JULY 22, 2003 @ 7:30 PM

The Empire Brass
Rolf Smedvig & Marc Reese, Trumpets
Michelle Perry, French Horn
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Kenneth Amis, Tuba
Steve Wilkes, Drums

Tylman Susato (ca.1500-ca.1652)
Basse Dance Bergeret

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Morning dance / Troika

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto in G Major

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.1 Op.46

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dance Russe

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Ritual Fire Dance

Wolfgang A .Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo Alla Turka

Traditional Irish (14th Century)
Kesh Jig

Anthony Holborne (1560-1602)
Gigue

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Introduction and Allegro

MUSIC FROM AMERICA:

Aaron Copland (1900-1954)
Empire Brass – Simple Gifts, Traditional

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Somewhere, from West Side Story

Meredith Willson (1902-1984)
76 Trombones, from The Music Man

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Piano Prelude No. 2

Traditional / Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945) / Smedvig
Carnival of Venice

George Gerswin (1898-1937)
Summertime, from Porgy and Bess

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America’s finest brass ensemble, renowned for its brilliant virtuosity and the unparalleled diversity of its repertoire. The six musicians, all of whom have held leading positions with major American orchestras, perform over 100 concerts a year. In addition to playing across the United States, the Empire Brass has toured the Far East thirteen times and performs regularly in Europe – twice in Rome within the past eighteen months. The Empire Brass has played to standing-room crowds in the former Soviet Union where its concerts were broadcast on television. The ensemble has performed with major symphony orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Zurich’s Tönhalle Orchester. They regularly visits leading summer festivals including Ravinia, Tanglewood, Caramoor, Saratoga and Chautauqua. Their discography is considerable and their best selling records on the Telarc label have introduced an even larger worldwide audience to the excitement of brass music ranging from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway. The Empire Brass is the first brass ensemble to win the Walter W. Naumburg International Competition in 1976.

JULY 8, 2003 @ 7:30 PM

The Naumburg Orchestra
Sarah Ioannides, conductor
Charles Neidich, clarinet

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No.1 in D “Classical”, Op. 25

1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Gavotte: Non Troppo
4. Finale: Molto vivace

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791) –
Concerto for Basset Clarinet* and Orchestra, K. 622

1 Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondo – Allegro

Wolfgang A. Mozart
Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” K. 551

1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante Cantabile
3. Menuetto – Alegretto
4. Molto Allegro

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sarah Ioannides – conductor Ms. Ioannides was born in Canberra, Australia. She studied violin, piano and French horn in England and gained an MA in Music at Oxford University. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1996, Ms. Ioannides entered the Curtis Institute of Music and subsequently the Juilliard School, where she received an MM in conducting and served as Assistant Conductor and student to Otto-Werner Mueller, the distinguished conducting pedagogue.

Extremely gifted and versatile, Sarah Ioannides is in her debut season as Assistant Conductor for the Cincinnati Symphony, working with Music Director Paavo Järvi and acting as Music
Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Charles Neidich – clarinet soloist A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich, at the age of eight, and continued them with the renowned teacher Leon Russianoff and, later in Moscow, with Boris Dikov. His reputation has grown steadily since his 1974 New York recital debut while still a student at Yale. In 1985, he won the first major clarinet competition in the United States, the Walter W. Naumburg Competition, which catapulted him into prominence as a soloist.
Neidich has appeared in concerts throughout the world, including engagements throughout Japan, and a seven-city tour of the Soviet Union.

* Basset Clarinet: Made in both A and B flat, like a normal clarinet, the basset clarinet has an extended bass range of a major third taking the bottom note down to a written C (concert A or B flat). This extended instrument was developed by Anton Stadler who played second clarinet in the Vienna Opera and had a particular fondness for low notes. Mozart’s Concerto and Quintet were written for Stadler to perform on the basset clarinet – the extension adds a certain darkness to the tone over the whole range.

JULY 1, 2003 @ 7:30 PM

The Naumburg Orchestra
Gregory Vajda, conductor
Antal Szalai, violin

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53

Antal Szalai, soloist

Leo Weiner (1885-1960) US Premiere
Carnival Humoresque (Fasching), Op. 5

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Summer Evening
Galanta Dances

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Gregory Vajda – conductor Gregory Vajda has fast become one of Hungary’s finest young conductors. Recognized for his strength and intensity in conducting nineteenth and twentieth century repertoire, Mr. Vajda has recently been appointed as Assistant Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Antal Szalai – violin soloist One of the most exciting violinists of his generation, Antal Szalai has already compiled extensive experience as a soloist with major orchestras and has given recitals in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. He has already issued three recordings, “The Leo Weiner Album”, “Antal Szalai plays Bach/Kreisler/Ysaye/Petrovics” on BMC Records, and “Antal Szalai plays Leopold Auer Violin Transcriptions” on Hungaroton Records, with more planned in the near future.

JUNE 17, 2003 @ 7:30 PM

The Lucy Moses Chamber Orchestra
Mark Lakirovich, conductor

J. S. Bach (1685 – 1750)
First movement of Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043.
Soloists Rachel Field, 11 yrs. and Yelena Khaimova, 10 yrs.

J. S. Bach
Suite No. 2 in B minor, S.1067
Soloist Ivan Latko*, flute

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Little Symphony for String Orchestra Op.87

Johann Mattheson (1681-1764)
Air

J. S. Bach
Concerto in E Major No. 2 for Solo Violin, BWV 1042
Soloist Yuriy Bekker

*Recipient of New York Community Trust Fellowship