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10 President’s Letter 12 Orchestra Leadership 14 Robert Spano 16 Musicians 33 Contributors 50 Calendar 52 Administration 54 General Info 56 Ticket Info 58 Gallery ASO

Toby and Itzhak Perlman provide young musicians a place to learn and grow.

the music 23 The concert’s program and notes

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Welcome to November!

As some of you know, my commitment to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra dates back to my childhood. Early on this institution gave me a sense of purpose and inspiration, and I am gratified to be in a position now to give something back.

I feel at home here. When I walk into Atlanta Symphony Hall at the beginning of a concert and first spot my fellow music lovers, people like yourself who help raise us to new heights every night, I realize I am part of a uniquely passionate partnership in creating a transformative experience.

That’s reason enough for my wife and I to contribute to this great institution. We feel music and education are the linchpin of a healthy upbringing for children and also relish hearing live and in person the greatest music ever written.

People have their own reasons for contributing. You may give from the pride you feel at having an internationally recognized Orchestra and Chorus you can call your own. Others are compelled to give to the Orchestra‘s myriad community programs that nurture the young and gifted, the leaders and artists to-be who will shape Atlanta’s cultural future.

Yet, the fact is that a mere two percent of our ticketholders contribute to the Orchestra … two percent! That’s why every donation, large or small, really makes a difference and allows this institution to be at its best for you, ensuring our ability to continue bringing beautiful music and arts education to everyone.

I am proud of what we — this Orchestra and community — have achieved in our short time together and excited by what lies ahead; and November is a perfect time to light a path to the rainbow ahead.

It’s also a wonderful month to be with us in Symphony Hall. From the peerless violinist Itzhak Perlman and the brilliant pianist Ingrid Fliter to the breakout international artistry of the Canadian Tenors, and the magical characters of Disney In Concert, November has entertainment written all over it!

Thank you for sharing this magical moment in time with me and for supporting our Orchestra for all the reasons in the world!

Stanley E. Romanstein President Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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leadership Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2010-2011 Board of Directors Officers Ben F. Johnson, III Chair Vice Chairs Clayton F. Jackson Finance Chair/ Treasurer

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Directors Jim R. Abrahamson Pinney L. Allen Joseph R. Bankoff * Jason A. Bernstein Paul Blackney Janine Brown Donald P. Carson Ann W. Cramer Cari K. Dawson Richard A. Dorfman David Edmiston Gary P. Fayard Dr. Robert Franklin Paul Garcia Carol Gellerstedt Jim Henry

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Robert M Spano music Director

usic Director Robert Spano, beginning his 10th season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.

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The Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings, and visual enhancements, such as Theater of a Concert — the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience — and the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, in November 2008. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano’s and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships, defining a new generation of American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Gandolfi. Since the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed over 100 concerts featuring contemporary works (composed since 1950), including 13 Atlanta Symphony-commissioned world premieres and three additional world premieres.

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Mr. Spano has a discography with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of nine recordings — six of which have been honored with Grammy® awards. He has led the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah Music Festivals. He has led the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In addition, he has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring cycles.

Mr. Spano was Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year. In March 2010, Mr. Spano began a threeyear tenure as Emory University’s Distinguished Artist in Residence, for which he spends three weeks each year leading intensive seminars, lecturing, and presenting programs on science, math, philosophy, literature and musicology throughout the University’s campus.

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Robert Spano, Music Director, The Robert Reid Topping Chair * Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor, The Neil and Sue Williams Chair * FIRST VIOLIN

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William Pu Associate Concertmaster The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair*

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Ralph Jones

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Joel Dallow Jere Flint Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner

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Paul Murphy

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Paul Brittan The Georgia Power Foundation Chair

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Wesley Collins Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Lachlan McBane Ardath Weck

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David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair*

Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair*

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michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor Jere Flint, Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair * Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses, The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair PICCOLO

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TRUMPET

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Carl David Hall

Ted Gurch

Thomas Hooten

Thomas Sherwood

OBOE

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Elizabeth Koch

Alcides Rodriguez

Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair*

Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair*

Michael Myers Joseph Walthall

William Wilder

rincipal P The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *

Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Deborah Workman Patrick McFarland

BASSOON

Carl Nitchie Principal The Walter L. “Buz” Carr, III Chair

Colin Williams

Charles Settle

Elizabeth Burkhardt

Principal The Wachovia Chair

HARP

Associate Principal

Stephen Wilson

Laura Najarian

Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair

ENGLISH HORN

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair

Patrick McFarland

Juan de Gomar

CLARINET

CONTRABASSOON

Laura Ardan

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Bill Thomas George Curran BASS TROMBONE

Principal The Robert Shaw Chair*

Juan de Gomar

Ted Gurch

HORN

Associate Principal

Brice Andrus

TUBA

William Rappaport

Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair

Michael Moore

The Alcatel-Lucent Chair

Alcides Rodriguez

Assistant Principal William A. Schwartz Chair*

Susan Welty

George Curran

Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

Associate Principal

Thomas Witte Richard Deane The UPS Community Service Chair

Bruce Kenney

TIMPANI

Mark Yancich Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair*

William Wilder Assistant Principal

Elisabeth Remy Johnson Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair

KEYBOARD The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair*

Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson LIBRARY

Rebecca Beavers Principal

Steven Sherrill Assistant Principal Librarian

John Wildermuth Assistant Librarian *C hair named in perpetuity † Regularly engaged musician Players in string sections are listed alphabetically.

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The Perlmans’ Paradise Toby and Itzhak Perlman provide young musicians a place to learn and grow “ What do you think is the challenge of this movement?”

The great violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman has just listened to students play the first movement of Fauré’s Piano Quartet in G minor. “Pacing,” answers the pianist who, along with the others, had only a week to learn this music. “Yes, pacing has the most potential problems — and sometimes He asks them to start again, “And this time, make it an

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On a balmy evening an audience of two hundred or so has gathered in a tent to observe a master class of the Perlman Music Program (PMP) on Shelter Island, a fashionable weekend-home destination between the North and South Forks on the East End of New York’s Long Island. Each year, PMP holds a sixweek Summer Music Camp for 35 gifted string players, ages 12-18, followed by a Chamber Music Workshop for 50 18-30 year-olds. Itzhak Perlman, who will appear with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 4, 6 and 7, serves as lead PMP teacher for studio lessons and masterclasses, plays chamber music alongside PMP students and alumni, and conducts the PMP String Orchestra.

Toby Perlman hesitates to actually describe PMP as her life’s dream. “That Continued on page 42

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But it was another Perlman who, with a dream and the vision to realize it, created PMP and guides the day-today operation — Toby Perlman, Itzhak

Perlman’s wife. The Perlmans met as violin students at The Juilliard School, married and raised five children. His career, of course, became one of the most legendary of our time. Now, she has developed one of the fastestrising training programs for elite young talent, persuading top-tier teaching faculty, including Mr. P., as everyone on campus calls him, to join in. She says emphatically that he had to be talked into it. “He didn’t want to do it at first. But this is the best thing that ever happened to him,” she says. “He works harder here than at any time of the year.

He is constantly challenged. Nothing is more challenging than a 13-year-old rolling their eyes at you. They are not afraid of him!”

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program Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Delta Classical Series Concerts Thursday and Saturday, November 4 and 6, 2010, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 7, 2010, at 3 p.m.

Itzhak Perlman, Conductor and Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 (1776)

Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373 (1781) Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (1773)

I. Allegro con brio II. Andante III. Menuetto IV. Allegro

INTERMISSION ˇák (1841-1904) Antonín Dvor

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95

(“From the New World”) (1893)

I. Adagio; Allegro molto

II. Largo

III. Scherzo: Molto vivace

IV. Allegro con fuoco

“Inside the Music” preview of the concert, Thursday at 7 p.m., presented by Ken Meltzer, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Insider and Program Annotator.

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

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program Notes on the Program

By Ken Meltzer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, and died in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 1791.

Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 (1776) In addition to the solo violin, the Adagio in E Major is scored for two flutes, two horns and strings. Approximate performance time is eight minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: October 3, 4 and 5, 1997, Pinchas Zukerman, Violin and Conductor.

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hile Mozart, the instrumentalist, is best known as a virtuoso keyboard artist, he was also a highly accomplished violinist. In 1772, Hieronymus Colloredo, the Archbishop of Salzburg, appointed the 16-year-old Mozart as concertmaster of the court orchestra. Three years later, Mozart composed his Five Violin Concertos.

It is not entirely certain whether Mozart originally created these works for his own use, or for Italian violinist, Antonio Brunetti — also a leader of the Salzburg court orchestra, beginning in 1777. Mozart did, of course, perform his Violin Concertos at public concerts.

No doubt, Mozart intended these works to display the technical fluency and pure singing tone that were hallmarks of his playing.

However, it is certain that Mozart composed the E-Major Adagio for Violin and Orchestra at Brunetti’s request. Mozart intended this Adagio to serve as an alternative second movement for his Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219. According to Mozart’s father, Leopold, Brunetti considered the original Adagio “too studied.” It is difficult to fathom what deficiencies Brunetti found in that sublime piece of music. Still, Brunetti’s curious taste resulted in another enchanting Mozart composition for violin and orchestra.

Adagio — A brief orchestral prelude by the ensemble introduces the opening portion of the flowing principal theme, soon played in complete form by the soloist. After a minor-key episode, the soloist and orchestra reprise the principal melody. A solo cadenza and brief orchestral postlude conclude the E-Major Adagio.

Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373 (1781) The first performance of the Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373, took place in Vienna on April 8, 1781, with Antonio Brunetti as soloist. In addition to the solo violin, the Rondo in C Major is scored for two oboes, two horns and strings.

Approximate performance time is six minutes.

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First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: October 3, 4 and 5, 1997, Pinchas Zukerman, Violin and Conductor.

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n March of 1781, Mozart, summoned by the Archbishop of Salzburg, arrived in Vienna. The Salzburg court was then in residence for the accession of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. On April 8, Mozart performed in a concert held at the residence of the Archbishop’s father, Prince Rudolf Joseph Colloredo. For the concert, Mozart composed his Rondo in C, K. 373, played on that occasion by Antonio Brunetti.

For years, Mozart had chafed under what he viewed as an unappreciative (even dictatorial) attitude on the part of the Archbishop. In fact, in a letter to Leopold, written the night of the concert, Mozart confessed: Dearest Father: I am very fond of you, as you may see from this, that for your sake I deny all my own wishes and desires — but for you, I swear to you on my honour that I should not lose a moment before resigning my post — giving a big concert, taking four pupils, and certainly prospering so well here in Vienna that within twelve months I should be earning at least a thousand thalers a year…

Matters came to a head the following month at a concert held in the residence of Prince Dmitri Galitzin, the Russian ambassador. There, Mozart ignored the command of the Archbishop’s valet to await a formal introduction, and immediately began speaking with the Ambassador. The Archbishop, affronted by Mozart’s lack of obedience, called the young composer “a rascal and a dissolute fellow.” This proved to be all the excuse Mozart needed.

He tendered his resignation from the Salzburg court and began a new career in Vienna as a free-lance artist.

The above narrative is not offered to suggest that the C-Major Rondo was, in any fashion, a musical expression of Mozart’s increasing frustrations. Quite the contrary, the Rondo is a graceful and charming work that must have pleased the Archbishop, unaware that he would soon lose the services of its talented creator.

Allegretto grazioso — The soloist presents the enchanting principal melody, immediately repeated by the orchestra. The melody alternates with several episodes, perhaps the most striking of which is a minor-key section, in which pizzicato violins accompany the soloist.

After a final statement of the principal theme, the Rondo concludes in delicate fashion, capped by the soloist’s hushed, stratospheric ascent.

Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (1773) The Symphony No. 25 is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, four horns and strings.

Approximate performance time is twenty minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: January 5 and 6, 1972, Julius Rudel, Conductor.

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program Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: November 29 and 30, and December 1, 2001, Donald Runnicles, Conductor.

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ozart was only seventeen, when, on October 5, 1773, he completed his Symphony No. 25. The work is known as the “Little” G-minor Symphony, to distinguish it from Mozart’s 1788 Symphony in the same key — No. 40, K. 550, sometimes referred to as the “Great.”

Mozart frequently turned to the key of G minor as a favored mode of tragic expression.

In addition to the two Symphonies already mentioned, other prominent G-minor works include the Piano Quartet, K. 478 (1785), the String Quintet, K. 516 (1787), and Pamina’s despairing aria, “Ach, ich fühl’s,” from the opera The Magic Flute, K. 620 (1791).

The “Little” G-minor is the earliest of the Mozart Symphonies to maintain a notable presence in the concert repertoire. In truth, there is nothing “little” about the Symphony in terms of its length (a performance with all repeats lasts about twenty-five minutes), instrumentation (four horns instead of the usual two), or emotional depth.

This tempestuous work marks a stunning departure from Mozart’s prior symphonies. As a result, many scholars have attempted (unsuccessfully) to pinpoint some tragic incident in the young composer’s life that might have served as inspiration. But then again, one would be hard pressed to explain why Mozart composed his stormy D-minor Piano Concerto (1785) during one of the most successful and happy periods of his life, or, for that matter, the triumphant “Jupiter” Symphony (1788) during one of the most desperate.

Perhaps the inspiration was of a strictly musical nature. When Mozart completed his Symphony No. 25, he and his father had just returned from a two and one-half month stay in Vienna. While there, Mozart may have had the opportunity to hear works by such composers as Gluck, Haydn and Johann Vanhal that were representative of the popular Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Stress”) artistic movement. Perhaps the Symphony No. 25 was the young Mozart’s response to the impassioned minor-key works of his elders.

Whatever the impetus for the “Little” G-minor Symphony, one can only marvel that a work of such technical mastery and emotional resonance is the product of a 17-year-old composer, even one by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Musical Analysis I. Allegro con brio — The violins immediately present the agitated principal theme, consisting of a syncopated figure, followed by an ascending and descending passage. A more restrained episode — based upon the opening theme and featuring the solo oboe — is followed by a forceful major-key outburst. The first violins introduce the graceful majorkey subsidiary theme. Again, the oboe is prominent during the brief development section.

A two-measure crescendo leads to the recapitulation of the principal themes, the second of which is now also in the minor key. The movement concludes with a stormy coda, based upon the principal theme.

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II. Andante — The E-flat Major Andante features muted violins throughout. They introduce the sighing, descending first principal theme, punctuated by a response from the bassoons. The first violins, to undulating accompaniment by the second violins, offer the staccato second theme. There is a brief development of the first principal theme, followed by a varied recapitulation of the opening section.

III. Menuetto — Mozart returns to the key of G minor for the concluding movements.

The orchestra proclaims a tutti statement of the Minuet’s stark, principal theme. The strings are silent during the intervening G-Major Trio. A reprise of the Minuet rounds out the third movement.

IV. Allegro — The concluding Allegro is dominated by the opening theme. Related to its counterpart in the Minuet, the theme is first played quietly by the strings, followed by a forte repetition in the winds and lower strings. The exposition also features two graceful major-key themes. Following the restless development section, a recapitulation ensues in which all of the themes are presented in the minor. A terse coda brings the G-minor Symphony to its turbulent conclusion.

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95 (“From the New World”) (1893) ˇák was born in Mühlhausen, Bohemia (now Nelahozeves, the Antonín Dvor Czech Republic), on September 8, 1841, and died in Prague on May 1, 1904. The first performance of the “New World” Symphony took place at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 16, 1893, with Anton Seidl conducting the New York Philharmonic.

The Symphony No. 9 is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals and strings. Approximate performance time is forty-one minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: March 16, 1947, Henry Sopkin, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances, November 13, 14 and 16, 2008, Donald Runnicles, Conductor.

Dvorˇák in New York

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n September 21, 1885, Jeannette Meyer Thurber founded the National Conservatory of Music of America. Mrs. Thurber hoped that the Conservatory, located in New York City, would foster the development of important American concert music.

Jeannette Thurber realized that in order for the National Conservatory to thrive as a major institution, it would require a musician of international renown for its Director. Mrs. Thurber considered two composers for the position — Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvorˇák.

Mrs. Thurber was not inclined to make the long journey to Sibelius’s homeland of Finland.

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program Because her family lived in Vienna, Mrs. Thurber decided that it would be far easier to contact Dvorˇák — either in the Austrian city, or the composer’s home in Prague.

In June of 1891, Mrs. Thurber offered Antonín Dvorˇák the position of Director of the National Conservatory. Dvorˇák, who was then a Professor of Composition at the Prague Conservatory, politely declined. However, Jeannette Thurber was not to be denied. After several cables to the Czech composer, Mrs. Thurber sent Dvorˇák a contract setting forth the generous terms of his employment with the National Conservatory. Only Dvorˇák’s signature was required. In December of 1891, Dvorˇák accepted Mrs. Thurber’s proposal.

Dvorˇák’s duties as Director of the National Conservatory commenced in the fall of 1892.

On September 26 of that year, Dvorˇák, his wife, and two of his six children arrived from Europe at the port in Hoboken, New Jersey. While on board, Dvorˇák enjoyed his first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. Awed by the magnificent sight, he exclaimed, “In the head alone there is enough room for sixty persons!”

Dvorˇák and his family took up residence near the Conservatory, which was located at E. 17th Street and Irving Place. Dvorˇák’s contract with the National Conservatory dictated that he would teach three composition classes and conduct semiweekly orchestral rehearsals. In his spare time, Dvorˇák preferred to avoid social functions. Instead, he paid frequent visits to the docks, the railway station and Central Park — the latter providing Dvorˇák with a reminder of the countryside he so enjoyed in his native land. Dvorˇák’s homesickness was somewhat alleviated when, in the summer of 1893, he and his family vacationed in Spillville, a northeast Iowa town populated by Czech immigrants.

Dvorˇák had always taken a keen interest in the folk music of his native Bohemia, and indeed, acknowledged: “I myself have gone to the simple, half forgotten tunes of Bohemian peasants for hints in my most serious works. Only in this way can a musician express the true sentiment of his people. He gets into touch with the common humanity of his country.”

It’s not surprising that when Dvorˇák arrived in America, he began to study the music of the “New World.” Dvorˇák concluded that America’s great folk tradition was rooted in the music of African-Americans (it should be noted that in May of 1893, the National Conservatory opened its doors to African-American students). Dvorˇák also acknowledged the importance of the folk music of Native Americans, which, the Czech composer felt, was “virtually identical” to “Negro melodies.”

The “New World” Symphony On May 24, 1893, Dvorˇák completed his Symphony in E minor, begun the previous December. The work received its premiere at New York’s Carnegie Hall on December 16, 1893, with Anton Seidl conducting the New York Philharmonic. A month earlier, Dvorˇák gave the E-minor Symphony its famous nickname, “From the New World.”

In an article published in the New York Herald the day before the premiere, Dvorˇák offered this analysis of his “New World” Symphony: Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 29

Since I have been in this country I have been deeply interested in the national music of the Negroes and the Indians. The character, the very nature of a race is contained in its national music. For that reason my attention was at once turned in the direction of these native melodies...

It is this spirit which I have tried to reproduce in my new Symphony (“The New World”). I have not actually used any of the melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the...music and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, harmony, counterpoint and orchestral color.

The premiere of the “New World” Symphony was an unqualified success. Dvorˇák proudly informed his publisher, Simrock: “The papers say that no composer ever celebrated such a triumph. Carnegie Hall was crowded with the best people of New York, and the audience applauded so that, like visiting royalty, I had to take my bows repeatedly from the box in which I sat.”

Musical Analysis I. Adagio; Allegro molto — The “New World” Symphony begins with a slow introduction (Adagio). The rather pastoral mood of the opening measures is shattered by a thunderous orchestral outburst. Then, almost as if rising out of the mists, hints of the Allegro’s opening theme appear in the horns, violas and cellos. A final crescendo, a massive timpani explosion, and a tremolo passage for violins serve as a bridge to the Allegro molto’s dramatic opening theme, first played by the horns. The playful second theme (with hints of “Turkey in the Straw”) features the flutes and oboes. A solo flute sings a lovely theme with, as many commentators have noted, a kinship to a spiritual Dvorˇák loved — “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” The brief development features a stirring juxtaposition of the first and third themes. A varied recapitulation of the principal themes and a stormy coda round out the opening movement.

II. Largo — Dvorˇák envisioned the second movement of his “New World” Symphony as “a study or sketch” for an opera or cantata based upon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Hiawatha — a project that never came to fruition.

After a brief, somber introduction, the solo English horn, over muted strings, sings the unforgettable principal melody (Dvorˇák’s pupil, William Arms Fisher, later adapted this haunting melody for the song, “Goin’ Home”). The flutes and oboes inaugurate the melancholy central section (Un poco più mosso). Suddenly, a jaunty woodwind interlude leads to a grand proclamation of the first movement’s principal theme. The English horn returns for a reprise of the opening melody. A restatement of the Largo’s introduction, an ascending string passage, and solemn bass chords bring the Largo to a poignant close.

III. Scherzo: Molto vivace — The composer noted that the third movement “was suggested by a scene at the feast in ‘Hiawatha’ where the Indians dance, and is also an essay which I made in the direction of imparting the local color of Indian character to music.”

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program After a brief introduction, the flutes and oboes, with counterpoint by the clarinets, present the animated principal theme, soon thundered by the entire orchestra. The first Trio section (Poco sostenuto), highlighting the winds, has a far more relaxed quality. A reprise of the Scherzo follows, the conclusion offering hints of the opening movement’s principal theme.

The second Trio section emerges as a bright ray of sunshine. A repeat of the Scherzo and initial Trio leads to the Coda, again presenting echoes of the Symphony’s opening movement, before resolving to a fortissimo conclusion.

IV. Allegro con fuoco — The strings launch a vigorous introduction to the announcement by the horns and trumpets of the forceful, principal theme. A solo clarinet offers a plaintive, contrasting melody. Dvorˇák reprises principal themes from the first three movements, treating the material, according to his description, “in a variety of ways.” The magnificent coda features a synthesis of the principal themes of the outer movements. The closing orchestral fanfare is capped by an extended diminuendo, leading to a ppp close.

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itzhak perlman, Conductor and Violin

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ndeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. In January 2009, Mr. Perlman was honored to take part in the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion

by John Williams and performing with clarinetist Anthony McGill, pianist Gabriela Montero and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. President Reagan granted him a “Medal of Liberty” in 1986, Itzhak Perlman and President Clinton awarded him the “National Medal of Arts” in December 2000. In December 2003, he was a Kennedy Center Honoree. In May 2007, he performed at the State Dinner for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, hosted

by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush at the White House.

Mr. Perlman’s 2010-11 season takes his performances as soloist to both new and familiar major centers throughout the world. In the fall of 2010, he travels to Chile and Brazil, with orchestral performances in Santiago and recitals in Rio de Janeiro, Paulinia and Sao Paulo. In October 2010, he once again thrilled audiences in Japan with seven recitals in Tokyo, Osaka, Matsumoto, Nagoya and Yokohama with pianist and frequent collaborator, Rohan De Silva. He joins the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall for their opening subscription week under Music Director Alan Gilbert. Other highlights include a special performance with the Chicago Symphony to benefit the Rotary Foundation’s campaign to End Polio Now; a performance with the Toronto Symphony at Carnegie Hall; and recitals across the U.S., including San Francisco, Los Angeles, West Palm Beach and San Antonio. Mr. Perlman also appears with students and alumni from the Perlman Music Program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, N.J. In addition to his many orchestral and recital appearances throughout the world, Mr. Perlman performs as conductor with leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic. This season marks his third as artistic director of the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra. He was music advisor of the St. Louis Symphony from 2002 to 2004, where he made regular conducting appearances, and he was principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2001 to 2005.

He proudly possesses four Emmy Awards and 15 Grammy awards. He performed at the 2006 Academy Awards and at the Juilliard School Centennial Gala, broadcast nationally on Live from Lincoln Center. He collaborated with composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List, in which he performed the violin solos.

Mr. Perlman devotes considerable time to education, both in his participation each summer in the Perlman Music Program and his teaching at the Juilliard School, where he holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair. He was awarded an honorary doctorate and a centennial medal on the occasion of Juilliard’s 100th commencement ceremony in May 2005.

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Well, now she is running it. She thinks back two decades. “I went to a meeting in East Hampton about starting a Big Time Music Festival,” she frowns and explains. “We had left Aspen [Music Festival] because it had gotten so big.

Then someone at the meeting said we should do what other festivals do — have a school.” She perks up, “I said, ‘A School?! I’ll do that.’ It wasn’t like I had [consciously made a plan]. But it had been sitting there in the prefrontal cortex of my brain, waiting to come out of my mouth.”

person, nurturing and building confidence, while letting the kids enjoy ordinary-kid things. Some of the biggest names in show business and philanthropy (Geffen, Spielberg, Lauder) bought and donated the Shelter Island campus — a collection of white clapboard buildings tucked on a wooded hillside — a decade ago, and other supporters (Billy Joel, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda) have come on board since then.

PMP bases admission solely on talent and works with small numbers. “The number of kids is set in stone. This program is so small, so elitist, that we have the opportunity to be helpful to every single one. I expect a lot in return — I expect them to become stellar citizens of the world,” she says. “I take the music part for granted. It’s always been the center of my life, and it’s our common denominator.

Of course, I am happy when they get management or a great booking. But emotional growth, overcoming shyness, finding a peer group and no longer being a freak — that’s the real reward.”

Her plan, conscious or not, revolves around developing the musician and the

The kids get one-on-one private lessons, chamber music coaching and lots of time

sounds so cliché and mundane. But it is sort of a dream that came out of real life,” she says. “I used to sit in the cafeteria at Juilliard and say to my girl friends, ‘You know, if I were running this place...’ Then, later, I looked at summer music programs for my own kids. But on the drive back I would think ‘If I were running it...’

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AtlAntA’s holidAy trAdition for the whole fAmily returns to the stAge thAnksgiving weekend nov. 26 – deC. 24 It isn’t Christmas in Atlanta until you’ve seen A Christmas Carol. The most heartwarming story of the season comes to life on the Alliance Stage, with beloved carols, stunning stage magic, and your favorite Atlanta actors.

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and space to practice. They also get free time to dabble in the art room, paddle a kayak in the bay or soak up some sun on the beach, and take shopping trips to an outlet mall. Everybody does chores — from setting up the stage for performances to washing dishes in the kitchen. “I watch them helping each other, which is what I want to see,” Toby Perlman says with a sigh of great satisfaction, “and, as a side line, they can play pretty well, too.” While the training to play pretty well is pretty intense, the pressure here is not. She is adamant that school be “the world of the child.” Without any intruder, which too often (she explains with a sigh of dissatisfaction) is the parent. PMP dean, Adam Meyer, says of the noncompetitive atmosphere, “We don’t put student names in programs.

We don’t want them to be reviewed or singled out.”

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Beethoven cello sonata; crickets try outdo the Ravel F Major String Quartet, resting when the next group tunes up to play Prokofiev. One can hear the individual styles and personalities – muscular, fat, sweet, singing – of these violinists, violists, cellists and pianists starting to emerge and come alive. Clearly they already have keen, sensitive listening skills.

Both Perlmans learned the value of supportive teaching from the late Dorothy DeLay, their much-loved Juilliard mentor, and PMP reflects her positive ideals. Itzhak Perlman, who is happy when students sidle up to him at dinner or interrupt chats about New York sports teams with questions about music, says of the learning process: “In practicing, the one who accomplishes the most is the one who is well-organized. Being able to practice is a skill that has to be taught. Doing X hours a day usually doesn’t work. I tell [students] to talk about what’s wrong to themselves. Usually, when you ask them what the problems are, they know. I like to involve the kids in the process. Better for the kid to come up with the solution; then he owns it.”

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Although he’s taught at places like Brooklyn College and Juilliard, his wife observes, “his involvement here is different.” (An oenophile, his involvement extends to the annual PMP fine wine auction fundraiser.) Indeed, everyone’s involvement here seems to be different. Students, faculty and staff take all meals together, on a big porch overlooking the water. And every day at 5 p.m. all gather for choral singing with conductor Patrick Romano. “We get a shared musical experience more delicious than asolo,” says Toby Perlman.

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“We all have to breathe, listen. It’s noncompetitive music-making.”

Mr. P., working with the Fauré quartet players, says: “Everything here is an experiment. If you hate my idea, tell me. And if it’s not good, I’ll be the first to tell you, since it’s my idea. Take a chance.” They do. He applauds.

“Beautiful playing. Bravo.”

Margaret Shakespeare, a writer and musicologist, lives in New York City and on the North Fork of Long Island.

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