shall be changed In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake. Here is a link to the poem The Lark
and suddenly, in a moment, For singing till his heaven fills, Ascending by George Meredith:
at the sound of the last trombone. ’Tis love of earth that he instills, https://allpoetry.com/The-Lark-Ascending
For the trombone shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
Then shall be fulfilled
The word that is written: THE LARK ASCENDING
Death is swallowed up in victory.
O Death, where is thy sting?
AT-A-GLANCE
O Hell, where is thy victory? Composed: 1814
Lord, Thou art worthy to receive all Length: approx. 15 minutes
praise, honor, and glory, Orchestration: 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns,
for Thou hast created all things, triangle, and strings
and through Thy will
World premiere: June 14, 1921. Adrian Boult conducted the
they have been and are created
British Symphony Orchestra.
7. Program notes by: Jenny Darlington-Person
Blessed are the dead
that die in the Lord REFERENCES:
from henceforth
www.theportobelloorchestra.co.uk/ProgrammeNotes/VaughanWilliamsTheLarkAscending.php
Yea, saith the spirit,
that they rest from their labors, www.californiasymphony.org/2021-22-season/program-notes-take-flight/
and their works shall follow them www.seattlesymphony.org/en/beyond-the-stage/program-notes-hope-harmony
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CARRIE HENNESSEY soprano @symberellaphoto
EFRAIN SOLIS baritone TAI MURRAY violin
Known for her soaring voice and richly The San Francisco Chronicle exclaims, Violinist Tai Murray has been described by
nuanced characters, soprano Carrie Hennessey “For theatrical charisma and musical bravado, The Philadelphia Inquirer as “a violinist with
is consistently thrilling audiences and critics it would be hard to top the performance of more than technique on her mind” and a
in opera and concert appearances around the baritone Efraín Solís.” He is a graduate of the musician of “exceptional assurance and
world. As Kát’á in Kát’á Kabanová, “in a vivid San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship where style.” A winner of the 2004 Avery Fisher
he sang his first performances of Papageno in Career Grant, Murray has appeared in recital
star turn in the title role...brought a wondrous
Die Zauberflöte, Dandini in La cenerentola, and with major ensembles around the world
blend of silvery tone and sinuous phrasing to Schaunard in La bohème, Silvano in Un ballo including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,
her assignment...Hennessey’s performance in maschera, Sciarrone in Tosca, and Prince Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish
touched perfectly on Katya’s anxiety, joys and Yamadori in Madame Butterfly. In the 2020-21 Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony
uncertainty, all through a surge of Puccinian season, he joins Opera San Jose and Florida Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
lyricism.”–Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Grand Opera as Charlie in Heggie’s Three She has been named a BBC Radio 3 New
Chronicle. Decembers and Utah Opera as Escamillo in La Generation Artist and has been a member of
The 2022/2023 season kicks off with tragédie de Carmen. Chamber Music Society II at Lincoln Center
Opera and Interstellar Voices with the In recent seasons he joined Houston for the Performing Arts. In addition to touring
Grand Opera, New York City Opera, and El with Musicians from Marlboro, Murray has
Camellia Symphony, the Brahms’ Requiem and
Paso Opera as Mark in Martinez’s Cruzar la performed at the BBC Proms, Chamber Music
Happy Birthday, USA! with the Music in the cara de la luna, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette Society of Lincoln Center, Great Lakes
Mountains Chorus and Orchestra, and with Utah Opera, Opera Carolina, Virginia Chamber Music Festival, IMS Prussia Cove,
appearances with the Bear Valley Music Opera, and Toledo Opera, Figaro in Le nozze John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Festival and the Auburn Symphony. di Figaro with Opera Memphis and Livermore Arts, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and
Recent engagements include the title role Valley Opera, Slook in La cambiale di West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
in Kát’á Kabanová by Leoš Janáček and her matrimonio with Nicholas McGegan A 2012 recipient of the Sphinx Organiza-
illuminating the comic, awkward, and conducting Philharmonia Baroque, El Payador tion’s Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Murray is
in Piazzola’s Maria de Buenos Aires with dedicated to championing music by living
vulnerable Rose in At the Statue of Venus
Opera Southwest, Golaud in Pelléas et composers. “Celebrating the music of today is
accompanied on piano by composer Jake Mélisande and Glass’ Hydrogen Jukebox with hugely important, and making heard
Heggie. Ms. Hennessey performed the West Edge Opera, Fiesque in Maria di Rohan contemporary composers of every visual
inaugural season of the Capitol Public Radio with Washington Concert Opera, Gaspar in colour and every invisible one, on every
Garden Concert Series, as soloist of operatic Rita with the New Century Chamber Orchestra, concert programme, I consider a responsibility,”
arias with the Cleveland Philharmonic, the and Dick in Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock she wrote in The Strad.
world premiere of Bones of Girls by librettist, with Opera Saratoga. Murray’s recordings include an album of
Cristina Fríes and composer, Ryan Suleiman, He is an alumnus of the prestigious Ysaÿe sonatas (Harmonia Mundi, 2014), 20th
with The Rogue Music Project. “And Yet She Merola Opera Program in association with Century: The American Scene (eaSonus,
San Francisco Opera. A former member of 2014), and a recording of Bernstein’s
Persisted” is a visceral and heartfelt recital
Opera Santa Barbara’s Studio Artist Program, Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium), which
with long time collaborator Jennifer Reason of in 2013, he was a Grand Finalist in the was released in 2014 on the Mirare label.
all female composers. Debuting as Estelle in a Metropolitan Opera National Council Murray is an Assistant Professor, Adjunct,
sold out run of an immersive production in Auditions and a finalist in Houston Grand of Violin at the Yale School of Music, where
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VIVALDI’S RING OF MYSTERY
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She is the executive producer of a 16 title newest passion, entertaining thousands each
PRODUCTION NOTES series of children’s classical music recordings year as a host and emcee at international
Based on the highly acclaimed and award- known collectively as Classical Kids, selling to trade shows, live events, and on camera.
winning Classical Kids recording Vivaldi’s date nearly 5 million CDs, DVDs and books chrispetschler.com
Ring of Mystery, this theatrical symphony worldwide, and earning over 100 prestigious
concert is an imaginative way to introduce awards and honors. Each story entails its own NICOLE HREN Katarina
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and music of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi in a live music, history, and theatricality to engage the both Tchaikovsky Discovers America and
performance venue. Audiences will enjoy imaginations of children. Susan holds the Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery. Other credits
recognizable themes including the Four philosophy that, “Where the heart goes, the include Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, A
Seasons, the Violin Concerto in A minor, and mind will follow.” An accomplished concert Chorus Line, Beauty and the Beast, Swing!
the Guitar Concerto. pianist and music teacher, Hammond searched at the Marriot Theatre, The Radio City
Classical Kids LIVE! is produced by for recordings about classical music to share Christmas Spectacular in Atlanta, Orlando,
Classical Kids Music Education, a not-for- with her young daughters. One day, she sat and Nashville, Seven Brides for Seven
profit organization dedicated to furthering reading to her girls with a classical music Brothers, Meet Me in St. Louis, Hairspray, at
classical music education. In combination radio station on in the background and noticed the MUNY Theater in St. Louis. Funny Girl,
with the Classical Kids Teaching Edition, how they responded to the literature in a dif- Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Christmas
Classical Kids LIVE! serves as one of the ferent way when enhanced by music. The rest, Carol, Curtains, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on
worlds best educational outreach and as they say, is history. Susan is the recipient of the Roof, Kiss Me Kate, Camelot, Superman,
community engagement programs Billboard Magazine’s International Achieve- and Meet Me in St. Louis at Drury Lane
contributing to the long-term health of ment Award and resides with her husband in Theatre, Joseph, A Chorus Line at the
classical music. Having received more awards Toronto where she is a member of the Order Paramount Theatre in Aurora. Chicago at
and honors than any other entity of its kind, of Canada for her contribution to the arts. Pheasant Run Dinner Theater, Singin' in the
Classical Kids is proud to say, “We’re making Rain at the Chicago Center for the Performing
a difference!” ckme.org DOUGLAS COWLING Arts, and Association, The Musical at the Arie
Playwright/Music Editor Crown Theater in Chicago's McCormick Place.
PAUL PEMENT Director & Producer Douglas is a writer, musician and educator Nicole performed for many years with
Paul serves as Executive & Artistic Director with a lifelong interest in bringing classical Moraine Valley Theater for Young Audiences
of Classical Kids Music Education, a non-profit music to wider audiences. He is the writer of as an artist in residence in the following
arts organization focused on introducing five Classical Kids audio productions: Mozart's productions: The Little Mermaid, The
children (and their parents) to the lives and Magic Fantasy, Tchaikovsky Discovers Velveteen Rabbit, Babes in Toyland,
musical masterpieces of the great classical America, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Hallelujah Cinderella, The Odyssey, and The Diary of
composers. A BFA in theatre from the Handel! and Mozart's Magnificent Voyage. He Anne Frank. Nicole is the choreographer of A
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and was also associate producer on Daydreams Christmas Carol at Drury Lane Theater, and a
professional experience as an actor, singer, and Lullabies and serves as the principle proud member of Actors' Equity.
dancer, director, choreographer and stage writer /music editor for the Classical Kids Live!
manager have enabled Paul to achieve success theatrical symphony concert series.
with Classical Kids LIVE! programming–the CLASSICAL KIDS MUSIC EDUCATION, NFP
“gold-star” leader in the field for creating CHRIS PETSCHLER Antonio Vivaldi /Giovanni Classical Kids Music Education, NFP was formed for
theatrical family concerts presented by Chris worked exclusively as a stage actor charitable and educational purposes to build pathways
professional symphony orchestras throughout in Chicago for nearly fifteen years before for progression in music so that all young people,
North America and abroad. Production titles moving to Los Angeles, where he now works whatever their background or abilities, have access to
the rich and diverse range of influence classical music
include Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Mozart’s and resides full time. Chris has played many offers. Reduced funding to the arts has diminished the
Magnificent Voyage, Vivaldi’s Ring of leading roles on stage over his career, ability of many symphony orchestras to provide high-
Mystery, Tchaikovsky Discovers America, including Marc Antony in Julius Caesar, David quality educational and family programs like the one you
and the newest in the series, Gershwin’s in the world premiere of Desperate Writers, are seeing today. It is imperative that more organizations
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music education programs in a time when affordable
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the extraordinary legacy of the great American includes several independent short films, Music Education, NFP was created to “bridge the gap”
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A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDS
MIM ORCHESTRA & ALASDAIR FRASER
FEATURING MENDELSSOHN’S SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
AND SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR’S FOUR NOVELLETTEN
Wednesday, June 29, 7 p.m.
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Four Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR, OPUS 56
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn
You may be asking why a German composer wrote a piece that is
commonly known as “The Scottish Symphony.” To say Mendelssohn
SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR...
was inspired by his travels to the British Isles would be an
AT-A-GLANCE understatement. In anticipation of his trip in 1829 he wrote to a friend,
Length: approx. 40 minutes “NEXT AUGUST I AM GOING TO SCOTLAND, with a rake for folk songs,
an ear for lovely, fragrant countryside, and a heart for the bare legs of
Orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, the natives.” Mendelssohn eventually made ten separate trips to
2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, England, but never again traveled as far north as Scotland. Still, his
and strings three weeks there made a big impression on him and his later
World premiere: March 3, 1842. The composer compositions. continued next page
conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
USA premiere: November 22, 1845. George REFERENCES:
Loder conducted the New York Philharmonic. www.sfsymphony.org/Data/Event-Data/Program-Notes/M/Mendelssohn-
Dedication: H.M Queen Victoria of Great Britain Symphony-No-3-in-A-minor-Opus-56,-Sco
and Scotland. www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/5362/symphony-no-3-scottish
Program notes by: Jenny Darlington-Person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Mendelssohn)
//arts.ucdavis.edu/post/mendelssohn-symphony-no-3-scottish
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SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR, OPUS 56 continued... FOUR NOVELLETTEN
Young Mendelssohn THE MUSIC AT-A-GLANCE
As the son of a wealthy banker and While the symphony was inspired by the
grandon of a well-known philosopher, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
folk music Mendelssohn heard in Scotland, it 1875-1912
Mendelssohn had opportunities that most of does not contain any specific folk melodies.
his peers did not have. Even as children, Instead, it has the color and spirit of those Composed: 1901-1902
Mendelssohn and his siblings received the tunes, and those influences were noted by
best education, traveled frequently, and Length: approx. 70 minutes
critics, including Robert Schumann.
associated with others of their social class. Orchestration: strings,
Mendelssohn marked the music to be
This opened many doors for Mendelssohn. tambourine & triangle
For example, from the age of just 12, he had played without pause so the recurring themes
access to a private family orchestra that played in each movement would build on each other
Program Notes by:
his compositions at weekly family musicales in until the finale.
The beginning was born of the sketch he Jenny Darlington-Person
their Hamburg home. Several of his first 12
string symphonies debuted at these opulent made after his visit to Queen Mary’s home. It
gatherings. At the young age of fifteen, he opens quietly with the oboes and violas paying
completed his first symphony for full homage to Holyrood with a brooding melody,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
orchestra. while accompanied by morose winds and
horns. The violins give an agitated, almost Born in England in 1875, Samuel
The Inspiration frenetic, answer in a countermelody. As the Coleridge-Taylor was the son of a Sierra
Mendelssohn came of age at a time when two themes build to a crescendo before Leonean medical student and a white English
the language of Western classical music was
resolving and returning back to the woman who met in London. When Coleridge-
mutating quickly across Europe. Being so well-
“Holyrood'' theme. Taylor was young, his father left for Africa
traveled himself, Mendelssohn’s compositions
The introduction transitions into a after facing significant professional barriers
were greatly influenced by regional music
dramatic and active first movement. In this
across the continent. His trip to Scotland due to his race in England. Coleridge-Taylor
section, the influence of Scottish folk music is
inspired two compositions, the Fingal’s Cave was raised in his grandfather’s household. He
Overture and the “Scottish” Symphony. prevalent and would have been immediately
recognized by mid-19th century audiences. showed an early aptitude for music and even
During the round trip journey from
London to Edinburgh – an arduous trip via the Tension still builds through the sad and earned a scholarship to the Royal College of
coach – he memorialized the countryside sighing second theme. Music at the young age of 15. Two of his peers
through sketches in pen and ink. After visiting The middle slows down back to a in school were Gustav Holst and Ralph
the ruins of Holyrood, he decided that he melodious section that is sweet, if a bit Vaughan-Williams. By the time he finished
would write a Scottish symphony: sorrowful. If you close your eyes, you might
school, he already had a publisher and several
In the evening twilight we went today to picture a quiet day in the Scottish countryside.
The fourth movement starts fast and furious in compositions already in print.
the palace where Queen Mary lived and loved;
a little room is shown there with a winding a race to the finish. The end has been The Inspiration
staircase leading up to the door: up this way described as “warlike” in fervor, but the Coleridge-Taylor was raised and educated
they came and found Rizzio in that dark themes in the Scottish Symphony revolve into in England, at the Royal College, but he was
corner, where they pulled him out, and three a harmonious, peaceful ending.
also impacted and inspired by the music
rooms off there is a dark corner, where they
Black Americans were playing and composing
murdered him. The chapel close to it is now
roofless, grass and ivy grow there, and at that
FOUR NOVELLETTEN (1 & 3) at the time. During his life, he made three
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor trips to the United States, where he conducted
broken altar Mary was crowned Queen of
Scotland. Everything round is broken and Think of these pieces like a small box of his own compositions with the Marine Corp.
mouldering and the bright sky shines in. I chocolate, each one meant to be savored. Like Band, and was invited to meet President
believe I have found today in that old chapel chocolates, jewelry, or haiku poetry, they don’t
Theodore Rossevelt at the White House.
the beginning of my Scottish Symphony. have to be big to leave a lasting impression.
They are a quartet of short pieces written for Coleridge-Taylor himself once said that a
During the ride he started working on his
strings, tambourine and triangle. No. 1 is lifetime highlight for him was meeting W.E.B
Symphony no. 3. He scribbled down 16
measures and indicated the instrumentation, dance-like, while No. 3 can be considered a DuBois, the Harvard education Black
which would become the opening. Two years love note to the composer’s own instrument - sociologist and intellectual, at a conference in
later, he continued working on it while he was the violin. London in 1900.
in Italy, but did not seriously commit himself
to the piece until approximately ten years after REFERENCES:
that. Did he know this would be his final sym- https://fcsymphony.org/program-notes/coleridge-taylor-novelletten/
phony? Is that why he procrastinated so long? https://issuu.com/tadhmmm/docs/mso_sept_2020_261497bb594dbb/s/10936399
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applied to the Scottish music he heard at home. As a fiddler equally capable of playing
In his teens Alasdair played with dance haunting Gaelic airs and rumbustious dance
bands and began gathering the compositions tunes, and improvising endless variations on
of great fiddling forebears including Niel and traditional themes, Alasdair has worked in a
Nathaniel Gow, William Marshall and James variety of successful partnerships, including
Scott Skinner into a repertoire that is now his duos with pianist Paul Machlis and guitar-
vast. Twice winner of the Scottish National ist Tony McManus and his acclaimed band
Fiddle Championship, he also began to notice Skyedance. He has guested with The Chieftains,
the connection between speech patterns and The Waterboys, Itzhak Perlman and Los Angeles
musical expression, especially among Gaels Master Chorale, appeared on innumerable
and the Doric speaking players in the north- broadcasts including A Prairie Home
ALASDAIR FRASER fiddle east, and incorporated this into his fiddle style. Companion and CBS TV’s Kennedy Center
Alasdair Fraser is one of the greatest Inclined towards science as well as music Honors and performed on film sound-tracks
carriers of the Scottish fiddle music tradition, at school, Alasdair went on to work as a including The Last of the Mohicans and
a fiddler whose warmly expressive playing, petrophysicist with British Petroleum, a post Titanic. His compositions have featured in
mastery of his instrument and deep under- that took him to California in 1981 and the works by the Richmond (Virginia) Ballet and
standing of his native music as a venerable realisation four years later, while writing out a Shiftworks Dance Ensemble and his commis-
and continually evolving art is an inspiration fiddle tune during office hours, that he was in sions include Fettercairn Suite.
to generations of musicians.. the wrong job. He decided to concentrate on Since 2003, Alasdair has featured in a duo
Alasdair was born in Clackmannan on May music and passing on his passion and skills with cellist Natalie Haas, restoring the wee
14, 1955 and began taking classical violin through programmes such as the Valley of the fiddle and big fiddle partnership that flourished
lessons at the age of eight, enduring much Moon fiddle camp, which he founded among in eighteenth century Scotland to contempo-
teasing and leg-pulling from fellow school the Californian Redwoods in 1984 and still rary prominence at the cutting edge of
pupils at a time when carrying a fiddle case directs, the fiddle course that he’s run on the tradition-rooted creativity. Their debut album,
around was considered far from cool. Isle of Skye since 1987, and the more recently Fire and Grace, was voted Album of the Year at
Undeterred, he persevered and found a love of established Sierra Fiddle Camp, near his home the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004.
and natural aptitude for the violin which he in California.
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