2015–16
OCTOBER 2 NOVEMBER 20 DECEMBER 19 FEBRUARY 19 APRIL 8 JUNE 3
december 19 holiday cheer! SCOTT O’NEIL guest conductor
SYDNEY HARPER soprano
COLORADO REPERTORY SINGERS Kyle Fleming, Artistic Director CORELLI
Excerpts from “Christmas Concerto” HANDEL
Selections from Messiah TCHAIKOVSKY
Selections from The Nutcracker AND MORE OF YOUR HOLIDAY FAVORITES INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL HOLLY JOLLY SING-ALONG!
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. Happy Holidays! We are so happy to
Tonight, I’ll be thinking about wise words from Henry David
see you here tonight
Thoreau, who said, “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am
with our DPO family!
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
SMETANA
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2015 HOLIDAY CHEER! Central Presbyterian Church · Denver, Colorado · 7:30 pm
Scott O’Neil, guest conductor Sydney Harper, soprano Colorado Repertory Singers; Kyle Fleming, Artistic Director Arr. by Mack Wilberg b. 1955
Joy to the World
Arr. by Mark Hayes b. 1953
Masters in This Hall
featuring the Colorado Repertory Singers
featuring the Colorado Repertory Singers
Arcangelo Corelli “Christmas Concerto” (1653 – 1713) I. Vivace IV. Allegro (cut-time) V. Largo — Pastorale ad libitum Arr. by Dan Goeller b. 1973
O Holy Night
Colorado Repertory Singers
featuring Sydney Harper and the
George Frideric Handel Messiah (1685 – 1759) “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” featuring Sydney Harper
“Hallelujah Chorus”” featuring the Colorado Repertory Singers ∙ 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ∙
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (1840 – 1893) “Trepak” “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” “In the Christmas Tree” featuring Melian Izotova and Emma Thomas Leroy Anderson (1908 – 1975)
Sleigh Ride
Arr. by Scott O’Neil b. 1969
Grown-up Christmas List
Arr. by Scott O’Neil b. 1969
with a special guest conductor!
featuring Sydney Harper
’Twas the Night Before Christmas featuring the Colorado Repertory Singers
and Jaime Lewis
Arr. by Scott O’Neil b. 1969
Let There Be Peace on Earth (World Premiere!) featuring Sydney Harper
Arr. by James Stephenson A Holly Jolly Sing-Along! b. 1969 featuring the Colorado Repertory Singers and Ana Spadoni
Sing along with us! Lyrics begin on page 33.
MEET THE MUSICIANS
Reception Following the concert, meet & mingle in the lobby!
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LAWRENCE GOLAN MUSIC DIRECTOR 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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SCOTT O’NEIL GUEST CONDUCTOR Scott comes to us after nine seasons as Resident Conductor of the Colorado Symphony. Scott has previously guest conducted the Denver Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Houston Youth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Tulsa Philharmonic, Portland Symphony in Maine, the Lubbock Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the Salt Lake Symphony and the Columbus Symphony in Ohio. In the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by the League of American Orchestras (LAO) to conduct an orchestra comprised of members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and advanced students from the University of Southern California in Synergy, a program created to promote young, contemporary composers. He served as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August 2000. In 1999, he served as director of orchestras at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. He studied piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory, served as the assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras at the Eastman School of Music, and earned a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting at Rice University, where he was the director of the Campanile Orchestra, a community/university orchestra. Scott’s Ted Talk on Creating Meaning in Music can be seen online at goo.gl/xLxDBy and his ideas on what’s “Inside the Score” can be heard this February on Colorado Public Radio.
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SYDNEY HARPER LYRIC SOPRANO Sydney is so honored to be here tonight with the Denver Philharmonic. She has performed with symphonies and music groups across the world including South America and Europe. Recent credits include the roles of Mayzie La Bird and music director of Seussical at Stapleton on the Green, Broadway Sings! with the Highlands Ranch Community Association, the Colorado Symphony 25th Anniversary Gala and Biennial of the Americas Denver Night (Tragedy on the Sea Nymph, Liliana Porter). Other Colorado Symphony appearances include Shuffle, Shuffle II, A Colorado Christmas (2009), Giya Kinchelli’s composition “STYX” (2008, North American premiere), and Lord of the Rings Symphony (2006). Additional stage credits include Pirates of Penzance at Central City Opera, soprano soloist in Carmina Burana, and she received an Irene Ryan Award nomination for her performance as the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Sydney’s also appeared in ads for Craftsy and JCPenney. Sydney holds a BFA in Music Theatre, a BA in Spanish Translation and Interpretation from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and an MA in International Studies from the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies. She currently teaches drama at Aspen Academy, runs her own private voice and piano studio and is an independent fitness coach with Beachbody. Sydney thanks her amazing husband for his daily inspiration and to friends and family for their unending love and support. 14
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KYLE FLEMING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, COLORADO REPERTORY SINGERS Recently named the new artistic director for the Colorado Repertory Singers, Kyle has served throughout the Denver-Boulder area for 18 years as a conductor, music educator and singer. He has led choral ensembles at every level, including high school and middle school, and is currently in his fourth year at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music where he leads the Lamont Men’s Choir. Additionally, Kyle has spent nearly two decades serving as a worship pastor and music director in the local church and is currently the associate director of worship arts at Broomfield United Methodist Church. Kyle holds MM and DMA degrees in Choral Conducting and Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder as well as a BA in vocal performance from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His teachers include Gregory Gentry, Larry Kaptein, Joan Catoni Conlon and Gary Lewis. Kyle is active as a clinician and adjudicator and is currently the College and University Repertoire & Standards Chair for the Colorado chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA). He and his wife, Amy, live in Arvada with their two kids Caleb and Addie.
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MELIAN IZOTOVA DANCER, THE NUTCRACKER Melian trained with Fernando and Karen Schaffenburg and owes significant influence and thanks to Sallyann Mulcahy and Lauri Worrill-Biggs. She began her professional career with Metropolitan Classical Ballet, performing in both classic Russian ballets and Balanchine works including Agon, The Four Temperaments, and Concerto Barocco. She spent several seasons as a freelance artist with Ballet Concerto, Allen Civic Ballet, Ballet Montana, and the Plano Dance Festival, among others, and danced for a season with both Ballet San Antonio and Charleston Ballet Theatre as principal. Melian is now ballerina for Premiere Ballet and continues to perform as a featured guest artist.
EMMA THOMAS DANCER, THE NUTCRACKER Emma Thomas studies Commercial Dance at PACE University in New York City.
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JAIME LEWIS NARRATOR, ’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Jaime is a professional dancer and actor. Originally from New York, he has worked hard in Colorado to ensure the arts are accessible to all. He has performed for the nationally recognized Phamaly Theatre Company, and he’s one of the founding members and a dancer for Spoke N Motion, one of the nation’s few physically integrated dance companies.
ANA SPADONI SOPRANO, SING-ALONG Ana Spadoni is originally from Brazil where she started her vocal studies with the renowned soprano Neyde Thomas. In 2007, she moved to New York City to further her education at Manhattan School of Music. Ana completed a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music and is now pursuing a Performance Certificate in Choral Conducting. Ana has portrayed leading roles both in school and professional engagements, being praised for her theatrical presence on stage and expressive lyrical lines. Recent performances include The Fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Colorado Ballet, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Adina in Don Pasquale, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, which was televised nationally in Brazil.
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COLORADO REPERTORY SINGERS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kyle Fleming
SOPRANO
Julie Ascarrunz Shelley Fredricey Julie McCawley Kerry McCawley Amy Marcussen Ana Spadoni Arielle Vasek Sue Lyon Kristi Hovarth Jackie Ives Linda Nuccio Lucy Pavlovic Lorraine Pelley Linda Thorne Lauren Trice Stacy Worthington
ALTO
Carrie Grabau Keri Jacobs Karen Juenemann Dawn Miller Sandy Overton Susan Powers Deanne Weiss Gerra Lewis Camille Mandarino Stefania Romisch Anna Siepmann Janelle Wagner 18
TENOR
MJ Baertschiger Matthew Baukol Ria Barrows Pat LaBaw Tim Flora Russ Glissmann Chris Morris Steve Simmons Steve Soller Jonathan Vasek
BASS
Jim Becklenberg Jim Boschert Geary Dollar Kort Hedges Greg Kritner Zeky Nadji Jason Pavlovic Dennis Pelley Tom Pringle Robert Tate Alek Viatkin
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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 —
SMASH HITS!
THE ONE RING
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
APRIL 8, 2016
PRECONCERT CHAT, 6:30PM
PRECONCERT CHAT, 6:30PM
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.
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.
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO, 6:50–7:15PM
SELFIE CORNER, 6:15–7:15PM
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!
You shall not pass up this opportunity to snap a selfie with the White Wizard! Post on all your social media accounts, and be sure to tag us so we can like it.
RECEPTION, POSTCONCERT
RECEPTION, POSTCONCERT
Say hello! Join us in the lobby after the concert for refreshments, meet the soloists, buy a t-shirt — and have fun!
Say hello! Join us in the lobby 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
Katherine Thayer, concertmaster Allison Kim, associate concertmaster Patsy Aronstein Carrie Beeder Melissa Campbell Matt Grove Thomas Jatko Tenley Mueller Kristine Pordesimo Emmy Reid Beth Schoening Vanessa Vari Elizabeth Wall
SECOND VIOLIN Yiran Li, principal Niccolo Werner Casewit Valerie Clausen Christina Colalancia Terri Gonzales Miki Heine Annie Laury Callista Medland Alyssa Oland Roger Powell Anne Silvas Albert Ting
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VIOLA
William Hinkie, principal Naomi Croghan Lori Hanson Lindsay Hayes Ben Luey Elizabeth O’Brien Kathleen Torkko Anita Zerbe
CELLO
Bryan Scafuri, principal Kyle Laney Monica Sáles Amanda Thall Rachel Warbelow Rachel Yanovitch Tara Yoder
BASS
Mark Stefaniw, principal Zach Antonio Ozzie Backus Lucy Bauer Josh Filley Taryn Galow Colton Kelly Jordan Walters, student intern
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FLUTE
Whitney Kelley, acting principal Miriam Freundt Andrew Townsend
OBOE
Loren Meaux, acting principal Alexis Junker
CLARINET
Shaun Burley, principal Claude Wilbur
TROMBONE
William Combs, principal Wallace Orr
BASS TROMBONE Daniel Morris
TUBA
Darren DeLaup
PERCUSSION
BASSOON
Ken Greenwald, principal Nicholas Lengyel
Steve Bulota, principal Heather Church Ross Coons Justin Elks Scott Headley
FRENCH HORN
HARP
Kelli Hirsch, acting principal Jeanine Branting Mary Brauer Robyn Chauvin
TRUMPET
Rebecca Moritzky, principal Jenilee Elsbernd
KEYBOARD Ani Gyulamiryan
Ryan Spencer, principal Ariel Van Dam Nick Kenny
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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
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Valerie Clausen
OPERATIONS MANAGER Alixandra Feeley
PERSONNEL MANAGER Annie Laury
STAGE MANAGERS Taryn Galow Loren Meaux
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MUSIC LIBRARIAN Callista Medland Alyssa Oland, assistant
CONCERT PROGRAM
Ligature Creative Group, design Walker Burns, editing Alixandra Feeley, program notes María Angélica Lasso, Spanish translation Callista Medland, editing
AUDIO TECH Joel Dallenbach
WEBMASTER
Ligature Creative Group
EMBEDDED REPORTER Julia Compton Meg Satrom, editor
PUBLICITY & DEVELOPMENT
Niccolo Casewit Dr. Robert Dallenbach Stephanie Gillman, photographer Eleanor Glover Ali McNally Matt Meier Jeff Paul David Sherman
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OUTREACH
RECEPTION
DATA WRANGLER
PARKING ADVISORS
Tenley Oldak Katherine Thayer David Wallace
Callista Medland
BOX OFFICE
Cris Diaz, habla español Sarah Hogan Venus Klein María Angélica Lasso, habla español Annie Laury Allison Lausten Ali McNally Jon Olafson
FRONT OF HOUSE Gil Clausen Eleanor Glover Maureen Keil Russell Klein Linda Lebsack
Amy Anderson Gil Clausen Allison Lausten
Linda Lebsack Hugh Pitcher
MORE THAN MUSIC PARTNERS Noteworthy String Quartet Coda Brewing Purple Door Coffee
NOTEWORTHY STRING QUARTET Bethany Johnson, violin Christina Johnson, violin Rachel Ervin, viola Nathan Johnson, cello
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 Sydney Harper, 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, see Music Director Lawrence Golan on violin in the serene Denver Botanic Gardens with Vivaldi’s “Autumn,” or November’s solo cellist, Jay Campbell explore downtown and perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
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DECEMBER 19 ∙ HOLIDAY CHEER! by ALIXANDRA FEELEY
JOY TO THE WORLD
William Morris describes the story of a poor
ARR. BY MACK WILBERG
man sharing news of Christ’s birth with the
The familiar words to this holiday classic
wealthy “Masters in this Hall.” The lyrics,
were written in the early 1700s by re-
written in a distinctive rural dialect, are
nowned hymn writer Isaac Watts. More
set to a traditional French dance from the
than a century later, Lowell Mason adapt-
opera Alcyone by Marin Marais.
ed and arranged music, likely Handel’s
Run time: 4 minutes
Messiah, for Watt’s celebratory hymn. In fact, it was the recitative “Comfort Ye” that
CHRISTMAS CONCERTO
lent its sound to this festive piece.
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Run time: 3 minutes
Published the year after Arcangelo Corelli’s death, the Christmas Concerto
MASTERS IN THIS HALL
was originally commissioned by a Cardinal
ARR. BY MARK HAYES
in the Holy Roman Church. Inscribed
In this lesser-known traditional carol, lyricist
with the words, “made for the night of
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Christmas,” the concerto is structured as a
Adams was not of Christian faith, the
traditional sonata da chiesa, or church so-
church attempted to ban the song.
nata, but instead of only four movements,
Despite the ban, the song was sung
Corelli wrote six! Tonight, we will hear the
whole-heartedly in France, and later made
first, fourth and fifth movements.
its way into the American Christmas canon
Run Time: 8 minutes
after translation by Unitarian minister, John
O HOLY NIGHT
ARR. BY DAN GOELLER On December 24, 1906, the radio waves, which had only ever transmitted Morse code, carried the sound of a violin playing “O Holy Night,” making it the first song
Sullivan Dwight. Run time: 6 minutes
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH” & “HALLELUJAH CHORUS” FROM MESSIAH GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
ever broadcast on AM Radio! An enduring
Originally an Easter Offering, Handel’s
carol, its story begins in France, when poet
Messiah is now recognizable as a mainstay
Placide Cappeau was commissioned to
in the Christmas repertoire. In this piece,
write a new work for Christmas mass in
unlike other oratorios by Handel, “the
1847. Cappeau then reached out to friend
chorus propels the work forward with great
and composer, Adolphe Adams, to set the
emotional impact and uplifting messages,”
poem to music. It was an immediate hit!
says Laurence Cummings, director of the
Years later, after discovering that Cappeau
London Handel Orchestra. In fact, it is
had joined the socialist movement and
rumored that King George II of England
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was so moved by the “Hallelujah Chorus”
and brass are featured playfully in this
that he rose to his feet, thus resulting in all
popular piece to create the sensation of
guests in his presence to rise to their feet,
horse steps on cobblestone, a coachman’s
and perhaps beginning the tradition of au-
whip, and the whinnying of the horse itself.
dience’s standing during its performance
Giddy up!
today. Are you moved to standing?
Run time: 3 minutes
Run time: 9 minutes
“TREPAK,” “DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY” & “IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE” FROM THE NUTCRACKER PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Commissioned in 1891 by choreographer Marius Petipa, The Nutcracker ballet premiered in December of the following year. One of the most identifiable sounds within
GROWN-UP CHRISTMAS LIST
ARR. BY SCOTT O’NEIL
A modern Christmas classic, this sentimental song, written in the 1990s, has been recorded by Amy Grant, Kelly Clarkson and Michael Bublé. Run time: 4 minutes
’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
the work is the celeste, featured in “Dance
ARR. BY SCOTT O’NEIL
of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” Invented in 1896,
This musical retelling of the beloved
Tchaikovsky first heard the instrument
Christmas poem features many holiday
in Paris and quickly requested one for
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himself, hoping to be the first composer
Run time: 8 minutes
to feature the new instrument within a full symphony. Indeed, upon hearing the unmistakable tinkling celeste, listeners around the globe conjure up images of the delicate Sugar Plum Fairy as she pirouettes en pointe. Run time: 9 minutes
LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH
ARR. BY SCOTT O’NEIL
“Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.” This simple message of harmony and unity was eloquently captured by songwriting team Sy Miller
SLEIGH RIDE
and Jill Jackson. Tonight, we listen to the
LEROY ANDERSON
world premiere of its new arrangement,
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling in
and hope that our hearts are filled with its
Leroy Anderson’s musical depiction of
tidings of peace for all mankind!
the wonderful wintery season. Percussion
Run time: 4 minutes
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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, December 27 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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A HOLLY JOLLY SING-ALONG!
A sleighing song tonight
If you’ve been wanting to sing-along all
CHORUS:
ARR. BY JAMES STEPHENSON
What fun it is to laugh and sing
night, now is the time to belt it out!
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Run time: 8 minutes
Jingle all the way
DECK THE HALL Deck the hall with boughs of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ’Tis the season to be jolly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Don we now our gay apparel
Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la. Troll the ancient Yule-tide carol
JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Lean your ear this way;
See the blazing Yule before us.
Don’t you tell a single soul,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
What I’m going to say
Strike the harp and join the chorus.
Christmas Eve is coming soon;
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Now you dear old man,
Follow me in merry measure.
Whisper what you’ll bring to me;
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tell me if you can.
While I tell of Yule-tide treasure. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Johnny wants a pair of skates, Susie wants a sled
JINGLE BELLS Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O’er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tail ring
Nelly wants a storybook — one she hasn’t read as for me I hardly know so I’ll go to rest Choose for me, dear Santa Claus, What you think is best.
Making spirits bright
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FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
JOY TO THE WORLD!
Frosty the Snowman
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Was a jolly happy soul
Let earth receive her King;
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
Let every heart
And two eyes made out of coal
prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing,
Frosty the Snowman
And heaven and nature sing,
Is a fairytale they say
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
He was made of snow But the children know
Joy to the Earth! the Saviour reigns;
How he came to life one day
Let men their songs employ;
There must have been some magic
rocks, hills, and plains
In that old silk hat they found
Repeat the sounding joy,
For when they placed it on his head
Repeat the sounding joy,
He began to dance around. Oh,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
Frosty the Snowman Had to hurry on his way
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
But he waved goodbye
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
Saying don’t you cry
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
While fields and floods,
I’ll be back again some day
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thumpety thump thump Thumpety thump thump
REFRAIN:
Look at Frosty go
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Thumpety thump thump
and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings for Christmas Thumpety thump thump Over the hills of snow
We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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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 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. Tonight, meet Kimberly, Christina, Colin, Taryn, Annastasia and Katherine — KIMBERLY BRODY
Symphony, Canton Symphony and Erie
PRINCIPAL OBOE
Philharmonic. She later returned to
EIGHTH DPO SEASON. Kimberly Brody
Chicago and began a freelance career
was encouraged by her mother to begin
that encompassed the vast Chicago area
playing the oboe and was inspired to
from Milwaukee to Valparaiso, Indiana, and
continue by her seventh grade art teacher.
orchestras including the Northwest Indiana
She grew up in Minnesota and studied
Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Lake
with the principal oboist of the Minnesota
Forest Symphony, Music of the Baroque,
Orchestra while playing in the Minnesota
Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Milwaukee
Youth Symphony. She graduated with a
Ballet, Kenosha Symphony, Chicago String
degree in Oboe Performance from St.
Ensemble, and Ars Viva Orchestra.
Olaf College and then went on to study at Northwestern University.
Kim regularly attended the John Mack Oboe Camp in Little Switzerland, North
After a summer performing in the
Carolina, and it’s there that she met her
American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
husband, Jim Brody. Kim moved with her
Kim moved to Ohio and began studying
children to Boulder in 2001.
with John Mack, former principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra — her true
Since coming to Colorado, Kim has enjoyed
mentor. While in Ohio, she played oboe
performing in numerous groups including
and English horn with the Youngstown
Boulder Bach Festival, Colorado MahlerFest,
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HT Colorado Chamber Orchestra, and Boulder
CHRISTINA COLALANCIA
Chamber Orchestra. She currently works
SECOND VIOLIN
for singer/songwriter Rebecca Folsom and
FIRST DPO SEASON. Christina is a grad-
Boulder Bach Festival, serves on the Alumni
uate student with the Colorado School of
Board of St. Olaf College, and supports the
Public Heath based at the CU Anschutz
Colorado Rockies with all her heart!
Medical Campus working to obtain a
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Masters in Public Health specializing in ep-
has participated in multiple festivals and
idemiology. She’s also working as a Tissue
competitions throughout the years.
Bank Coordinator with the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Christina obtained a Minor in Music at Regis University in violin. She loves to play
Christina fell in love with music when she
and is excited to continue to do so with
began playing piano at the age of 5. In the
the DPO.
fifth grade, she decided to learn a second instrument as part of her elementary
Christina loves to spend time with her
schools music program — she chose violin.
close-knit Italian/Irish family. She has one
Over the past 12 years she was the con-
sister, who is also a gifted musician and
certmaster of several orchestras including
ballerina, and two dogs named Lucky and
the South High School Orchestra, All City
Lacey. She enjoys a number of activities
Orchestra Pueblo, Pueblo Summer Musical
including running, golfing, biking, swing
and Regis Chamber Ensemble. She has
dancing and spending time outdoors on
also played violin in several quartets and
beautiful Colorado days.
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COLIN CONSTANCE
Orchestra, Steamboat Springs Symphony,
PERCUSSION
Pro Musica (Boulder) Chamber Orchestra,
THIRD DPO SEASON. Colin received
Larimer Chorale, Denver Young Artists
a Bachelor’s in Music Education from
Orchestra, and San Juan (Durango)
the University of Kansas in 2007 and
Symphony. He is actively involved with
a Master’s in Music Performance from
many area high school programs as a
Colorado State University in 2012. This is
percussion instructor and private lessons
his 20th year playing percussion, with an
teacher.
emphasis in orchestral style, drum set, and four-mallet keyboard.
Colin is a proud native of Lawrence, Kansas, and in his free time enjoys
Colin has performed with many regional
traveling throughout the great state of
orchestras including the Colorado
Colorado. He also spends countless
Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony,
hours following football and basketball
Cheyenne Symphony, Greeley
and participating in online fantasy sports
Philharmonic, National Repertory
competitions.
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TARYN GALOW
Taryn is the former entertainment
DOUBLE BASS
coordinator for the American Heart
FOURTH DPO SEASON. Taryn has been
Association HeartWalk. She is the proud
playing bass and piano since she was
auntie of two nieces and four nephews.
9. She has played in Aurora’s Varsity
She enjoys theatre, art, photography
Orchestra, Colorado Youth Symphony,
and the many concerts at various venues
Denver Young Artists Orchestra, University
around Colorado. She has Bachelor’s
of Northern Colorado Symphony &
Degrees in Music Performance, and
Chamber Orchestra, Greeley Chamber
Theory & Composition from the University
Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic, Loveland
of Northern Colorado, and a Master’s
Friends of Chamber Music, Lone Tree
Degree in Music Composition from Central
Symphony Orchestra, Central Michigan
Michigan University. Additionally, Taryn has
University Symphony, and Midland
a Colorado State Certification in Literary
Symphony.
Braille.
Taryn is a literary braillist for the
MIKI HEINE
Englewood Public School District
SECOND VIOLIN
transcribing print into Braille for visually
FOURTH DPO SEASON. Miki was lucky
impaired students so they have the same
enough to play in the Front Range Youth
access to materials as sighted children.
Symphony and Colorado Youth Symphony
She composes contemporary Neo-Avant-
Orchestras in high school and now has
Garde and other pieces of music, and
been playing violin for 17 years.
teaches beginning piano and bass.
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
to purchase tickets: Visit LittletonSymphony.org, call 303-933-6824, or email info@LittletonSymphony.org.
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Miki attended University of Northern
ANNASTASIA PSITOS
Colorado and St. Olaf College where she
CELLO
played and toured the U.S. and Spain with
FOURTH DPO SEASON. Annastasia Psitos
the St. Olaf College Orchestra.
has been playing the cello for a quarter of a century. In that time, she has obtained
Miki is earning her music education degree
two music degrees and has had the
at Metro State to become a high school
privilege of playing in venues as near as
orchestra director. She works as a server at
Boulder and as far as Italy.
the Fireside Kitchen inside the Ameristar Casino in Blackhawk and enjoys running,
While she enjoys playing with groups of
hiking, camping, reading, crocheting,
all shapes and sizes, her specialty is in
hanging out with her cat Cici, and going
chamber music and she plays with friends
to concerts — electronic music, bluegrass,
as often as possible. In addition to playing
and jam bands are a few favorites.
with the DPO, she subs with Fort Collins Symphony and Cheyenne Symphony. A
Though violin is the only instrument
native of the Washington, D.C., region, she
she plays, she can play a mean “Wagon
currently calls Denver home.
Wheel” on guitar!
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KATHERINE THAYER
the Archdiocese of Denver under the
CONCERTMASTER
direction of Horst Buchholz.
TENTH DPO SEASON. Katherine Thayer has been a freelance violinist in the Denver
Prior to moving to Denver, Katherine
metropolitan area for 30 years. Along
was an assistant professor of violin and
with her DPO concertmaster duties, she is
chamber music at Eastern New Mexico
concertmaster of the Evergreen Chamber
University where she was also violinist of
Orchestra.
the Raphael Piano Trio.
Katherine performs with Inside the
Katherine studied in Europe in master
Orchestra bringing classical music to
classes of Zino Francescatti and Christian
elementary and pre-school children. She
Ferras. She was a member of the Camerata
has been an adjunct instructor of violin/
Lysy, touring Europe and the Phillipines,
viola at Red Rocks Community College for
the Wurttembergishes Kammer Orkestr,
10 years and has been a member of the
and the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg.
Colorado Music Festival and Grand Teton
She returned to the States to earn a
Music Festival orchestras for 5 years each.
Masters of Music from Michigan State
Katherine was principal second violin and
University, where the Julliard Quartet was
soloist with the former Denver Chamber
in residence.
Orchestra for 12 years under the baton of JoAnne Falletta, and served as concert-
Katherine enjoys playing chamber music
master of the Orchestra of
with friends and watching her daughter Ayla’s dance performances.
10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON 2015/16
Encore! Audience Favorites OCT 16,17,18
Bach Times Three
FEB 26,27,28
Mystery and Joy
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february 19 smash hits! THREE POPULAR SYMPHONIC MASTERPIECES grace the stage February 19 at Smash Hits! Pianist Steven Lin, praised for his “sparkling virtuosity” (The Washington Post), joins the DPO for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s exciting and romantic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The concert opens with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, one of the most iconic symphonies in history, and ends with Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, from the ballet based on the Russian legend of the Firebird.
LAWRENCE GOLAN conductor
STEVEN LIN piano
MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor RACHMANINOFF
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini STRAVINSKY
The Firebird Suite
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