FestivalSouth 2023 Music Program

2023 music

CONTENTS

FestivalSouth is a division of the Hattiesburg Concert Association (HCA). The mission of the HCA is to present high caliber and diverse artists and cultural events that enrich, engage and educate our community and state; contribute to the state's creative economy by serving as a cultural leader in and around the region and nation; and provide cutting edge cultural and educational opportunities for artists of all levels and ages

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Thisprojectissupportedinpartbythe agency,MississippiArtsCommission,astate and inpartfromtheNational EndowmentfortheArts,afederalagency.

festivalMUSIC SERIES Sponsorships

Clyde Bryant

ANEVENINGWITHEllaFitzgerald KatrinaCox

Love & loss SONGS

Featuring Jonathan Yarrington, tenor with Jeanette Fontaine, soprano & Zhaolei Xie, piano

AMERICAN AMERICAN AMultisensoryChamberMusicExperience

Saturday, June 10, 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Train Depot

308 Newman St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Rachel Ciraldo, flute

Kim Woolly, bassoon

Alexander Ilchev, violin

Maya Freeman, violin

Grant Bedillion, viola

Joy Bedillion, cello

Theresa Sanchez, piano

Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 38 (1897)

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Allegro giusto: appassionato

Intermezzo: Allegretto

Scherzo: Vivace Allegro giusto

Appalachian Spring (original version)

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Arthur Foote (1853-1937)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light. Fast/Allegro. Sudden burst of unison strings in A major arpeggios starts the action. A sentiment both elated and religious gives the keynote to this scene. Moderate/Moderato. Duo for the Bride and her Intended scene of tenderness and passion.

Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feeling suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.

Still faster/Subito Allegro. Solo dance of the Bride presentiment of motherhood. Extremes of joy and fear and wonder.

Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction. Calm and flowing/Doppio Movimento. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title "The Gift to Be Simple." The melody borrowed and used almost literally is called "Simple Gifts." (excerpt below)

Moderate. Coda/Moderato - Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end the couple are left "quiet and strong in their new house." Muted strings intone a hushed prayer like chorale passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.

LANDSCAPE

featuringtheFestivalChamberPlayers

Dr. Sergey Dzugan & Dr. Jeremy Wells

Michael Bartnik, clarinet

Borislava Iltcheva, violin

Zully Morales Orret, violin

Christopher Lowry, viola

Alexander Russakovsky, cello

Samuel Dahmer, bass

Jay Dean, conductor

American Canvas (2015)

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O'Keeffe

Pollock

Wyeth

Jennifer Higdon

b. 1962

The ADMIRATION Pairing Red - Red Zinfandel White - Sauvingnon Blanc

Bourbon - Old Soul (Lincoln Rd. Collaboration)

The AMERICANA Pairing Red - Syrah White - Chardonnay

Bourbon - Four Roses

The ARTIST Pairing

O'Keeffe - Prosecco Pollock - Bardstown (Plantation)

Wyeth - Pinot Noir

Curated by Jamie Farris - Lincoln Road Package Store with assistance by Jessica Oliver - Crescent City Grill

Dr.SusanRuggiero soprano

Dr.JoelA.Dunlap Artistic Director

KathyVail Rehearsal/Collaborative Pianist/Organist

The Meistersingers Civic Chorus has been a part of the Hattiesburg Concert Association (HCA) since 1996. It was the original artistic component of HCA. It has created lasting memories with exceptionally entertaining concerts, galas, and musical productions. The Meistersingers personnel have included talented amateur and professional vocalists from throughout the area. This civic chorus has been known for presenting some of the most creative, respected, and well- attended cultural events in the state and region. The Meistersingers Civic Chorus continues to be an important part of the annual cultural offerings by HCA.

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Kyrie Gloriaeleison

Sanctus

Benedictus, Hosanna Agnus Dei

Dr. Mark Malone - Co-President

Dr. Connie Roberts - Co-President

Jean Claire Bounds - V.P. for Membership

Robin Roberts - V.P. for Fundraising

Althea Jerome - Secretary

Carolyn McLarnan - Treasurer

Cherie Boone - Librarian & Communications

Sarah Odom - Social Chair

Allison Chestnut & Judi Collins - Historians

David Pylate & Brian Rifkin - General Representatives

James Q. Mulholland

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HATTIESBURG CULTURAL CENTER

Thursday, June 15, 7:30 p.m. Hattiesburg Cultural Center 723 N Main St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

featuring

Termperance Jones, Maryann Kyle, Katie Newton, Jessica Wilkinson, Brett Barnes, Paul Houghtailing, Matt Morgan and the Tyler Kemp Trio

There’s No Business Like Show Business fromtheBroadwaymusical AnnieGetYourGun Corner of the Sky fromtheBroadwaymusical Pippin

Waiting for Life fromtheBroadwaymusical OnceonthisIsland

It's All RIght with Me fromtheBroadwaymusical CanCan

I Wonder Why, You’re Just in Love fromtheBroadwaymusical CallmeMadam

Buddy’s Eyes fromtheBroadwaymusical Follies

On The Street Where you Live fromtheBroadwaymusical MyFairLady

Popular fromtheBroadwaymusical Wicked Killer Instinct fromtheBroadwaymusical BringitOn!

P R O G R A M

Welcome back theTylerKempTrio

Bring Him Home fromtheBroadwaymusical LesMisérables

So Much Better fromtheBroadwaymusical LegallyBlonde

Not While I’m Around fromtheBroadwaymusical SweeneyTodd:theDemonBarberofFleetStreet

Happiness fromtheBroadwaymusical You'reaGoodManCharlieBrown

Ladies Who Lunch fromtheBroadwaymusical Company

She Used to Be Mine fromtheBroadwaymusical Waitress

Be My Love fromthemotionpicture ToastofNewOrleans

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead fromtheBroadwaymusical WizardofOz

Burn fromtheBroadwaymusical Hamilton

All I Ask of You fromtheBroadwaymusicalthe PhantomoftheOpera

Lullaby of Broadway fromtheBroadwaymusical GoldDiggersof1935

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Friday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

Hattiesburg Train Depot

308 Newman St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Egmont Overture, op. 84 (1810/1812)

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) arr. Friedrich Starke

Egmont Overture clearly represents Beethoven as a political liberal and a champion of the oppressed. Based on a tragedy by Goethe, Beethoven's work is intended as incidental music for the play which was produced in Vienna in 1810. The plot relates to the Dutch patriot Count Egmont, one of the leaders of the revolt against the tyrannical Duke of Alva, who is sent to suppress the budding succession of the Netherlands from Spain. Egmont is treacherously seized and condemned to public execution. Asleep in prison, he dreams of the goddess of liberty, whose face is that of his beloved Klärchen. She tells him that in dying he will secure the eventual victory of his people and be hailed as a conqueror. He awakens, the soldiers enter, and they lead him to the scaffold. His last words are "Fight for your hearth and homes, and die joyfully -- after my example -- to save that which you hold most dear."

Like the Southern Prohibition Prelude, this Beethoven overture contains bold notes with a triumphant finish.

Rondino (1974)

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Rondino in E-flat major is a much more mellow work than Egmont Overture. Born from the tradition of Harmoniemusik, or wind-band music, cultivated by nobility in German-speaking lands, the Rondino was intended as Tafelmusik (table or background music). Thus, the music is light without being simple. The work is an andante that begins with a spacious, horn-flavored melody serving as a refrain; it makes two varied and embellished returns. The work is defined by the duetting horns, a combination which was greatly admired by late- eighteenth- century audiences throughout Europe because of the horn’s affinity with the human voice.

Like an American lager, Rondino is beautiful, simple, perfect for lighter occasions.

Dr. Eric Scott Conductor

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Beer & Wine Pairing provided by

Jamie Farris - Lincoln Rd. Package Store

Chad White - Southern Beverage

Old Wine in New Bottles (1810/1812)

The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies

The Three Ravens

Begone, Dull Care

Early One Morning

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Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)

Old Wine in New Bottles is a light-hearted setting of four early English folk songs. It was premiered by the BBC Northern Orchestra Winds and conductor Stanford Robinson at the St. Bees Festival in 1959, and remains one of Jacob’s most popular compositions. The “old wine” in the title refers to each of the folk songs that the four movements are based on. The “new bottles” are the creative melodic treatments, the unexpected harmonies, and the “freshness” and new life breathed into these old melodies. The instrumentation is that of a double woodwind quintet, with pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns. A fresh blend of music paired with your choice of red or white wine. Cheers!

Symphony No. 1

(1800/1817)

Ludwig van Beethoven

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(1770-1827)

arr. George Schmitt

While Beethoven did not write a great deal of serious music for ensembles of wind instruments, he is significant in the history of wind music for the expanded roles that the wind instruments take on in his symphonies. The beginning of this process can be seen in his first symphony. In the review of Beethoven’s April 1800 concert, the reviewer wrote: “...and at the end one of [Beethoven’s] symphonies was performed in which there is considerable art, novelty, and a wealth of ideas. The only flaw was that the wind instruments were used too much, so that there was more Harmonie [wind music] than orchestral music as a whole.”

Beethoven Symphony No. 1, paired with a classic beer. A match made in heaven!

Dr. Eric Scott is in his second year as the Visiting Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. During his two years at USM, Dr. Scott has assisted with all facets of the USM Athletic Bands, including the Pride of Mississippi and directing the USM Pep Band. His course load has included teaching Conducting I in the undergraduate conducting curriculum, as well as conducting the fall Concert Band and the spring University Band. In addition to his course load, Dr. Scott is responsible for coordinating annual recruitment activities, including the AllSouth Marching Band Day, All-South Drum Major and Guard Camp, and the Lion’s Band Audition Workshop, recruitment events which bring hundreds of high school students to campus annually. Dr. Scott maintains an active schedule as a clinician for concert and marching bands throughout the region.

youth orchestra

Historic SaengerHattiesburg Theater 201 Forrest St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401 MATTMAESON.COM

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festivalartist MARTHA GINN

Martha Ginn, a Texas native whose home is Hattiesburg since 1971, began traditional quilting in about 1984 after a lifetime of sewing, embroidery, and counted cross-stitch. As her quilting skills grew, so did her interest in art and design, and she began to be more bold and innovative with her craft, soon abandoning patterns and templates for creating fiber art pieces which are more decorative than functional as bed coverings. She has a strong love and appreciation for the beauty of the natural world and often expresses inner joy through depicting or representing nature in her work. Her raw materials are fibers and threads instead of paint and canvas, though often paint and dye and unexpected additions find their way into her art.

Her fiber art creations have been exhibited in national shows and published in books and magazines. In 2013, she traveled and spoke in China through South Arts (Atlanta) and Arts Midwest (Minneapolis) for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. She is a founding member of Pine Belt Quilters, Mississippi Quilt Association, and Southern Fiber Artists, and is active in Studio Art Quilt Associates, South Mississippi Art Association, and Meistersingers of Hattiesburg, Miss.

Works of MARTHA GINN

voices of freedom

with James Meredith

Sunday, June 18, 3 p.m.

Eureka School

410 E 6th St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

This concert features a collection of black composers, writers, and freedom songs of the Civil Rights movement. Five black artists will perform Freedom Songs and Arts Songs written by black composers and poets, such as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Hall Johnson, Harry T. Burleigh, and others, as well as original Spoken word pieces. Selections will include Oh Freedom, They Laid Medgar Evers in His Grave, Amazing Grace, Song for a Dark Girl, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around, Witness, and more!

James Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer and military veteran. A Mississippi-native, Meredith joined the Air Force after high school and attended an allBlack college before becoming the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ran for political office, and was even severely wounded, all to make sure that future Black voices can and will be heard.

Artistic Concept and Design of this production was created by Opera Mississippi’s Outreach Coordinator, Temperance Jones, and features John Christopher Adams, Tiffany Williams Cole, Ramelle Brooks, Jason "Smiley" Abrams, and Tyler Kemp

The mission of Voices of Freedom is to channel the Black experience from each artist and deliver an artistic expression that not only speaks to the audience, but creates understanding and unity between the performers, the audience, and our collective history. This concert promises to be an educational and uplifting experience for all.

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COUPLES

Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar with Galit Kaunitz, Dannel Espinoza, Kristina Finch, Rachel Ciraldo and Theresa Sanchez

Friday, June 23, 3 p.m.

Temple B’nai Israel

901 Mamie St. Hattiesburg, MS 39401

from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448

II. Grave assai

IV. Fandango

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Theresa Sanchez, harpsichord and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

“Le Montagnard”

Divertissement Pastoral, Opus 54

I. Introduction: Allegro

II. Andantino

III. Rondeau Montagnard

Napoleon Coste (1805-1883)

Galit Kaunitz, oboe and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

Hypnotized

I. Entrance

II. Elysian

III. Float Out

IV. Together

V. Awaken

Gary Schocker b. 1959

Kristina Finch, harp and Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

from “Histoire du Tango”

II. Café 1930

III. Nightclub 1960

Astor Piazzolla (1933-1990)

Dannel Espinoza, soprano saxophone

Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

“Sexteto mistico,” W 131

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo, flute Galit Kaunitz, oboe

Dannel Espinoza, alto saxophone

Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar

Kristina Finch, harp Theresa Sanchez, celesta

Thursday, June 8 Mo’Bay Beignet Co.

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Friday, June 9 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

SINGING WITH FREEDOM

Thursday, June 15 The KitchenDepot & Market

Friday, June 16 Twin Forks

Rising

Thursday, June 22 T-Bones Records

Friday, June 23

Quinlan-Hammond Hall of Honor

WAKE UP with FESTIVALSOUTH

Juan José Alpizar, Roberts Brown, James Reyelt, and Nicholas Ciraldo

Celtic Crossroads

The USM Saxophone Studio

Krista Overby and Jeffrey Reynolds

Lauren Cate Leake

Sarah Hamman & Kay Guiles

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