October 8, 2015 Supported by
Ames International Orchestra Festival Association and Ames Commison on the Arts
From the Executive Director & ISU President Dear Friends, Welcome to the 47th annual Performing Arts Series at Stephens. We are so pleased to have you join us. Since 1969, generations of audience goers have been star-struck by a long list of entertainers who have defined the quality of entertainment you expect to see on our stage. We continue the tradition with a performance for everyone this season. World-class music ensembles, Broadway shows, comedy, dance and acclaimed performers are all at home at Iowa State University and all under one roof. In the age of 24/7 entertainment from countless delivery systems, we thank you for making the performing arts important in your life and to the lives of others. According to the State of Iowa Official Public Register, the arts are a major force in Iowa’s economic development. Over $140 million is generated each year in the state, creating jobs that serve nearly two million Iowans. There has always been a need for audiences and performers to connect in the same space and it is energizing to see our community so passionate and supportive of our Performing Arts Series. As you leave this performance, ask yourself, What took you by surprise? What about the performance inspired and motivated you? What made you stretch creatively? We hope you share your experience with others and come back for more!
Steven Leath President Iowa State University
Tammy Koolbeck Executive Director Iowa State Center
WITH YOU, THE ARTS COME TO LIFE! Invest in the arts with a sponsorship or donation. Ticket sales account for only 77% of the cost of presenting artists at Stephens. Donors and O T sponsors E GIV S T R help bridge A THE ! Y that gap. A OD
BENEFITS INCLUDE (varies by level): • Highest priority seating • VIP parking • Meet-the-Artist receptions
T
Give online at center.iastate.edu/makeagift Contact Patti Cotter (515) 294-1238 or pcotter@iastate.edu Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Helpful Hints for Your Experience In Case of an Emergency Doctors, parents or guests expecting phone calls are advised to leave their seat location (located on ticket) with the appropriate parties and with the Guest Services Desk, which is located in the main floor lobby. The emergency telephone number during performances is 515-294-2313. Finding Your Seat / Late Seating Seating begins 30 minutes prior to curtain time. Late seating is subject to the discretion of the staff and according to the artist’s contract. Cell Phones and Electronic Devises Audio or visual recording devices and all photography are prohibited during performances. Please turn off all cell phones, beepers, video games and other electronic devices prior to the performance. All electronic devices are to be disabled during the performance. Photography Presence at this performance will constitute your consent and agreement to be photographed and/or recorded in connection with the advertisement and promotion of the Performing Arts Series and Stephens Auditorium, in any and all media now and known hereinafter devised, in perpetuity. Parking Stephens Auditorium has convenient parking in lots adjacent to the building. Lots A-1 and B-3 are reserved for Performing Arts Fund Donors who contribute $300 or more. Parking for mobility-impaired guests is available in Lot F located west of Stephens Auditorium.
Smoking Smoking is prohibited in Stephens Auditorium and on the surrounding grounds. Accessibility Features Wheelchair seating and special seating for the hearing and visually impaired is available. • Accessible parking adjacent to the theater • Accessible restrooms Headphones with infrared listening devises are available for use at no charge at the Guest Services Desk. American Sign Language interpretation may be arranged up to one month in advance of performances. • Guide and service dogs are welcome with advance notice. Please notify the Ticket Office in advance at 515-294-2479 if you have any special requests or concerns regarding accommodations. We are pleased to assist you with your needs. Gift Certificates Gift Certificates may be purchased in any amount and are valid for all events held at Stephens Auditorium and Fisher Theater. You may purchase Gift Certificates by phone or in person at the Ticket Office, Monday-Friday, 10 am - 4 pm. ATM An ATM is located on the ground floor.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Medical Assistance If you have a medical need, please notify an usher. Medical services are provided by Mary Greeley Medical Center.
Lost and Found To retrieve a lost item, contact an usher or call 515-294-3347 during regular business hours.
Refreshments Food and drink is generally allowed in the auditorium with the exception of symphonic performances.
Ticket Exchange Ticket exchange is an exclusive benefit available only to Performing Arts Series Subscribers and only available for Performing Arts Series events.
Children All children attending a performance must be able to sit quietly in their own seats without disturbing other guests or they may be asked to leave the auditorium. Please use discretion when choosing to bring a child, and remember that everyone must have a ticket.
Know Before You Go! The playbill for each show is made available on each performance page online at center.iastate.edu.
Let’s Be Social Stay connected to the latest news from the Iowa State Center — anytime, anywhere! Visit www.center.iastate.edu to find event schedules, audio samples, video clips, performance reviews, and more! While you’re there, check out other ways to interact: Facebook, Twitter & YouTube
Join discussions about upcoming events, tell us what you’re looking forward to or your reactions to a performance, learn more about visiting artists, and enter to win great prizes!
Center Beat E-Mail Club
Join today to receive e-mail updates and special offers for all events at the Iowa State Center, including the Performing Arts Series, Youth Matinee Series, concerts, family events, and more. Plus, you’ll get access to contests and pre-sale offers!
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Ways to Enhance your Experience Make the Most of Your Experience With These Special Opportunities Before, During and After the Show. When you think of Stephens Auditorium, we hope you think of it not just as a venue for seeing the performing arts, but also as a place where you are engaged as an active participant in the arts. The following events will enhance your visit and make each experience more fulfilling. Free Previews in the Celebrity Café: Engaging presentations offered by experts, ISU faculty members or members of the professional touring group provide unique insights before each performance. Previews are free for ticket holders and occur 30 minutes before curtain time. You’ll find the Celebrity Café on the ground floor, on the north side of the auditorium.
Overture Dinner: We offer a pre-concert meal prior to our classical programming. The buffet is held in the Scheman Building and includes two entrees, dessert, beverages and cash bar. With an informative presentation about the evening’s concert, it is a great way to make it a fun evening with like-minded arts supporters. Master Classes: In master classes, artists will meet with groups of students, usually from Iowa State University and other area schools, and share their knowledge and insight as professional performers. In some cases, the artists will even provide a class for the entire community.
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE 15% PLUS ENJOY THESE BENEFITS...
LET US SET THE STAGE FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT
At the heart of the Iowa State Center, the Scheman Building offers ideal spaces perfect for weddings, receptions, dinners, trade shows, corporate meetings and fundraisers.
SCHEDULE A TOUR TODAY! Contact our experienced event coordinators at 515-294-3347 or iscinfo@iastate.edu.
ENJOY 3 SHOWS FOR $ 66!
• The Best Seats: Be one of the first in line for your choice of seats, AHEAD of the general public. • The Lowest Prices: Subscribers lock in the best prices at the start of the season. • Free Exchanges: If your plans change, subscribers can exchange their tickets at no charge to any other Series performance up to 24 hours prior to the performance. • Free Replacement Tickets: Lost your tickets? Duplicate tickets can be printed for subscribers at no charge. • Save 15% on Extra Tickets: Subscribers are entitled to 15% off Series tickets throughout the season. • Invitation to the 2016–2017 Series Preview Party: Be the first to hear about the new Series and get a jump on securing the best seats for next season.
View the entire series and subscription options at center.iastate.edu Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Tuesday December 15 7:30 pm BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
Stephens Auditorium Ticket Office (no service fees) ticketmaster.com • 1-800-745-3000 • Ticketmaster Outlets Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Educational Experiences for Youth Youth Matinee Series Parents and educators know that helping a student develop creativity and imagination is one of the most important things they can do. Helping to complete the education formula, our Youth Matinee Series energizes, engages and enhances the overall learning process for students through the magic and wonder of live performing arts produced by professional touring artists.These performances enrich students’ lives and illustrate the dynamic relationship between literature, social studies, history, science, math, world cultures and the performing arts. The Youth Matinee Series is underwritten by the Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute endowment.
Iowa State Center Staff
Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute The Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute was established through a generous endowment by long-time Marshalltown resident, the late Martha-Ellen Tye. It brings a unique blend of arts experiences to students of all ages through matinee performances, teaching activities in schools, demonstrations and workshops. Now in its 16th year, the program has served more than 200,000 students in grades PreK-12 from across the state of Iowa. Mrs. Tye believed strongly in the power and importance of arts education and vigorously supported programs that develop the “whole person — body, mind and spirit.” The Youth Matinee Series is underwritten by this endowment, which allows us to keep the price at $4.
To learn more about these performances, contact Sara Compton, Outreach Coordinator, at 515-294-7389, e-mail scompton@iastate.edu, or visit www.center.iastate.edu.
Martha-Ellen Tye Performing Arts Institute • For Pre-Kindergarten–Grade 12
2015–2016 Youth Matinee Series I SUSANNE AM JACK GERVAY HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
OCTOBER 15
OCTOBER 27
NOVEMBER 23
FEBRUARY 1
FEBRUARY 8
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
ISU
The World of Anne Frank
SYMPHONY SYMPHONY
FEBRUARY 16
MARCH 8
APRIL 1
APRIL 18
Admission only $4 in Advance or $5 Day of Show Register today at www.center.iastate.edu/education or call 515-294-3347 Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Tammy Koolbeck............................................................................Executive Director Missy Borton......................................................................... Administrative Assistant Kay Lande........................................................................ Administrative Receptionist Business & Finance Linda Schwartz.............................................................................Business Manager Helen Nelson............................................................. Accounts Payable Administrator Event & Conference Services Pat Dennis.......................................................Director of Event & Conference Services Angie Weeks....................................... Event & Conference Services Sales Coordinator Melissa Johnson.............................................Event & Conference Services Coordinator Dave Burrack.................................................... Event & Conference Services Manager Josh Oakland.....................................................Event & Conference Set-up Supervisor Guest & Client Services Tim Hinderks........................................................... Guest & Client Services Manager Sandra Robinson...................................................... Guest & Client Services Manager Steve Flack............................................................... Environmental Services Manager Greg Gerstein............................................Scheman Environmental Services Technician Marketing & Development Angela Ossian..........................................................................Director of Marketing Jordan Julson................................................................. Digital Marketing Coordinator Holly Boman............................................................................. Marketing Manager Patti Cotter........................................................ Development & Sponsorship Manager Janae Verhelst..................................................................................Marketing Intern Food & Beverage Craig Spillman................................................................. Food & Beverage Manager Kevin Streiff...................................................................................... Executive Chef Katie Ginapp............................................................... Banquet & Catering Manager Emory Ballhagen..........................................................Banquet & Catering Supervisor Technical Operations Steve Harder.................................................................. Theaters – Technical Director Jake Ewalt..................................................Audio/Stage Manager – Technical Director Mike Broich.......................................Exterior/Production Manager – Technical Director Programming & Education Craig Wiebke.............................................................................. Event Coordinator Sara Compton.........................................................................Outreach Coordinator Carol Lamb................................................................................. Outreach Assistant Ticket Office Carrie Erwin........................................................................... Ticket Office Manager Valerie Connell...........................................................Assistant Ticket Office Manager Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Thank You for Your Support Performing Arts Fund and Ames International Orchestra Festival Association Donors as of 9/1/15
Impresario $5000 & above Jim Beckwith The Lauridsen Family Endowment
Executive Producer $2500 - $4999 Cecilia & Jack Horner Arthur Klein Warren & Beverly Madden Marianne & David Spalding Ira, Jordan & Julia White Brent & Maggie Wynja
Director $1200 - $2499
Bob & Elizabeth Angelici Irene Beavers Elizabeth Cole Beck Kelli Bennett Jay & Karen Heldt-Chapman 1st National Bank - Ames Willa & Dave Holger Sherilyn & Mitchell Hoyer James & Jody Mueller Mark & Andy North Jim & Frankee Oleson Cynthia & John Paschen, MD Peter & Rae Reilly Richard & Jasmine Seagrave Gary F. & Harriet M. Short Jim & Mary West
Principal Artist $600 - $1199
Anonymous (3) Brian & Tanya Anderson Marc H. Anderson & Family Doris Bacot
Ted & Carol Bailey Rick Bartosh Jane & John Baty Stewart L. Burger Lee & Lori Burras Ann H. Campbell Do-Biz Foods, LLC Patricia Cotter & Peter Orazem Dieter & Renate Dellmann Durbin, Zheng & Son, Inc. Jan & Cornelia Flora Homer & Sandra Gartz Thomas & Allison Greenwald Wil & Marjorie Groves Linda Hansen Mark & Lisa Harmison Judie & David Hoffman Chuck & Betty Horras Jean & Bob Humphrey Charles Hurburgh & Connie Hardy Vicki Jahr Shelle & Steve Kent Jim & Mary Kincart Todd & Jill Klindt John & Diane Kubik Greg & Sue Lamont Allen & Joy Lang Phyllis J. Larry L. Lepke Jane W. Lohnes Roger & Ruth McCullough John & Pam Miller Patricia A. Murphy John & Helen Olson Sue & Gary Osweiler Carol & Arlen Patrick Mary Jane Pearson & Ramon A. Runkel Mary Jean & Maurice Reimers Dick & Sharon Richman Kent & Lou Ann Sandburg
Suzan & John Shierholz Jay & Dea Staker Ted Tostlebe & Marilyn Hanson Duane & Megan Wolf Carol Wright Robert & Elizabeth Wych
Rising Star $300 - $599
Anonymous Mike & Linda Adams Chris & Garry Alexander Claire Andreasen & Steve Pecenka Sheila Rae Baker Pat & Louis Banitt Tom & Betty Barton Douglas & Connie Bates LeRoy & Kathy Bergmann Chuck & Carmel Biskner Mary Ann & Jim Black Mark & Deborah Blaedel Jamie Blomgren Roberta S. Boeke Leonard & Janet Bond Barton & Laureen Borg Deanne Brill & Dean Janssen Edward & Jen Buckingham Richard & Maribeth Carlson James & Sherry Carlson George C. & Susan J. Christensen Dan & Anita Clayberg Frank & Kathy Comito Jim & Carolyn Cornette Mark & Isabelle Davidson Roger A. Deal Steven & Ruth Dotzenrod M. Burton Drexler Larry & Barbara Ebbers
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Kevin & Karl Ehrecke Margaret Elbert Randy & Cathy Fitzgerald Cynthia & Lehman Fletcher Charles & Joanne Frederiksen David & Susan Freeman Mim Fritz Richard & Linda Geil Ethel George Joey & Karen George Dave & Carole Gieseke Kathy & Chuck Glatz Timothy Grandon Susan & David Grant Kenneth & Jill Grant Bryan & Joy Graveline Lowell & Jennie Greimann Melba & Karl Gschneidner Barbara & Karl Gwiasda Linda Handsaker Judy Hankins Herbert & Esther Harmison Jon & Bonnie Hunziker Etha S. Hutchcroft Mary Ellen Imlau Marcia Imsande Darren & Sue Jarboe Sue Johnson Tom & Debra Johnson Steve & Nan Jungst Joseph & Karen Kerns LeRoy & Susan Kester Janann King Paul & Adele Knop Marina Kraeva Dan & Sharon Krieger Keith & Brenda Kutz John Landgraf & Phyllis Jones Richard & Irene Lang Ruth G. Larson John & Mary Lawless Donald & Dorothy Lewis Efstathia Lingren Eudene & Susan Lund Elizabeth K. Lyons
Greg & Carol Madsen Jane & John Mathison Marie Mayer & Larry Brandt Doug & Wanda McCay Judy McDonald Thomas & Dorothy McGee Barbara A. Mengeling & William L. Mengeling, DVM Clete & Joyce Mercier Arlo & Lori Meyer Anja Mudring & Gerd Meyer Dwain & Mary Noffke Don & Evelyn Nystrom Ruth Anne Ohde Danny & Trisha Oldes Larry & Cheryl Olofson Bonnie & David Orth Kathy A. Parsons Don & Jan Payer John & Jacqueline Peeler Alec & Charlton Pendry John Pesek Pat & Linda Plummer Larry & Joyce Pohlman Emil & Mary Kay Polashek Jolene & Frank Randall William Rich Klaus Ruedenberg Tom & Lorna Safley Dean & Judy Sampson Aaron & Shelly Schroeder Norm & Sue Scott Jerry & JoAnn Sell Barbara A. Shedd John & Sandra Slaughter Jim & Diane Smith Raymond & Jane Stanley Wilma Struss Calvin & Susan Swan Clayton & Ruth Swenson Marcia Thompson Paula Toms Jim & Gloria Toombs Connie J. & Roger C. Underwood
Eleanor Vandeventer Jeff & Ann Ver Heul Georgia & Carl Vondra Daniel & Sherrie Vos Jim & Madeleine Walker Bryan & Kara Warme Mark & Diana Weber Joan E. Welch Becca Wemhoff B. Joan White Maureen Wilt Della Jane Wright Thomas & Zora Zimmerman
Company Member $150 - $299 Anonymous (2) Barb & Jack Adams Franklin & Kay Ahrens Iver & Nancy Anderson Karen J. Andrew Nathan & Holly Aronson Sandi & Dave Austin Richard J. Baumhover Marvin Beck & Jane Farrell Beck Amy & Steven Becker Kay & Roger Beckett Kay & Roger Berger Nancy L. Besch Carl & Jean Bessman Diane & Ken Birt Judith Blair Suzanne Block Charlene Boll Diane Borcherding Jeff & Jan Breitman James A. & Sharon Brewer Rick & Janet Brimeyer Bob & Rosemary Bulman Terry & Karen Burianek Daniel & Sandra Buss Cheryl Case Margy Chamberlin Gladys & Peter Colwell
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Thank You for Your Support Randy & Sara Compton Charles & Teresa Connell Harold & Rachel Crawford Paula J. Curran Nancy & Pete Cyr John & Barb Dalhoff Greg & Amy Davis Mary M. de Baca Tedd & Marilyn Devick Jack & Karen DeWolf Brian & Jennifer Dieter Meg E. Dobson State Farm Insurance Boyd & Irene Dohrmann Dee Dreeszen Mark & Terri Dunn Don & Mary Eichner Steve Sapp & Lisa Enloe Judy K. Farthing Jim & Kathy Ferris Bob & Karen Fowser Mr. & Mrs. Albert Freeman Wayne & Evelyn Fuller Deborah Gitchell Jean Griffen William J. Gutowski & Margaret A. Dempsey Dennis & Jane Haahr Mary J. Harms Duane Harris Marjorie Hartman Jerry & Pat Hatfield C.S. Hedlund Susan Hegland & Thomas Andre Stephen & Nancy Heideman Bobbie Heimberg Martha Helland Pete & Janet Hermanson Randy & Liz Hertz Tom & Joyce Hertz Carolynne Hoefing Bill & Jody Hoefle William & Barbara Hold Tim & Susan Hooper
Carole Horowitz Dick & Sandy Horton Mina Hertz Jacobs Bruce & Ellen Janke Marian & Roger Jansen Patrick Johnson & Sara Ferguson Bruce & Marie Johnson Rich & Judy Jones Odean Jukam Linda Kelley Delma L. Kernan Karen Kerper Cheryll & Tom Kierski John & Chris Kinley Karen & Wayne Klaiber Jim & Joyce Kliebenstein Terence Alexander & Catherine Kling Gerald Klinkefus Carl Klostermann Roger & Mary Jo Kluesner Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir Bev & Ken Kruempel Richard Kruger The Olson & Kushkowski Family John & Susan Lang William & Susan Lawyer Dick & Ginny Lephart Elyse & Howard Levine Amelia Limyao Jeff & Lorie Loehr Greg & Rhonda Lofstedt Robert Lorr Dick & Jackie Manatt Kathy Solko & Steve Manternach Bill Marion Gary D. Mason Harold & Connie McLaughlin John & Renee McPhee Helen F. McRoberts Glen & Mary Jo Mente Patrick & Ruth Milder John B. & Kathryn M. Miller
Patricia & Kemp Miller Paul & Ann Mills John Miranowski & Susana Goggi Larry & Sara Mitchell Ginny & Lee Molgaard Jeannine Moore John & Laurel Mors Ron Mowers & Margaret Epplin Carver Nebbe & Leysan Mubarakshina Charles & Mary Ann Mulford Thomas & Lynn Nehls Don & Becky Nibe Susan Norris Michael & Ginger O’Keefe Dale & Kris Olson Cal & Frankie Parrott Miriam Patterson Jean Peterson Carol Alexander Phillips & Dean Phillips Marlys Potter Mabel Prescott Jane Punke Anne & Ken Recker Kathy Rhode Mary E. Richards Jo & Bob Rod Dick & Karen Ross James & Kari Roth Barbara J. Royer Scott & Jean Rude Carolyn Cutrona & Daniel Russell Diane & Don Schaffer Ames Evening Lions Club Jane Schill Linda & John Schuh Gary Schultz Danny & Dianne See Phyllis Seim Dennis & Joan Senne Sam & Becky Senti
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Frank D. & C. Lynn Seydel Tori Shahidi & Larry Kelley Kenneth & Shirley Shaw Debra Shenk Diana D. Shonrock Al & Kathy Sievers Si & Mary Anne Silence Clifford Smith David & Sherri Smith Bernard & Victoria Stephenson, Jr. Janet & David Stephenson Jack & Barbara Stoakes Curtis Struck & Megan Fairall Robert & Deanne Summerfelt Ron & Meg Thompson Harvey & Alice Thompson Roy & Debbie Tinguely Steven & MaryAnn Tjaden Jon James & Carla May Tollefson
David & Karen Toot Tedra Towne John & Marjorie Uitermarkt Ardy & Dean Ulrichson Jim & Alicia Van Bergen Bev Van Fossen Daryl & Joyce Vegge Lewis & Dorothy Vierling Steven, Kathy & Zach Vince Greg & Lana Voga Gene & Karen Walker Janice Walter Janet Warg Steve & Kay Wessman Toni Wheelock Richard & Elizabeth White Bill & Toni Whitman Gary Wiele Scott & Jan Williams Stephen & Lee Anne Willson Richard & Patricia Wood
Steven & Lorraine Woolery Dario D. Zaffarano Suzanne Zaffarano Scott & Kimberly Zahnle Chad & Amy Zmolek
Matching Gift Honor Roll
AXA Foundation Meredith Corporation Foundation Morgan Stanley Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc. State Farm Companies Foundation
Bring the Whole Group!
Save $5 off adult tickets when you order 15 or more.
GATHER YOUR FRIENDS AND SAVE! Please call the Ticket Office at 515-294-2479 or 877-843-2368 for more information. Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Dedicated Volunteers Iowa State University Performing Arts Council
A university committee comprised of Iowa State University faculty, staff and students, as well as Ames community members, the Performing Arts Council advises the Iowa State Center on programming for the Performing Arts Series at Stephens Auditorium. Tanya Anderson – Community Tyler Bainter – Music Student Janice Baker – Faculty Sara Compton – Iowa State Center Staff Patti Cotter – Iowa State Center Staff Jane Cox – Faculty Brian Davidson – Community Cinian Zheng-Durbin – Community Homer Gartz – Community Debra Gibson – Faculty Mike Golemo – Faculty Sarah Jablon – Graduate Assistant Sam Johnson – Music Student Nancy Marion – Community Patricia Miller – Faculty Matt Nelson – AIOFA Vahid Noroozi – Graduate Assistant Madeline Olsem – Music Student Alex Ortberg – Music Student Angela Ossian – Iowa State Center Staff Melissa Patrick – Community Bret Pugh – Community Sulagna Sarkar – Graduate and Professional Student Senate Phillip Sears – Music Student Hannah Skalbeck – Music Student Alissa Stoehr – Graduate Assistant Education
Karl Gwiasda, Vice President
FREE PIZZA FOR ISU STUDENTS!
David Stephenson, Treasurer
DURING INTERMISSION AT THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCES:
Dario Zaffarano, Secretary
42ND Street • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast • Ragtime Bullets Over Broadway • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Ames International Orchestra Festival Association Board of Directors 2015-2016 Peter Reilly, President
Jim Beckwith Jacob Harrison David Hoffman
ISU STUDENT LOUNGE IN 3RD FLOOR BALCONY LOBBY
Aaron Fultz
Brought to you by:
Noelle Fultz Dave Millard Matt Nelson
823 Wheeler Street, Ames 515.233.2111
Wendy Nutini Bion Pierson Kevin Schilling Suzy Shierholz James Tener
The Stephens Street Team
The Stephens Street Team unites the Iowa State Center and ISU by celebrating the importance of the arts in our lives. Its mission is to promote the arts to ISU students through unique marketing efforts and special events. The Stephens Street Team will plan events and lead marketing activities and develop creative ways to reach out to the student body at ISU about the incredible, affordable and accessible events at the Iowa State Center. Activities may include planning on-campus promotional events or philanthropic events that relate to shows, assisting with performance day events, sidewalk chalking, flyer distribution, presentations to campus organizations about our Performing Arts Series and more!
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
IOWA STATE CENTER’S 35 TH ANNUAL
DECEMBER 12 at 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm; DECEMBER 13 at 1:30 pm Stephens Ticket Auditorium Office (no service fees) Ticketmaster Outlets 1-800-745-3000 | www.ticketmaster.com Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Partners in the Arts
THEIS YOURMEMORI A L UNI O N FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS
Special thanks to the following supporters for their unwavering loyalty and crucial support. Their generosity enables us to bring the world’s finest performing artists to Iowa.
Major Sponsor
Major Show Sponsors Bullets over Broadway
Beauty & the Beast
The Memorial Union is the living room of your Iowa State home. When you’re meeting your friends for lunch, claiming your favorite couch to study for a few hours, or finding a place for your club to meet, you’re coming to the MU. And while you’re here, you can catch a show in the Maintenance Shop, take a break and play some pool at CyBowl & Billiards, and get your hands dirty in The Workspace. Then, when you realize you also come here to buy your Cyclone swag in the University Book Store and grab your morning cup of coffee on your way to class, it will dawn on you:
YOU’RE AT HOME IN THE MU. Hospitality Sponsor
Donor Lounge and Reception Sponsor
Celtic Nights
Youth Matinee Show Sponsor
MU Food Court
MU Market and Café
Maintenance Shop
Meeting Rooms
University Book Store
CyBowl & Billiards
Hotel Memorial Union
The Workspace
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
mu.iastate.edu Ames International Orchestra Festival Association (AIOFA) and Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) proudly support the Iowa State Symphony (Youth Matinee Series Concert), Chamber Orchestra Kremlin and Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra concerts.
The Fab Four This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Iowa Arts Council and General Mills Foundation.
Sponsor a Show
We’re always looking for businesses and individuals to help make great shows happen. Our sponsorship packages are priced to suit a variety of needs and budgets. Call 515-294-3347. Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Since its formation in the late 1991 in Moscow, the orchestra has performed over 1400 concerts -- nearly 600 in Moscow, the rest on tours in 24 countries of Europe, North and South America and the Far East. The orchestra has recorded over 30 CDs, receiving widespread international acclaim and awards such as the Diapason d’Or in France, Critics Choice in London’s Gramophone and in the New York Times, Record of the Year in Hong Kong and others. Of about 900 compositions in the orchestra’s repertoire over 20 were written especially for the orchestra by composers from Russia, Europe and the USA.
…
From Andresen Dagbladet: “Russia is popularly known for two things – its rockets and its violins. The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin is renowned for the latter, but their music will take you soaring as if somehow there is a connection to the former. This orchestra has time and again been critically acclaimed as one of the finest
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Quartettsatz in C minor (orchestral version) Schubert Mass in G Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Elizabeth Deutmeyer, soprano Brian Wynia, tenor Bradley Wilson, bass Ames Chamber Artists and Des Moines Choral Society W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 Dixit Dominus Laudate Pueri Laudate Dominum Grace Chermak, soprano Magnificat Taylor Troyer, soprano Allison Pitx, alto Karter Ewing, tenor David Carlson, bass Iowa State Singers
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Intermission Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet Op.18, No. 4 (orchestra version) Allegro ma non tanto Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto Menuetto: Allegretto Allegro – Prestissimo Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklaerte Nacht, Op.4
string ensembles in Russia today, which is to suggest that it is arguably one of the best in the world. Misha Rachlevsky has molded these young players into a sonorous whole, amazingly greater than the sum of its seventeen parts. Conducting with his eyes closed, he is connected like a wire to each of his players and pulls from them a flawless execution that astounds audiences the world over. Indeed, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin is Rachlevsky’s creation, for in its conception he has achieved the blending of both the incomparable historical character and the present day vitality of Russia’s musical talent.”
…
From Frankfurter Allgemeine, summarizing its review of the orchestra’s debut at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper: “The evening with this ensemble, which boasts to be made up of Moscow’s best musicians, completely eliminated any doubts with regard to this statement.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Misha Rachlevsky, Music Director
Dr. James Rodde, Conductor
Misha Rachlevsky’s lifetime affinity for chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire began at the College of the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Academy of Music. Born in Moscow, his violin studies began at the age of five and continued through the well-traveled path of the Russian school of string playing. After leaving the Soviet Union in 1973, he lived and worked in different countries on three continents, and in 1976 settled in the United States, becoming active in the field of chamber music. Mr. Rachlevsky founded the New American Chamber Orchestra (NACO) in 1984, and led it to international prominence, completing nine European
Dr. James Rodde serves as the Louise Moen Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Iowa State where he conducts the Iowa State Singers, the 140-voice Iowa Statesmen, and teaches choral conducting and literature. Choirs under his direction have toured internationally and have been honored with performances at a number of distinguished
tours in four years. In 1989, Rachlevsky accepted an offer from the city of Granada, Spain—a two-year project under which NACO became the resident orchestra of Granada while, concurrently, Rachlevsky founded and led Granada’s own chamber orchestra. In 1991, in the heady aftermath of Moscow’s momentous events, Misha Rachlevsky found it impossible to resist an opportunity presented by Swiss company Claves, to record Russian works for this label. When Claves concurred with his suggestion to realize the project with Russian musicians, Rachlevsky called auditions, and Chamber Orchestra Kremlin was created. The success of these recordings and the initial concerts and tours, led to turning this formation into a permanent, full time ensemble, now in its 24th season.
music conferences. Since his appointment at ISU in 2000, the choral program has grown steadily to now include roughly 400 undergraduate choristers. Beyond his duties at the university and with the Ames Chamber Artists, Dr. Rodde is the Artistic Director of the Des Moines Choral Society. For more than a decade he served ACDA as the North Central Repertoire and Standards Chair for Men’s Choirs, and he continues to edit and arrange choral music, with a number of published works.
Ames Chamber Artists
Orchestra Members 1st Violins Evgeny Pravilov, Concertmaster Liudmila Fraenova Galina Yurchenko
Violas Fedor Vetrov, Principal Daria Teterleva Vladimir Morgovskiy
2nd Violins Oksana Kolyasnikova, Principal Ksenia Rozhdestvenskaya Anna Tsypel
Cellos Daniil Shavyrin, Principal Alla Pitirimova Eliza Khanafina Double Bass Alexander Pavlov, Principal
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
The Ames Chamber Artists is a group of singers representing a broad spectrum of educational and vocational backgrounds, joined in the common love of fine choral singing. Founded in 1988, the Ames Chamber Artists has gained a reputation Soprano Carolyn Baker Christine Brinkmeyer Yin-Sin Chang Connie Hardy Kristin Heysse Jil Hogan Lesley Lackore Meesha Lenning Karen Mullaney Barbara Schendel
Alto Sarah Bunge Marianne Chalstrom Robyn Dennis Peggy Dieter Leslie Kawaler Jan Larson Cynthia Marten
for exciting programming and superb execution unique among community ensembles. The Ames Chamber Artists is supported in part by the Ames Commission on the Arts. Tenor Jonathan Bunge Robert Grundstad Clayton Johnson Mark Ostrander Jesse Perrett Marcus Ryan Kenneth Scott Lars Skaar Daniel Sprengeler Brian Stout Eli Young
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Bass Louis Banitt Jim DeHoet Kerry Gibson Zachary Heilman Tim Hoekstra Chris Johnson Brad Larson Ray Olson John Pleasants Bill Simpkins Kevin Templeton
Des Moines Choral Society
The Des Moines Choral Society is composed of auditioned volunteer singers from Central Iowa, brought together by a passion for excellence in choral music. A gifted and accomplished group of approximately sixty adult singers, it constitutes one of the area’s premier musical ensembles and has Soprano Karen Andeweg Rachel Call Alyssa Conley Carliann Conner Elizabeth Deutmeyer Elaine Hagenberg Kristin Hanks-Bents Emily Klotz Hope Metts Vivian Mogensen Angela Nguyen Susie Pettinger Ashley Roen Sarah Roltgen Anna Seitz Emma Stammer Sharon Strohmaier Rebecca Triplett
Alto Lisa Albers Sarah Bannon Sue Breen-Held Katie Christensen Jodi Evans Joelle Floren Cheryl Fraracci Kari Froeling Courtney Ihnen Anita Lindfield Ashley Maiers Barb Martin Rachel Miller Alicia Ouverson Wendy Poush Jane Rider J. Ann Selzer Jan Thorsen
Iowa State Singers
been recognized by the Iowa Arts Council for its exceptional performances. Through generous private and public support, the Des Moines Choral Society maintains its tradition of excellence, performing a variety of music, from old and new classics to fresh arrangements of folk songs and spirituals. Tenor Aaron Collman Rocco Contini Kerry Gale Steven Genheimer Tyler Hackman Connor Koppin Austin Longnecker Robert Ready Jeremiah Seger David Short James Skinner Quinn Tipping Tim Vermillion Brain Wynia
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Bass Aaron Chittenden Wayne Gieselman Anthony Hooper Gordon Smith Adam VanDer Molen Christopher Wilde Bradley Wilson
The Iowa State Singers is ISU’s most select choral ensemble. Comprisedof freshmen through seniors, approximately one half of the ensemble are music majors. The group annually presents a five-concert season, which includes a full-scale Madrigal Dinner and a choral-orchestral masterwork, such as the Brahms Requiem (2015). Concert tours have taken them to Australia, Western Europe, Russia, China, and Korea. The Quartet: Taylor Troyer, soprano Allison Pitz, alto Karter Ewing, tenor David Carlson, bass Soprano Zoe Bardin Marena Bartz Rachel Brandt Grace Chermak Morgan Darrow Katie Harper Katie Hochmuth Bridget Johnston Hailey Kromminga Sara Mildenstein Kim Ohrlund Bre Poage Katie Riese Jenna Sandquist Bethany Schultz Mikayla Somers Breanna Stiles Kersten Tipping Taylor Troyer Sarah Welter
Alto Tirra Birchmier Angelica Elkema Kylie Erickson Elena Foster Maggie Hanson Kathryn Hoemann Hannah Ingram Maddie Olsem Caryssa Philgreen Allison Pitz Katie Sullivan Mary Stone Ellen Swartz Abby Vens Anna Wilcox Anna Wulfekuhler Tenor Joseph Anderson Ryan Battani Jacob Benda David Bowles Edwards Ian Butler Marcus Cross Harrison Daubitz Jackson Daubitz
choir has beenhonored to perform at divisional and national conferences of the ACDA in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2015, and the NCCO in 2008 and 2011. In 2013the Singers were the national winners of The American Prize, College/University Chorus Division. This spring the group will give solo performances in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis and Carnegie Hall, New YorkCity.
Tenor (cont.) Karter Ewing Payton Hansen Jonathan Happel Nicholas Hermann James Lieven Samuel Low Jonathan Meyer Jacob Mock David Norton Joseph Smith David Sponder Pete Stoller Bass Spencer Betts Nolan Brown David Carlson Samuel Faber Dustin Galvin Jackson Griffith Colin Halfpap Braeden Irvine Karch Lathrop Mitch Lettow Grant Luther Michael Madison Jacob Metzler
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Bass (Cont.) Davis Patton Phillip Sears Michael Smith Michael Stanley Ian Warren Iowa State University instrumentalists James Bovinette, trumpet Lucas Yoakam, trumpet Jonathan Sharp, timpani
Program Notes Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797. The son of a schoolteacher, young Franz received his general education in his father’s school. He came from a musical family and began studying violin with his father and piano with an older brother at an early age. He also studied music theory, piano, organ and singing with the choirmaster of his parish church. He began composing at age seven or eight, creating songs, string quartets, and piano works. When he was just seven, he auditioned for Antonio Salieri, the music director of the imperial court chapel. Salieri was impressed with the young boy’s talents and became one of his main tutors. Salieri recommended him as a singer when a position opened and Schubert passed the competitive audition for imperial court chapel in 1808. When his voice changed as a teenager,
Program Notes
Schubert resigned and moved on to a teacher-training school, subsequently obtaining a position as an assistant teacher in the school where his father taught. Schubert spent much time playing and composing while he was teaching fulltime. Before he was 20, he composed a phenomenal number of works, including five symphonies, over 300 solo songs, part songs, masses, string quartets, and opera. In 1815 alone, the 18-year-old composed 140 songs, including eight in one day! Two of his most famous and profound songs, Gretchen am Spinnrade and Die Erlkönig were composed when he was in his teens. Around 1822, Schubert quit his teaching position to become a full-time composer, supported by friends who admired his ability. Unfortunately, his creative life was cut tragically short by illness and he died in 1828 at age 31.
String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703 “Quartettsatz” (1820) While the first quartets he composed during his teenage years made comparatively modest demands, when Schubert returned to the quartet medium in December 1820, after a hiatus of some four years, his musical language had evolved and, indeed, perhaps the composer himself was somewhat overwhelmed by his newfound range and intensity of expression. Now clearly writing with professional musicians in mind, after completing the first movement of his C-Minor quartet and drafting some 40 bars of a slow movement in A-flat Major, he either set the score aside temporarily or abandoned it altogether. The Quartettsatz (which, in translation, means Quartet Movement) remains a tantalizing introduction to what would have been Schubert’s twelfth string quartet. It remained unpublished until more than four decades after his death receiving a posthumous premiere on March 1, 1867, in Vienna. The piece has gained acceptance as a complete standalone work and leaves both listeners and performers with an odd sense of absolute completion. With a tremulous line moving through the instruments in this explosive work, there is a dramatic, untamed power that pushes vigorously against the constraints of the classical style that had defined his earlier quartets. A thunderous chord sends the first violin searching and the gorgeous theme that follows shows Schubert at his soulful best, with a soaring melody in the first violin accompanied by triplet rivulets in the inner voices, and gentle boosts from the the cello. Throughout the rest of the work, Schubert oscillates between the dark mood of the opening chords and the heavenly theme in the first violin.
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care 414 Lincoln Way Ames, Iowa 50010 292-CARE (2273)
Mass in G Franz Schubert was just 18 when he composed his second mass, the Mass in G. The most familiar and popular of his masses, it was finished in six days during March, 1815, for a performance in the Lichtenthal church where he sang as a youth. The text is that of the traditional Roman Catholic Mass. The gentlest of masses, the work opens with a lyric and tuneful ‘Kyrie.’ The ‘Christe’ with soprano solo darkens the texture, but sunlight reappears in the repeat of the ‘Kyrie.’ The ‘Gloria’ is in D Major, joyous, majestic and triumphant in tone, but still permeated with a kind of sweetness rare in Mass settings. Probably the greatest section of this Mass is the ‘Credo,’ underlaid by a consistent steady rhythm throughout the entire movement, giving it a somewhat hypnotic, relentless motion. Schubert finds a rapt weightless tone for this movement that even carries through the intense ‘Crucifixus’ section. In many versions of the Mass, composers choose this point to write the most soft, hushed music, expressing the solemnity of the moment. Not so the free-thinking Schubert, who presents the text strongly and emphatically, preparing the way for the climax of the Mass at the joyous Et resurrexit. As the movement ends, Schubert returns us to the musical pattern and soft mood of its beginning. The stately ‘Sanctus’ is brief with a tiny ‘Pleni sunt coeli’ and a little ‘Hosanna’ set as a four-part fugue. The ‘Benedictus’ is reserved for soprano, tenor and bass soloists who are given lyrical, flowing melodies before the chorus returns with a repeat of the ‘Hosanna.’ The ‘Agnus Dei’ is, appropriately, of a darker cast with a soft commentary by the chorus before the ‘Dona nobis pacem’ revives the joy of the ‘Gloria.’
Your loved one never leaves our care, in Ames Grandon-Funeral 2.indd 1
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
9/25/13 10:49 AM
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes
Program Notes
Mass in G Major by Franz Schubert Kyrie - Chor and S Solo Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie - Chorus and S Solo Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Gloria - Chor Gloria in excelsis Deo, Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, Adoramus te, glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, [Suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.] Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, Tu solus altissimus, [Jesu Christe.] Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, Amen.
Gloria - Chorus Glory to God in the highest, And peace on earth to men of good will. We praise You, we bless You, We worship You, we glorify You. We give You thanks for Your great glory. Lord God, King of Heaven, God the Father Almighty. Lord only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. You who take away the sin of the world, Have mercy on us. You who take away the sin of the world, [Hear our prayer. You who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.] For You alone are holy, You alone are Lord, You alone are the Most High, [Jesus Christ.] With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father, Amen.
Credo - Chor Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium. [Et] in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum, [et] ex patre natum ante omnia saecula, Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero. Genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri; per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos homines et [propter] nostram salutem descendit de coelis. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto, ex Maria virgine; et homo factus est. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est. Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in coelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris, et iterum venturus est cum gloria, judicare vivos et mortuos, cujus regni non erit finis.
Credo - Chorus I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. [And] in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us and [for] our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried. On the third day He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum, et vivificantem, qui ex Patre Filioque procedit, qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur, et conglorificatur, qui locutus est per Prophetas. [Et unam sanctam catholicam et apolstolicam Eccelsiam.] Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum, [et expecto resurectionem] mortuorum, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; with the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. [I believe in one holy catholic and apolstolic Church;] I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins; [I look for the resurrection] of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Sanctus - Chor Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Osanna in excelsis.
Sanctus - Chorus Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosannah in the highest.
Benedictus - Terzett - S T B Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna in excelsis.
Benedictus - Trio - S T B Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosannah in the highest.
Agnus Dei - Chor, S Solo Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Agnus Dei - Chorus, S Solo Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace. ©Pamela Dellal
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the world’s most remarkable musical geniuses. He was a child prodigy, especially in terms of performance ability, but his extraordinary compositional skills also soon began to flower. He was the youngest of seven children (only he and sister ‘Nannerl’ survived infancy) born to Leopold Mozart, an accomplished violinist/composer. Leopold recognized the extraordinary musical talents of his children, and devoted much of his life to shepherding their careers. He taught them music, as well as mathematics, reading, writing, literature, languages, dancing, and moral and religious education. Wolfgang began harpsichord lessons before he was four years old. By the time he was five, he was composing, and by the age of six was a wellknown keyboard performer. From that time on, he was constantly composing music and performing, often traveling to different cities and countries with his father and his sister. A gifted and prodigious instrumentalist, Mozart was a master of the piano, violin, and harpsichord by the time he was 13. The Mozart family thrived in Salzburg at the court of Prince-Archbishop Schrattenbach, who allowed Leopold and the children great latitude for traveling.
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 (1780) The title, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, means that the work was composed to honor a saint. Confessore in this case means a saint, rather than one who confesses a sin. There is speculation that the Vesperae Solennes de Confessore may have been composed for September 24, the feast day of St. Rupert (660?-710), the first bishop and patron saint of Salzburg. The Vesperae Solennes de Confessore was the last work Mozart wrote for his taskmaster employer, Archbishop Colloredo. Divided into six movements, the music is spirited and free flowing. It pays brief homage to the original chants that would be part of such a service, but has a wonderful interplay among chorus, soloists, and accompaniment. Tonight features four of the six movements.
Everything changed with the Archbishop’s untimely death in December, 1771. His successor, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymous Colloredo, had a much different personality with a much different agenda. Colloredo prized economy and efficiency in government, artistic and organizational operations and demanded such in his church services and in the music created for those services. For example, the mass was to be no longer than 45 minutes long and Colloredo would not allow Leopold and Wolfgang to be absent at the same time. In 1777, Wolfgang toured with his mother, but was forced to return to the Archbishop’s service in Salzburg upon his mother’s untimely death the following year. While frustrated at Colloredo’s constraints, he composed a wide variety of sacred music and instrumental works during this time, including the Vespers you hear tonight. Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by W. A. Mozart 1. Dixit (Psalm 110) Dixit Dominus Domino meo; Sede a dextris meis, Donec ponam inimicos tuos Scabellum pedum tuorum. Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion: dominare In medio inimicorum tuorum. Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae, In splendoribus sanctorum: Ex utero ante luciferum Genui te. Juravit Dominus, Et non poenitebit eum, Tu es sacerdos in aeternum Secundum ordinem Melchisedech. Dominus a dextris tuis, Confregit in die irae suae reges. Judicabit in nationibus, Implebit ruinas: Conquasabit capita in terra multorum. De torrente in via bibet, Propterea exaltabit caput. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper. Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
1. Dixit The Lord said to my Lord; Sit at my right hand, Until I place your enemies As a footstool for your feet. The rod of your power The Lord will send forth from Zion: rule In the midst of your enemies. Sovereignty is with you on the day of your strength, In the spendor of the Holy Ones: Out of the womb before the light I begot you. The Lord has sworn, And will not repent of it: You are priest forever According to the order of Melchisedech. The Lord at your right hand Crushes kings in the day of His wrath. He will pass judgment on the nations; He will pile up calamities, And shatter heads in many lands. He will drink from the rushing stream on the way; Therefore He shall lift up His head. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. Amen.
4. Laudate Pueri (Psalm 113) Laudate pueri Dominum, Laudate nomen Domini. Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc Nunc et usque in saeculum. A solis ortu usque et ad occasum, Laudabile nomen Domini. Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, Et super coelos gloria ejus. Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, Qui in altis habitat, Et humilia respicit in coelo et in terra? Suscitans a terra inopem Et de stercore erigens pauperem: Ut collocet eum Cum principibus populi sui. Qui habitare facit sterilem In domo, matrem filiorum laetantem. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper. Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
4. Laudate Pueri Praise the Lord, O sons, Praise the name of the Lord. May the name of the Lord be blessed from henceforth And forevermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting, The name of the Lord is praiseworthy. The Lord is exalted above all people, And His glory is above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high And regards the lowly in heaven and on earth? Supporting the needy on the earth, And raising up the poor from the dust; In order to place him With the princes of His people. Who makes the barren one to dwell In a house as the happy mother of children. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. Amen.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes 5. Laudate Dominum (Psalm 117) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; Laudate eum, omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est Super nos misericordia ejus, Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper. Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
5. Laudate Dominum Praise the Lord, all nations; Praise Him, all people. For His has bestowed His mercy upon us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. Amen
6. Magnificat Magnificat anima mea Dominum. Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae. Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius. Et misericordia a progenie in progenies, timentibus eum. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo, dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus misericordie suae. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini eius in saecula. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio et nunc et in saecula saeculorum, Amen.
6. Magnificat My soul magnifies the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaiden. Behold, from henceforth, I will be called blessed by all generations. For the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is His name. His mercy is for those who fear Him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. He has helped His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy. According to the promise He made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to His descendants forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. Amen.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, a violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed a significant volume of other chamber music, choral works and songs. Ludwig van Beethoven (17701827)String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4 (orchestral version)Beethoven was acutely aware of the rich legacy of string quartet literature already in play and worked painstakingly for two years to produce his first quartets. His hearing was already deteriorating, and he was making every effort to conceal his increasing deafness from even his intimate friends. In homage to the practice of Mozart and Haydn, Op. 18 consists of six quartets. They are sometimes referred to as the "Lobokowitz" Quartets, after one of Beethoven's patrons, Prince Karl Lobokowitz. They were premiered at the Prince's Friday morning musicales, and published in 1801.The ordering of the Quartets does not correspond with the order of composition. The 4th Quartet in C Minor was actually the last of the group to be written. It is the only minor key quartet of the six. This work is unique in that it seems to have been a departure from Beethoven's customary method of work. He usually filled pages
of notebooks in crafting the musical shapes that he would later develop into compositions. For example, the opening motif of his first quartet, a mere six notes, took up sixteen pages of notebook sketches. Subtraction, simplification and distillation of musical ideas to their essences were as important to his process as they are to a sculptor. Since no notebook sketches have ever been found for the 4th Quartet, there is much discussion among musicologists whether the work was written at express speed or if it might have been based on a previous composition. In the introduction to his classic study of Beethoven's quartets as some compare the outline of the Andante of Trio, Op. 4 to the slow movement you’ll hear tonight. An interesting feature of the Quartet and a foreshadowing of later works, is the mood swings of the different movements. The emotion and drama of the first is followed, not by a slow movement, as in the other quartets, but with a witty Scherzo which seems to parody the use of canons and triple counterpoint. The Menuetto opens with the identical notes that open the Allegro, and recaptures some of the seriousness. However, when the Menuetto returns, after the trio, Beethoven instructs that it be played at a much faster tempo: piu allegro. The final movement is a vigorous Rondo reminiscent of the Hungarian music favored by Haydn, alternating episodes, some lyric, some rhythmic. Again the pace quickens, the theme is brought back prestissimo, and the work rushes to a close.
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Program Notes Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (1899)
runs along. Her somber glance drowns in the light. A man’s voice speaks:
Passionate, utterly romantic and sinfully beautiful, Verklaerte Nacht is the most often performed work of Schoenberg, and yet his reputation among the “mainstream” concert audiences seems to be that of a destroyer of tonality, father of dodecaphony and inventor of the serial technique. Although at this time we shall be dealing just with the former, I’ll take a short detour and retell (I cannot recall the source and this is not a verbatim quote, but the meaning is close) the answer Schoenberg gave to the question: “Why don’t you compose music as beautiful as your Verklaerte Nacht?” - “I do, you just have to learn to hear it.”
The child that you conceived be to your soul no burden. Oh look, how clear the universe glitters! There is a glory around All, you drift with me on a cold sea, but a peculiar warmth sparkles from you in me, from me in you. It will transfigure the strange child you will bear for me, from me; you brought the glory into me, you made myself into a child.
Verklaerte Nacht began its life as a string sextet, written by a 25-year-old Schoenberg inspired by a poem by Richard Dehmel with the same title. In 1917 Schoenberg transcribed it for a string orchestra, and the revised orchestral version appeared in 1943. Two people walk through the bare, cold woods; the moon runs along, they gaze at it. The moon runs over tall oaks, no cloudlet dulls the heavenly light into which the black peaks reach. A woman’s voice speaks: I bear a child, but not by you. I walk in sin alongside you. I sinned against myself mightily. I believed no longer in good fortune but still had mighty longing for a full life, mother’s joy and duty; then I grew shameless, then horror-stricken, I let my sex be taken by a stranger and even blessed myself for it. Now life has taken its revenge: Now I have met you, you. She walks with clumsy gait. She gazes upward’ the moon
He holds her around her strong hips. Their breath kisses in the air. Two people walk through high, light night. The sections of the music clearly correspond to those of the poem, and one can quite prudently follow both, easily finding musical depictions of the words and actions. For most listeners, however, this will not be necessary in order to enjoy the composition, as it is an equally strong and convincing work loosely connected to a mood-setting poem, or as a totally abstract piece of music. A few years ago one interviewer asked me if I would choose to be a musician in my “next life”. It did not take me long to give a sincere affirmative answer, but thinking of it made me realize how badly I envy the real gods, the composers. I would give anything to know what it feels like to experience the music being born, to hear it inside one’s head for the first time. I guess that interview must have happened during the time I was rehearsing or performing Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht, as every time I come back to this composition, something triggers this thought to visit me again.
by Misha Rachlevsky
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
• 8 PM Stephens Auditorium Ticket Office (no service fees) ticketmaster.com | 1-800-745-3000 | Ticketmaster Outlets Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON
Standing OVATION 2015–2016 SEASON