2015–16
OCTOBER 2 NOVEMBER 20 DECEMBER 19 FEBRUARY 19 APRIL 8 JUNE 3
november 20 inextinguishable LAWRENCE GOLAN conductor
JAY CAMPBELL cello
LOCKLAIR
Phoenix for Orchestra (2007) Colorado premiere ELGAR
Cello Concerto NIELSEN
Symphony No. 4 “Inextinguishable”
DEAR FRIENDS, Welcome to tonight’s Denver Philharmonic Orchestra concert! With all the events, theatre, music and festivals that Denver has to offer, we’re honored you are spending your evening with us. We hope to create a wonderful memory and feeling that stays with you long after the music has ended, and sometimes even before the music has begun. Thanks for joining us tonight — have a safe and
Tonight, I’ll be thinking about wise words from Henry David
happy Thanksgiving!
Thoreau, who said, “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” Thoreau must have been to a DPO concert! Listening to our passionate musicians fill this hall with music, we hope that you “see no foe,” but instead find opportunities to meet your neighbors, mingle with musicians, and take part in the community offerings hosted by the DPO all season long! Please, sit back, relax, silence (but do not put away) your phone and experience the music! If you have any questions, or would like to share your personal DPO story, please feel free to talk with us: look for anyone with a blue name tag, or come and find me — we love getting to know all of you, and hope you will continue to make the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra a part of your story now and in the future! Sincerely,
Jon Olafson President of the Board, DPO
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2015–16 season. OCTOBER 2 NATURE’S REALM
FEBRUARY 19 SMASH HITS!
LAWRENCE GOLAN, conductor and violin
LAWRENCE GOLAN, conductor STEVEN LIN, piano
VIVALDI “Autumn” from The ˇ ÁK In Nature’s Realm DVOR
Four Seasons
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite MOZART
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tempest; Fantasy-Overture, Op. 18 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
RACHMANINOFF
NOVEMBER 20 INEXTINGUISHABLE
APRIL 8 THE ONE RING
LAWRENCE GOLAN, conductor JAY CAMPBELL, cello Phoenix for Orchestra (Colorado premiere) ELGAR Cello Concerto NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 “Inextinguishable” LOCKLAIR
DECEMBER 19 HOLIDAY CHEER! SCOTT O’NEIL, guest conductor SYDNEY HARPER, soprano and featuring COLORADO REPERTORY SINGERS, KYLE FLEMING, artistic director Holiday favorites including: Excerpts from “Christmas Concerto” Selections from Messiah TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from The Nutcracker CORELLI HANDEL
FEATURING THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY S. MORDECAI FUHRMAN, guest conductor AARON WILLE, flute Les Franc-Juges (Judges of the Secret Court) Suite Modale DE MEIJ, ORCH. VLIEGER Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings” BERLIOZ BLOCH
JUNE 3 EUROTRIP LAWRENCE GOLAN, conductor Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust The Moldau STRAUSS JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube FRANCK Symphony in D Minor BERLIOZ
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015 INEXTINGUISHABLE KPOF Hall · Denver, Colorado · 7:30 pm
Lawrence Golan, conductor Jay Campbell, cello Dan Locklair b. 1949
Phoenix for Orchestra Colorado Premiere!
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (1857 – 1934) featuring Jay Campbell I. Adagio – Moderato
II. Lento – Allegro molto III. Adagio IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro, ma non troppo – Poco più lento – Adagio
∙ 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ∙ Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” I. Allegro (1865 – 1931)
II. Poco allegretto III. Poco adagio quasi andante IV. Allegro
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LAWRENCE GOLAN MUSIC DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN The 2015–16 Season marks Lawrence’s third 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. This is his second season as associate conductor of the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra.
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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.
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JAY CAMPBELL CELLO Praised by The New York Times for his “electrifying performances” which “conveyed every nuance,” American cellist Jay Campbell has already forged a reputation as a spellbinding artist. Combining eclectic musical interests and a diverse spectrum of repertoire, he has collaborated with musicians ranging from Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, David Lang and John Zorn, to members of Radiohead and Einstürzende Neubauten. Recent highlights include debuts with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, and the Alabama Symphony. Jay has premiered nearly 100 works to date, including concertos by Chris Rogerson and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Co-commissioned by the Human Rights Foundation, a new cello concerto, Genus and Species, is being written for Jay by American composer David Fulmer. His close association with John Zorn has resulted in more than a half-dozen new works for cello. Hen to Pan, a feature disc with all new compositions written for him by Zorn, was released in February 2015; one of the works, “The Aristos: Ten Metaphysical Ambiguities,” has been named finalist for the Pulitzer. Recipient of awards from the BMI and ASCAP foundation, Jay is also the First Prize winner of the 2012 Concert Artist Guild auditions. Born in Berkeley, California, he is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at The Juilliard School studying with celebrated cellist Fred Sherry.
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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 departed in
After nearly 40 years under Antonia’s
2013. Lawrence, a professor and music
baton, the orchestra chose Russian-
director at the University of Denver’s
American conductor Julius Glaihengauz
Lamont School of Music, continues to pro-
as its second music director. A graduate of
duce 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 68-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. We have a lot of fun at our concerts — we live-tweet performances, hold lively pre-concert chats, and we’ve mingled over great eats at food truck tailgates, hiked South Table Mountain in Golden, sipped local wine, welcomed over 80 students from El Sistema Colorado as our opening act, hosted Valentine’s Day photo booths, enjoyed handmade truffles, brought in an instrument petting zoo, partnered with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to bring the Gates Planetarium (and the entire universe) into the hall, and more!
Here’s a taste of what’s in store for upcoming concerts —
HOLIDAY CHEER!
SMASH HITS!
DECEMBER 19, 2015
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
DYAO PRELUDE, PRECONCERT
PRECONCERT CHAT, 6:30PM
Arrive early to get into the mood with holiday music from Noteworthy String Quartet, a group of four musicians from the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Join Associate Conductor S. Mordecai Fuhrman for an informal preconcert chat that will give you insights into the music and music-makers you’ll be listening to.
BAKE SALE, POSTCONCERT
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO, 6:50–7:15PM
Enjoy homemade treats at our annual bake sale after Holiday Cheer!
Honk! Buzz! Toot! Find out about the different orchestra instruments. Pick up a trombone or a violin and give it a go! Fun for kids of any age!
RECEPTION, POSTCONCERT Say hello! Come downstairs after the concert for refreshments, meet the soloists, buy a t-shirt — and have fun!
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MUSIC.
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OUR MUSICIANS MUSIC DIRECTOR Lawrence Golan
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR S. Mordecai Fuhrman
FIRST VIOLIN
VIOLA
William Hinkie, principal Lori Hanson Lindsay Hayes Ben Luey Kathleen Torkko Anita Zerbe
Katherine Thayer, concertmaster Allison Kim, associate concertmaster Patsy Aronstein Melissa Campbell Matt Grove Thomas Jatko Tenley Mueller Kristine Pordesimo Emmy Reid Beth Schoening Vanessa Vari Elizabeth Wall
CELLO
SECOND VIOLIN
Mark Stefaniw, principal Zach Antonio Ozzie Backus Lucy Bauer Josh Filley Taryn Galow Colton Kelly Jordan Walters, student intern
Yiran Li, principal Niccolo Werner Casewit Valerie Clausen Christina Colalancia Terri Gonzales Miki Heine Annie Laury Callista Medland Alyssa Oland Albert Ting
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Bryan Scafuri, principal Naftari Burns Kyle Laney Anna Psitos Monica Sáles Amanda Thall Rachel Warbelow Rachel Yanovitch Tara Yoder
BASS
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FLUTE
TRUMPET
OBOE
TROMBONE
CLARINET
BASS TROMBONE
Aaron Wille, principal Whitney Kelley Catherine Ricca Lanzano
Kimberly Brody, principal Loren Meaux, assistant principal Alexis Junker
Shaun Burley, principal Jessica Clark Claude Wilbur
BASSOON
Ken Greenwald, principal Nicholas Lengyel
CONTRABASSOON Leigh Townsend
FRENCH HORN
Kelli Hirsch, acting principal Jeanine Branting Mary Brauer Robyn Chauvin
Ryan Spencer, prinicpal Ariel Van Dam Ryan Stutzman
William Combs, principal Trevor Moore Wallace Orr
Daniel Morris
TUBA
Michael McLean
TIMAPNI
Steve Bulota, prinicpal Ross Coons
PERCUSSION Ross Coons Joey Glassman
HARP
Rebecca Moritzky
ORGAN
Ani Gyulamiryan
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OUR TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT Jon Olafson VICE-PRESIDENT Eleanor Glover SECRETARY Linda Lebsack TREASURER Allison Lausten Pauline Dallenbach, Honorary Member Dr. Robert Dallenbach Alixandra Feeley Sarah Hogan Russell Klein Maureen Keil Matt Meier Tenley Oldak
DENVER PHILHARMONIC FOUNDATION BOARD Keith Fisher Russell Klein Allison Lausten
MUSIC LIBRARIAN Callista Medland Alyssa Oland, assistant
CONCERT PROGRAM
Ligature Creative Group, design Walker Burns, editing Alixandra Feeley, editing María Angélica Lasso, Spanish translation Callista Medland, editing Leigh Townsend, concert notes
CONCERT RECORDING Joel Dallenbach Kyle Smith, advisor
WEBMASTER
Ligature Creative Group
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EMBEDDED REPORTER
OPERATIONS MANAGER
PUBLICITY & DEVELOPMENT
Valerie Clausen
Alixandra Feeley
PERSONNEL MANAGER Annie Laury
STAGE MANAGERS Taryn Galow Loren Meaux
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Julia Compton Meg Satrom, editor
Niccolo Casewit Dr. Robert Dallenbach Stephanie Gillman, photographer Eleanor Glover Kelli Hirsch Ali McNally Matt Meier Jeff Paul David Sherman
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OUTREACH Tenley Oldak Katherine Thayer David Wallace
DATA WRANGLER
RECEPTION Gil Clausen Allison Lausten
VENUE LOGISTICS
Callista Medland
Brian McGuire Roger Powell
BOX OFFICE
PARKING ADVISORS
Carla Cody Sarah Hogan Venus Klein Annie Laury Allison Lausten Jon Olafson
FRONT OF HOUSE
Matt Hogan Linda Lebsack Hugh Pitcher
MORE THAN MUSIC PARTNERS Denver Fire Department
Gil Clausen Cris Diaz, habla español Eleanor Glover Maureen Keil Russell Klein María Angélica Lasso, habla español Linda Lebsack Ali McNally
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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PRESS PLAY!
The latest episode in our “Playing Out” webseries, Playing Out with Jay Campbell, premiered this week on YouTube.com/DenverPhilharmonic. “Playing Out” takes soloists and guest
“Playing Out” is created in part by
artists out on the town performing in and
local filmmaker David Sherman. David
around Denver. Watch pianist Fei-Fei
specializes in arts marketing, media
Dong play Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
literacy and education.
on a 16th Street Mall piano, or see Music Director and October soloist Lawrence Golan in the serene Denver Botanic Gardens with Vivaldi’s “Autumn.”
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NOVEMBER 20 ∙ INEXTINGUISHABLE by LEIGH TOWNSEND
Phoenix for Orchestra Dan Locklair (b. 1949) Working from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Dr. Dan Locklair is a composer and educator currently serving as Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University. In an article from 2007, Locklair describes the origin and evolution, as well as some listening notes, of Phoenix for Orchestra: Dr. Locklair, perhaps most known for his
Phoenix for Orchestra began its life as a three-minute
sacred music, was a
fanfare entitled, Phoenix Fanfare. It was commissioned in
professional organist by
1979 … for the 3 February 1980 reopening and dedication
age 14. Duration: 10 minutes
of Union’s renovated James Memorial Chapel. Since the Chapel had been virtually gutted and rebuilt, a title evoking the mythological bird that rose from the ashes seemed most appropriate. From the beginning, the piece was conceived as an antiphonal composition, with the original brass sextet placed in a rear balcony, while the organ and percussion were located in the front of James Chapel. … In the autumn of 2006, Winston-Salem Symphony Music Director, Robert Moody, heard a concert performance of the 23
original version of Phoenix Fanfare
include the entire orchestra, which
and Processional and, soon afterwards,
eventually leads to the composition’s
phoned to ask if I would consider
processional-like main section. The
creating a version of it for orchestra.
primary, stately melodic material is
… I then agreed to transcribe the work
first presented by the strings alone,
for orchestra, with work on the piece
then handed over to the antiphonal
spanning December 2006 to early
brass quartet just before all forces
March 2007. … Phoenix for Orchestra
join together as the section regally
is warmly dedicated to the Winston-
builds. After a large climax is reached,
Salem Symphony and its conductor,
a contrasting and delicately colored
Robert Moody.
middle section for the orchestra alone emerges. After this section reaches its
Phoenix for Orchestra is approximately
zenith, a variant of the opening fanfare
ten minutes in length. As in the original
section between the antiphonal brass
Phoenix Fanfare, an antiphonal brass
and orchestral brass emerges. This
ensemble (here two trumpets and
section leads to a return of the primary
two trombones) is a vital part of the
processional-like section of the piece
composition, with this ensemble being
and, ultimately, to the piece’s majestic
placed either in the rear or to both
conclusion.1
sides of the performance space. … As the opening bars progress, the activity of this dialoguing quickly grows to
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Locklair, D. (2007, May). Phoenix for Orchestra. Retrieved November 3, 2015, www.locklair.com
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Cello Concerto in E Minor Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934) Sir Edward Elgar felt himself to be an outsider. A Roman Catholic in Protestant England; a self-taught composer in academically dominated music circles: he struggled to find success, but persevered to eventually rise to acclaim.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER Elgar was one of the first composers to take advantage of the early gramophone recording
Born near Worcester, England in 1857, Edward Elgar received much of his early music training from his father who worked as a piano technician and shopkeeper selling sheet music and
technology. He recorded
instruments. Despite never receiving formal composition train-
the cello concerto in 1920.
ing, he developed masterly and unconventional techniques in composition and orchestration. Elgar continually jotted down
Duration: 30 minutes
short themes and phrases, which he’d then scrap together into a larger composition. Over time, his orchestral skills improved greatly, providing finessed technique to support the creative genius elemental to his early works.
ABOUT THE MUSIC Elgar’s Cello Concerto, written in 1919, was influenced by his desire for a return to simplicity as contemporary music trended towards the modernism of Stravinsky and Hindemith. Elgar was ever true to his roots — using a beautiful melody above all else. The four-movement work opens slowly: an almost improvisatory solo cello part gives way to winds and strings, ebbing and flowing alongside the cello, and building in trajectory to the first full statement of the main theme by the entire ensemble, while the cello climbs into the stratosphere.
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The first movement ends as quietly as
movement, perhaps with even more
it began and proceeds directly into the
poignancy.
second, jauntier, movement. The bouncing accompaniment of the orchestra perfectly
The final movement begins with a
frames the virtuosic cello, alternately soar-
suggestion of the first theme, but is inter-
ing and moving blisteringly fast through
rupted by the solo cello. In brilliant Elgar
the high register of the instrument.
style, the natural exuberance and joy of both orchestra and soloist are tempered
The third movement, again slow, is a
by introspection and melancholy interjec-
continuous lamenting solo for the cello.
tions. This longest of the four movements
It echoes the longing themes of the first
ends abruptly.
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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, November 29 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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Symphony No. 4: “The Inextinguishable” Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931) Carl Nielsen metaphorically rose from the ashes many times in his life.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER Born into a large, impoverished family in Denmark, Carl gravitated towards music. In his autobiography, he wrote, “I had heard music before, heard father play the violin and cornet, heard mother singing, and, when in bed with the measles, I had tried myself out on the little violin”.2 Music is Life, and, like it, Inextinguishable.
Yet, his musical career almost didn’t happen. His parents decided he should apprentice as a cobbler, but the shop went bankrupt, and he returned home. Having learned to play brass
Duration: 36 minutes
instruments, he joined the 16th Battalion army band. Despite these potential hurdles along the way to a career in music, he continued to practice and perform violin in his free time and began studying with an instructor in 1881. After his release from the military in 1884, he enrolled at Copenhagen Conservatory. By 1889, his skills markedly improved through his dedication and training, and he was hired by the Royal Theater Orchestra as a section second violinist. He held the post
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for 16 years, although his career aspirations
solo cello and the three flutes, followed by
were always higher.
the three clarinets, leading in ascending scales from violas and muted second vio-
Only one year later, in 1890, he was
lins, to a passage in which the strings and
awarded a scholarship that allowed him to
woodwinds are happily joined.
travel throughout Europe seeking artistic inspiration, which he found in Anne Marie
Nevertheless, the harmonic ambiguity con-
Brodersen. She was a truly modern wom-
tinues, and the instability is unquestion-
an, also from Denmark but studying sculp-
able from the opening in D minor/major to
ture and art in Paris. The two fell madly in
the end in E major. An exultant passage for
love and married almost immediately.
full orchestra, marked pesante e glorioso is followed by the introduction of a new
Carl Nielsen is recognized as Denmark’s
rhythmic element: a leaping phrase heard
greatest composer.
first from the flute. The music continues in
ABOUT THE MUSIC The title of the Fourth Symphony, “The
a traditional 3-part form, with a return of the initial material to mark the beginning of a triumphant recapitulation section.
Inextinguishable,� was chosen to express what Nielsen saw as the elemental will
The violins introduce the third movement
of life explaining that music, like life, is
with a strong and definitive melodic line,
inextinguishable. The symphony should be
seemingly striving towards the eventual
understood in these terms, rather than the
key of E major. This intense music is
presence of specific programmatic elements.
joined to the final movement by a rapid change of mood. Before the last fast sec-
The symphony is scored for large wood-
tion, the strings come to a sudden rest,
wind and brass sections, with a double set
and there is a movement of struggle and
of timpani set opposite each other as if
conflict as the timpani battle it out. The
to battle. Nielsen was attempting a more
opposing forces are eventually resolved;
modern style to embody the fractured
proclaiming music and the will to live as
continuity of Denmark in 1916 and his own
inextinguishable, although contemporary
soul at that moment.
events in Europe might too easily have suggested only despair.
The first of the four linked movements opens forcefully, yet ambiguous in tonal center. All grows quieter with a passage for
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Nielsen, Carl (1953). My Childhood. Translated from the Danish by Reginald Spink.
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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
In earlier times, audiences would routinely
suits, you’ll see it all! Wear what you’d
applaud between movements to show
like — you’ll fit in. We love you just the
their joy for the music they just heard.
way you are.
Then around the mid-19th century, it
COUGHING Ahem… Try to ‘bury’ your cough in a loud
became tradition to wait until the end of the piece to clap, with the audience sitting silent between movements.
passage of music. If you can’t, or you begin to cough a lot, don’t worry — it’s
At the DPO, we welcome both traditions.
perfectly acceptable and appropriate to
If you prefer to wait for the end of a piece
quietly exit the concert hall. Remember to
to clap, please do. Some movements are
unwrap cough drops before the concert so
fiery and end in such a flare that you may
you don’t create crackling noises.
feel compelled to clap — go for it! After a quiet movement, you may want to enjoy
CRY ROOM 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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the feeling of transfixion and wait; there’s no need to applaud if you’re not feelin’ it. 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 Patsy, Steve, Melissa, Lori, Kyle and Claude — PATSY ARONSTEIN FIRST VIOLIN
University of Colorado as an adjunct professor and teaching assistant respectively.
FIFTH DPO SEASON. Patsy started violin lessons in fourth grade and has played
The past 11 years, she has been a member
ever since — well, you can try to do the
of Friends of Chamber Music’s Board and
math. As a young adult, Patsy studied with
served as President of the Board for three
Harold Wippler here in Denver, played in
years. She is an avid tennis player, skier
the Colorado Springs Symphony when she
and enjoys traveling. Patsy also enjoys
was a student at Colorado College and later
playing chamber music with friends and
joined the Arapahoe Philharmonic where she
is partial to the repertoire for piano trio.
played for 27 years.
Patsy and her husband, Jim, have three sons, Will, Tyler and Reid, and a handsome
Patsy received her B.A. in French from
golden retriever, Champ. She’s a true
Colorado College in 1980 and a Master’s
Francophile right down to the violin and
degree in French Literature from the
bow that she is playing with tonight!
University of Colorado in 1985. Now retired, she taught high school French at
STEVE BULOTA
Colorado Academy for the majority of her
TIMPANI
career, but spent several years teaching
TWENTY-SIXTH DPO SEASON. Steve
at the University of Denver and the
received his first musical instruction in
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HT piano and theory from his grandmother
Since moving to Colorado in 1980,
at an early age. In sixth grade, he began
he’s played with the Aurora Symphony,
taking drum lessons and started playing
Lakewood Symphony, Littleton
timpani in high school at the suggestion
Symphony, Brico Symphony, Denver
of his band director. Steve taught himself
Concert Band, and he is the current tim-
how to play the accordion in 1981.
panist of the Colorado Wind Ensemble.
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He has a B.S. in Music Education from
MELISSA CAMPBELL
the University of Connecticut and an
FIRST VIOLIN
AOS in Electronics Technology from the
SECOND DPO SEASON. Melissa began
Electronic Technical Institute of Denver.
her college education at Colorado State University studying violin with Dr. Ron
Steve works as a Customer Support
Francois before becoming a full time wife
Technician for Micro Motion in Boulder.
and mother. She in currently attending
Fluent in Lithuanian, he serves on the
school again to become a real estate
Board of the Lithuanian-American
broker, and is also working towards a dual
Community of Colorado and is the editor
degree in violin performance and business
of their bilingual newsletter. He enjoys
finance.
photography and has been a transit buff for many years. As a native of South Bend,
Melissa began playing the violin at the age
Indiana, Steve’s an avid Notre Dame
of 5 and was trained in the Suzuki method
football fan.
in Placerville, California. While living there she was one of the youngest members
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of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. Her
days to being a full-time wife and mom.
family moved to Fort Collins when she was
After a few years of just playing violin in
13, and she spent time as concertmaster of
church, she joined the Loveland Symphony
her junior high and high school orchestras.
Orchestra in the fall of 2013. Following one
She was the concertmaster and a scholar-
season with them, her husband Michael
ship recipient at the CSU summer music
was relocated south of Denver for work.
camp, as well as a NOCO string quartet scholarship recipient. She was also a part
Melissa’s primary “day job” is staying
of Western States Honor Orchestra and All
home their three kids Dillon, 8; Cade, 6;
State Orchestra throughout high school.
and Ellise, 4. She also wakes up early and delivers newspapers so she can continue
Melissa began her college career at
to raise their children during the day and
Colorado State University and played in
be able to continue her education in
the Symphonic and Chamber Orchestras
the evening. She has also always had a
as well as quartets. After marrying her
passion for teaching and currently has two
high school sweetheart, she devoted her
violin students.
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Melissa comes from a very musical
Architecture and Urban Design in
family. Her mom has a Master’s in Music
Lawrence, Kansas. She began playing vio-
Education and has taught in schools
la in fourth grade after seeing a presenta-
and churches throughout California and
tion of instruments from the school music
Colorado. Her dad is an architect by day
teachers. She selected the viola because
and an opera singer by night who has also
no one else did!
been in many church choirs. It’s pretty easy to see where Melissa developed a love of
Lori played in school orchestra all the
music at such a young age!
way through high school. She was also a member of the Colorado Springs Youth
Her family is really into sports: their oldest
Symphony and played with the Colorado
son loves to swim; their youngest son
College Chamber Orchestra during high
enjoys playing soccer; and their daughter
school. Lori continued viola in college
likes to spend her days dancing. They like
at the University of Kansas studying with
to ski, hike, and spend time at the library.
Dr. Michael Kimber and also performed
But most of all, the whole family bleeds
with the University of Kansas Symphony
orange and blue! Go Broncos!
Orchestra under the direction of the
LORI HANSON VIOLA
late Brian Priestman (former Denver Symphony Orchestra conductor). As part of the university orchestra she performed
SECOND DPO SEASON. Lori has
in several pit orchestras for the University
a Bachelor of Architecture from
Opera, Theater, Choir and Dance
the University of Kansas School of
Company.
2014/2015 Concert Season Friday, October 16, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Friday, February 12, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Günther Stegmüller, guest conductor Linda Wang, violin
Jason Shafer, clarinet
water
Saturday, November 14, 2015 | 2:30 pm (FREE Children’s Concert)
oh, the music you’ll hear! Friday, December 4, 2015 | 7:30 pm
a lso family christmas
wind
Friday, April 1, 2016 | 7:30 pm
fire
Matthew Zalkind, cello
Friday, May 13, 2016 | 7:30 pm
earth
Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
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After graduation, Lori moved to Denver
KYLE LANEY
and performed as principal violist with the
CELLO
Aurora Symphony Orchestra for 12 sea-
FIRST DPO SEASON. Kyle has played
sons. She was also a member of the ASO
cello since he was 5 years old. He also
String Quartet, and performed with the
played the piano for a couple years.
John Adams Band for several concerts. He performed with in the Metropolitan Lori is a registered architect in Colorado
Symphony Youth Orchestra and Buckhead
and Senior Associate at Eidos Architects,
Youth Symphony Orchestra throughout
PC, a commercial design firm specializing
middle school and ninth grade, Atlanta
in religious, education, office & municipal
Symphony Youth Orchestra in high
projects.
school, Frost Symphony and Henry Mancini Institute Orchestras at the
She’s in her 15th season as a volunteer
University of Miami, Brevard Symphony
with patron services for the Denver
Orchestra, Interlochen Symphony
Center Theater Company, and enjoys
Orchestra, and a number of other or-
traveling, biking and hiking the mountains
chestras at music festivals. Kyle also has
around Colorado.
extensive chamber music experience.
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Kyle earned a Bachelor of Music degree
CLAUDE G. WILBUR
from the University of Miami with a
CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
minor in Business Administration. Kyle
TWELFTH DPO SEASON. Claude has
currently works as an Emergency Medical
played with Denver Concert Band,
Technician. He’s starting a professional
Colorado Wind Ensemble, Denver
string quartet, The Highland String
Municipal Band, Colorado Springs
Quartet. He also plans to become a
Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony,
Physician Assistant or an Occupational
Cheyenne Symphony, Boulder
Therapist and will take classes at UC
Philharmonic, Boulder Ballet, Fort Collins
Denver starting Spring 2016.
Ballet and various small ensembles. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Chapman
With a father who is a business litigator, a
College, a Master’s Degree in Music from
mother who’s a CPA, and an older brother
Michigan State University and has done
who’s a third-year student in medical
post-graduate work at UCD.
school, Kyle says he has a lot to live up to. Claude studied Chinese with a language Kyle enjoys learning about preventative
immersion program at Three Gorges
medicine, doing CrossFit and many other
University. Claude makes his living as a
sports, and being outdoors.
software engineer.
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