2015–16
OCTOBER 2 NOVEMBER 20 DECEMBER 19 FEBRUARY 19 APRIL 8 JUNE 3
april 8 the one ring
FEATURING THE LORD OF RINGS SYMPHONY S. MORDECAI FUHRMAN conductor
AARON WILLE flute
BERLIOZ
Les Franc-Juges (Judges of the Secret Court) BLOCH
Suite Modale DE MEIJ, ORCH. VLIEGER
Symphony No. 1 “Lord of the Rings”
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. Welcome and happy spring! Tweet along with
Tonight, I’ll be thinking about wise words from Henry David
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Thoreau, who said, “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am
for insight into tonight’s
invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times,
program.
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
Full repertoire available at denverphilharmonic.org
FEATURING THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY S. MORDECAI FUHRMAN, 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 and violin Ode to the Red Flag Symphony in D Minor GERSHWIN, ARR. WHITNEY An American in Paris Suite SMETANA The Moldau STRAUSS JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube KREISLER, ARR. MCALISTER Liebesleid MONTI Czardas LI, CHUNLAI FRANCK
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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016 THE ONE RING Central Presbyterian Church · Denver, Colorado · 7:30 pm
S. Mordecai Fuhrman, conductor Aaron Wille, flute Hector Berlioz
Overture to “Les Francs Juges”
(1803 – 1869)
Ernest Bloch (1873 – 1943)
Suite Modale featuring Aaron Wille, flute
I. Moderato
II. L’istesso Tempo III. Allegro giocoso IV. Adagio
∙ 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION ∙ Johan de Meij b. 1953
Symphony No. 1 “The Lord of the Rings”
I. Gandalf (The Wizard) II. Lothlórien (The Elvenwood) III. G ollum (Sméagol) featuring Tom Myer, saxophone
IV. Journey in the Dark a. The Mines of Moria b. The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm V. Hobbits
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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 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 Community Orchestra in Delaware, Center City Opera Theater in Pennsylvania, Cleveland Pops Orchestra in Ohio, and Newark Symphony Orchestra in Delaware, where he directed their inaugural Family Series in 2010. Founder of the Reading Orchestra of North Wilmington, 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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AARON WILLE FLUTE Aaron is a flutist, saxophonist and a freelance musician in his 13th season with the DPO. As a Denver native, Aaron started playing flute and jazz/classical saxophone in sixth grade. While at Englewood High School, he won numerous awards and was selected as piccoloist of All State Orchestra and Colorado All State Band, playing lead alto in Colorado State University Honor Band and Honor Jazz Band. Aaron also played piccolo/flute with the Denver Young Artist Orchestra and Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of Lamont School of Music with a Bachelor’s degree in Flute Performance under Pamela Endsley. At Lamont, Aaron studied jazz and classical saxophone with Art Bouton, and he played in the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and various ensembles. He has also studied jazz with Denver’s own Rich Chiaraluce and Laura Newman. While at Lamont, Aaron won outstanding piccoloist from Downbeat magazine. He has had the privilege to be a performer in masterclasses by James Walker, Carol Wincenc and Walfrid Kujala. Aaron has played with composer and musician David Amram and jazz artist, author and composer Jerry Bergonzi, professor at the New England Conservatory of Music. As a freelance musician, Aaron has enjoyed playing with the Denver Municipal Band under Gerald Endsley and the Denver Feast Band under the direction of Dr. Jess Gerardi, and he plays as a pit orchestra member as lead reed in numerous musicals. Outside of music, Aaron is a computer technician and feels privileged to play with Lawrence Golan and the fine musicians of the Denver Philharmonic. 12
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Welcome to Central Presbyterian Church, an enthusiastic partner of the Denver Philharmonic and a dedicated supporter of the downtown arts and music communities. The historic sanctuary, the third in the church’s history, was designed by renowned Denver architect Frank Edbrooke and built in 1891. Though the pipe organ has been replaced several times throughout the church’s history, most recently by the Reuter Organ Company in 1962, the hand-painted organ facade pipes are original to the space. On Sunday mornings at Central, the
the New Genesis Transitional Shelter in
music of the classical masters lives
the basement just below your feet, the
comfortably next to gospel music
Central Visitation Program on the third
and spirituals, shape-note hymns
floor of this building, and is closely
performed in the Sacred Harp tradition,
involved with the Metro Caring hunger
performances by our folk-rock youth
relief center and the Colfax Community
band, medieval chant, and everything in
Network.
between. A founding member of many successful nonprofits that serve the
We hope you enjoy tonight’s concert,
downtown community, Central houses
and hope you’ll come back for more!
www.centraldenver.com/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 season finale —
EUROTRIP JUNE 3, 2016 FOOD TRUCK TAILGATE, 5:30–7:15PM
PRE-CONCERT CHAT, 6:30PM
Our signature symphony tailgating is not to be missed! Starting at 5:30pm. Sorry friends, no booze at this family-friendly tailgate!
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.
CHEERS!, STARTING AT 6:15PM Clink a glass of craft beer from Ursula Brewery! Sorry kids, this More than Music event is 21+ only. $5.
RECEPTION, POSTCONCERT Say hello! Join us in the lobby after the concert for refreshments, meet the soloists, buy a t-shirt — and have fun!
COFFEE STATION, STARTING AT 6:15PM Our friends at Purple Door Coffee will be brewing java for you to enjoy.
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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 Matt Grove Thomas Jatko Lubia Montenegro Wendy Montenegro Autumn Pepper Emmy Reid Elizabeth Wall
SECOND VIOLIN Yiran Li, principal Niccolo Werner Casewit Valerie Clausen Christina Colalancia Terri Gonzales Annie Laury Callista Medland Francisca Pretorius Anne Silvas Albert Ting
VIOLA
William Hinkie III, principal Naomi Croghan Victoria DiMarzio Lori Hanson Ben Luey Kathleen Torkko Anita Zerbe
CELLO
Bryan Scafuri, principal Naftari Burns Kyle Laney Annastasia Psitos Monica Sáles Amanda Thall Rachel Warbelow Rachel Yanovitch
BASS
Mark Stefaniw, principal Lucy Bauer Josh Filley Taryn Galow Colton Kelly Jordan Walters, student intern
FLUTE
Aaron Wille, principal Catherine Ricca Lanzano
PICCOLO Whitney Kelley
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OBOE
Kimberly Brody, principal Loren Meaux, assistant principal Alexis Junker
ENGLISH HORN
TROMBONE
William Combs, principal Wallace Orr
BASS TROMBONE Daniel Morris
Loren Meaux
CLARINET
Shaun Burley, principal Claude Wilbur
E-FLAT CLARINET
TUBA
Darren DeLaup Heather Ewer
SAXOPHONE Tom Myer
Jessica Clark
BASSOON
Ken Greenwald, principal Nicholas Lengyel
CONTRABASSOON Leigh Townsend
HORN
Katie Glassman, acting principal Jeanine Branting Kelli Hirsch Mary Brauer
TRUMPET
Ryan Spencer, principal Ariel Van Dam Nick Kenny
TIMPANI
Steve Bulota, principal
PERCUSSION Heather Church Ross Coons Scott Hedley Jackson Stevens
HARP
Rebecca Moritzky, principal Jenilee Elsbernd
KEYBOARD 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
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, editing María Angélica Lasso, Spanish translation Callista Medland, editing Natalie Piontek, program notes
AUDIO TECH Joel Dallenbach
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PUBLICITY & DEVELOPMENT
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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 Brian McGuire Karen McGuire Stephen O’Rourke Kali Sheldon
RECEPTION Amy Anderson Allison Lausten
PARKING ADVISORS Linda Lebsack 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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The latest episode in our “Playing Out” webseries, Playing Out with S. Mordecai Fuhrman, premiered this week on YouTube.com/DenverPhilharmonic. “Playing Out” takes musicians out on the
“Playing Out” is created in part by
town performing in and around Denver.
local filmmaker David Sherman. David
Watch pianist Fei-Fei Dong play Gershwin’s
specializes in arts marketing, media
Rhapsody in Blue on a 16th Street Mall
literacy and education.
piano, Music Director Lawrence Golan on violin at the Botanic Gardens with Vivaldi’s “Autumn,” cellist Jay Campbell explore downtown and perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Sydney Harper carol at The Brown Palace or pianist Steven Lin flip records at Wax Trax II.
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APRIL 8 ∙ THE ONE RING by NATALIE PIONTEK
Overture to Les Francs Juges Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869) In addition to his compositional talents, Hector Berlioz was a highly respected conductor, writer and critic. His Treatise on Instrumentation serves as one of the leading resources for composers on how to write compelling and evocative music for full orchestra. After seeing actress Harriet Smithson
HISTORY
perform Shakespeare,
Hector Berlioz’s rise to fame follows an unusual trajectory. Unlike
Berlioz fell in love. After
the vast majority of composers, Berlioz never learned to play
writing her many impas-
the piano, and he was frequently discouraged from learning
sioned love letters, the
music by his father. However, he had a passion for composition
two eventually married.
at an early age, teaching himself how to write proper melody
Smooth move, Hector!
and harmony from textbooks alone. Similarly, without any formal
Duration: 12 minutes
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he was considered quite proficient.
was going to write the accompanying music to the libretto by his friend Humbert
Instead of going to a conservatory in his
Ferrand, but he never completed the work.
late teens, the composer entered medical
Les Francs Juges exists as a standalone
school. He did so to please his parents,
composition in its own right, and it is also
but he unfortunately soon found himself
the first work that Berlioz ever composed
rather bored and disgusted by medicine
for full orchestra.
(a sentiment which was largely brought on when he witnessed the dissection of a
The title, Les Francs Juges, literally means
corpse in class). In 1824, he left medical
“The Free Judges.” It refers to the Vehmic
school. He began his formal studies at the
courts, assemblies of vigilante crime fight-
renowned Paris Conservatory in 1826.
ers that existed in Germany in the Middle
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Ages (they were also called the “secret courts” or “silent courts”).
Berlioz is a French Romantic composer. He was chiefly inspired by the work of
The piece opens in the sinister key of F
Christoph Willibald Gluck and Ludwig van
minor, with small exchanges of two-note
Beethoven, and he is perhaps best known
motives between the strings. Snappy
for shepherding the tradition of program
flourishes and abrupt runs in the strings
music: music that follows an external narra-
throughout the piece give the work its
tive or story. His most famous composition
propulsive energy. Soon, the brass enters
is the Symphonie Fantastique, an orches-
on a bombastic and militant B-flat minor
tral composition about a poet whose un-
chord, luring us deeper into the ominous
requited love leads him into deep delirium
atmosphere. However, the mood is soon
and despair (based on his own love for
lightened again, with the violins playing a
actress Harriet Smithson!).
cheerful theme in F major, and the trumpets engaging in a sprightly dance. The
ABOUT THE PIECE Les Francs Juges was originally intended to be the overture to an opera. Berlioz
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movement concludes with woodwinds, brass, and strings coming together for a joyous and raucous fanfare.
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Suite Modale Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch was also an avid photographer and had a strange, lifelong hobby of collecting mushrooms. Duration: 13 minutes
(1880 – 1959)
Ernest Bloch had a fascination with exploring inventive chromaticism, low sonorities, and rich tone colors. Perhaps because of his interest in the deeper sonorities, he made significant contributions to the viola repertoire — a lower-voiced instrument rarely composed for as a solo instrument. Among these works are his Suite for Viola and Orchestra and Works for Viola and Piano.
ABOUT ERNEST BLOCH Ernest Bloch was born in 1880 in Geneva, Switzerland. His music carries with it distinct influence from his Jewish heritage along with a number of post-Romantic influences, specifically from composers Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss. In 1916, Bloch moved to the United States, where he first toured as conductor of the Maud Allen dance company, and eventually settled in New York. Bloch was as passionate an instructor as he was a composer. He taught theory and composition at New York’s Mannes College of Music from 1917 to 1920, was founding director of the Cleveland Institute of Music from 1920 to 1925, directed the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 1925 to 1930, and taught at the University of California at Berkeley from 1940 until his retirement in 1952. His students include such notable composers as Douglas Moore and Frederick Jacobi. He was also a talented student himself, having studied with master violinist and famed composer Eugene Ysaÿe in Brussels.
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ABOUT THE WORK
for the flute that is capable of the most
The Suite Modale for flute and orchestra is an archetypal example of Bloch’s interest in chromaticism and evocative tone colors. It begins ambiguously on the dominant chord in the key of A minor, with the flute weaving in and out of the sustained chords in the orchestra, giving the first movement a sentiment of wandering, of never quite wanting to settle down. By opening with the dominant chord, the movement already feels unsteady, as by nature we are inclined to hear the dominant chord wanting to resolve to the tonic, or the chord of the home key. Also notable is that the flute rarely reaches to a note above a high D; the writing is concentrated on the flute’s lower register, which is arguably the realm
variations in tone color. Slight alterations in technique can change the sound from light to dark, hollow to dense, smooth to gritty, wispy to clear. Bloch wrote this work for the flutist Elaine Shaffer in 1956. It was written as he was battling cancer toward the end of his life, which explains the brooding, thoughtful sentiment that pervades the first and second movements. However, the last movement is much brighter than the first two movements, with the flute finally beginning to explore the jubilant sonorities in the higher register. It closes in the same haunting yet mysterious way it began, yet this time with a feeling of resolution.
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Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings” Johan de Meij b. 1953 Johan de Meij wrote his “The Lord of the Rings” Symphony from 1984 to 1988 — long before Peter Jackson began his wildly successful film franchise based on Tolkien’s novels in 2001. It is structured in five movements, with each movement depicting a particular character. De Meij holds the prestigious position of being a
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
regular guest conductor
Born in 1953 in South Holland, de Meij is a revered conductor,
with the Simón Bolívar
composer, and trombonist. He has written primarily for the
Youth Wind Orchestra
orchestration of wind ensemble, with four symphonies com-
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division of the successful
programmatic title. The Symphony No. 1 is commonly referred
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Symphony No. 3 is his “Planet Earth”
by sustained tones in the low strings.
Symphony; and the most recent Symphony
A couple of chirps in the piccolo, brief
No. 4 has the nickname of “Sinfonie der
soliloquys in the oboes, and then a unified
Lieder,” or “Symphony of Songs.”
dance in the woodwinds suggest different
ABOUT THE MUSIC
woodland creatures. We are clearly in the forested setting of the Elvenwood.
The opening of the first movement, “Gandalf,” is a clear nod to de Meij’s
The third movement, “Gollum,” based on
training as a trombonist: it begins with a
the demented and personality-switching
brilliant fanfare in the brass, followed by
creature from the novel, is depicted by a
lightning-fast 16th-note runs in the upper
variety of woodwinds and some unusual
register of the flutes. The low strings intro-
techniques. One of these techniques is
duce the theme, accompanied by subdued
flutter-tonguing in the woodwinds, a stut-
tones in the French horn. A solo trumpet
tering sound created by rapidly firing one’s
then adopts the theme which is countered
tongue while blowing air into the instru-
by pensive yearnings in the strings.
ment. Another technique that depicts Gollum’s mentally deteriorating character
Eventually the violins take up the melody
are the glissandi — slides between notes
as well, with the entire orchestra singing
— and the rapid tremolos in the strings, in
at a proud fortissimo. An abrupt flourish in
which the bow is rapidly moved back and
the strings, an ominous heartbeat in the
forth on a string.
timpani, and foreboding murmurs in the tubas and low brass suggest that trouble
The fourth movement, “Journey in the
lies ahead. A rapid chase begins, with the
Dark,” depicts Frodo wandering through
strings ushering the movement forward
darkened forests, again signaled by omi-
with off-beat 16th-note motives. These
nous tones and outbursts in the low brass.
motives eventually climax into the brass singing a noble, hymnal tune, and the
The fifth and final movement, “Hobbits,”
violins recalling the opening theme.
recalls the heroic theme from the first movement in full glory, and a dance is
The second movement opens with a mys-
introduced by the piano and percussion,
terious call in the E-flat clarinet — a small-
bringing the work to a light-hearted,
er, higher-pitched clarinet — supported
cheerful conclusion.
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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.
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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 Naftari, Ani, Kelli, Whitney, Yiran, Ryan and Tara — NAFTARI BURNS
ANI GYULAMIRYAN
SIXTH DPO SEASON. Naftari started play-
FIRST DPO SEASON. Ani has been study-
ing piano at age 6 and picked up the cello
ing music for two decades. She always
at age 9. When she first started playing
focused on one instrument — the piano
the cello, she had no idea what it was and
— but also studied composition for some
had to ask the kid next to her. Though her
time. She has had the privilege of playing
first choice was the violin, Naftari brought
with Fairbanks Symphony, UAF Wind
home a cello and her mother asked, “Why
Symphony, Fairbanks Youth Symphony,
couldn’t you get a smaller instrument?”
and Lamont Symphony Orchestras.
She has played with the Metro State
With a Master of Music in Piano
Symphony and Jefferson Symphony under
Performance from University of Alaska
William Morse. She works at Kolacny Music
Fairbanks and Bachelor of Music in Piano
where she sells and services band and
Performance from University of Denver,
orchestra instruments and harps. Naftari
Ani is a pianist and teacher and spends
attended Metropolitan State College of
her time working with music students and
Denver for a degree in music performance.
collaborating with other musicians.
CELLO
KEYBOARD
There are many musical members in Ani’s family, and she is grateful that they are 34
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HT extremely accepting of her practicing at all
KELLI HIRSCH
hours of the day! She enjoys the similarity
FRENCH HORN
of Colorado weather and geography to
EIGHTH DPO SEASON. Kelli received her
Armenia, where she grew up. Ani goes
Bachelor of Music from Hastings College
mushroom picking every year, and has
in Nebraska. She’s been playing the French
grown fond of the proximity of the moun-
horn for more than 20 years, is a member
tains to the city.
of the Gossamer Wind Quintet and plays
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the piano. Kelli is a fundraiser for Energy
the University of North Carolina School of
Outreach Colorado.
the Arts. She began to study flute at age 4 through the Suzuki Method, and music has
Outside of work and the DPO, Kelli spends
since played an integral part throughout
her time with her husband and two beau-
Whitney’s life.
tiful young daughters. They listen to a lot of music together, read books and like to
Acclaimed for her “considerable tech-
enjoy nature.
nique” by the Winston-Salem Journal,
WHITNEY KELLEY
THIRD FLUTE/PICCOLO
she has appeared as soloist in numerous orchestral and recital settings, including guest appearances with Hollywood film
THIRD DPO SEASON. Whitney received
composer Dave Grusin, jazz flutist Nestor
her D.M.A and M.M. in Flute Performance
Torres and performances in the Ravinia
and Pedagogy from the University of
Summer Music Festival, Texas Music
Colorado with Christina Jennings, and
Festival, Denver Pops, Jefferson Symphony
completed her B.M. with Tadeu Coelho at
and Longmont Symphony Orchestras.
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In addition to the Denver Philharmonic,
her major in middle school and has played
Whitney performs regularly with the
with symphony orchestras and philharmon-
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra and
ic orchestras in China.
presents recitals and masterclasses across the country. Whitney maintains a thriving
Yiran was offered full scholarship and
private studio in the Denver metro area
graduate teaching assistant position from
where she lives with her husband and new-
University of Denver Lamont Music School,
ly welcomed daughter. Aside from music,
where she received her Master of Music de-
she enjoys photography, hiking in the
gree. She teaches private violin lessons and
Rockies and cheering on the Broncos.
has a classical duet with her husband Travis
YIRAN LI
PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Rollins called The Duality Duet. Together, they perform for all kinds of special occasions, which includes everything from wed-
FOURTH DPO SEASON. Yiran started
dings to Solheim Cup opening and closing
playing the violin at at age 3, took violin as
ceremonies. And Yiran has a kitty!
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RYAN SPENCER
Kellogg, John Drumheller and Carter
PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
Pann. He was the sound engineer for the
THIRD DPO SEASON. Ryan is a
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle
second-year graduate student at the
Corps (’09–’10), and marched with the
University of Denver's Lamont School of
corps for two years prior (’07–’08), perform-
Music. In pursuit of his Master’s degree
ing as a soloist and upper lead trumpet.
in Trumpet Performance, he plays in or-
Ryan has been teaching brass at the
chestra, wind ensemble, jazz band, faculty
Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps since
and graduate brass quintets and other
2012, teaches private lessons on trumpet
chamber ensembles. Ryan is in his first
and music theory, teaches with various
season as third trumpet with the Cheyenne
high school concert and marching band
Symphony and as a member of Stratus
programs across the state and regularly
Chamber Orchestra (formerly Musica
participates in elementary school outreach
Sacra). On occasion, Ryan performs with
performances.
Denver Brass, Colorado Wind Ensemble, and Boulder Symphony.
Ryan received dual Bachelor of Music degrees from the CU-Boulder in 2008 for
Ryan has been composing and arranging
trumpet performance and composition
for various large and small ensembles for
with a Certificate in Music Technology. He
over a decade. He studies with Dr. Chris
played in a wide variety of instrumental
Malloy of DU and has studied with other
ensembles and sang in choirs, received a
renowned composers such as Daniel
composition commission award in 2007,
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
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oh, the music you’ll hear! Friday, December 4, 2015 | 7:30 pm
a lso family christmas
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Friday, April 1, 2016 | 7:30 pm
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Matthew Zalkind, cello
Friday, May 13, 2016 | 7:30 pm
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and the Kappa Kappa Psi Honorarium
Camp, and Goshen College Orchestra. At
Scholarship in 2006. While attending high
Goshen College in Indiana, Tara received
school in Cobb County, Georgia, he per-
her Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and
formed in All-State, district and regional
Biology, with a minor in music perfor-
jazz and honor bands.
mance. Her mom came to nearly every concert she ever played while she was in
Ryan lives in Southeast Denver and enjoys
Indiana (which was a lot!), and her mom’s
snowboarding, hiking, running, cycling,
support was definitely appreciated.
reading, coffee and sushi.
TARA YODER CELLO
Tara earned her Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from Colorado School of Mines in December 2014 and currently works at
FIFTH DPO SEASON. Tara started playing
New Sky Energy in Boulder, CO. Beyond
cello at the age of 9 in her school orches-
playing cello, she also enjoys playing ulti-
tra. She has played with the South Bend
mate frisbee, hiking, cycling, bouldering,
Youth Symphony, South Bend Side-by-Side
skiing and pretty much anything else that
concerts, Donald A. Dake Chamber Music
is active and outdoors.
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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, April 17 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 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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june 3 eurotrip PACK YOUR PASSPORTS for the season finale Eurotrip on June 3. Travel across the pond on a musical tour of the European continent (with a layover in China). First stop — France! Enjoy César Franck’s ever-popular Symphony in D Minor and George Gershwin’s lyrical jazz number An American in Paris. Sail down the Vltava River through the meadows of Bohemia with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s The Moldau. Waltz into Vienna with Johann Strauss, Jr.’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube and Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesleid. Our trip ends in Eastern Europe with the Hungarian folksong Czárdás by Vittorio Monti.
LAWRENCE GOLAN conductor and violin LI, CHUNLAI
STRAUSS JR.
Ode to the Red Flag
On the Beautiful Blue Danube
FRANCK
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An American in Paris Suite SMETANA
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Liebesleid MONTI
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