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From the President The Symphonia’s 17th season is one for celebration! I want to thank our wonderful supporters and donors for sustaining us through this difficult pandemic. Our Symphonia family has continued to send donations, renew. annual subscriptions and to attend concerts as we follow guidelines for safety to provide concerts performed by our amazing musicians. After using an alternate venue, we are once again performing at Roberts Theatre at St. Andrews school. For the safety of our guests and musicians, masks, social distancing and being vaccinated are required to attend all concerts at Roberts Theatre at St. Andrews school. Highlights of this spectacular season include Grammy Award-Winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux in December, celebrated Grammynominated violinist and conductor Andres Cardenes, making his first appearance with the Symphonia in an all-strings program in January. In March we welcome the return of fabulous Conductor Laura Jackson with piano soloist Marika Bournaki with works by Adolphe, Britten, and Beethoven. We end the season with our dynamic Maestro Alastair Willis who will be joined by flute soloist Les Roettges for a program described as mysterious and hauntingly beautiful. A determined group of “Building a String Orchestra and Self- Esteem” children with Boys and Girls Club of Delray Beach and the Symphonia’s musicians/ teachers have continued to work through the pandemic using zoom classes and look forward to performing a full recital this Spring. We are so proud of them! With so much to celebrate, this may be our best season yet!
Carole Boucard
Carole Boucard, Board President
UPCOMING CONCERTS Sunday, March 27, 2022 | 03:00 pm
Music in Bloom Spring is in the air, and Laura Jackson leads the orchestra in a thrilling concert of works by Adolphe, Britten, and Beethoven, featuring piano soloist Marika Bournaki.
Laura Jackson
Marika Bournaki
Sunday, April 24, 2022 | 03:00 pm
Poetic Mysteries Maestro Alastair Willis will be back on the podium, and he is joined on stage by flute soloist Les Roettges for a program filled with mystery and haunting beauty. The concert also features a glorious flute concerto by the “the French Mozart,” Francois Devienne, Mendelssohn’s evocative Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”), and Manuel de Falla’s suite from his Alastair Willis
sensuous ballet El Amor Brujo. What a way to cap the season!
Les Roettges
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Carole Boucard – President Charles S. Stoll – Treasurer Susan Kaye – V.P. Administration & Marketing Sung Knowles – Secretary
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PROGRAM Saturday & Sunday, January 8-9, 2022, 3 pm
SIZZLING STRINGS Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor & Violin Soloist Variations on Caprice No. 24
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Andrés Cárdenes, Violin Soloist Concertos Nos. 2 and 11 from “La Stravaganza,” op. 4
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto No. 2 in E minor
Allegro Largo Allegro
Concerto No. 11 in D major
Allegro Largo
Allegro assai
Andrés Cárdenes, Violin Soloist String Quartet in D Minor, “Death and the Maiden”
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Presto
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PROGRAM NOTES by Dr. Eve R. Meyer
Variations on Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini The Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini was the greatest violin virtuoso of his time. He attained success in Italy, and his appearances in Europe and Great Britain brought him fame and wealth. A superstar who revolutionized the art of playing the violin, Paganini developed new techniques and composed and performed works that are considered among the most difficult in the repertoire. He was also a showman who did tricks such as breaking strings on the violin and performing a difficult work on the remaining strings. Stories circulated that he was in league with the devil, and his appearance contributed to the legend. He was very thin, had long black hair, and dark penetrating eyes, and he dressed entirely in black. The German poet Heinrich Heine described him as “looking as if he had risen from the underworld.” His technically challenging 24 Caprices for unaccompanied violin are his best-known works. The most famous of the set is Caprice No. 24, a series of eleven spectacular variations and a finale based on an original theme. The work was greatly admired by other composers such as Liszt, who adapted Paganini’s techniques to the piano and transcribed the Caprice for piano. Brahms and Rachmaninoff also wrote their own works based on the Caprice’s theme, and numerous composers have arranged the Caprice for a wide variety of instruments.
Concertos Nos. 2 and 11 from “La Stravaganza,” op. 4 by Antonio Vivaldi In the Baroque Era, skilled craftsmen, such as Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, advanced the art of violin making to new heights, and the exceptional quality of the string instruments inspired composers to write and perform technically demanding music that would appeal to audiences. One of the greatest virtuosos of the era was Antonio Vivaldi. He studied to became a priest, but his career was short-lived. He obtained a position at an orphanage in Venice, and his talented female students performed his orchestral works as well as his choral music, and they gained fame throughout Europe. Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos, and the best known are those for solo violin, such as his Four Seasons and the set of 12 concertos titled
“La Stravaganza” (1712-13). In this set, he established the three-moment concerto form (fast-slow-fast) as well as the structure of the fast movements called ritornello, in which all or part of the main theme, played by the orchestra, returns regularly throughout the movement with solo material in between. The concertos have a wide range of expression, from the tender beauty and dramatic emotion of the slow movements to the thrilling fast movements featuring the soloist’s brilliant virtuosity. Musicologist H.C. Robbins Landon described Vivaldi’s style of writing as wiry and nervous with an “intense concentration of rhythmic designs which, once experienced, are literally unforgettable.” The concertos live up to their extravagant title. Numbers two and eleven are on today’s program.
String Quartet in D minor, “Death and the Maiden” by Franz Schubert (arr. for string orchestra by Gustav Mahler) Franz Schubert wrote his String Quartet No. 14, known as “Death and the Maiden” (Der Tod und das Mädchen), in 1824. He was suffering from an advanced stage of syphilis and thought he would soon be dying. He wrote to a friend: “I feel myself to be the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world.” The work is named after an art song he composed in which a girl struggles against the terror of impending death, but Death promises the Maiden that he is her friend and that she will sleep peacefully in his arms. The song serves as the theme of the second movement; however, anguish, pain and a feeling of hopelessness permeate the entire work. The quartet opens forcefully and presents two themes that have been interpreted as a representation of a life and death struggle. In the second movement, the hymn-like theme from the song is introduced followed by a set of five variations, and each variation expresses a different emotion. The energetic scherzo movement (in ABA form) is filled with contrasts between loud and soft and between major and minor keys. The central section provides the only peaceful music in the movement. The finale is a tarantella, a vigorous Italian dance that, according to tradition, was a treatment for madness and convulsions brought on by the bite of a tarantula spider. It was common practice around the turn of the 20th century for composers and conductors to arrange chamber music for orchestra, and in 1894, Gustav Mahler planned to arrange Schubert’s quartet for string orchestra. He marked all the details in the quartet’s score, but he only completed the second movement. The arrangement was later finished by scholars David Matthews and Donald Mitchell and was premiered 100 years later in 1984.
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GUEST ARTIST Grammy nominated, Cuban-born Andrés Cárdenes has parlayed his myriad talents as a conductor, violin soloist, violist, chamber musician, and teacher into one of classical music’s most versatile careers. As soloist, he has appeared with over 100 orchestras on five continents, and he has collaborated with some of the world’s greatest conductors. Maestro Cárdenes is also a distinguished conductor, and his performances have received rave reviews. He served as Artistic Director and Leader of the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra (1999-2009), and he is currently Professor of Violin at Carnegie Mellon University and Artistic Director of the orchestra. His discography includes over three dozen recordings on various labels. He is a champion of contemporary music and has premiered and/or recorded over 60 works. Cárdenes is the co-founder and Artistic and Music Director of the Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami, a program geared toward educating young musicians.
THE SYMPHONIA MUSICIANS
Violin I
Viola
Mei Mei Luo
Carl Larson
Dina Kostic
Michael O’Gieblyn
Gustavo Correa
Valerie Judd
Sheena Gutierrez
Alexandra D’Amico
Yalyen Savignon Antonio Rincon
Cello
Chris Glandsorp
Violin II
Barbara Corcillo
Erika Venable
Aaron Merritt
Sha Zhang
Angela Maleh
Marian Myszko Eddie Martinez Ericmar Perez Dale Sandvold
Bass
Susan Dirgins-Friend Hideki Sunaga Harpischord
David Bayless
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BOCA BALLET THEATRE
Dance Artistic Directors: Dan Guin & Jane Tyree
Season of 2021-22
The Nutcracker
presented by Edith and Martin* Stein
November 26, 2021 at 7:30pm November 27, 2021 at 2:00pm November 27, 2021 at 7:30pm November 28, 2021 at 2:00pm Boca Ballet Theatre continues to captivate audiences with its beloved version of this holiday classic. Clara’s dream unfolds as the Nutcracker Prince, Mouse King and Sugar Plum Fairy all come to life in the sparkle of Co-Artistic Director Dan Guin’s artistic vision. * = In loving memory
Tickets & Information
bocaballet.org or 561.995.0709
Where the stars of tomorrow join the stars of today!
Spring Curation
The Sleeping Beauty
May 7, 2022 at 7:30pm May 8, 2022 at 2:00pm
July 30, 2022 at 7:30pm July 31, 2022 at 2:00pm
Enjoy Mother’s Day weekend with this concert, curated for your pleasure! A delightful blend of classical and contemporary pieces, Spring Curation offers something for everyone as we explore different genres of dance.
Come see the fairytale of fairytales where good triumphs over evil. Staged after the original choreography of Marius Petipa and set to the music of Peter Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty is acknowledged as the most extravagant ballet created by this renowned artistic partnership.
Photos by Silvia Pangaro
LIVE AGAIN! March 4-13, 2022 Larisa Martínez and Friends
TIckets on Sale at festivalboca.org
Nestor Torres
Time for Three with The SYMPHONIA
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Authors & Ideas Series
An Evening of Ballet
Featuring Environmentalist Bill McKibbon, Astronaut Donald Pettit, Author Luis Alberto Urrea and more!
Film with Live Orchestra With special gratitude to The Boca Raton for their generous support.
Presented by The Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts, Mizner Park, Boca Raton – Constantine Kitsopoulos, Music Director. Sponsored in part by the Tourist Development Council and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.
SAVE THE DATES Don’t Miss The Symphonia’s Upcoming Performances:
March 27, 2022 | 03:00 pm
Music in Bloom April 24, 2022 | 03:00 pm
Poetic Mysteries