Albagli and Friends : The Song of the Earth
Friday, February 17, 2023 at 7pm
Recital Hall
of Music
Department
and Theatre University at Albany presents:
Richard Albagli & William Lauricella with Tommy White
Performing Arts Center
UAlbany
Program
Music and singing have been my refuge And music and singing shall be my light
Finale from the William Tell Overture* (1829) Gioacchino Rossini
Prelude and Fugue #20 in A Minor (BWV 889) * J. S. Bach from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (1742)
Chasin’ Gary* (1951) William Dorn
The Birth of Venus (1992) Scott Provancher
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints* (1965) Alan Hovhaness
INTERMISSION
Chichester Psalms* (1965) Leonard Bernstein
Movement 3. Psalm 131, 133:1
Ballade No. 1 in g minor, op. 23 (1836) Frédéric Chopin William Lauricella, piano
Lady of Spain (1931) Tolchard Evans; Arr. William Dorn
Waltz Español* (1993) Kevin Romanski
Earth Song * (2007) Frank Ticheli
* Arranged by Richard Albagli
Through darkness, pain and strife, I’ll Sing, Be, Live, See…
Selected Notes
Chasin’ Gary
William Dorn was a legendary xylophonist, percussionist and composer whose career encompassed the New York musical scene from vaudeville - where he performed with the famous Green brothers - to the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. He wrote two dozen popular works for xylophone and piano. “Chasin’ Gary,” one of his later ones, was written in honor of his young grandson who had just learned to crawl and led his proud grandfather on many a merry chase through the house. The arrangement of “Lady of Spain” was typical of those written for the vaudeville stage in the early ‘30s.
Psalm texts for “Chichester Psalms”
Lord, my heart has no lofty ambitions my eyes do not look too high I am not concerned with great affairs or marvels beyond my scope
Enough for me to keep my soul tranquil and quiet like a child in its mother’s arms.
Behold how good and pleasant it is for all to live together like brothers.
Waltz Español
Kevin Romanski is a teacher, performer, composer and recording artist based in Taiwan. He attended Syracuse University as a major in both piano and percussion and attended graduate school at Rutgers University. He composed “Waltz Español” while he was attending Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar NY. Richard Albagli later re-edited the work as a marimba duet with Kevin’s collaboration.
About the Performers
Richard Albagli is the Principal Percussionist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, co-founder of Associated Solo Artists, Co-Director of the Empire State Youth Percussion Ensemble and a member of the music faculty of the University at Albany. He has appeared as soloist or co-soloist many times with the Albany Symphony including works by Creston, Bartok, Hovhaness and Russell Peck.
As co-founder of Associated Solo Artists, Albagli has helped create interdisciplinary programs in the arts, sciences and humanities for schools from kindergarten through college. ASA’s trademark Concert of Ideas and its programs for the corporate and governmental sectors in leadership and creativity development have been presented in more than 20 states, Europe, Mexico, Canada and Australia.
A graduate of both RPI (physics) and the Eastman School of Music (percussion performance), he has written more than 20 works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble, along with a timpani concerto, and two works for Percussion Ensemble and chorus. As a collaborator with John Cimino and Jon Klibonoff of Associated Solo Artists, he has helped compose a dozen art songs for voice and percussion, a musical play for children entitled “The Great Dinosaur Rescue,” and a one-act opera “The Star Thrower” based on an essay by Loren Eiseley.
William Lauricella is a 16-year-old pianist, percussionist and composer. He started private piano lessons at age 5, and percussion lessons at age 9. William has attended the Juilliard Pre-College and the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college programs. He is currently studying piano with Manhattan PreCollege teacher, Dr. Inesa Sinkevych. His piano teacher for the
past two summer sessions at the Luzerne Music Center was Aniko Szokody. He studies percussion with Richard Albagli. William won first place prizes in the 2022 Manhattan School of Music Precollege Philharmonic Piano Concerto Competition, the 2022 CDCYM Chopin Competition - Master level category, the 2022 & 2021 Luzerne Music Center International Senior Concerto Competition, the 2020 ESYO Lois Lyman Concerto Competition, the 2019 Junior Luzerne Music Center International Concerto Competition, as well as the 2018 Schenectady Symphony Louise DeFeo Parillo Concerto Competition and the Tchaikovsky Music Competition at the New Russia Cultural Center. William placed second in the 2022 Uel Wade Scholarship competition, the 2019 Leschetizky International Concerto Competition and the 2019 CDCYM Chopin Competition - Intermediate level category. William was featured on PBS as the WMHT Classical Student of the month in 2019.
William enjoys golfing and listening to music in his free time. He is a member of the ESYO Youth Percussion Ensemble and the Empire State Youth Orchestra as both the Principal Timpanist and pianist. He is a member of his High School’s Spanish Honor Society.
Tommy White is a senior at Shaker High School and plays with the school Jazz and Wind Ensembles. He has been a member of the Empire State Youth Orchestra Percussion program for 7 years, has performed with the advanced Youth Percussion Ensemble for 4 years and is currently the Principal Percussionist and Associate Timpanist of the Youth Orchestra. He was selected to play with the NY All-State Orchestra this past December.
Tommy intends to major in Political Science in college.
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