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The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO) reaches over 30,000 people annually through its seven-concert series, arts partner services, education and community programs, and radio broadcast. Marking its 37th season in 2021-2022, the ICO is under the direction of Music Director and Principal Conductor Matthew Kraemer. The ICO is the professional Orchestra-in-Residence at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler Arts Center. Comprised of 34 professional musicians, the ICO advances and promotes music composed for the small orchestra through professional concert performances and education and outreach programs. The ICO annually presents a concert series that features internationally recognized guest artists, superior local talent, and aspiring young soloists, and showcases the talents of living composers. The ICO’s artistic programming delivers on a brand promise of “ICO-Intimate-Classic-Original” concert experiences, utilizing innovative program formats and intimate concert venues. The ICO takes an active role in perpetuating the art form by commissioning and performing works of living composers, as well as venerable masterworks. The ICO also has the distinction of presenting several world and American premieres. The ICO is featured prominently in local media with its weekly radio broadcast on WFYI, 90.1 FM. Featuring selections from ICO concerts, this strategic initiative
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increases community awareness of the ICO and enhances its professional image. In 2017, the ICO was featured on the PBS broadcast of “A Festival of Carols with Sylvia McNair.” Premiered in 2016, James Aikman’s Peacemakers became the subject of an Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary in 2017. In May 2015, the ICO released its first commercial CD, Momentum 21. The ICO is frequently engaged to provide professional accompaniment for area arts and educational institutions, such as the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and American Pianists Association. In 2021-2022, the ICO will serve in its 15th year as Orchestra- inResidence for the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival. Through its affiliation with the three-day immersive educational event, the ICO sponsors a nationwide competition for the composition of new works for chamber orchestra. In 2016, the ICO collaborated nationally with the American Composers Orchestra’s “EarShot” program as the first chamber orchestra to present orchestral readings of new works by five emerging American composers. Offering a full range of education and outreach programs for all ages, ICO Funtastic Classics and Residency programs take ICO musicians into area schools for live programs or classroom coaching. Additionally, the ICO partners with Indy Parks to present free, family-friendly concerts each summer.
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Welcome from the Executive Director DANA E. STONE Dear ICO Patrons, Welcome to the ICO’s 2021-2022 Discover & Connect Season. We hope you experience familiar favorites and discover new works as you engage with the ICO over this season. The past 18 months have proven that our community recognizes the value of the arts and the mission of the ICO. We are distinctly honored by your support and your attendance as we return to more traditional concert experiences. You’ve come to expect artistic excellence and innovative programming at the ICO, and this season will not disappoint. Our commitment to new music includes two world premiere performances, works by living composers on almost every concert, multi-media productions, and cross disciplinary collaborations. Every year we rely on the support of our community to continue. This season we return with our full programming, but we acknowledge that we likely will be building on audiences as the season continues. We welcome all new audiences and those returning whether live or virtual.
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For these reasons your continued support through tax-deductible donations are impactful. Also make sure you are signed up for our e-newsletter to register for preconcert talks, Mocktails & Masterpieces, and concert pairings. Words cannot accurately express our appreciation to YOU: our patrons, donors, sponsors, advertisers, grantors, and more. Together you and those seated around you have helped ICO to continue making music through very challenging times. I hope you enjoy the performance this evening and will join us again soon. With sincere thanks, Dana E. Stone
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Conductor MATTHEW KRAEMER Recognized for his “musical sensitivity” and “energized sense of interpretation”, Matthew Kraemer is quickly making his mark among young American conductors for his inspired performances and versatility. The Buffalo News notes, “He presents a tall, dignified and stately podium presence with a quite clear beat, a good sense of shaping melodic lines, and an all business attitude that focused on the music without any histrionics.” Kraemer was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in 2015 and has extended his commitment with the ICO through 2023. He additionally serves as Music Director of the Butler County Symphony (PA), the Marion Philharmonic (IN), and Artistic Advisor of the Muncie Symphony (IN). His active guest conducting schedule includes appearances with many of the nation’s finest orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, North Carolina, Saint Louis, Spokane, Syracuse, and Toledo symphony orchestras, as well as Canada’s Mississauga Symphony, Niagara Symphony, and Hamilton Philharmonic and in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Upcoming highlights include performances with Tessa Lark, Richard Lin, Jinjoo Cho, Sterling Elliott, Michael Cavanaugh, Dee Daniels, the PRISM Quartet, and Dance Kaleidoscope. Future guest conducting engagements include the Arkansas Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Rochester Philharmonic.
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Kraemer served as associate conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic from 2009 to 2014, where he regularly led the orchestra in each of its concert series. A passionate advocate for new music, he has performed the works of many living composers during his career and has led the American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot readings with several orchestras. The ICO was awarded a Virginia B. Toulmin commission for emerging women composers under his leadership. Kraemer served as Music Director of the Erie Chamber Orchestra (20122017) and associate conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra (2007- 2010). Increasingly recognized for his committed advocacy of music education and his devotion to young audiences, he currently serves on the faculty at New England Music Camp, where he conducts the symphony orchestra and teaches chamber music. The Buffalo Philharmonic’s award-winning education concerts grew exponentially under his leadership, expanding to reach over 40,000 students throughout western New York. He played an integral role in the creation of the orchestra’s successful live broadcast concerts with Time Warner Cable, as well as implementing new collaborations with many organizations in the Buffalo community. His performances are broadcast regularly on NPR’s Performance Today. Recipient of the distinguished Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship and the Bruno Walter Career Development Grant, Kraemer served a residency with the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2006 Salzburg Music
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Festival. Equally at home in the opera and ballet pit, his operatic credits include fullystaged productions of The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Happy Birthday Wanda June (world premiere), Trouble in Tahiti, and Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park (American professional premiere), as well as ballet productions with Virginia Ballet Theatre, Ohio Ballet, Dance Kaleidoscope, Neglia Ballet Artists, and Todd Rosenlieb Dance. He has performed with many leading artists, including Lang Lang, Awadagin Pratt, Christopher O’Riley, Norman Krieger, Philippe Quint, Jennifer Koh, Elmar Oliveira, Rachel Barton Pine, David Kim, Gary Karr, Richard Stolzman, Wu Man, Bela Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Ben Folds, Chris Botti, Jim Brickman, the Indigo Girls, Il Volo, Wynona Judd, and Natalie Merchant, among others. A frequent collaborator with Broadway superstar Idina Menzel, he served as conductor for many of her symphony engagements nationwide. An Indiana native, Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas Conde and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. Additionally, he has participated in the National Arts Center Conductor’s Program in Ottawa Canada. His conducting teachers include David Zinman, Robert Spano, Stanley DeRusha, and Jorma Panula. Kraemer is a graduate of Butler University and the University of Nevada, where he assisted former Cincinnati Symphony concertmaster Phillip Ruder. An accomplished
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violinist, he was a member of the Nightingale String Quartet. His principal violin teachers include Phillip Ruder, Herbert Greenberg, and Larry Shapiro. When he is not performing, Kraemer enjoys cooking, running, and reading. He and his wife, Megan, reside in Indianapolis with their sons Gabriel and Nathaniel.
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CONCERT ROSTER
Matthew Kraemer, Music Director and Principal Composer Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Podium*
VIOLIN
CELLO
Tarn Travers,^ Concertmaster
Marjorie Lange Hanna, Principal
N. Clay & Amy Robbins*
Robert & Mary Ann Tucker*
Sarah Page, Asst. Concertmaster
J. Phillip Kettler Nancy Smith
Christian & Elaine Wolf*
Lisa Brooks, Principal Second Alfred Abel, Asst. Principal Second Pamela Close
Jeffrey & Joyce Peipert*
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David Murray, Principal Ann Hinson*
Sara Anne Hook*
Emmet Hanick
Asieh Dicken*
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Dianna Joiner
Alistair Howlett, Acting Principal
Thomas Watkins
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Cynthia & Marcus Veatch*
The ICO uses a rotation system within the violin section
Csaba Erdélyi, Principal Colette Abel The Giannini Chair*
Principal Chair Scott & Susan Putney*
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John Rommel, Principal Vance Patterson*
Daniel Golando
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Vance Patterson*
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Leonid Sirotkin, Principal Pamela Ajango Jim Young*
Jim & Leah Turner*
Justin Gingrich,^ Principal
HARP
Wendy Muston
Howard Schrott & Diana Mutz*
Eli Eban, Principal
Sheila Barton & Bill Bosron*
Ann & Ken Dee*
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Jared Rodin, Principal
CLARINET
Byron Plexico Donna Clark
Charles Rubright*
Matthew Hogan
Lainie Veenstra*
Katherine & Richard Badertscher*
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Kara M. Stolle, Principal
Bart & Lisa Brown*
Irina Mueller Deborah Rodin
Thad & Amy Perry*
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Candice Clayton Kiser Lisa & Rick Brown*
*The ICO is grateful for orchestra chair underwriting for the 20212021 season. ^On Leave of Absence, 2021- 2022 Season
CONCERTS MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL John MacFarlane, Violin Zachary DePue, Violin Laura Barceló, Violin Anna Czerniak, Violin Noelle Gosling, Violin Allison Nyquist, Violin Jennifer Powell, Violin Timothy Tan, Violin Linda Yu-Picard, Violin
Amy Brandfonbrener, Viola Susan Chan, Viola Derek Reeves, Viola Peter Opie, Cello Joe Everett, Bass Andrew Chilcote, Bass Dorian Jackman, Bass Jenna Page, Flute James Romeo, Flute Tamara Thweatt, Flute
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Crystal Barrett, Oboe Lisa Kozenko, Oboe Mark Ostiach, Oboe Jonathan Snyder, Oboe Kelly Swensson, Bassoon Emily Britton, Horn Sarah Greene, Horn Suzanne Rice, Horn Darin Sorley, Horn Lennie Foy, Trumpet
Loy Hetrick, Trombone Heather Miller, Trombone Brian Kiser, Tuba Heaven Fan, Harp Joanne King, Harp Rares Caluseriu, Percussion Jon Crabiel, Percussion Jimmy Finnie, Percussion Steve Hanna, Percussion Murray Mast, Percussion
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War in Music Saturday, October 16, 2021 7:30 p.m.
Matthew Kraemer, Conductor Schrott Center for the Arts – Butler Arts Center Sponsored by
Program Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 Ludwig van Beethoven
Resilience
Michael Schelle I. Dachaulieder II. Rising Sun, Fallen Sky III. Blast of Silence
Matt Albert, Viola Joshua DeVries, Cello
INTERMISSION The Banks of Green Willow George Butterworth
Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (“Drum Roll”) Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Adagio-Allegro con spirito II. Andante più tosto allegretto III. Menuetto IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
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MATT ALBERT Violinist & Violist
JOSHUA DEVRIES Cellist
Violinist and violist Matt Albert (he/him) is the Chair of Chamber Music at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan. He previously served as the Director of Chamber Music and SYZYGY at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. He was a founding member of Eighth Blackbird, with whom he received numerous awards, including first prizes at the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Coleman, and Fischoff Competitions, and three Grammy awards for their recordings on Cedille Records. He has performed with Alarm Will Sound, Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, Seraphic Fire, ICE, the Shreveport Symphony (as Concertmaster), the Baltimore Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Other leadership roles include three years as the Artistic Director of the M-Prize International Chamber Arts Competition and three years as the Artistic Director of the Music in the Mountains Conservatory in Durango, Colorado.
Joshua DeVries wears many hats as a musician, working as a theorist, cellist, and publisher. As a cellist, he has been working closely with composers for his entire career, and is currently recording a debut solo album titled “An Ecology of Caring.” He is currently a PhD candidate in music theory at the University of Michigan and is writing a book on George Crumb’s Black Angels. Josh also recently founded Just a Theory Press, an independent publisher for contemporary music, although perhaps his most famous moment was winning the “Bluff the Listener” game on NPR’s news quiz show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! In his spare time, Josh volunteers with regional animal rescues and plays with his dogs and cats. He can be heard playing Carlos Simon’s Lickety Split on the album “My Ancestor’s Gift,” available on all streaming platforms. His cello is a modern instrument made by William Whedbee in Chicago.
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MICHAEL SCHELLE Composer
Michael Schelle is well known to Indianapolis audiences, as he has been Composer in Residence at Butler University for three decades. He has been commissioned and/or performed by more than 350 orchestras, symphonic bands and professional chamber ensembles across the United States and abroad, including the Chicago Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the major orchestras of Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Kansas City, XTET (Los Angeles), the Koenig Ensemble of London, the Kuala Lumpur Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel, the St. Petersburg (Russia) Chamber Orchestra, Czestochowa Philharmonic (Poland), Beijing Opera House, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Costa Rica), Firenza New Music Festival (Italy) and the Warsaw (Poland) Chamber Opera. He has been the featured guest composer at many American universities, and at Aichi University (Japan), Nagoya Imperial University, the Kraków Academy of Music
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and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw). He has received grants and awards from such organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, American Symphony Orchestra League, National Band Association, Barlow Foundation, American Pianists Association, New York State Arts Council, the Welsh Arts Council (Cardiff) and the Arts Council of Indianapolis (Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship X2). More information: www.schellemusic.com/1
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Egmont Overture (1810) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN BORN December 16, 1770 in Bonn DIED March 26, 1827 in Vienna By 1810 Ludwig van Beethoven had lived in Vienna for eighteen years, written his first six symphonies, four of his five piano concertos and his only opera Fidelio. He received a commission in 1809 from J. H. von Luchsenstein, the Director of the Court Theatre in Vienna, to write an overture and incidental music for an upcoming performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 1788 play Egmont. The play is set during the Spanish occupation in Belgium and the Netherlands, with Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522-1568), as its central character. The Duke of Alba was sent to enforce the law and he sentenced Egmont and another man to death despite the plea of the Spanish King to spare them. On 5 June 1568 Alba and the nobleman were beheaded in the Grand Square of Brussels, triggering an armed revolt against the Spaniards. Note that savage two note figure late in the piece that is answered by a soft woodwind chorale and then followed by the rousing major key ending – this is a wonderful musical equivalent to the death scene and the ensuing fight against the Spanish forces. The overture is one of Beethoven’s most popular smaller concert works, while the other nine pieces of incidental music, some of which feature a solo soprano with orchestra, are rarely heard. In 1956 the overture was used as rallying music for the Hungarian uprising against the Soviets. It has been used as background music for several films. The French Army led by Napoleon was in the process of bombarding Vienna in 1809 while Beethoven was writing the overture, and the situation must have seemed to mirror the Spanish troops action against the noblemen. There is a description of Beethoven, who was staying at the house of his brother during the bombardment, holding pillows over his ears.
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Beethoven sent a copy of the music to Goethe in 1811, and the two men met a year later in the spa town of Teplice, now in Czechia not far from Dresden. Goethe wrote of the meeting that Beethoven was an “utterly untamed personality.” When Goethe heard a full performance of the work with Beethoven’s music in 1821 in Weimar he was pleased with the results, stating the “Beethoven has followed my intentions with admirable genius.” Although it is scored for a classical orchestra of paired winds, Beethoven uses four horns to great effect. The overture begins in a dark F minor tonality and has several recurring motives, but at the end it shifts from triple meter to a heroic and dazzling fast F major. It is scored for 2 flutes (with one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. Its duration is about nine minutes. In the News in 1810: Napoleon has his marriage to Josephine annulled and marries Marie-Louise of Austria; John Jacob Astor founds the Pacific Fur Company; King George III of England is declared insane; Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann and P. T. Barnum are born; Walter Scott writes The Lady of the Lake; Humphry Davy names the element “chlorine,” using airtight containers to preserve food is discovered. The short-lived Republic of West Florida is annexed by the United States and becomes part of Louisiana. There were 7.24 million people in the United States. Meanwhile in Indiana: Indiana Territory is in its tenth year; the capital city is Vincennes and the Governor is William Henry Harrison, who will be the first President from Indiana; it will be another six years before Indiana becomes the nineteenth state.
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Resilience (2005) MICHAEL SCHELLE BORN January 22, 1950 in Phiiladelphia Dedicated to my father, Lt. George W. Schelle (1915-2004), a first generation American and a naval officer in the Pacific theatre 1941-45, Resilience is a dramatic three-movement work honoring the anniversary of the end of World War II. The nervous, restless music of Movement 1, Dachaulieder, is inspired by a brief motive from the opening of a string quartet by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), one of the very first Jewish composers to become known throughout the world. Movement 2, Rising Sun, Fallen Sky, a fusion of American and Japanese musical traditions, embraces the restless ground campaigns of Okinawa, Iwo Jima, etc., and the mysterious atmosphere and wasteland landscapes of Japan after the bomb. After a brief revisiting/revision of the anxious, explosive materials from Dachaulieder, Movement 3 – Blast of Silence, collapses into an extended, emotionally-charged ‘prayer for peace’ that eventually dissolves into thin air. Although I never realized it until recently, Resilience had been over fifteen years in the making. First, the little Mendelssohn tune fragment of Movement 1 comes from a piece I heard performed a few years ago by a Chicagoarea string quartet whose personnel featured one of tonight’s soloists, Joshua DeVries. Also, I have visited Hiroshima twice over the past few years – an emotionally paralyzing experience – and have traveled the streets of Tokyo, trying to imagine the devastating fire-bombings of the 1940s. However, after my father’s death in 2004, I realized I knew quite a lot about the “Pacific Theatre” of World War II but was under-educated regarding Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Stalin, Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. I immediately embarked on an extended, in-depth self-study of all things “WWII European Theatre,” an absorbing obsession that continues today. In recent years I have visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, the Jewish ghettos of Warsaw and Krakow, and Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. On an interior wall of one of the barracks in Dachau was a small plaque: a brief, simple, painful song/melody (words in German) written by an anonymous prisoner. I took a photograph of this remarkable, heartbreaking artifact, knowing that someday, somewhere I would incorporate INTIMATE CLASSIC ORIGINAL
it into my music. Near the end of movement 1 – Dachaulieder that haunting little tune – now extended, harmonized, orchestrated and “distributed” across the orchestra and the soloists – emerges out of the chaos for a brief “reality-check” reflection into the tragic past. A personal note: my Dad never spoke of the war unless we asked him and, even then, the information was minimal. He was an optimistic, generous man, a brilliant man – my hero, my role model, a gentle giant (all 6’8” of him) who took care of his family (and four kids), was an AMAX Corporation executive in Manhattan, and a Little League coach. Resilience was a consortium commission from multiple orchestras including the Dayton Philharmonic, the Nashville Symphony, and the South Shore Orchestra of Chicago. The work was premiered in September 2015 by the Fort Smith, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, John Jeter, music director and conductor. The premiere performance soloists were Alaina Rea, viola, and Joshua DeVries, violin. The work is scored for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, trombone, bass trombone, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, solo viola, solo cello, and strings. The duration is about thirty minutes. In the News in 2015: Milan hosts EXPO 2015; Greece undergoes a severe economic crisis; Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning head of state in any modern nation, surpassing the reign of Queen Victoria; several significant conductors and musical scholars pass away – Kurt Masur, Gunther Schuller and Robert Kraft. In Superbowl 49 the Patriots top the Seahawks in one of the most memorable finishes in the history of the game. Alexandre Desplat wins the Academy Award for his film score to The Grand Budapest Hotel. Meanwhile in Indianapolis: Republican mayor Greg Ballard is in his eighth and final year as Mayor; the population is 853,000 and the city is the 14th largest in the nation; Juan Pablo Montoya wins his second Indianapolis 500 despite being involved in a crash on lap 7. Frank Vogel was the coach of the Indiana Pacers, and their first round draft pick was Center Myles Turner. 17
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The Banks of Green Willow (1913) GEORGE BUTTERWORTH BORN July 1885, 1885 in Paddington, England DIED Ausut 5, 1916 in Poziéres, France The great British conductor Adrian Boult (1889-1983) made his debut with members of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on 27 February 1914 at West Kirby Public Hall. The least well known composer on this concert was a Brit named George Butterworth, and this was premiere performance of what would become his most famous orchestral work. Butterworth had written the piece the previous year. Like many other composers of the early twentieth century – Grainger, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, Kodaly and numerous other - Butterworth was interested in the old folk songs and the new technology of recording music. He worked with the slightly older Ralph Vaughan Williams, traveling the English countryside and recording songs presented by shepherds, housewives, blacksmiths, pub patrons and anyone else they could encourage to sing for them. Butterworth was also quite interested in folk dancing, particularly Morris Dancing, a style whose roots dated back four centuries. The style utilizes rhythmic stepping while carrying handkerchiefs, tobacco pipes, swords and other items, which are waved and clapped together rhythmically. Butterworth was well educated, with degrees from Eton, where he studied composition and piano with Thomas Dunhill, and Trinity College Oxford, where he was criticized for spending too much time in the trivial study of music. Like so many thousands of substantial young Englishmen, he went to France to fight in World War I. According to his biographer Michael Barlow, one of his duties was to censor the letters of servicemen. He found this to be “of great human interest. I don’t think I ever before realized the difference between married and single!” Butterworth’s commanding officer was wounded and he was named a temporary Lieutenant during the Battle of Somme, earning a recommendation 18
for a Military Cross for “conspicuous gallantry in action” at Bailiff Wood and receiving that award “for commanding his company with great coolness” at Pozières. From Barlow, “On August 1 [1916], the Brigade was sent to the front for the final time, and it was around this date that the trench that was later named for Butterworth was dug. . .It was here that Butterworth met his death at about 4:45 a. m. on 5 August.” He was shot through the head by a sniper. His comrades were largely unaware of his musical abilities and his parents were very surprised to hear that he had led troops with great bravery. His body was not recovered and there is no trace of his grave. The Banks of Green Willow is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, a trumpet, harp and strings. Its duration is about seven minutes. In the News in 1913: Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as US President; the Woolworth Building opens in New York City as the tallest building in the world; Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris and the event causes a riot and a sensation; construction on the Panama Canal comes to an end; Ford introduces the moving assembly line in Detroit; people born included Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Rosa Parks and Vince Lombardi, Morton Gould and Benjamin Britten, Jimmy Hoffa and Red Skelton. Meanwhile in Indianapolis: The city’s tallest building, the seventeen story Merchant’s Bank Building, is completed; The March Great Flood strikes Central Indiana, French driver Jules Goux leads 138 laps and wins the third Indianapolis 500 in a Peugeot in a speed of nearly 76 MPH; Indianapolis was the twenty-second largest city in the nation with a population of 234,000.
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Symphony #103 in Eb (1795) FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN BORN March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Austria DIED May 31, 1809 in Vienna Joseph Haydn is known as the “Father of the Symphony,” and deservedly so as he completed at least 104 of them. His last dozen are often called the “London symphonies,” as he wrote them in two sets of six between 1791 and 1795 during two long trips to the English capital. This evening we will hear the next to last one, nicknamed the “Drum Roll” because of the omninous start with timpani roll on an E-flat. Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny (1762-1842), who was a composer, author and music theorist, wrote a description of the long, slow introduction to the first movement. He imagines a thunderstorm threatening the villagers, who have gathered in the church. The timpani roll represents thunder and the congregation begins to pray. He imagines the first crescendo in the woodwinds to be a voiced “Great God.” The prayer is then sung first by the men (low strings) and then answered by the women (violins). This kind of analysis was more of a romantic era notion that would have been expected a couple of decades later. Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon describes the “number of novel experiments . . . the connection of a slow introduction connected to the main body of the movement in a fashion more complex and at a deeper level than any eighteenth-century symphony except Mozart’s K. 543 [Symphony #39 also in Eb].” He also makes another later comparison statement about the symphony’s finale: “the composition of a monothematic finale of a tighter construction and a more relentless unity than any other movement before the First of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.”
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Another novel moment to listen for is the return of the slow introduction later in the first movement. A. Peter Brown describes this in his The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: “The most original aspect of the first movement is the use of the introduction not only at the beginning but also in diminution within the Allegro and in slow tempo as a part of the coda.” It is indeed a memorable movement that displays Haydn’s seemingly endless range of structural ideas. The second movement features two principal themes with variations in both major and minor keys. Robbins Landon speculates that these melodies are Hungarian and Croatian folksongs shortened to individual phrases, and he places them in the district of Eszterháza, which is where Haydn spent much of his career in the employ of the Esterhazy family of monarchs. Interestingly, the clarinets are absent from this movement, which gives more prominence to the sound of the oboes. It has the feel of an earlier Haydn style called Sturm und Drang – “Storm and Stress,” which featured prominently in his symphonies numbered in the forties. The finale is also based on a folksong, this one of Croatian origin, called Divojćica potok gazi. It begins with a horn call that suggests a hunt is underway. It is in the form of a rondo, which was another of Haydn’s earlier trademarks that he employed in this work for the final time. The entire work seems to be a catalogue of the composer’s compositional techniques put on full display. Robbins Landon speculates that the composer
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“may have come to the momentous decision to stop writing symphonies after the 1795 season was finished.” Haydn lived for another fourteen years and wrote only a few more large orchestral pieces, notably his concerti for trumpet and horn. If he indeed saw this as the beginning of the end, perhaps he intentionally used all of his compositional powers and included everything but the kitchen sink. It is a remarkable and entertaining work indeed! This work is scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets along with timpani and strings. Its duration is about twenty-seven minutes. One more factoid: What famous composer was born in the same year as George Washington and died in the year that Abraham Lincoln was born? Answer: Joseph Haydn.
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In the News in 1795: The University of North Carolina becomes the first state university to open; King Kamehameha I unifies the Kingdom of Hawaii; the United States signs a treaty with Spain that guaranteed open shipping on the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico; Jim Beam is founded as Old Jake Beam Sour Mash; Ludwig van Beethoven makes his public debut as a pianist; James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States and poet John Keats are born and biographer James Boswell dies. The Marquis de Sade publishes two literary works and Harvard University establishes the Hasty Pudding Club. Meanwhile in Indiana: Indiana Territory will be established five years later; Anthony Wayne establishes a fort at Kekionga that is later renamed Fort Wayne.
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Not an Expert? These FAQs might help! What is a Chamber Orchestra? A Chamber Orchestra simply is a small orchestra of up to 50 musicians – compared to larger size symphony orchestras. Some works frequently performed by symphony orchestras were actually composed for a chamber orchestra. How should I dress for a concert? We want you to feel comfortable, so we don’t have a dress code. Some people might dress up, but this is completely voluntary and a personal choice. The musicians and conductor will have a more formal dress code to achieve a unified look for the orchestra. What does a conductor do? The conductor sets the tempo, shapes the sounds and controls the interpretation of a composition. For instance, if the conductor wants to emphasize a certain melodic phrase, they will communicate this to the musicians via gestures. Much of the work of a conductor happens before the performance: while studying the musical score on their own, and during rehearsals.
What does a concertmaster do? The concertmaster plays the first violin and serves as a leader between the musicians and the conductor. The concertmaster initiates the tuning of the orchestra, assures synchronized bowings of all violinists (so that a unified look and sound are achieved), and helps the conductor communicate their interpretation to the musicians. Is it OK to clap between movements? Yes! We appreciate your enthusiasm. You might find that some people wait with applause until the last movement has finished – and this is OK too because it acknowledges the unity of the work. What makes a piece a symphony? A symphony is a large-scale orchestral work that is typically divided into 4 movements. In many cases, the first and last movements of a symphony are fast and dramatic, the 2nd movement is more lyrical and the 3rd movement dancelike. However, creative license acknowledges that rules are made to be broken, so there are deviations. What is a concerto? A concerto highlights one or, more rarely, multiple soloists. There are concertos for almost any musical instrument, but the most frequent concertos are for the piano or the violin. The soloist will be positioned in front of the orchestra and the music will often highlight the virtuosic skills of the soloist. Most concertos are in three movements with a lyrical second movement and a fiery 3rd movement.
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Celebrating Mother Earth Saturday, November 20, 2021 7:30 p.m.
Matthew Kraemer, Conductor Schrott Center for the Arts – Butler Arts Center In Collaboration with
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Program Dark Earth: Anthropogenic Amazon* Reinaldo Moya, Composer Mike Halerz, Videographer Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61, (“Concerto for Birds and Orchestra”) Einojuhani Rautavaara INTERMISSION The Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, “Spring” (La primavera) I. Allegro (in E Major) II. Largo e pianissimo sempre (in C# minor) III. Allegro pastorale (in E Major) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, “Summer” (L’estate) I. Allegro non molto (in G minor) II. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte (in G minor) III. Presto (in G minor) Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, “Autumn” (L’autunno) I. Allegro (in F Major) II. Adagio molto (in D minor) III. Allegro (in F Major) Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, “Winter” (L’inverno) I. Allegro non molto (in F minor) II. Largo (in E-flat Major) III. Allegro (in F minor)
Richard Lin, Violin Photography and audio or video recording of any portion of the performance is prohibited.
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REINALDO MOYA Composer
Reinaldo Moya is a graduate of Venezuela’s El Sistema music education system. He is the recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letter, the 2015 McKnight Composers Fellowship, the Van Lier Fellowship from Meet the Composer and the Aaron Copland Award from the Copland House. He was the inaugural winner of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award, leading to the commissioning of his Piano Concerto, which will be premiered by Joyce Yang and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in October 2021. He has been named as the Composer-in-Residence of the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra from 20212024, where he will compose new orchestral and chamber works and serve on the artistic board. As the Composer-Residence at The Schubert Club in Minnesota from 2017-2019, he was commissioned to write his chamber opera Tienda in May 2019. The premiere was hailed by the Star Tribune for its “proud individuality... [and] textures of pulsing vibrancy, subtly shading harmonies to trace the fragile emotional arc of his central characters.” His opera Memory Boy, with a libretto by Mark Campbell, was commissioned by the Minnesota Opera and premiered in 2016. His violin concerto Vestida de mar has been performed by Francesca Anderegg as the soloist with the Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra, the Greenwood Music Camp, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, under the batons of Gemma New, Benjamin Rous, and Delta David Gier, respectively. His
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orchestral piece Siempre Lunes, Siempre Marzo was performed by the New Jersey Symphony and The Juilliard Orchestra, under the batons of JoAnn Falletta and Carlos Miguel Prieto, respectively. In the fall of 2016, his Passacaglia for Orchestra was chosen by the audience and the musicians of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as the winner of the Earshot Composers Competition sponsored by the American Composers Orchestra. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School with masters and doctorate degrees, studying with Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser. Mr. Moya has taught at St. Olaf College the Interlochen Arts Camp, and is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
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MIKE HALERZ Videographer
Mike Halerz, co-founder of the media production firm TeraPixel (1996), has designed and produced interactive media and video for 30 years. He is a musician, artist, videographer, photographer, designer, and holds a BFA Media Arts from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance where he was the first student accepted into that highly interdisciplinary program in 1995. Mike has built interactive installations and visual elements for performances, incorporating real-time algorithmic graphics, video, and animation; engineered, produced, and mastered commercial CDs and videos for all genres of music; and created marketing and training materials for companies such as BP, 3M, ADP, Intel, Sony, Dell, and Samsung. Mike has worked with arts organizations including the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the University of Michigan, Kerrytown Concert House, Theatre Nova, Saginaw Choral Society, Performance Network, and the International Computer Music Association to produce performancebased visuals as well as materials for marketing & fundraising.
EARTH CHARTER INDIANA was founded in 2001 and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2004. Our focus is on intergenerational action and education in the face of our climate crisis, what we can do to mitigate the crisis, and how we can adapt with dignity and resilience. Many of our programs empower youth at the intersection of climate science and civics. Learn more at www.earthcharterindiana.com
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RICHARD LIN Violin
Taiwanese-American violinist Richard Lin is the Gold Medalist of the 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, which took place in September of 2018. Highlights of Mr. Lin’s 2021-2022 performances include concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan and a tour of Japan with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. In the United States, he will appear with the Baton Rouge Symphony and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Multiple recitals in Taiwan, Texas, California, and Pennsylvania will culminate in a Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium recital debut in June 2022. Passionate about chamber music, Richard will give concerts in the United States as a member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program and perform at Music@Menlo. Richard has collaborated with numerous orchestras and performed at celebrated concert venues throughout the world including the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under conductor Norichika Iimori at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. Other orchestras with whom he has worked are the NDR Radiophilharmonie; Indianapolis, North Carolina, Shanghai and Singapore symphonies; Poznań, Łódź, Polish Baltic, Nagoya, Taiwan, and Oklahoma City philharmonics; Hong Kong Sinfonietta, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Chamber Orchestra, and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia among others. He released his first album on the Fontec label in 2013 featuring works for violin and orchestra by Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms performed with the Sendai Philharmonic and 26
conductor Pascal Verrot. The following year, he released the complete Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin with his brother, pianist Robert Lin. Richard has amassed a startling collection of top prizes at major international competitions including 1st Prize at the Sendai International Violin Competition; 3rd Prize in the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover; and 2nd Prize at the Singapore and Michael Hill International Violin competitions. A dedicated teacher, Richard is on the faculty of the National Taipei University of Education. Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Taiwan, Richard began his violin studies at the age of four. He gave his public debut at age eleven performing the Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Richard graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School where he studied with Aaron Rosand and Lewis Kaplan respectively. As part of his Indianapolis prize, Richard has the use of the 1683 “ex-Gingold” Stradivarius and 2017 Sam Zygmuntowicz for four years.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS 11TH QUADRENNIAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION Remarkable performances, extraordinary prizes and a festival atmosphere characterize the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) as “the ultimate violin contest…” writes the Chicago Tribune. After the debut of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1982, it was recognized by the World Federation of International Music Competitions, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the guidance of Thomas J. Beczkiewicz, Founding Director, and the late Josef Gingold, who had served on the juries of every major violin competition in the world, the IVCI became known by the musical and media communities as one of the world’s most compelling competitions. In 1994, the leadership of the Competition passed from Gingold to his most famous pupil, Jaime Laredo, one of the master musicians of our time. It has continued to attract the most distinguished jurors and the most talented applicants in the world. Its unique prize packages include not only career management for the medalists, but
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also the loan of one of four violins to any Laureate, including the 1683 “ex-Gingold” Stradivari violin for four years following the Competition. In its four decades of discovery, The Indianapolis has hosted ten Competitions and named sixty Laureates representing twenty-three countries to its distinguished roster of prize winners. They have emerged as outstanding solo and chamber music artists in concert halls around the globe, and as Concertmasters of some of the world’s leading ensembles. Musicians and music lovers from all parts of the world focus their attention on Indianapolis and its International Violin Competition, regarded as the Western Hemisphere’s “Olympics of the Violin.” The Competition is a unique showcase for the world’s most gifted young violinists and a demonstration of Hoosier hospitality and American volunteerism. The 11th Quadrennial Competition will take place September 9 – 25, 2022.
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Cantus Arcticus – Concerto for Birds & Orchestra (1972) EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA BORN October 9, 1928 in Helsinki DIED July 27, 2016 in Helsinki Cantus Arcticus was commissioned by the University of Oulu to be performed at that school’s first Doctoral degree ceremony. The premiere was held there and conducted by Stephen Portman and Oulu Symphony Orchestra on 18 October 1972. Einojuhani Rautavaara was born in Helsinki to an opera singer father and a doctor mother. He had done some piano study as a young child, but both of his parents died while he was a teenager. He went to the city of Turku to live with an aunt and began his formal piano lessons at the age of 17. He attended the University of Helsinki with majors in piano and musicology and then studied composition with Aarre Merikanto at the Sibelius Academy. He became one of the most performed Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius, with his works including eight symphonies, nine operas and twelve concertos as well as numerous smaller works. His career works its way through four style periods, beginning with a neo-classical phase in the 1950s that was followed by a short lived time of serial atonal works and a neo-romantic time in the 1970s. Tonight’s work fits into that style niche, as it vividly describes its subject. Rautavaara taught composition at the Sibelius Academy, where his most famous student was the conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, who recently succeed Michael Tilson Thomas as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The work features a tape recording of bird songs collected near the bogs of the city of Liminka, which is about a half-hour drive from Oulu. Both cities are very near the Arctic Circle. The work opens with an extensive duet for flutes – the composer writes “think of Tchaikovsky and Autumn” on the score and titles the first movement “The Bog.” The bird calls begin and the flutes are joined
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by the clarinets followed by the oboes, the trombone and the trumpets. The rest of the orchestra joins in pairs. The second movement “Melancholy” begins with bird calls then the string section in a slow chorale like setting. “Swans Migrating” is the third movement, which is less structured and features an undulating texture of strings. Flutes then clarinets begin melodic fragments and the texture of sound gradually swells. A soaring trumpet solo is a major feature of this final movement, which builds to a glorious climax and then fades away into the distance. Cantus Articus is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, cymbal, gong, harp, celeste, strings and bird song recording. Its duration is about eighteen minutes. In the News in 1972: Richard Nixon is the first President to visit China under the regime of Mao, opening avenues between the nations and inspiring a John Adams opera; the last US draft lottery is held and the first women FBI agents are hired; the Volkswagen surpasses the number of Ford Model T autos produced with its 15 millionth Beetle; The Godfather is the top film of the year and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face is the song of the year; the first hand held computer is produced and Astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon; Company, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, and Grease open on Broadway. Meanwhile in Indianapolis: Richard Lugar begins his second term as Mayor; Mark Donohue wins the Indy 500, the first of many for Roger Penske; Castleton Square Mall and the Indianapolis Convention Center open and Indianapolis Repertory Theatre is founded; IU swimmer Mark Spitz stars in the Munich Olympics; the population is 744,000.
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The Four Seasons (1718-1720) ANTONIO VIVALDI BORN March 4, 1678 in Venice DIED July 28, 1741 in Vienna I will show my age by admitting that when I took my first college music history course about 1973, Antonio Vivaldi had question marks after both his birth and death dates. While his German contemporaries JS Bach and Handel’s lives were well documented, we mostly knew only of Vivaldi’s concerti and his popular choral work Gloria. We were aware that he wrote a few operas as well, but the paucity of information about him was noticeable even to beginning students studying Baroque Era music. Here is a passage from renowned musical scholar H. C. Robbins Landon’s book Vivaldi – Voice of the Baroque that describes the rediscovery of the composer: “In 1950, I happened to be in New York when the famous Cetra recording of The Four Seasons arrived at the New Liberty Music Shop and a clerk put it on. The shoppers, myself included, stopped their own activities and started to listen, entranced, to this seductive music which had lain forgotten on library shelves for two hundred years.” “The Vivaldi renaissance had begun. It was to continue until, in 1990, Nigel Kennedy’s recording of The Four Seasons topped the bestseller lists in London for many months. The Four Seasons, in short, has become the most popular piece of classical music in the world.” This is what prompted the author to begin his work on Vivaldi. He describes that two figures who deserve credit for the Vivaldi resurgence are American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and his friend the American violinist Olga Rudge (1895-1996). Pound encouraged Rudge to look into the violin works by Vivaldi and she scoured libraries for them in the 1930s, cataloguing 309 of them in the National Library in Turin. Vivaldi is quite programmatic in his writing in his most famous work – he was working with four INTIMATE CLASSIC ORIGINAL
Italian sonnets (which some scholars ascribe to the composer himself) and the music follows the text closely. This is the sonnet (translated by the aforementioned H. Robbins Landon) for the Spring concerto. Spring has come and with it gaiety, The birds salute it with joyous song. And the brooks, caressed by Zephyr’s breath, Flow meanwhile with sweet murmurings: The sky is covered with dark clouds, Announced by lightning and thunder, But when they are silenced, the little birds Return to fill the air with their song: Then does the meadow, in full flower, Ripple with its leafy plants. The goat-herd dozes, guarded by his faithful dog. Rejoicing in the pastoral bagpipes, Nymphs and Shepherds dance, in love, Their faces glowing with Springtime’s brilliance.
While The Four Seasons is a unique set of four concerti, it should be mentioned that Vivaldi is, by far, the champion as far as the number of concerti written. We know of more than 500, some 230 of which were for the violin, which Vivaldi himself played. Many of his works were written while he was the music instructor at Ospedale della Pieta, a post he held from 1703 until he left Venice in 1740. This facility was a charity for orphans that had been established for more than three centuries when he arrived. He played most of his violin concerti with the small orchestra that consisted of many students with a few professional musicians. The composer was an active Priest and he had long red hair, which led to his nickname “The Red Priest.” There is an Italian chamber ensemble that currently uses that name and has played in Central Indiana. One of the saddest things concerning Vivaldi that has come to light since my first class about 29
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him is the way in which his life ended. He moved to Vienna with the thought that, since it was increasing in stature as a musical destination, he would do well in that environment. He also had made a connection with Emperor Charles VI and expected to use the Emperor’s influence for his benefit. Unfortunately for Vivaldi, the Emperor died in October 1740, which was about the time that the composer left Venice. Things did not work out as he hoped, and he died impoverished and largely unnoticed in Vienna. A very young Franz Joseph Haydn was one of the six choristers who sang at a funeral for paupers held at St. Stephens Cathedral. Vivaldi was buried in a church yard without any fanfare, and that church and land were sold and redeveloped a few decades later. His grave was not moved and there is nothing to see in that area of Vienna other than a memorial plaque. The Four Seasons is scored for violin soloist, strings and harpsichord. Its duration is about thirty-six minutes.
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In the News in 1718-1720: San Antonio is founded by Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares; Voltaire’s first play Oedipus premieres at the Comédie-Française in Paris; English furniture designer Thomas Chippendale and Leopold Mozart are born; Liechtenstein is founded; Johann Sebastian Bach writes his Brandenburg Concerti and Antonio Stradivari is making string instruments in Cremona – around 650 of his instruments survive today; Jonathan Swift begins writing Gulliver’s Travels; George Frederick Handel premieres two operas – Radamisto and Acis and Galatea; Europe suffers its last episode of bubonic plague in Marseilles; Blackbeard the Pirate blockades the port of Charleston, runs his ship aground, and negotiates a deal with the Governor of South Carolina for the freedom of his crew in exchange for a portion of the plunder; Antonio Vivaldi is also quite busy as an opera composer – he premieres La Verita in Cimento, Titomanilo, Scauderbeg, and Armida.
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GRAND ENCOUNTERS BAC K TO GETHER AGAIN! SPENCER MYER
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DECEMBER 4, 2021 | 6:00pm & 8:30pm | Jazz Kitchen 2004 and 2015 American Pianists Awards winners ADAM BIRNBAUM and SULLIVAN FORTNER will be calling tunes for two pianos and trading off the occasional solo piece in two sets at the Jazz Kitchen. MARCH 13, 2022 | 3:30pm | Indiana History Center Russian-American pianist OLGA KERN was born into a family of musicians with direct links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Her Gold Medal at the Cliburn Competition was the first awarded to a woman in more than 30 years. MAY 15, 2022 | 3:30pm | Indiana Landmarks Center The season concludes with a concert by MICHELLE CANN, acclaimed as a champion of the music of Florence Price. Her program weaves the music of Price and Margaret Bonds with pieces by Romantic composers Brahms and Chopin.
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Constance Alexander Pat & Bob Anker Lyndsay Moy Bernhardt Frankie Besch Cason & Michaela Cusack Brent & Elaine Eckhart in Memory of Gary Pence and Joanna Stern Lange
George F. Freije Gottlieb & Annette Glauninger Bill & Phyllis Groth Joanne Hom & Paul Hyslop Dave & Leanne Jackson David & Yolanda Yoesoep Johnson Mike & Melanie Kraemer Kevin Malley & Ron Nobles
Dennis & Anne McCafferty William & Moriag McCarthy The Mutter Marines (Jim and Carol) Martha O’Connor & Greg Henneke J. Daniel & Elizabeth Philpott Ladd & Carol Pircon Dave & Dorian Poole Amylou Porter John Resley IV Lamar & Jean Richcreek Donna Lively Clark & Randy Russell in Memory of Marcia Karel
Peter & Kathy Schott Dr. Margo Shoup & Mr. Michael Meyer
in Memory of Fran Shoup
Peter Grossman & Polly Spiegel David P. Whitman & Donna L. Reynolds Anonymous
Handel Circle ($150-$499)
Donald Bogard Marsha Brown Patrick Burnette Dr. Louis & Emily Chenette Jeffrey & Deborah Christie Peter & Rebecca Cleveland Jay & Suzanne Clifford Don & Dolly Craft Tania Deng Ann Dettwiler Cheri & Rollin Dick Clayton Dilts Gayl & Beverly Doster Andrew & Irene Engel Marni Fechtman Beth Fineberg James & Janis Funk Brad & Terri Fuson Sandaruwan Geeganage & Kristin Johnson Mary Ellen Ginther-Oss
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INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS Donations from July 1, 2020
Charles & Joyann Goehring Gregory Goodin & Stacy Hoehle Robert & Peggie Gould Bob & Midge Greising Steve & Marjorie Lange Hanna Don & Mary Beth Hinkle Tina J. Hudson Mary Jamia Jacobsen David & Lorna Katz Stephen J. Kern Madalyn Kinsey Glen Kwok & Chih-Yi Chen Scott & Kimberly Ledger in Memory of Russell Peed
Metin Levi Rebecca Liming John & Sandra Liston James Lockwood Rodney & Lori Mail Robert Manuel Devon & Christine Moon Terry Moore David Murray & Bud McMurry Timothy Needler Karen Nelson Darrow Neves Paul & Abbe Obszanski Jon & Patti Page Susan Rardin Jonathan Sadler The Sando Family Richard & Christine Scales Robert & Rita Schilling Klaus & Joel Schmiegel Nanette Schulte & Matthew Russell John A. Seest Lily Smith Marta Spence Dana & Ian Stone Joshua Thompson Royce Thrush David & Martha Van Mook Barbara Wynne Tim Yale & Diane Buyer Anonymous
Vivaldi Circle (Up to $149)
Jose L. Quintero & Margaret Abel-Quintero Roger Adkins Derek Aguiar Kyle Allen David Andrichik Shery Arndt Richard Badertscher & Katherine Coon Robert Berger Susan Birndorf Sara Blackburn Glen & Jeanne Bohannon Joseph & Louise Boling Jacalyn Bolles Michael Borschel Sarah Bowers Cameron Bowery Karen Brethauer Mr. & Mrs. Davis Brooks Jan Carroll Julia Clement-Voigt Paul & Evelyn Combs Dan & Kay Cooper Carolyn A. Cunningham Barbara Danquist Doug Davis John & Antonia Deignan Brett DeWitt Frank Diaz Andrew & Ruth Ann Dick William & Kathryn Diener Federico & Rosa Maria C. Dies Melissa Dockter Jody Dolder Samuel Dominianni Eli & Rachel Eban Elizabeth Ellis Judith Essex Maryann Estevez Terence Faherty Kent & Carol Farr Jack Fife Sarah Fisher Amber Fontenot Jean Ford in memory of Michael O’Brien
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Russ & Joan Forthofer Sandra Fortier Lynne Fox Mary Ellen Gadski Sharon Gamble Pete Fritz & KK Gerhart-Fritz James Glass Stuart Goldberg Nancy Goldfarb Jennifer Gomez Sarah Kunz & John Goodman Mary Gosling Margaret Greising Kate Greven Christina Grimes Judy Gripp James Halleck Anne Elizabeth Harrigan John & Barbara Hayes Heidi & Gregg Henry Michelle Henson Ruben Hernandez Sotiris Avgoustis & Jean Molleston David Hochoy John Hoover Ronald Hoyt Renate & Bill Hubbard Anne Hudson Mary Sue & Andrew Hurrle Greg & Linda Imboden Thomas & Martha Imperiale Christine Janowicz Rosemarie Jeffrey Claudia Johnson Carol Kauffman Fr. Leopold Keffler Erin Kelley Jay & Catherine Kennedy Peter Klassen David Koch Robert Kuhn Allison Larty Deborah Lawrence Richard Lindeman Pam Liston Michelle Louer Rob MacPherson & Steven Stolen
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Mageed Maher Roberta Main-Jackson & Tom Jackson Steven Mannheimer Gabrielle McCree Marcia & Richard L. McHie Alan & Ann McKenzie Kevin & Alicia McMahon John & Regina McShea Robert & Ann Mead Corrie Meyer in memory of Michael O’Brien
Phyllis Michaels Meghan Milam Clayton Miller James Miller Abby Morgan Nancy Ann Morris Gail Nelson Lynn Nestler Dr. James & Cathleen Nevin John & Deborah Nolan Nils Nordell Ralph Oberlander Mary Leslie Ordo Susan Orr Mark Keeney Renee Palin Logan Patterson Jean S. Patton Allie Pence Jim Pendleton David & Cathleen Perry Richard Perry Rebecca & Larry Peyton Keith & Kay Phelps Mr. & Mrs. Byron Plexico James Porter Stephen Poteet Apurua Prakash John & Joyce Prange Linda Pratt Kristen Prince Cassandra Pyne Dreama Randolph Sawyer B. Rank Matthew & Julie Rhea
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Janie Richardt Jane & John Richert Frances Richert Jessica Richmond Robert & Kathryn Riester Stephen Ring Judy & Jim Ringer Carol Ripani Mark & Rebecca Ristow Lynette Roccia Stacey Roesch Glenn Russell Richard Schilling Lia Schlinger Bethany Scott Ada Shaum Marguerite Shepard Charles & Sara Jo Shoup in Memory of Fran Shoup
Eric Siegmann Stanton Sievers Judith & Kenneth Skarbeck Claire Skevington Nancy H. Smith Angela M. Smith Stacey Spencer Kim Spiegel Ed & Samar Srour Barbara Stilwell & Ray Dunkin Sarah Stoel Sue Sudhoff Susan Sylvester J. Patrick Tatum Steve Towne Lindsay Trameri Kerry & Mike Travers Matthew Trefethen Natalie Tucker Alison Turney Karen Valencic Paul & Marjorie Valliere Hans Van Eyk Larry Wayland Kristin Webber Margaret Weeks Bruce & Kathy Westphal Stephen Willem
Jan Willey Daisy Winkler Ginny Womack
in Honor of Tom & Donna Watkins 40th Anniversary
L. John & Patricia Wood Peter Wormser Bernard Wurger Nathan & Jennifer Yumibe Anonymous (5)
In Memory of Joanna Stern Lange Davis & Lisa Brooks Paul & Evelyn Combs Brent & Elaine Eckhart Pam Liston Sandra & John Liston James Lockwood Robert & Catherine Peters John & Joyce Prange Judith & Kenneth Skarbeck Nancy H. Smith Dr. Christian Wolf & Elaine Holden-Wolf Ginny Womack
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INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS Donations from July 1, 2020
Vision 21 in Honor of Elaine Eckhart Don & Theresa Bales Rick & Lisa Brown Bart & Lisa Brown Barb & John Chirgwin David & Ellen Crabb Rollie & Cheri Dick Richard & Asieh Dicken Linda Frauenhoff & Mark Sheldon Suzanne E. Farley Katherine & Rod Fleming George F. Freije Richard Freije Robert Giannini Craig & Melissa Gigax
Mary & Tom Grein Brian & Holly Heaton Yolanda & David Johnson Fritz & Kasey Kauffman Scott Krapf Bill & Julia Krummen Davina Lewis The Mutter Marines (Carol & Jim) Mac McWhirter & Sally Town Timothy S. Needler Ralph G. Nowak Paul & Abbe Obszanski Allie Pence Amylou Porter Charles Rubright Anantha Shekhar & Gina Laite
Caitie & Nick Stewart James R. Tuerk James & Leah Turner Marcus & Cindy Veatch Jan Virgin James White Tim & Cathy Wright Dr. Christian Wolf & Elaine Holden-Wolf Anonymous
STEINWAY & SONS BOSTON SPIRIO ESSEX ROLAND DIGITAL PIANOS
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VISION 21 $100,000 and above
$25,000 to $99,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$1,000 to $9,999
To $999
Nancy Ann Morris Irina Mueller David Murray Wendy & Chip Muston The Mutter Marines J. Mark Mutz David & Dorian Poole Thomas & Anne Reynolds Robert A. & Rita Schilling Molly Sender Charles & Sara Jo Shoup Leonid Sirotkin Nancy Smith Catie & Nick Stewart Kara Stolle & Lennie Foy John & Sheri Sullivan Tarn Travers Tony & Jane Tietz Martha & David Van Mook T. Wyatt & Donna Watkins Margaret Weeks John & Janice Williams Ginny Womack Anonymous (3)
Susan Fread Albrecht+ Rollie & Cheri Dick Lilly Endowment, Inc. Charles R. Rubright Anonymous (2)
James Aikman Constance Alexander Sandesh & Pamela Arles Bill Bosron & Sheila Barton Lisa & Rick Brown Stephanie Carowan Louis & Emily Chenette Joshua & Erica Christie David & Ellen Crabb Kaela & Cason Cusack Brent & Elaine Eckhart George F. Freije Brad & Terri Fuson Robert Giannini Melissa & Craig Gigax Gottlieb & Annette Glauninger Brian & Holly Heaton Vaughn & Melissa Hickman Amanda Horvath David & Leanne Jackson Fritz & Kasey Kauffman David & Nancy Knight Matthew & Megan Kraemer Bill & Julia Krummen Bryan & Natalie Leniski Ruth LoPrete Alicia & Kevin McMahon T.J. & Kristen McGovern Timothy S. Needler Paul & Abbe Obszanski Thad & Amy Perry Amylou Porter Dave & Daren Redman Richard Schilling Samuel L. Westerman Foundation INTIMATE CLASSIC ORIGINAL
Bob & Toni Bader Amy McConkey Robbins & N. Clay Robbins William E. McWhirter David P. Whitman & Donna L. Reynolds
Alfred & Colette Abel Pamela Ajango Carol Baker & Ty Stover Frankie Besch Michael & Catherine Borschel Lisa & Davis Brooks Karen Burch Donna Clark & Randy Russell Elizabeth Crittenden Carolyn A. Cunningham Josh & Bethany Daugherty Eli & Rachel Eban David Emch Suzanne Farley Beth Fineberg Lawrence & Karen Fridkis Peter Grossman & Pauline Spiegel Marjorie & Steve Hanna Michael & Micki Harlow Candace Graham Hernandez Matthew Hogan Tom & Elaine Howard Dick & Kathryn Huelster Greg & Linda Imboden Christopher & Karen Jeter Fr. Leopold Keffler William & Elizabeth Kerr Mike & Melanie Kraemer Marsha Krantz Scott A. Krapf Patrick & Kate Lane Joan Liebman Elisa Liou Dennis & Anne McCafferty Charles & Zoe Manning
Ann & Ken Dee Ann Hinson Estate of Susan G Hudnut Gina Laite & Anantha Shekhar Lucina Moxley+ Scott Putney & Susan Sawyer Robert & Mary Ann Tucker Marcus & Cindy Veatch Dr. Christian & Elaine Holden Wolf
+ Posthumous gift
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Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis
Harlem Quartet with Aldo López-Gavilán Schumann and Cuban
St. Lawrence String Quartet The Sun Quartets Complete Haydn Opus 20
Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens 19th Amendment Centennial Plus One
Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio Beethoven and Brahms
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20 | 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 3 | 3:00 PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 26 | 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10 | 7:30 PM
Danish String Quartet Divertimenti, Dances and Schubert WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26 | 7:30 PM
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War in Music OCTOBER 16, 2021 Featuring award-winning Butler University Composer-in-Residence Michael Schelle
Celebrating Mother Earth NOVEMBER 20, 2021 World premiere by VenezuelanAmerican Composer Reinaldo Moya
A Baroque Christmas DECEMBER 12, 2021 Bach + Handel = Christmas Magic
Prism aux étoiles JANUARY 29, 2022 James Aikman’s ALARM!: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet will feature the PRISM Quartet.
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) MARCH 19, 2022 Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, will be accompanied live by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.
Sterling Elliott Plays Haydn APRIL 23, 2022 Sterling Elliott is featured on Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major.
Music Moves MAY 20-22, 2022 Drew Petersen joins the ICO and Dance Kaleidoscope with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.
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