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MESSAGE FROM ROBERT MASSEY Dear Friends, Happy New Year! On behalf of all of the Louisville Orchestra musicians, administrative staff, and Board of Directors, I thank you for sharing this symphonic experience with us.

We jump into 2020 with some incredible symphonic performances. Principal Pops Conductor Bob Bernhardt leads a high-energy performance of what could be called the second American songbook, Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown. On our Signature Classics series, guest conductor Roderick Cox presents Brahms’ masterful Symphony No. 3, the world premiere of James Lee III’s Emotive Transformations, and Grieg’s piano concerto performed by internationally renowned concert pianist and University of Louisville faculty member Anna Petrova.

As we usher in the New Year, we express our deepest gratitude to those who make our performances possible. As ticket sales cover just one-third of the revenue needed to present our symphonic performances and music education programs, we rely on the generosity of our corporate sponsors and individual contributors. Thank you for keeping the Louisville Orchestra innovative, accessible, and of course, the most interesting on the planet!

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F E AT U R E D M U S I C I A N KIM TICHENOR Thank you all for being here for today’s performance and supporting your Louisville Orchestra!

I have been a member of the second violin section since 2000 and Assistant Principal Second Violinist since 2010.

I also represent our musicians as Co-Chair of the Louisville Orchestra Musicians’ Committee, which is a distinct honor and responsibility in itself.

I feel lucky to share the stage with my amazing colleagues in this crazy ride that is being part of the Louisville Orchestra!

We never know what new challenges we will be facing from week to week, and I am constantly impressed by the sheer artistry and agility that our musicians demonstrate on a consistent basis.

It takes a huge effort and many, many hours to prepare and perform the wide variety of music we present; I don’t know of any orchestra that keeps it nearly as interesting as the LO! While it is bittersweet to think of the musicians that we have lost to other orchestras, we are so fortunate to have so many fresh faces joining our ranks.

Brahms Symphonies are works that we collectively have spent countless hours mastering. Having served as Union Steward during auditions for a wide variety of instruments, Brahms Symphonies are used to judge the caliber and capabilities of each and every instrument. From Bass Trombone to the violins, Brahms created demands for each instrument. Each time we

"I feel lucky to share the stage with my amazing colleagues in this crazy ride that is being part of the Louisville Orchestra!" approach these works, we are comforted by familiarity like that of an old friend — but these works never seem to get easy! I am very much looking forward to presenting this work with my seasoned and new friends at the LO, our ensemble again breathing new life into an old favorite.

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THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, 2019-2020 Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster Julia Noone, Assistant Concertmaster Katheryn S. Ohkubo Cheri Lyon Kelley Mrs. John H. Clay Chair

Stephen Taylor Scott Staidle Nancy Staidle Heather Thomas Patricia Fong-Edwards

SECOND VIOLIN

Robert Simonds, Principal * Alexander Gonzalez, Interim Principal Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal Maria Semes Andrea Daigle Charles Brestel James McFadden-Talbot Judy Pease Wilson Blaise Poth Cynthia Burton

VIOLA

Jack Griffin, Principal Evan Vicic, Assistant Principal Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Chair Clara Markham Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. Chair

Jennifer Shackleton Jonathan Mueller Virginia Kershner Schneider Viola Chair, Endowed in Honor of Emilie Strong Smith by an Anonymous Donor Meghan Casper

CELLO

Nicholas Finch, Principal Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal Carole C. Birkhead Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead Christina Hinton Allison Olsen Lindy Tsai Julia Preston

BASS

Bert Witzel, Principal * Patricia Docs Robert Docs Karl Olsen, Acting Assistant Principal Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation Michael Chmilewski

FLUTE

Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair

Jake Chabot Donald Gottlieb Philip M. Lanier Chair

PICCOLO

Donald Gottlieb Alvin R. Hambrick Chair

OBOE

Alexander Vvedenskiy, Principal Betty Arrasmith Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra Trevor Johnson

ENGLISH HORN Trevor Johnson

CLARINET

Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair Robert Walker Ernest Gross Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle, Jr. Chair

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BASS CLARINET Ernest Gross

BASSOON

Matthew Karr, Principal Paul D. McDowell Chair

Francisco J. Joubert Bernard

HORN

Jon Gustely, Principal Edith S. and Barry Bingham, Jr. Chair Bruce Heim † Stephen Causey, Assistant Principal Diana Wade Morgen Gary and Sue Russell Chair

TRUMPET

Alexander Schwarz, Principal Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra James Recktenwald, Assistant Principal Lynne A. Redgrave Chair Stacy Simpson †

TROMBONE Donna Parkes, Principal Brett Schuster †

BASS TROMBONE J. Bryan Heath

TUBA

Andrew Doub, Principal

TIMPANI

James Rago, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair

PERCUSSION

John Pedroja, Principal

HARP

Vivian Hsu † * On leave † Auxilliary Musician

B O B B E R N H A R D T, P R I N C I PA L P O P S C O N D U C TO R For nearly four decades, Bob Bernhardt has been a constant presence with the Louisville Orchestra.

Starting in 1981 as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor, then as Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera and now in his 23rd season as Principal Pops Conductor, he continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm, and wonderful musicianship to the city and orchestra he loves.

Bernhardt is concurrently in his fifth season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan and Principal Pops Conductor and Music Director Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, where he previously spent 19 seasons as Music Director, and is now in his 27th year with the company. He is also, since 2012, an Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.

Previously, he was Music Director and conductor of the Amarillo Symphony, the Tucson Symphony, and Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rochester Philharmonic.

In the past decade, Bob has made his conducting debut with the Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, New Jersey Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Santa Barbara

"...he continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm and wonderful musicianship."

Symphony, all of which were rewarded with return engagements.

He has a continuing 13-year relationship with the Edmonton Symphony, conducting there several times each season, and as Festival Conductor for their Labor Day festival, Symphony Under the Sky. He made his debut with the Boston Pops in 1992 at the invitation of John Williams and has been a frequent guest there ever since.

His professional opera career began with the Birmingham Civic Opera in 1979, two years before he joined the Louisville Orchestra. He worked with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons, and with his own company in Chattanooga, he conducted dozens of fully staged productions in a genre he adores.

Born in Rochester, New York, he holds a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s School of Music, where he studied with Daniel Lewis.

He is also a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he was an Academic All-American baseball player. (While not all the research is in, Bernhardt believes that he is the only conductor in the history of music to be invited to spring training with the Kansas City Royals. After four days, they suggested to him a life in music.)

His children, Alex and Charlotte, live in Seattle. He and his wife, Nora, live in Signal Mountain, Tenn.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor LO POPS PRESENTED BY LEE & ROSEMARY KIRKWOOD

DANCING IN THE STREET: THE MUSIC OF MOTOWN Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Bob Bernhardt, conductor Shayna Steele, vocals | Michael Lynche, vocals | Chester Gregory, vocals Shubh Saran, guitar | Mark Minoogian, bass | Jacob Navarro, drums Creative Team: Robert Thompson, producer | Jeff Tyzik, producer & arranger Jami Greenberg, producer & booking agent | Alyssa Foster, producer

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DANCING IN THE STREET: THE MUSIC OF MOTOWN ACT I Marvin GAYE, Ivy George HUNTER, and William STEVENSON Smokey ROBINSON James BROWN, Betty Jean NEWSOME, and Dwight GRANT HOLLAND, DOZIER, and HOLLAND Michael MASSER and Ronald Norman MILLER

Dancing in the Street You Really Got A Hold on Me It's a Man's Man's Man's World Reach Out I'll Be There Touch Me in the Morning

Jimmy GEORGE and Louis PARDINI

Just to See Her

HOLLAND, DOZIER, and HOLLAND

How Sweet It Is

Nick ASHFORD and Valerie SIMPSON Leon RUSSELL Stevie WONDER

Ain't No Mountain High Enough A Song for You Superstition

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ACT II Maurice WHITE and Wayne Lee VAUGHN James BROWN

Let's Groove Tonight I Got You (I Feel Good)

Smokey ROBINSON

My Guy

Smokey ROBINSON and Ronald WHITE

My Girl

Lionel RICHIE Melvin STEALS and Mervin STEALS Kenneth GAMBLE, Leon HUFF, and Cary GILBERT Gary JACKSON, Raynard MINER, and Carl William SMITH Lionel RICHIE Stevie WONDER, Lee GARRETT, Lula Mae HARDAWAY, and Syreeta WRIGHT

Endless Love Could it Be I'm Falling in Love Don't Leave Me This Way Higher and Higher All Night Long Signed Sealed Delivered

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BIOGRAPHIES SHAYNA STEELE Shayna Steele’s impressive credits speak for themselves. Her colleagues praise her ability, dedication, and drive to perfecting her craft as a professional singer and knockout performer. On stage and in the studio, New York City based vocalist and songwriter Shayna Steele proves she is a vocal force to be reckoned with.

soundtrack), 2012's The Bourne Legacy, Sex and the City 2, NBC's Smash, 2008 Summer Olympic highlights on BBC, The Shanghai Restoration Project, and HBO's The Sopranos. December 2018, Shayna reprised her role with the “Dynamites” in NBC’s Hairspray Live.

After appearing on Broadway in Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar, and the original cast of Hairspray, Steele started writing music with partner David Cook in 2002.

The two developed a creative synergy, collaborating on Steele's eponymous debut EP in 2004. The self-released album's breakout soul-funk single "High Yella" achieved the attention she needed to raise her solo profile. She and her band have since shared the stage with luminaries Ledisi, opening for George Clinton and the Sugar Hill Gang, a featured singer with Bjorkestra and Grammy winning conducter/composer/ trumpeter Dave Douglas, featured with two-time Grammy winner Snarky Puppy in 2014 at the Nice Jazz Festival, the Estival Jazz Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival and the Singapore Jazz Festival. Ms. Steele is a vocalist with the Grammy- nominated Broadway Inspirational Voices and has worked as a sideman with great artists such as Bette Midler, John Legend, Matthew Morrison, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson.

MICHAEL LYNCHE American Idol Michael Lynche is a new breed of soul singer with completely classic influences. Traces of Donny Hathaway, Al Green, Luther Vandross, Sam Cooke and James Brown all seem to flash in this uniquely talented performer. Undeniable charisma, well-crafted song arrangements and a voice soaked in soul give the big man class all his own. "Big Mike"—as he was known while winning over the hearts of a nation during his stint on American Idol—has talent so versatile, he's played intimate jazz & blues clubs, 20,000 seat arenas and opera halls with 100 piece orchestras. Through it all "Big Mike" has always had one singular goal: to spread a message of love wherever he goes.

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Steele’s sophomore album, RISE (Ropeadope Records) received rave reviews and reached #4 on the U.S. iTunes jazz charts and #2 on the Italian iTunes Jazz Charts. Please visit shaynasteele.com for more information.

After wowing millions of fans on season 9 of American Idol with his comforting and powerful voice and performing as part of the American Idol LIVE! Tour, Big Mike has released two studio albums, toured as an opening act for Boyz II Men, Lalah Hathaway, Faith Evans, and Lyfe Jennings

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BIOGRAPHIES and recently took his show overseas for the first time to headline a tour of the Mediterranean.

Since 2012, Big Mike has been a frequent featured guest vocalist with Maestro Jeff Tyzik and his hit show — "Let's Dance” Tyzik has been an incredible mentor for Michael over the years. The two collaborated on a sensational soul revue entitled "R&B Legends."

Lynche comes with an inspirational story and a searing, soulful, one-of-akind voice. He leaves you breathless and wanting more. Big, yes—and beautiful, too; Michael Lynche makes music that's unforgettable.

CHESTER GREGORY Chester Gregory is an award-winning singer and actor.

He was last seen starring in Motown the Musical as Berry Gordy. Broadway credits include Motown the Musical, Hairspray, Tarzan, Cry-Baby, and Sister Act. Other credits include August Wilson's Fences and Two Trains Running. He has toured nationally with Dreamgirls, Sister Act, as well as his one-man show The Eve of Jackie Wilson. Chester has received many awards, including the Jeff Award and a NAACP Theatre Award, and has been presented the key to the city of his hometown of Gary, Indiana and in East Chicago. He has also been chosen as an Honorary State Representative of Indiana and has received an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater Columbia College Chicago. He is currently producing several projects and recordings. Add him on social media @ChesterGregory and chestergregory.com A U D I E N C E

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BRAHMS' THIRD Friday, January 31, 2020 • 11am The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Roderick Cox, conductor | Anna Petrova, piano NO INTERMISSION Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (30 min) I. Allegro molto moderato Edvard GRIEG

II. Adagio III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato Anna Petrova, piano Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (33 min) I. Allegro con brio

Johannes BRAHMS

II. Andante III. Poco allegretto IV. Allegro – Un poco sostenuto

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R O D E R I C K C O X , C O N D U C TO R Winner of the 2018 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award by the U.S Solti Foundation, Roderick Cox was Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra for the 16/17 and 17/18 seasons. Before arriving in Minnesota, he served for two years as Assistant Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Mr Cox was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize from the Aspen Music Festival in 2013 which led to national recognition and a return to the Festival as a Fellow. He has also held Fellowships with the Chicago Sinfonietta as part of their Project Inclusion program and the Chautauqua Music Festival, where he was a David Effron Conducting Fellow.

Highlights among recent engagements as a guest conductor include debut subscription concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, his opera debut with Houston Grand Opera (Bizet’s Pêcheurs de Perles) as well as further debuts with Sinfonia Varsovia, BBC Scottish Symphony and with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra at the Brighton Festival. US Summer debut performances included with the Houston Symphony (Miller Outdoor Theatre), Cleveland Orchestra (Blossom Summer Series) and with the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA). In addition, Mr. Cox returned to the Minnesota Orchestra for concerts in Minneapolis and the Beethoven Festival, Winona.

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- Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival Debut, Seen and Heard International Highlights and debuts in the US during the 19/20 season include with the Richmond Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Sphinx Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, San Antonio Symphony and with New York Philharmonic for New York Philharmonic’s Young Peoples Concerts Series. In Europe, Roderick will debut with the Orchestre de Paris, Dresdner Philharmonie, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Mannheim Staatsorchester and Iceland Symphony Orchestra Born in Macon, Georgia, Mr. Cox attended the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, and then later attended Northwestern University graduating with a master’s degree in 2011.

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BRAHMS' THIRD Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Roderick Cox, conductor | Anna Petrova, piano James LEE III

Emotive Transformations (11 min) World Premiere Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (30 min)

Edvard GRIEG

I. Allegro molto moderato II. Adagio III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato Anna Petrova, piano

INTERMISSION (20 minutes) Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (33 min) Johannes BRAHMS

I. Allegro con brio II. Andante III. Poco allegretto IV. Allegro – Un poco sostenuto

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A N N A P E T R O VA , P I A N O Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova is praised for her “artistic, clear and enlightened” performances [BBC Magazine.]

At her New York orchestral debut with conductor Philippe Entremont, Ms. Petrova was noted for her “ultra-smooth playing style”- New York Fine Arts Examiner.

She is an Assistant Professor of Piano at University of Louisville, KY and performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician.

This season Ms. Petrova is performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with the DC Strings Orchestra in Washington, DC and Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 with Port Angeles Symphony and conductor Jonathan Pasternack. Solo engagements include recitals in the U.S. and Spain, masterclasses in the U.S. and Canada, and the release of her first solo album A Slavic Heart, featuring works by Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Vladigerov.

Additionally, Ms. Petrova is working on a two-CD set of the complete piano sonatas of Russian composer Samuil Feinberg for NAXOS. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of the Alberto Jonás International School of Music in Valencia, Spain, and one of the founding members of the Festival Malaga Clasica.

Highlights of recent seasons include a recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta, Virginia Arts Festival (NAXOS, 2016); a solo tour of China and Chile; performances of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini and the Second Concerto, Prokofiev First and Third Piano Concertos, and the Beethoven Triple Concerto.

At her return engagement with the Monterey Symphony Orchestra, CA, the Peninsula Reviews wrote: “There was a lot of vitality in her crisp playing […]bringing out in Petrova an impetuous excitement that stirred the audience to its feet!”- Lyn Bronson.

Prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the José Roca (Spain), Bösendorfer (Bulgaria) and Maria Yudina (Russia), Ms. Petrova was a semifinalist at the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition in Belgium, where she performed as a soloist with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia under Paul Goodwin. Other conductors she has worked with include Max Bragado-Darman, Bruno Aprea, Ramón Tébar, and Francisco Valero – Terribas.

She has given solo recitals in halls such as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Brussels’ Conservatoire Royal, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, Vienna’s Bösendorfer Hall, Auditorio Ciudad de Leon, Spain and Palau de la Musica Valencia, Spain.

Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio Performance Today, New York’s WQXR, Chicago’s WFMT, and Bulgarian National Radio and Television.

A passionate chamber musician, Ms. Petrova is a member of two ensembles: the violapiano Carr-Petrova Duo and the clarinet-violapiano Iris Trio.

During the past season the Carr-Petrova duo toured internationally with the interdisciplinary project Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project (winner of the Music Academy of the West Alumni Enterprise Award,) presenting interactive performances and educational workshops to refugee communities. This season the Duo is releasing their debut album Novel Voices on the Melos label and making their Carnegie Hall debut in October 2019.

The Iris Trio recently toured Germany with an innovative program featuring contemporary composers and recorded their debut album for the German lablle Coviello Classics Hommage and Inspiration with works by Schumann, Mozart, Kurtág and Weiss. Their future engagements include a CD release tour of Canada with performances of their new project which will feature classical music pieces by jazz composers.

Ms. Petrova holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music, where her main teachers have been Horacio Gutiérrez and André-Michel Schub. www.anna-petrova.com

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by Laurie Shulman © 2019 • First North American Serial Rights Only James Lee III’s Emotive Transformations is a highly personal response to loss.

Lee composed it in the wake of his father’s death and those of several others whom he treasured. His new piece follows the trajectory from grief to acceptance and hope.

Grieg: Piano Concerto: Though strongly influenced by Schumann’s piano concerto, Grieg’s ravishing piece is rich with Norwegian melodies and rhythms. The quintessential romantic concerto, it features rhapsodic Chopinesque figuration in the slow movement and a vigorous Norwegian dance in the finale.

Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90 is the shortest of Brahms’s four symphonies, and is sometimes called Brahms’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony. Despite some heroic and dramatic moments, every movement ends serenely. The opening notes are the ascending pitches F-A-F, which stand for Frei aber froh [Free but happy], Brahms’s personal motto.

Those notes dominate the first movement and recur at the symphony’s close.

EMOTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS JAMES LEE III (B.1975) WORLD PREMIERE James Lee III makes his first appearance with the Louisville Orchestra this weekend with the premiere of Emotive Transformations.

Currently Professor of Music at Morgan State University in Baltimore, he holds a DMA in composition from University of Michigan, where he studied with Michael Daugherty, William Bolcom, and Bright Sheng. He was also a composition fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, working under the tutelage of Michael Gandolfi.

Lee was the winner of a Charles Ives Scholarship and the Wladimir Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His music has been widely performed by orchestras and chamber music series throughout 20

the USA. He has also had his music performed in South America, Cuba, and Russia.

Emotive Transformations is one of four premieres Lee has this spring; the other three are a Violin Concerto at Andrews University in Michigan, featuring soloist Carl Trynchuk, a Piano Concerto with pianist Daniel Lau with the Washington Adventist University Symphony Orchestra in Maryland, and a commissioned orchestral piece with the Detroit Symphony.

The piece we hear sprung from tragedy.

In November 2016, James Lee’s father lost a battle with pancreatic cancer. His father’s passing was the catalyst and inspiration for Emotive Transformations, as Lee explains in his composer’s note: One does not really understand how others experience grief until they, too, lose a loved one. Since 2016, I have lost other friends and family and, most

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P R O G R A M N OT E S poignantly, a young couple’s nearly six-month-old baby in November 2018.

Emotive Transformations conveys the various stages of grief, including shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance. In addition, this work also addresses the strong emotional transformations that one undergoes in life as a result of various circumstances.

suggestions of two contrasting themes connected by a transition; a closing theme, development, and recapitulation.

Near the end of the piece, the two themes are combined, moving to a climactic and exuberant moment in which one celebrates the strong desire to see their loved one in a future resurrection that will result in an eternal life of bliss.

Two principal ideas course through Emotive Transformations: a two-note ascending motive and a rhythmic figure of two notes functioning as a musical sigh. Both ideas undergo various developments. These two musical building blocks are contained within a structure that loosely suggests a first movement sonata form. There are

The piece is a journey, from agitation and cries of grief, to a period of mourning and reconciliation with what cannot be undone. Eventually the musical gestures start moving upward as much as down, signaling optimism and a glimmer of hope. The music grows more rhythmic and determined, building to heartpounding excitement at the end.

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P R O G R A M N OT E S PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR, OP.16 EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)

Grieg acknowledged that he had studied Schumann’s Piano Concerto carefully before embarking on his own. Like the Schumann, Grieg's concerto opens with a dramatic flourish for the soloist. He also follows Schumann's lead by dispensing with the extended orchestral passage preceding the piano entrance (called a double exposition), an approach that is familiar in the Mozart piano concertos.

Grieg's international reputation rests primarily on this Piano Concerto. As its low opus number indicates, it is a relatively early work, completed when the composer was only 25. The concerto is important for a number of reasons.

It was Grieg’s largest orchestral work and the last piece that he wrote in the AustroGermanic style he had learned in Leipzig.

After the concerto, Norwegian folk music influenced all his music. The concerto was thus a turning point.

The concerto has several distinct and contrasting theme groups, including a completely new melody that oboes and bassoons introduce in the coda. The pianist's cadenza dazzles with romantic passage work in a heroic style.

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P R O G R A M N OT E S down. Muted strings introduce the music, joined first by bassoon, then upper winds, before the soloist enters.

Grieg's piano writing in the opening pages is reminiscent of the delicate filigree in Chopin’s piano music; so too are his harmonies. This slow movement takes us on an extraordinary and passionate journey.

The finale gives us the most prophetic glimpse of Grieg's Norwegian voice, which he would adopt for the balance of his career. Characterized by strong rhythmic profile and a fierce—even pagan–spirit, this movement is a halling, a Norwegian folk dance that Grieg used in several other compositions.

A switch to a relaxed and lyrical section takes romantic liberties. Indeed, the tempo changes have a great deal to do with the dramatic tension that makes the finale so effective.

SYMPHONY NO.3 IN F MAJOR, OP 90 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) All four Brahms symphonies are staples of the repertoire, anchor works on whatever program they appear, and emotionally rewarding in a way that increases with repeated hearings.

The Third Symphony was neither a first effort nor a swan song, but the proud announcement of a master in full command of his faculties.

Brahms turned fifty in 1883. He was coping with middle age and, by extension, the prospect of mortality.

Despite the tonality of F, traditionally associated with pastoral themes, an

element of heroism prevails in the Third Symphony. That heroism was to find its greatest expression and catharsis in the powerful finale to the Fourth Symphony, but that is not to underestimate its effect in the Third.

Brahms's carefully honed instinct for dramatic development and tension allows him to build his momentum steadily through his four movements.

In the eighteenth century, musical substance and import tended to be concentrated in the opening movement; finales tended to be lighter. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its powerful choral finale, signaled a shift in emphasis.

Symphonies by later nineteenth-century composers increasingly invested more psychological and emotional weight in their last movements.

"Brahms was a musical architect, by which we mean that he was keenly aware of larger structure and formal design in his compositions."

Brahms was a musical architect, by which we mean that he was keenly aware of larger structure and formal design in his compositions. Three of his four movements in the F major Symphony are in sonata-allegro form.

No complex technical secrets shroud the materials of his building blocks in this piece. All its components are readily perceptible to the listening ear.

Three chords at the start usher in the first big theme, a sweeping descending arpeggio that answers the ascending chords. Built on the musical spelling

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P R O G R A M N OT E S F-A-F (an acronym for Brahms's purported motto, "frei aber froh", or "free but happy"), this opening idea recurs throughout the entire work.

The Third has been called a "motto symphony." It dominates the entire first movement, and serves as the cyclic glue binding the finale to the whole.

Yet it is misleading to imply that the Symphony is one-sided or monothematic.

To the contrary, the Third is an astonishing amalgam of formal discipline and melodic freedom.

Among its delights are a wondrous richness of instrumental color.

Throughout the score are many indications that Brahms took special care with his orchestration.

For example, he uses trombones in three of the movements, and in one the contrabassoon replaces the tuba.

The second movement opens with woodwinds and horns; later both clarinet and bassoon are featured. A wonderful cello theme stands out memorably in the intimate, romance-like Poco allegretto.

All four movements end quietly. Brahms has no need for the bombast of loud

"...the Third is an astonishing amalgam of formal discipline and melodic freedom." closing measures; the tension and drama he creates in his music are part of a larger design. Indeed, he manages to deliver this Symphony without any real slow movement. Both inner movements function as tension-relievers, more like intermezzi. We have the sense of an event of immense importance unfolding before us at the commencement of the finale, and Brahms does not disappoint us. Elements of chorale fuse with his gift for letting the music gather its own internal momentum. The journey is both exhilarating and emotionally satisfying, and when we hear the familiar strains of the opening motto and theme, we have a comforting sense of closure that says we have arrived safely in harbor.

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Croghan operated Locust Grove as a farm and was

also involved in surveying the area before and after Kentucky became the fifteenth state.

Open for tours from February through December, Locust Grove is the perfect spot to explore the early nineteenth century through the daily lives of the people who lived and worked there and hear the stories of all who contributed to the history of the site. From the eight Croghan children born and raised in the house, to the enslaved individuals who built the house and farmed the land, there are many contributions to the rich history of the grounds.

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The site is celebrating its third century as part of Louisville’s great story.

Come learn something old every day at Locust Grove and discover the present in the past.

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LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2019-2020 BOARD of DIRECTORS Mr. John P. Malloy, Chair Mr. Lee Kirkwood, Chair-Elect Mr. James S. Welch, Jr., Immediate Past Chair Mrs. Ritu Furlan, Treasurer + Mr. Timothy L. Peace, Secretary + Mr. Andrew Fleischman, General Council + Mr. Bruce Roth, Governance, Committee Chair +

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• The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers is (502) 562-0128.

Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location.

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