Masterworks I: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto NOV 9, 2019
Masterworks I: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Saturday, November 9, 2019 — 7:30PM Walton Arts Center Paul Haas, conductor Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Jonathan Newman
Blow It Up, Start Again
Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto Rondo: Allegro
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Intermission Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
[Non] allegro
Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
Lento assai—Allegro vivace—Lento assai—Come prima—Allegro vivace
This concert is sponsored by Highlands Oncology Group.
Special media
Jennifer Frautschi’s appearance is sponsored by Palmer Violins.
support provided by
Ms. Frautschi is represented by ARTS MANAGEMENT GROUP.
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SoNA Board and Staff Board of Directors Julianne Brown, Ph.D., Chair Mike Russell, Vice Chair Malcolm Hayward, M.D., Secretary Drew Hutchison, Treasurer Mary Benjamin Jack Cleghorn Carl Frazier-Sparks Cynthia Benward Smith Marti Sudduth Anthony Sumlin Kirk Thompson Laura Wilkins Tod Yeslow Board of Advisors Ed Clifford Cynthia Coughlin Mary Ann Greenwood, Ph.D. Reed Greenwood, Ed.D. Michele Harrington, Esq. Susan Hui Jill King Tom King, Ph.D. Peter B. Lane Bill Mitchell Frank Sharp Sara Sharp Dick Trammel Staff Matthew Herren, Executive Director Paul Haas, Music Director Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor Ben Harris, Director of Operations & Annual Giving Jarrett Bastow, Orchestra Personnel Manager David Ewing, Music Librarian Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair Contact PO Box 1243 / Fayetteville, AR 72702 479.521.4166 info@sonamusic.org Connect www.sonamusic.org facebook.com/sonafan twitter.com/SoNAinfo Join our email list Send your info to info@sonamusic.org to receive the latest updates.
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Paul Haas Music Director & Conductor FIRST VIOLIN Zsolt Eder, Acting Concertmaster Maestro’s Circle Chair
Ronnamarie Jensen, Acting Associate Concertmaster Paulo Eskitch, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Johann Acuña Miranda Baker Burns Will Bush Rebecca Cutler-Metzger Sarah Kelly Atticus Mulkey Jennifer Sherman Alistair Watson Alla Wijnands SECOND VIOLIN Miho Oda Sakon, Principal
Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
CELLO Kari Caldwell, Principal
Starr Foundation Chair
Eman Chalshotori, Associate Principal Ashley Allison Diane Bucchianeri Amelia Ivory Ezgi Karakus BASS Jarrett Bastow, Principal
Marybeth and Rick Hays Chair
Christine Craddock, Associate Principal Marc Facci Benji Wilson FLUTE Gabriel Vega, Acting Principal
Greenwood Gearhart Chair
Kristen Salinas, Associate Principal
Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
Carley Flowers, piccolo
Geronimo Oyenard, Associate Principal Jana Burton Andrew Chu Cristian Martinez Vega Martha Mattes Thomas Neely Karol Rulli Allison Steiner Elizabeth Uhimchuk
OBOE Theresa Delaplain, Principal Kristin Weber Lise Glaser, English horn
VIOLA Jesse Collett, Principal
ALTO SAXOPHONE Zach Shemon, Principal
Kirk Thompson and Brett Burch Chair
Phillip Wachowski, Acting Associate Principal Babette Allen Alyssa Bell Gloria Britez-Scolari Grace Clark Lester Lewis Endowed Chair
Jennifer Scott Anne Wenzel
CLARINET Trevor Stewart, Principal Jasper Hensley Orlando Scalia, bass clarinet
BASSOON Lia Uribe, Principal Leigh Muñoz Richard Bobo, contrabassoon
TRUMPET Richard Rulli, Principal Andrew Stadler Benjamin Hay TROMBONE Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor
Hollomon Wailes Chair
Doug Fletcher Jason Hausback, Principal Bass TUBA Ryan Robinson, Principal TIMPANI Stephen Craft, Principal PERCUSSION James Harris, Principal Fernando Valencia Amy Hearting Mariana Aun Micheal Barnes HARP Devanee Williams, Acting Principal KEYBOARD Tomoko Kashiwagi, Acting Principal Garrison Financial Chair
*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Liz Allen, Carol Barnett, Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Jill King, Melinda Nickle, Natalie Olsen, Lynn Rogers, Jackie Telfair and Laura Wilkins
HORN Bruce Schultz, Principal Michael Gale Lanette Compton Jason Hofmeister Ashley Walla, Assistant
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Paul Haas Music Director & Conductor SoNA Music Director Paul Haas enjoys a distinctive career as conductor, composer and installation artist. His guest conducting engagements have included performances with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, San Antonio Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony, among others, as well as festival appearances.
In addition to his positions as Music Director of SoNA and the Thunder Bay Symphony in Ontario, Canada, Haas is the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho, a trailblazing concert production company that creates powerful and emotional musical experiences, collaborating with leading artists and using unexpected performance methods and unorthodox venues. Haas is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School. He resides in Germantown, New York, with his wife and three children. Find out more at paulhaas.com.
Over the last decade, he has written commissions for a wide variety of iconic venues, including the Park Avenue Armory and Rubin Museum of Art in New York, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the Anchorage Museum of Art in Alaska, and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Jennifer Frautschi Violin Two-time Grammy® nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist Jennifer Frautschi has appeared as soloist with innumerable orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician she has performed with the Boston Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and appeared at Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla Summerfest, Music@Menlo, Tippet Rise Art Center, Toronto Summer Music and festivals in Bridgehampton, Charlottesville, Lake Champlain, Moab, Ojai, Santa Fe, Salt Bay, Seattle and Spoleto. Her extensive discography includes several discs for Naxos: the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft; and two Grammy-nominated recordings with the Fred Sherry Quartet of Schoenberg’s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra and Schoenberg’s Third String Quartet.
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Her most recent releases are with pianist John Blacklow on Albany Records: the first devoted to Robert Schumann’s three sonatas; the second, American Duos, is an exploration of recent additions to the violin and piano repertoire by contemporary American composers Barbara White, Steven Mackey, Elena Ruehr, Dan Coleman and Stephen Hartke. She also recorded three widely praised CDs for Artek: the Prokofiev concerti with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony; the violin music of Ravel and Stravinsky; and 20th-century works for unaccompanied violin. Other recent recordings include a disc of Romantic Horn Trios with hornist Eric Ruske and pianist Stephen Prutsman, and the Stravinsky Duo Concertant with pianist Jeremy Denk. Born in Pasadena, California, Frautschi was a student of Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School; she also attended Harvard University, New England Conservatory, and The Juilliard School where she studied with Robert Mann. She performs on a 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as the “ex-Cadiz,” on generous loan from a private American foundation.
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Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Paul Haas, Music Director
Masterworks I: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
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A Very SoNA Christmas
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