Hadleigh Adams Sings Mahler
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Wells Fargo Presents HADLEIGH ADAMS SINGS MAHLER CLARK SUPRYNOWICZ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016, 8 PM Red States, Blue States PARAMOUNT THEATRE, OAKLAND PAUL JUON Episodes Concertantes in D minor, op. 45 I. Allegro moderato II. Lento III. Allegro non troppo with Delphi Trio INTERMISSION GUSTAV MAHLER Rückert Lieder I. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (I breathed a gentle fragrance) II. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (Do not look at my songs!) HADLEIGH ADAMS, III. Liebst du um Schönheit baritone (If you love for beauty) IV. Um Mitternacht (At midnight) V. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I am lost to the world) with Hadleigh Adams, baritone EDWARD ELGAR In the South Overture, op. 50 Season Media Sponsors: East Bay Express, KDFC The 2016/17 season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by the East Bay Community Foundation; Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation; Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the Oakland City Council and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program. MICHAEL MORGAN, music director and conductor 2 OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY 3 OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GUEST ARTISTS Michael Morgan, Music Director & Conductor Bryan Nies, Assistant Conductor VIOLIN I CELLO ENGLISH HORN BASS TROMBONE Terrie Baune, Daniel Reiter, Robin May Ryan Black Concertmaster Principal Tom Nugent Vivian Warkentin, Joseph Hébert TUBA Asst. Concertmaster Michael Graham CLARINET Scott Choate, Natasha Makhijani Jeff Parish William Kalinkos, Principal Assoc. Concertmaster Paul Rhodes Principal Patrice May Julie Feldman Diane Maltester HARP Carla Picchi Beth Snellings Meredith Clark, Ellen Gronningen Dina Weinshelbaum BASS CLARINET (Elgar, Suprynowicz) Deborah Spangler Ginger Kroft Elisabeth Zossender, Emma Noel Votapek BASS (Mahler) Brian Lee Patrick McCarthy, BASSOON Katherine Button Principal Rufus Oliver Jr. PIANO George Hayes Carl Stanley, Karla Ekholm Hadley McCarroll, Julia Birnbaum Asst. Principal Principal Andy Butler CONTRA BASSOON VIOLIN II Bruce Moyer Patrick Johnson-Whitty TIMPANI David Cheng, Pat Klobas Tyler Mack, Principal Stephanie Payne HORN Principal DELPHI TRIO HADLEIGH ADAMS, BARITONE Sharon Calonico, Meredith Brown, raised for “spot-on ensemble playing and a an Francisco-based baritone Hadleigh Adams was Asst. Principal FLUTE Principal PERCUSSION Pbeautifully blended sound” (San Francisco Classical Sborn in Wellington, New Zealand. He began his Baker Peeples Alice Lenaghan, Alicia Telford Ward Spangler, Voice) and “rich, committed string tone, dazzling artistic training at the University of Auckland, earning Adrienne Duckworth Principal Alex Camphouse Principal pianism, rhythmic flexibility, and risky tempi” a Bachelor of Music degree with first class honors, Sergi Goldman-Hull Leslie Chin Ross Gershenson Allen Biggs (Sarasota Herald Tribune), the Delphi Trio has and then received a scholarship to The Opera Studio, Cecilia Huang Amy Likar become a powerfully eloquent voice in the world of Melbourne. He was awarded a further full scholarship Robert Donehew TRUMPET PERSONNEL MANAGER chamber music. to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Josepha Fath PICCOLO William Harvey, Craig McAmis 2009, and gained his Masters of Music degree with 2015-2016 highlights include performances at the distinction in 2010. He went on to study in the Heghine Boloyan Amy Likar Principal Orlando Festival in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, tours Hande Erdem Leonard Ott LIBRARIAN Conservatory’s opera program. It was during this time throughout California, Vermont, the Midwest, and a that he was invited to perform at London’s Royal OBOE Graham Taylor Paul Rhodes forthcoming commissioned work by William Bolcom, National Theatre. He was then accepted to the 2012 VIOLA Andrea Plesnarski, written for Delphi. Each member of the Delphi Trio Merola Opera Program. He is a former Adler Fellow Tiantian Lan, Principal TROMBONE RECORDING ENGINEER maintains a busy schedule of solo, concerto, and with the San Francisco Opera and has performed in Principal Robin May Bruce Chrisp, Tom Johnson, Johnson chamber music performances, having collaborated over 75 mainstage performances with the company. Margaret Titchener, Denis Harper Principal Digital with artists such as Robert Mann, Anthony Marwood, Asst.Principal Craig McAmis and Menahem Pressler. Mr. Adams enjoys a varied career of stage and concert Betsy London OBOE D’AMOUR Passionate educators, the Delphi Trio is on faculty at work. In the last two years, he has performed with the Stephanie Railsback Andrea Plesnarski the Crowden School’s Summer Chamber Music Los Angeles Philharmonic, London’s Philharmonia Katy Juneau programs, where the Trio coaches and mentors Orchestra, the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Linda Green musicians of all ages. Liana Bérubé, Michelle Kwon, Symphony Chorus, London’s Royal National Theatre, Evan Buttemer and Jeffrey LaDeur are graduates of the University Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Orlando, Clio Tilton of Toronto, Stanford University, and the Eastman Townsend Opera, Pinchgut Opera - Sydney, and in School of Music, respectively, and formed the Trio 2015 made his New York operatic debut to critical while studying in the prestigious Chamber Music acclaim from the New York Times. Program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. This is Mr. Adams’ second performance with the The ensemble is founded on a passion for engaged Oakland Symphony, having performed in the communication and, towards that end, each Delphi Orchestra’s 2015 presentation of Candide. Hadleigh’s Trio rehearsal starts with a shared meal, conversation, last performance in Oakland was in West Edge Opera’s and music. production of Powder Her Face at the 16th Street Station. He is thrilled to once again be singing on this Ensemble members Liana Bérubé and Michelle Kwon side of the bridge. are Oakland Symphony orchestra members. Jeffrey LaDeur is regularly called upon for piano parts. Upcoming engagements include J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Colorado Symphony, Paul in Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terrible, and Steward in Jonathan Dove’s Flight, both with Opera Parallele, and many other exciting things he can’t talk about yet. www.hadleighadams.com 4 OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY 5 PRECONCERT LOBBY PERFORMERS COMPOSER Jane Hirshfield; and Machine, with writer/director Mark Streshinsky, which premiered at the Crucible in Oakland, January 2012. Clark has written extensively for the stage. Of his opera Chrysalis, written with librettist John O’Keefe, the San Francisco Classical Voice wrote: “Chrysalis is an important event, signaling the arrival of a new, fresh, authentic voice.” Joshua Kosman opined, in his San Francisco Chronicle review, “When Suprynowicz goes all out with lyrical, melodic writing, the effect is ravishing” (Mr. Suprynowicz reports he had a T-Shirt made shortly after this review appeared, which reads “Suprynowicz -- the effect is ravishing!”) Other recent events include a performance of Clark’s string quartet Elegance and Superstition at the Hell Hot Festival in Hong Kong, in a program with works by the Hear Here Composers Collective at the 2016 California Music Educators Association THE DOUGHERTY VALLEY HIGH Bay Section Conference, the 2016 California All- and composer Tan Dun. Clark spent many years in State Music Educators Conference, the San Francisco the trenches as a jazz musician before decamping SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA State University Orchestra Festival, and the 2016 CLARK SUPRYNOWICZ to compose full-time. He has worked as a bassist with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Max Roach, and with he Dougherty Valley High School Chamber Sounds of Summer International Music Festival at lark Suprynowicz is a San Francisco Bay Area Orchestra, under the direction of Patricia Drury, is Carnegie Hall. Many DVHS Chamber Orchestra Tom Waits. His teachers include Dave Holland, T Ccomposer. Following residencies with the Berkeley Gary Peacock, Elinor Armer, David Conte, and Ken part of a large, thriving music department at Dougherty musicians are members of the Oakland Symphony Symphony and with the Berkeley Opera, Clark has Valley High School (San Ramon Valley Unified Youth Orchestra, and Ms. Drury and the Chamber Durling. The composer would like to thank Maestro had three large works premiered post 9/11: the opera School District). In addition to having the honor of Orchestra enjoy and are inspired by visits to the high Michael Morgan, the Oakland Symphony Board, and presenting a concert in the Paramount Theatre lobby, school by Maestro Michael Morgan. Caliban Dreams (with librettist Amanda Moody, the esteemed musicians of the Oakland Symphony the DVHS Chamber Orchestra was invited to perform featuring John Duykers and Laura Bohn) in a Berkeley for this opportunity to realize this music with care, Opera production; Tectonic, a commission from the rehearsal, and at full power. Mill Valley Philharmonic, featuring readings by poet 6 OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY 7 PROGRAM NOTES PROGRAM NOTES SUPRYNOWICZ JUON MAHLER ELGAR Red States, Blue States last pages of the score, the animated figure in Episodes Concertantes, was composed in 1910 The general idea of the work came from Tennyson’s the strings returns. The horns move to the and first played in Leipzig on March 27, 1919. The Daisy: CLARK SUPRYNOWICZ foreground, excoriating us and calling us to Arthur Nikisch conducted the Gewandhaus “What hours were thine and mine, action. The whole business