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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Lawrence Golan, conductor Jeffrey LaDeur, piano Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Reveries” Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
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4 –15 OCTOBER 3 REVOLUTION!
Kornel Thomas, Guest Conductor Elizabeth Baldwin, Soprano Shostakovich: October Strauss: Four Last Songs Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
NOVEMBER 14 A TALE OF THREE SYMPHONIES Lawrence Golan, Conductor Kimberly Brody, Oboe Kenneth Greenwald, Bassoon Katherine Thayer, Violin Bryan Scafuri, Cello Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B-flat Major, Hob. I: 105 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
DECEMBER 20 HOLIDAY CHEER!*
Lawrence Golan, Conductor and Violin Elizabeth Montgomery, Soprano Colorado Repertory Singers; Mark Stamper, Director Williams: “Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas” from Home Alone Snesrud: Christmas Traditions Holcombe, arr.: Festive Sounds of Hanukkah Pola & Wyle: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Johnson & Pelcer: Merry Christmas, Baby Montgomery & Johnson: Fill Your Heart with Christmas Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker Vivaldi: “Winter” from The Four Seasons Handel: “Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah Clifton, arr.: Carol of the Bells Hayes, arr.: Variations on Deck the Hall Anderson: Sleigh Ride Tormé & Wells: The Christmas Song Adam: Oh Holy Night Stephenson: A Holly Jolly Sing-Along!
FEBRUARY 13 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Lawrence Golan, Conductor Jeffrey LaDeur, Piano Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Reveries” Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
APRIL 3 REFORMATIONS
Wes Kenney, Guest Conductor Peter Sommer, Alto Saxophone Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor Ellington, orch. Peress: Three Black Kings Williams: “Escapades” from Catch Me if You Can Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
MAY 21 PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES Lawrence Golan, Conductor Fei-Fei Dong, Piano Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Concerts begin at 7:30 pm at KPOF Hall 1340 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 * Holiday Cheer! will be performed at Central Presbyterian Church 1660 Sherman St Denver, CO 80203
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE KPOF Hall · Denver, Colorado · 7:30 pm
Lawrence Golan, conductor Jeffrey LaDeur, piano Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 “Winter Reveries” (1840–1893) I. Allegro tranquillo
(Dreams of a Winter Journey) II. Adagio cantabile ma non tanto (Land of Desolation, Land of Mists) III. Allegro scherzando giocoso IV. Andante lugubre – Allegro maestoso
∙ 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ∙ Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (1840–1893) I. Allegro non troppo e molto
maestoso – Allegro con spirito II. Andantino simplice – Allegro vivace assai/Prestissimo III. Allegro con fuoco featuring Jeffrey LaDeur
∙ SPECIAL ENCORE ∙ Bryce Bordone & The Script Alex Ghenea featuring Derek Amato, piano, Arr. by Tim Olt and Mandy Harvey, voice b. 1985 & b. 1995
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LAWRENCE GOLAN MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR The 2014–15 Season marks Lawrence’s second season as music director of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. In high demand across the United States and internationally, Lawrence is also currently Music Director of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra in Washington state, the York Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania, and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra & Opera Theatre at the University of Denver. In addition, he is the Principal Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic in South Korea. Lawrence continues to guest conduct professional orchestras, opera, and ballet companies in the U.S. and around the world. He has conducted in 26 states and 17 countries. Lawrence has garnered considerable international recognition for his work as a conductor. He has won 10 ASCAP Awards, five Global Music Awards, three American Prize awards, three Downbeat Magazine Awards, and two Prestige Music Awards. Following a highly successful four-year term as Resident Conductor of The Phoenix Symphony, Music Director Michael Christie said that Lawrence “is a programmer of virtually unprecedented creativity and scope.” That sentiment was confirmed in 2012 when Lawrence was named the Grand Prize Winner of The American Prize for Orchestral Programming.
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Lawrence is known for his inspired performances, imaginative programming, passion for developing new audiences, and excellent public speaking skills—entertaining and educating the audience from both on and off the podium. He is also recognized for his expertise in the complete spectrum of musical styles and periods. He has worked with artists ranging from Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Daniel Barenboim and Joshua Bell to Frank Sinatra, Kenny G and ShaNaNa. A native of Chicago, Lawrence holds degrees in both conducting and violin performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music (B.M. and M.M.) and the New England Conservatory of Music (D.M.A.). In addition, he studied at all of the major conducting festivals including Aspen and Tanglewood, where in 1999 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Conducting Fellowship. Lawrence and his wife Cecilia, who is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, have been married since 2003. They have two wonderful children: Giovanna and Joseph. Lawrence is represented by William Reinert Associates in New York. For more information, please visit LawrenceGolan.com or WilliamReinert.com.
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S. MORDECAI FUHRMAN ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Conductor, percussionist, timpanist, and arranger, Samuel Mordecai Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Delaware and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Samuel has performed with and conducted Wilmington Get out your phone and
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Samuel received his undergraduate degree in music in percussion/timpani at the University of Delaware. In 2007, he won the University of Delaware Concerto Competition, performing Eric Bryce’s Concerto for Marimba / Vibraphone and Orchestra with the University of Delaware Symphony. Samuel studied conducting at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he led multiple performances and received a Master of Music degree in 2014. In August 2013, Samuel led members of Kiev Chamber Orchestra and National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine in a performance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring as part of the U Artist Music Festival. In addition to music, Samuel enjoys studying and contemplating cosmology and the evolution of the universe with his wife, Emily.
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JEFFREY LADEUR PIANO Jeffrey LaDeur enjoys a busy career as soloist, chamber musician and educator. Praised for his “articulate, expressive work at the keyboard” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “dazzling pianism” (Sarasota Herald Tribune), Jeffrey has concertized around the world. As soloist with orchestra, Jeffrey made an auspicious debut with the Eastman Philharmonia performing César Franck’s Variations Symphoniques during his first semester of study at the Eastman School of Music. Music education is central to Jeffrey’s mission as a performer. Jeffrey has taught masterclasses at the Dakota Sky International Piano Festival, San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A faculty member of the Crowden Music Center, Jeffrey works with gifted students through piano and chamber music programs in addition to his faculty position at the center’s youth and adult chamber music workshops. Jeffrey completed his undergraduate degree at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Douglas Humpherys and earned a Master’s Degree in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music studying with Yoshikazu Nagai. One of two pianists selected for the 2010 Taos School of Music, Jeffrey worked intensively with pianist Robert McDonald and members of the Borromeo, St. Lawrence, and Brentano String Quartets. Jeffrey received his formative musical training from Mark Edwards and Annie Sherter, a student of Vlado Perlemuter and Alfred Cortot.
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DEREK AMATO SPECIAL GUEST PIANIST Derek Amato sustained a brain injury in 2006 and shortly after was diagnosed with “Acquired Savant Syndrome” — the immediate ability to play the piano. Derek is 48 years old and currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Derek’s musical experience is currently airing on The Discovery Science Channel’s “Ingenious Minds” television series, and he is performing select musical tour dates throughout North America. Derek appears courtesy of New Vision Entertainment group and Power of Pain Foundation.
MANDY HARVEY SPECIAL GUEST VOCALIST Mandy Harvey is an accomplished jazz vocalist who, despite her loss of hearing, is able to deliver unmatched emotion in her vocal performances. Mandy is 27 years old, and currently resides in Florida. Mandy is performing select tour dates throughout North America to promote her recent jazz album release, “All Of Me.”
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SUNDAY CLASSICAL MUSIC 7:00 – 10:00 PM KPOF — 910 AM
Tune in to radio station KPOF (AM 910) from 7 – 10 pm on Sunday, February 22 for an encore of tonight’s Denver Philharmonic performance! Our Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the vital contributions made by the Pillar of Fire Ministries / KPOF 910 AM to our orchestra and Denver’s classical music community. Over the past five decades, the Pillar of Fire Church has generously accommodated our orchestra rehearsals and many performances. Since 1963, Dr. Robert B. Dallenbach, and more recently his son, Joel Dallenbach, have meticulously recorded and broadcast all of the orchestra’s concerts.
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OUR HISTORY We may be one of Denver’s oldest orchestras, but we certainly don’t act our age. Dr. Antonia Brico, the first woman to con-
change came in 2004, and we became
duct the Berlin and New York Philharmonic
the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. Horst
Orchestras, founded our organization
served as music director and conductor
in 1948 as the Denver Businessmen’s
through 2009, after which he was appoint-
Orchestra. Antonia settled in Denver
ed the orchestra’s first Conductor Laureate.
after conducting professional orchestras across Europe and the U.S. She debuted
Adam Flatt came onboard as music
our orchestra to a packed auditorium
director in June 2010. Adam’s dynamic
explaining the need for a classical music
and inspiring leadership over the next
venue to showcase the talents of local,
three years continued Horst’s legacy and
classically trained musicians “with no place
further increased the artistic quality of the
to play.” Twenty years later, we’d be known
orchestra.
as the Brico Symphony, and Antonia would remain at the helm of the orchestra until
We selected award-winning conductor
her retirement in the mid-1980s.
Dr. Lawrence Golan as our conductor and music director when Adam left in 2013.
After nearly 40 years under Antonia’s
Lawrence, a professor and music director
baton, the orchestra chose Russian-
at the University of Denver’s Lamont
American conductor Julius Glaihengauz
School of Music, continues to produce
as its second music director. A graduate of
innovative and quality programming,
the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow,
challenging our musicians and delighting
Julius led the newly renamed Centennial
our audiences.
Philharmonic for 11 seasons. And while we have a 67-year history in In 1999, Professor of Music at the
Denver, our mission is to continually rede-
University of Denver Dr. Horst Buchholz
fine the way our community experiences
took the baton. Our most recent name
and engages with classical music.
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MORE THAN Attending a concert with us goes beyond an evening of high-caliber classical music. Last season, we had a lot of fun — we live-tweeted concerts, held lively pre-concert chats, produced a Super Bowl video mashup with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted a Valentine’s Day photo booth, projected your Rocky Mountain pics above the musicians, brought in an instrument petting zoo, set up a selfie corner with a cardboard Buzz Aldrin, and partnered with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to bring the Gates Planetarium (and the entire universe) into KPOF Hall.
Here’s a taste of what’s in store for our next concert — Reformations on Friday, April 3 at KPOF Hall. PRE-CONCERT CHAT, 6:30PM
NIGHTCAP, AROUND 10PM
Join us for an informal pre-concert chat about the music you’ll be hearing hosted by DPO Associate Conductor Samuel Fuhrman. Sam will give you insights into the music and music-makers you’ll be listening to.
Enjoy a late-night happy hour with us! Concertthemed cocktails are $3, and house wine and draft beer are just $1 at Oblio’s Cap Hill, 1225 Logan, after the reception. Meet, mingle and connect with musicians and friends — just three blocks away from KPOF Hall!
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO, 6:50–7:15PM Honk! Buzz! Toot! Before the concert, pick up a trombone or a violin and give it a go! Great for kids of all ages. And who knows? Maybe you’ll fall in love with an instrument, practice practice practice and come back to perform a concert with us someday!
Visit denverphilharmonic.org for concert tickets and info on all of our upcoming events.
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MUSIC.
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OUR MUSICIANS MUSIC DIRECTOR
VIOLA
Lawrence Golan
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR S. Mordecai Fuhrman
FIRST VIOLIN
Katherine Thayer, concertmaster Patsy Aronstein Rachel Bradford Melissa Campbell Matthew Grove Thomas Jatko Nasiha Khalil Chelsea Morden Tenley Mueller Kristine Pordesimo Emmy Reid Beth Schoening Vanessa Vari Elizabeth Wall
SECOND VIOLIN
Yiran Li, principal Yaniv Gutman, acting principal Niccolo Werner Casewit Valerie Clausen Pauline Dallenbach Terri Gonzales Miki Heine Annie Laury Callista Medland Alyssa Oland Anne Silvas Albert Ting
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William Hinkie, III; principal Naomi Croghan Lori Hanson Ben Luey Ana Montenegro Elizabeth O’Brien Vineet Sathe Kathleen Torkko Chue Vue
CELLO
Bryan Scafuri, principal Annastasia Psitos, acting principal Naftari Burns Ausra Mollerud Monica Sáles Amanda Thall Rachel Warbelow Rachel Yanovitch Tara Yoder
BASS Mark Stefaniw, principal Zach Antonio Lucy Bauer Josh Filley Taryn Galow Colton Kelly
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FLUTE
Aaron Wille, principal Whitney Kelley Catherine Ricca Lanzano
PICCOLO Whitney Kelley
OBOE
Kimberly Brody, principal Loren Meaux, assistant principal Alexis Junker
ENGLISH HORN Loren Meaux
CLARINET
Shaun Burley, principal Brooke Hengst, acting principal Jessica Clark Claude Wilbur
FRENCH HORN David Wallace, principal Jeanine Branting Mary Brauer Kelli Hirsch
TRUMPET
Ryan Spencer, principal Nick Kenny Tyler Van Dam
TROMBONE
William Combs, principal Wallace Orr
BASS TROMBONE Daniel Morris
TUBA
Darren DeLaup Chris Krueger
E-FLAT CLARINET
TIMPANI
BASS CLARINET
PERCUSSION
BASSOON
HARP
Jessica Clark
Claude Wilbur
Ken Greenwald, principal Nicholas Lengyel
Steve Bulota, principal
Colin Constance
Becky Moritzky, principal Jenilee Elsbernd
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OUR TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CONCERT PROGRAM
PRESIDENT Jon Olafson VICE-PRESIDENT Eleanor Glover SECRETARY Maureen Keil TREASURER Allison Lausten Pauline Dallenbach, Honorary Member Robert Dallenbach Sarah Hogan Russell Klein Linda Lebsack Matt Meier Tenley Oldak
Ligature Creative Group, design Walker Burns, editing Alixandra Feeley, editing Callista Medland, editing
CONCERT RECORDING Joel Dallenbach Kyle Smith, advisor
WEBMASTER
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DENVER PHILHARMONIC FOUNDATION BOARD Keith Fisher Russell Klein Allison Lausten
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EMBEDDED REPORTER Julia Compton Meg Satrom, editor
PUBLICITY
Alixandra Feeley
Niccolo Casewit Dr. Robert Dallenbach Eleanor Glover Matt Meier Jeff Paul David Sherman
PERSONNEL MANAGER
OUTREACH
Valerie Clausen
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Annie Laury
LIBRARIAN
Lok Jacobi Maureen Keil Katherine Thayer
Callista Medland Alyssa Oland, assistant
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BOX OFFICE Carla Cody Sarah Hogan Venus Klein Annie Laury Allison Lausten Jon Olafson
FRONT OF HOUSE Gil Clausen Eleanor Glover Maureen Keil Russell Klein Linda Lebsack Ali McNally
RECEPTION Allison Lausten Robert Schoenrock
VENUE LOGISTICS
PRE-CONCERT SLIDES Gil Clausen Jake Romo Ligature Creative Group
PARKING ADVISORS Matt Hogan Hugh Pitcher
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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES Our orchestra is run by volunteers, with no paid administrative staff. We would greatly appreciate help from more volunteers in the areas of publicity, fundraising, concert production, receptions, personnel, and outreach. If you would like to participate in any of these activities, please contact Executive Director Valerie Clausen at 303.653.2407 or email at vclausen@denverphilharmonic.org.
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FEBRUARY 13 ∙ FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE by LEIGH TOWNSEND
Symphony No. 1 “Winter Reveries” Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Although musically inclined, even as a child, Russian composer Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky attended law school at the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence from 1852 to 1859. At the time, there was no formal music school in Russia. However, when the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music was founded by composer and pianist Anton Rubinstein in * Run time: 44 minutes
1860, Tchaikovsky immediately enrolled. In addition to theory
* 1st version composed
and composition, he studied piano, flute and organ.
1866 and premiered
Apparently he was quite the overachiever, even by today’s
in 1868 (Moscow), 2nd
music major standards.
version composed in 1874 and premiered in 1883 (Moscow)
When he began his first symphony, Tchaikovsky had only just moved to Moscow to work as a theory teacher at the newly opened Moscow Conservatory. There, the young composer and teacher also become something of a social celebrity. He was part 23
of an elite artistic circle: a who’s who of
Crimean conflict, which illuminated the cor-
modern Russian literature, theatre, ballet
rupt tendencies of the government and the
and music. The security of his new profes-
technological deficiencies of the nation.
sional status and the access to some of the
When he ascended to the throne in 1855,
brightest artistic stars of the time encour-
Tsar Alexander II vowed to reform both the
aged him to experiment with musical form
government and the industries of Mother
while still advocating the use of Russian
Russia, without sacrificing her culture.
folk melodies. His experimentation led to
Nationalistic roots and tendencies have
some bad reviews by well-known critics of
always run deep in Russia, and Tchaikovsky
the day. The negative views of his music
loved the Russian folk tunes of his child-
sent Tchaikovsky into a deep depression
hood, but he found that their melodies and
“on the verge of madness” from which he
harmonies didn’t fit within the prescribed
clawed his way out and composed his first
forms of Western music composition.
symphony.
ABOUT THE MUSIC
ABOUT RUSSIA
Tchaikovsky’s symphonies of any period are
In the late 1860s, when Tchaikovsky
opulent and technically demanding explo-
was writing this symphony, Russia was
rations in form and function. Rich in musi-
experiencing a bit of split-personality. The
cal substance, they correspond to Western
previous decades had seen defeat in the
expectations of integrated structure and
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coherence while still displaying qualities of
The third movement does not have a
Russian individuality and range of emotion
subtitle, yet if it were written as a ballet,
within the proudest of Western genres: the
you could picture young dancers on
symphony.
stage frolicking in the snow, maybe even having a snowball fight before they walk
In the First Symphony, even the revised
off two-by-two on their way to a party. The
standard version of 1874, the struggle is
innocence of the third gives way to the
obvious: Tchaikovsky had a hard time sep-
final movement, also without a subtitle.
arating his concert music from his ballet music. To find the balance between archi-
The opening low bassoon part sets a dark
tecture and emotion, he had let the drama
and mysterious tone for the first section
of the story unfold within the established
of the finale. The subsequent allegro
rules of form.
section is a triumphant celebration. Programmatically, Tchaikovsky is high-
The first movement is subtitled “Dreams
lighting the brilliance of the season, while
of a winter journey.” The brittle and
compositionally he is showing off his ability
light opening string sounds are clearly
to write successful fugal patterning and
influenced by Mendelssohn’s Italian and
pairing of winds/brass with strings. The
Scottish symphonies; the same brisk and
horns and trumpets lead joyful fanfares in
refreshing flute and bassoon duet that
contrast to the low and lugubrious bas-
opened the movement now closes it out,
soon opening, which comes back as a brief
with a sinister and haunting hint of move-
reminder of the darkness of winter before
ments to come in the strings.
the final shimmering march bursts forth at the conclusion of the symphony.
The beautiful second movement is subtitled “Land of Desolation, Land of Mists.”
INSTRUMENTATION
The extended horn section solo at the end
2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2
of the movement builds in momentum,
bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trom-
then drops away to reveal the mist below
bones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings
as the movement ends.
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) Tchaikovsky was recruited as a music theory teacher when Anton’s brother, Nikolay Rubinstein, opened the Moscow Conservatory of Music in 1865. We know from his letters and from recollections by his students that Tchaikovsky wasn’t a very good teacher. However, he certainly enjoyed an active and varied social life in Moscow, perhaps * Run time: 32 minutes
even a bit more than his paycheck allowed for since he was
* Composed in 1874,
forced to supplement his income during this time with transla-
premiered in 1875
tions and arrangements.
(Boston), published in 1879
MORE ABOUT RUSSIA Russia’s population growth rate from 1850 to 1910 was the fastest of all the major powers except for the United States. Between 1850 and 1900, Russia’s population nearly doubled from 60 million to 111 million people, but it remained chiefly rural well into the 20th century.
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And rural life was harsh; the ancient feudal
hoped for. Rubinstein further demanded
laws had been abandoned in the rest
Tchaikovsky make alterations to the piece,
of Europe in the previous century, but
or else it would never be performed, cer-
Russian serfs were still completely at the
tainly not by him. Unshaken, Tchaikovsky
mercy of the wealthy landowner class. The
finished the piece, without alteration,
Proclamation Law of 1861 freed the serfs
in an admirable fit of stubbornness and
from dependence on the landowners and
sent the completed work to pianist Hans
granted them both the land and their
von Bulow, who loved it and agreed to
freedom. In addition, this liberal reform by
premier it on his upcoming American tour.
Alexander II gave approximately 23 million peasants the right to own property and
Piano Concerto No.1 is an exuberant and
their own businesses, as well as the ability
passionate concerto filled with uninhibited
to marry without consent.
virtuosity. The dramatic and lengthy first movement is based on a menacing-sound-
ABOUT THE MUSIC
ing Ukrainian folk tune titled “Song of
Before it was completed, Tchaikovsky
the Blind.” The movement is filled with
shared his first piano concerto with his
extensive technical passages made up of
boss and mentor, Nikolay Rubinstein.
lush chord sequences and scales.
Rubinstein metaphorically ripped the piece apart, complaining that it was
The second movement opens with a
among other things: tawdry, plagiaristic,
gentle lullaby tune, the piano part softly
and unpianistic to the point that it was
rocking against the orchestra. The second
impossible to play; a reaction one imag-
part of the movement is a rhythmically
ines was less than what Tchaikovsky had
complex and mysterious-sounding
2014/2015 Concert Season Friday, October 17, 2014 | 7:30 pm Mahan and the “Emperor”
Friday, February 13, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Katie Mahan, Piano
Hsing-Av Hsu, Piano
Saturday, November 15, 2014 | 2:30 pm
Friday, March 27, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Rachmaninoff to Ragtime
(FREE Children’s Caoncert)
Haydn Go Seek with The Orchestra! Madison Oh, Piano
Friday, December 12, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Classics, Choirs & Holiday Cheer Simon Su, Piano & Young Voices of Colorado
Tchaikovsky in Spring Kevin Ahfat, Piano
Friday, May 15, 2015 | 7:30 pm An American in Paris Lori Sims, Piano
to purchase tickets: Visit LittletonSymphony.org, call 303-933-6824, or email info@LittletonSymphony.org.
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Prestissimo with quotes from a popular
Tchaikovsky and the epic nerve and stami-
waltz of the time.
na of any performer who makes it all the way through this piece.
The final movement is also based on a folk tune. A combination of hymn-like
INSTRUMENTATION
solemnity and more technical wizardry,
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
this thunderous conclusion shows off
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones,
the inherent compositional talent of
timpani, strings
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THANK YOU, BAUERS! A tremendous thank you to the Bauer family for performing at their fifth annual fundraiser! In December, four of the talented Bauer siblings — Alex, Marieke, Heidi and Jonas — performed a brilliant recital raising more than $600 for the Orchestra. We’re honored to have the Bauers as part of our own DPO family. Thank you!!
UP NEXT: FEBRUARY 21 CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL 7:30pm at Cameron Church, 1600 S. Pearl St., Denver Musicians and friends of the DPO perform chamber music in this annual fundraiser for the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. Small groups of musicians perform a variety of classical pieces in an intimate setting. What a lovely way to support your favorite orchestra! Buy tickets online at www.denverphilharmonic.org.
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TWEET YOUR HEART OUT During the concert, we live-tweet photos, facts and tidbits about the music you’re listening to. Follow along, share and interact with us and other concert-goers on Twitter.
A FEW RULES… • PHONES ON — SOUND OFF! We know you want to participate, but let’s leave the music to the pros • ALL THUMBS Tweet tweet tweet all the
night through, but remember, no talking during the concert
• You don’t need a Twitter account to read our tweets (just visit twitter.com/ DenverPhilOrch), but if you’d like to
tweet along with us, you need an account • “PG” tweets only — C’mon, we’ve got kids here
• Add the hashtag #DPOtweets to your posts so your neighbors can follow along
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CONCERT ETIQUETT If you are attending your first (or 300th) classical music concert, below are some frequently asked questions to help make your experience more enjoyable.
BE COMFORTABLE
APPLAUSE 101
There’s no dress code. From jeans to
Many concertgoers are confused about
suits, you’ll see it all! Wear what you’d
when to clap during an orchestra’s perfor-
like — you’ll fit in. We love you just the
mance. Before the mid-19th century, au-
way you are.
diences would routinely applaud between movements to show their joy for the mu-
COUGHING
sic they just heard. Around the mid-19th
Ahem… Try to ‘bury’ your cough in a loud
century, it became tradition in Germany
passage of music. If you can’t, or you
for audiences to wait until the end of the
begin to cough a lot, don’t worry — it’s
piece to clap, sitting silently between
perfectly acceptable and appropriate to
movements. That tradition spread and is
quietly exit the concert hall. Remember to
now commonly accepted and taught.
unwrap cough drops before the concert so
At the DPO, we welcome both traditions.
you don’t create crackling noises.
If you prefer to wait for the end of a piece, that’s fine. If you want to respectfully show
CRY ROOM
your appreciation between movements,
Child feelin’ fidgety? We have a designated cry room at the back of the hall on the right side of the main level (as you enter the hall). The room is marked with a sign.
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we welcome that too. Regardless, we want you to feel comfortable and focus on the performance, not confusing applause rules!
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E SIT TIGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA
The rumors are true — we’re pretty
Feel free to tweet, post to Facebook or
informal. But we do ask that you sit tight
take photos without flash. Upload your
and quiet during the performance and
pics and comments online — and be sure
only get up between pieces or during in-
to tag us! We’re on Facebook, Twitter and
termission as to not distract the musicians
Instagram @denverphilorch #dpotweets
or concert-goers around you.
PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT
HAVE FUN! Rules, rules, rules — we know, it can be
You’re welcome to bring a water bottle
overwhelming. The most important rule of
into the hall, but remember “Trail Rules”
all is to have fun and enjoy yourself. And
— pack it in, pack it out. (This goes for
then tell all your friends and come back
trash too!)
again and again!
ELECTRONICS Please turn the sound off on your cell phones, pagers, and any other noisemaking device, including vibrate mode.
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ORCHESTRA SPOTLIG Who are the hard-working men and women behind those music stands? Get to know your orchestra! Each concert, we spotlight a few of our talented musicians here in the program. Tonight, meet Rachel, Steve, Alexis, Ben, Ryan and David — RACHEL BRADFORD
weekdays with a full-time job as a senior
SECOND VIOLIN
tax accountant and lives in Aurora with her
EIGHTH DPO SEASON. Playing the violin
husband Patrick, their daughter, Olivia,
since 1988, Rachel began by performing in
and their two furry dachshunds.
a variety of youth ensembles in the Denver area under the instruction of Barbara
STEVE BULOTA
Rino, including the Denver Young Artists
TIMPANI
Orchestra and the Colorado Youth Pops
TWENTY-FIFTH DPO SEASON. Steve
Orchestra. She attended the University
received his first musical instruction in
of Northern Colorado, where she studied
piano and theory from his grandmother
music performance under the guidance of
at an early age. In sixth grade, he began
Dr. Richard Fuchs and Dr. Russell Guyver.
taking drum lessons and started playing
In addition to performing with us, she’s
timpani in high school at the suggestion
had the honor of playing with the Littleton
of his band director. And in 1981, Steve
Symphony Orchestra under conductor and
taught himself how to play the accordi-
former Colorado Symphony Orchestra
on. Since moving to Colorado in 1980,
principal cellist, Jurgen de Lemos, and the
he’s played with the Aurora Symphony,
Metropolitan State University Symphony
Lakewood Symphony, Littleton Symphony,
Orchestra. She continues her private
Brico Symphony, Denver Concert Band,
studies with CSO violinist and former MSU
and he is the current timpanist of the
instructor, Bradley Watson. Rachel fills her
Colorado Wind Ensemble. He has a BS
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HT in Music Education from the University of
oboe in fifth grade. She grew up in the
Connecticut and an AOS in Electronics
Twin Cities playing in the Minnesota Youth
Technology from the Electronic Technical
Symphonies. Since receiving her Bachelor’s
Institute of Denver. Steve works as a
of Music degree from the University of
Customer Support Technician for Micro
Denver (under Lawrence Golan’s baton),
Motion in Boulder. Fluent in Lithuanian,
Alexis has performed with the Colorado
he serves on the Board of the Lithuanian-
Wind Ensemble, the Boulder Symphony,
American Community of Colorado and
and the Greeley Philharmonic. By day,
is the editor of their bilingual newsletter.
Alexis is an account manager for an online
He enjoys photography and has been a
marketing company. Between work and
transit buff for many years. And as a native
orchestra rehearsals, she play a lot of
of South Bend, Indiana, he’s an avid Notre
tennis in leagues and tournaments during
Dame football fan.
the summer and skis most weekends
ALEXIS JUNKER OBOE
throughout the winter.
BEN LUEY
THIRD DPO SEASON. A life in music was
VIOLA
unavoidable — with a high school band
EIGHTH DPO SEASON. Ben has been
teacher for a mother and a high school
playing in school or community orchestras
choir director for a father, Alexis started
continuously for 20 years. He started on
playing piano at age 4 and began on the
the viola in sixth grade in his middle school
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orchestra in California and soon joined the
active performance schedule with the
Oakland Youth Orchestra. While studying
Colorado Wind Ensemble and the Boulder
physics at Carleton College in Minnesota,
Symphony.
he played with the Carleton Orchestra. After college, he moved to Boulder where
Outside of the trumpet, Ryan composes
he played with the Longmont Symphony
and arranges for various large and small
Orchestra and joined the DPO after moving
ensembles. Ryan has been teaching brass
to Denver. In addition to his undergraduate
at the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps
degree from Carleton, Ben has a Master
since 2012, teaches private lessons on
of Science degree in Physics from the
trumpet and music theory, was the sound
University of Colorado Boulder. Outside of
engineer for the Santa Clara Vanguard
the DPO, Ben is a physicist at a small com-
Drum and Bugle Corps, and marched with
pany in Denver where he works on lasers
the corps for two years prior, performing as
and electronics to support the laser cooling
a soloist and upper lead trumpet.
and trapping research community. Ryan received dual Bachelor of Music
RYAN SPENCER
degrees from the CU-Boulder in 2008 for
PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
Trumpet Performance and Composition
SECOND DPO SEASON. Ryan is currently
with a certificate in music technology. He
pursuing a Master of Music degree in
played in a wide variety of ensembles
Trumpet Performance from the University
including opera orchestra and singing in
of Denver. Performing in orchestra, wind
choirs, received a composition commission
ensemble, jazz band, brass quintet, and
award in 2007, and the KKY Sophomore
chamber ensembles within the Lamont
Honorarium in 2006.
School of Music, Ryan also maintains an
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Ryan lives near downtown and enjoys
University of Pittsburgh Symphonies, and
snowboarding, hiking, running, cycling,
the Carnegie Symphony Orchestra.
reading, and sushi.
DAVID WALLACE
PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORN
David is in his seventh year as music teacher at Tarver Elementary. Previous public education experience includes
EIGHTH DPO SEASON. David received
teaching choral and instrumental music at
his MA in Instructional Technologies from
both the middle and high school levels.
CU Denver, a BA from St. Olaf College in
He’s been Performing Artist in Residence
Minnesota and teaching certification from
at the Denver School of the Arts and for
Regis University. He has served as the
the Colorado Honor Bands, and horn and
assistant principal horn in the Colorado
musical theater director at several area
Symphony Orchestra, and has played and
high schools.
recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His Broadway credits include
David enjoys spending free time with his
the National Companies of Tommy, The
children Bud & Kate, skiing, cooking, and
Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon,
looking for places to build fires. As always,
and Camelot. He’s soloed with the DPO,
he continues his silent, yet passionate,
as well as the Northwest Chicago and
advocacy for bowling as an Olympic sport.
14th Ave >
Logan St > < 13th Ave
Oblio’s
< Grant St
(1225 Logan) for a late-night happy hour! Enjoy concert-themed cocktails and beer & wine drink specials. We’ll see you there! CHEERS!
KPOF Hall
Oblio’s Cap Hill
Capitol
Sherman St
After tonight’s concert, join us at
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THANK YOU! We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the following individuals, businesses and corporations.
ORCHESTRA’S CIRCLE ($20,000+)
BENEFACTOR
($300 – $499)
Patsy & Jim Aronstein
Valerie & Gil Clausen
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+)
Helen Bauer CoBank on behalf of Brian Lucius Susan Cochran Eleanor Glover
AIC Ventures on behalf of Ben Luey
Sarah Hogan
FirstBank
Lok & Jake Jacobi
Linda M. Lebsack & Hugh R. Pitcher
Lisa Peloso & Vik Patel
SCFD
CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($2,500 – $4,999) MUSICIANS’ CIRCLE
CONTRIBUTOR
($100 – $299)
Anonymous Anonymous Keri Rose Agnes Donna & Pierre Bastien
($1,000 – $2,499)
Mary Brauer
Xcel Energy
Adrienne Fasse John D. Faught
PATRON
($500 – $999)
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck on behalf of Tenley Oldak Colorado Gives Day “Luck of the Draw” Russell Klein Donald Walls
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Janice Burley
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Tenley Mueller
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Jon Olafson
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Amaryllis Fletcher
Wallace Orr
Terri Gonzales
Phil Pearlman & Betty Bona
Bruce Haefner
Kathleen Porter
Lori Hanson
Drs. Mark & Maxine Rossman
Karin Hensel
Ray & Jim in honor of Wayne Knox
Surilda Hudson
Robert J. Smith
Arash Jahanian in honor of Tenley Mueller
James A. Stegman
Ligature Creative Group
TATE+BURNS Architects LLC
Susan J. McGinley
Gina & Paul Todd
McKesson Foundation, matching gift on behalf of Janice Burley
Gary Wooley
FRIEND
Loren Meaux
(UP TO $99)
Penny Alles
Rand & Barb Moritzky in honor of Rebecca Moritzky
Amazon Smile Foundation
Manijeh Taherynia
Anonymous
Elinor Towler
Anonymous Charles Aschwanden
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS
Phillip Barru
The Pillar of Fire Church
Fred Beisser
Ligature Creative Group
James & Kimberly Brody
Newberry Brothers Greenhouse & Florist
in honor of the oboe section
Since January 1, 2014
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