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Department of Music and Theatre University at Albany presents:
UAlbany Concert Band Kevin Champagne, conductor
and
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra Christopher David Neubert, conductor
Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 1pm
Main Theatre UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Program
UAlbany Concert Band Golden Jubilee (A Concerto for Winds)
Alfred Reed
Confluence
Richard L. Saucedo
Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo
Malcolm Arnold arr. By John P. Paynter
Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew
Based on a poem by John Gillespie Magee Jr
Sondheim!
Stephen Sondheim arr. by Stephen Bulla INTERMISSION
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata
(1583-1644)
Johannes Brahms, Op.56a (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (1873)
Chorale St. Antoni – Andante Variation I – Poco piu animato Variation II – Piu vivace Variation III – Con moto, dolce e legato Variation IV – Andante con moto Variation V – Vivace Variation VI – Vivace Variation VII – Grazioso Variation VIII – Presto non troppo FINALE – Andante
Program Notes Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (1583 –1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A child prodigy, Frescobaldi studied under Luzzasco Luzzaschi in Ferrara, but was influenced by many composers, including Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, and Claudio Merulo. Girolamo Frescobaldi was appointed organist of St. Peter's Basilica, a focal point of power for the Cappella Giulia from July 1608 until 1628 and again from 1634 until his death. Frescobaldi's printed collections contain some of the most influential music of the 17th century. His work influenced Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, and other major composers. Pieces from his celebrated collection of liturgical organ music, Fiori musicali (1635), were used as models of strict counterpoint as late as the 19th century. The Toccata is just one of eleven such works, and arguably the most well-known. The Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (German: Variationen über ein Thema von Jos. Haydn), now also called the Saint Anthony Variations, is a work in the form of a theme and variations, composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1873 at Tutzing in Bavaria. It consists of a theme in B♭ major based on a "Chorale St Antoni", eight variations, and a finale. The work was published in two versions: for two pianos, written first but designated Op. 56b; and for orchestra, designated Op. 56a. The orchestral version is better known and much more often heard than the two-piano version. It is often said to be the first independent set of variations for orchestra in the history of music, although there is at least one earlier piece in the same form, Antonio Salieri's Twenty-six Variations on 'La folia di Spagna' written in 1815.
The first performance of the orchestral version was given on 2 November 1873 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Brahms's baton. Origin of the theme
Brahms composed the work on a theme entitled "Chorale St. Antoni", which Brahms found in a wind ensemble composition. When Brahms discovered it, the wind ensemble piece carried an attribution to the composer Joseph Haydn. Brahms titled his own composition accordingly, crediting Haydn for the theme. However, music publishers in the early nineteenth century often attached the names of famous composers to works by unknown or lesser-known composers, to make the pieces more saleable. Subsequent research has concluded that the wind piece Brahms used as a source does not fit Haydn's style. The wind ensemble piece remains without clear attribution. As a result, Brahms's piece is sometimes referred to today, in recordings and concert programs, as the St. Anthony Variations, in addition to the original title that Brahms gave it. In 1870, Brahms's friend Carl Ferdinand Pohl, the librarian of the Vienna Philharmonic Society, who was working on a Haydn biography at the time, showed Brahms a transcription he had made of a piece attributed to Haydn titled Divertimento No. 1. The second movement bore the heading "St. Anthony Chorale", and it is this movement which, in its entirety, forms the theme on which the variations are based. Brahms's statement of the theme varies in small but significant ways from the original, principally with regard to instrumentation. Some sources state the Divertimento was probably written by Ignaz Pleyel, but this has not been definitively established. A further question is whether the composer of the divertimento actually wrote the "St.
Anthony Chorale" or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. To date, no other mention of a "St. Anthony Chorale" has been found. Performers
UAlbany Concert Band
Kevin Champagne, Conductor Piccolo Brianna, Boyce Flute Olivia BenAoumeur Mia Call Britney Davila Alisha Lai Kate Morano Chelsea Roque Sara St. Preuve Isabella Vuono Grace Wright Clarinet Evelyn Bishop Skumbuzo Debus Kaitlyn Dembowski Justin Hill Joy Johnson Kevin Lopez Alexis Trendell Bass Clarinet DevinGrace Conlon Kev Rapp Contrabass Clarinet Molly O’Toole
Alto Saxophone Edwin Aguilar Henry Deuel Chelsea Dorner Randy Knarr Samuel Lorenzo Brian Feder
Euphonium Jay Smith
Tenor Sax James Caruso
Percussion Sierra Barrett Daniel Harkin Lillian Magurno Raul Martinez Aeden Perry Ciara Reilly Tyler Roberts Renee Scott
Trumpet Sean Cummins Austin Gray Dasha Hegeman Keziah Job Carly Johnson Kal Tellefsen French Horn Emma Clements Jonah Hauf Andrew Meng Mitchell Rogerson Trombone Maeve Newkirk Ramon Rivera Andrew Scaptura
Tuba Allison Castro Spencer Dodge Jaci Robinson
Band Manager Keziah Job
UAlbany Symphony Orchestra
Christopher David Neubert, Conductor Violins Bryan Fonder Concertmaster
Nicole Maher Logan Stone Allison Ellis William Lombardo Callum Newton Patrick Kolodziej Deirdre Williams Anthony Parillo Amanda Sue Principal
Sarah Cohen Hope Savercool Madelyn Knopfke Katy Christman Olivia Arsenicos Cristina Schiaffo Lin Song Zoe Gentles Abigail Johnson Marcella Reiter Melissa Yusaitis Violas Dara Ribis Principal
Kayla Wardlaw Alexander Collado Jaime Kendrick Catherine Rafferty Melissa Rosas Samantha McElroy Robert Lombardo
Cellos Sosuke Aizawa
Principal
Andrew Craner Connor Gordon Rachel Morris Maya Wilkerson Emma Smith Abigail Tsuji Seth Chaiken Alisa Bielert Lucy Skidmore Double Basses Erik Laurin Principal
Bassoons Laura Canham-Lunde Colin Lunde French Horns Jonah Hauf Erica DeNicola Priscilla Duskin Sarah Howard Trumpets Michael Dietlein Ethan Chen Vincent Amodeo
Mary Lemak Connor Hoolan Joey Aragones Finley Jones
Trombones Caleb Clapper Jessica Watson John England
Piccolo Melynda Matheke
Tuba Jacob Reiter
Flutes Maria Mucaria Brianna Boyce Melynda Matheke
Tympani Jonathan Wolter
Oboe Tyler Leicht Ian Cohen Clarinets Henry Deuel James Affatigato
Orchestra Librarian and Management Hope Savercool
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Dayton Contemporary Dance Co October 20 Passion Fruit Dance Co November 4
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Co December 2 Photo: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
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