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Sunday Afternoon, October 15, 2017, at 3:00

Neemi Järvi , Conductor Performance #68: Season 3, Concert 5

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) Andante Festivo (1922; Rev. 1938)

ANTON RUBINSTEIN (1829–94) Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 (1864; Rev. 1872) Moderato assai Andante Allegro ANNA SHELEST, Piano

ANTON RUBINSTEIN Caprice Russe, Op. 102 (1878) ANNA SHELEST, Piano

Intermission

MICHAEL DAUGHERTY (b. 1954) for and orchestra (2015) Big Two-Hearted River For Whom the Bell Tolls The Old Man and the Sea , Cello

Today’s concert will run approximately two hours and five minutes including one 20-minute intermission.

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Notes on the Music - TON’s Diego Gabete First Piano Concerto bears a striking on Sibelius’ Andante resemblance to this piece, which has Festivo indeed inspired many composers. R E D A M Sibelius was commis - Caprice Russe, Op. 102 N U

A sioned to write this ANTON RUBINSTEIN H S piece to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Säynätsalo sawmills The first of several pieces Rubinstein com - in Finland. Sibelius was known as Finland’s posed in a Russian style, the Caprice Russe composer, and is credited with developing is one of many underperformed works by Finland’s national identity through his the composer. The Caprice features dance- music. To me, Andante Festivo is the kind like themes that somewhat resemble of piece where you know it’s Sibelius’ Russian folk music, and is dedicated to music when you first hear it. He has such Anna Yesipova. She would later go on to a unique way of composing that it only become a teacher at the St. Petersburg takes a phrase to recognize him as a com - Conservatory, where her students included poser. The piece really transports you to composer Sergei Prokofiev. Though it gained Finland, to a snowy and mystic landscape, some popularity at first, even from fellow and the music is so pure. It takes your composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the piece imagination anywhere—just like when you remains obscure and relatively unknown. open a book and you’re completely hooked from the first page. Tales of Hemingway for cello and orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 This cello concerto is inspired by the writ - ANTON RUBINSTEIN ings of . Each of the four movements is named after a short Rubinstein, a pianist himself, composed story or novel by Hemingway. The piece numerous works for piano. This piece in won three Grammy Awards in 2017 for particular earned international acclaim Best Classical Compendium, Best Classical and was popular even after the com - Instrumental Solo (as performed by today’s poser’s death. He performed the con - soloist, Zuill Bailey), and Best Contemporary certo during its premiere. Tchaikovsky’s Classical Composition. 10-15 Orchestra Now_Jazz @ Lincoln Center (ROSE) 10/5/17 9:58 AM Page 3

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Meet the Artists his extensive discography include critically acclaimed complete orchestral cycles of L E T

X works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Richard O B Strauss, Mahler, Dvo rˇák, Glazunov, Grieg, N A V Sibelius, Nielsen, and Brahms. Throughout N

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S Conductor labels as Deutsche Grammophon, BIS Over his long and highly successful career, Records, and EMI. Neeme Järvi has worked with the most prestigious , including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, O C Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Czech Philhar - C U Z Z

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L Piano the New York and Los Angeles Philhar - monics. He also continues regular relation - Appearances: Montreal Symphony Or - ships with the NHK-Tokyo, Shanghai, and chestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Singapore symphony orchestras as well St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Janá cˇek Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). Performances: at Carnegie Hall, Stern Mr. Järvi has held positions with orches - Auditorium; the Kennedy Center, Wash - tras across the world. He is currently artis - ington, D.C.; Vienna’s Konzerthaus; the tic director of the Estonian National Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory; Palacio Symphony Orchestra and music director de Bellas Artes, Mexico City emeritus of both the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague) and the Detroit Symphony Recordings: Rachmaninoff’s Études- Orchestra. He also is principal conductor Tableaux , Op. 39 and Moments Musicaux , emeritus of the Gothenburg Symphony Op. 16; Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Ex - and conductor laureate of the RSNO. He hibition as well as works by Tchaikovsky was artistic and music director of the and Glinka; Spirit and Romance , featuring Orchestre de la Suisse Romande until the the music of German Romantic composers; summer of 2015, and ended his tenure Tutti: Orchestral Arrangements for Piano with a European tour. Four Hands , piano duo release with Dmitri Shelest; Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 Mr. Järvi has recorded with Chandos Records and 2, Janá cˇek Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 30 years, and recent releases include Tchaikovsky’s complete ballets with Education: Northern Kentucky University the Bergen Philharmonic; symphonies and (B.A.); The (M.M.); Kharkiv other orchestral works by Swiss composer Special Music School, Ukraine Joachim Raff; and music by Massenet, Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Atterberg, Suchon, Ibert, Xaver, and Scharwenka. Highlights of 10-15 Orchestra Now_Jazz @ Lincoln Center (ROSE) 10/5/17 9:58 AM Page 4

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Education: Peabody Conservatory (B.M.), The Juilliard School (M.M.) O C C Positions: artistic director, El Paso Pro- U Z Z

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L Zuill Bailey , Cello Northwest Bach Festival (Washington), Appearances: featured with the Los Inside Out series at the Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Mesa Arts Center (Arizona); director, Center Indianapolis, Dallas, Louisville, Milwaukee, for Arts Entre preneurship, University of Nashville, Toronto, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas at El Paso Utah, Israel, and Cape Town symphony orchestras; collaborated with conductors The Orchestra Now - , Alan Gilbert, Andrew The Orchestra Now (T ON) is a group of Litton, Neeme Järvi, Carlos Kalmar, Andrey vibrant young musicians from across the Boreyko, and Jacques Lacombe; featured globe who are making orchestral music rele - with , Jaime Laredo, the vant to 21st-century audiences. They are lift - , , and ing the curtain on the musicians’ experience Janos Starker and sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment. Hand-picked Performances: Disney Hall; the Kennedy from the world’s leading conservatories— Center; the United Nations; Alice Tully including The Juilliard School, Shanghai Hall; 92nd St. Y; concerto debut, Miklos Conservatory of Music, Royal Conservatory Theodorakis’ Rhapsody for Cello and of Brussels, and the Curtis Institute of - Orchestra, U.S. premiere, Carnegie Hall; Music—the members of T ON are not only New York recital debut, the complete thrilling audiences with their critically Beethoven Cello Sonatas, The Metropolitan acclaimed performances, but also enlight - Museum of Art ening curious minds by giving on-stage introductions and demonstrations, writing Awards: Best Solo Performance Grammy concert notes from the musicians’ per - Award, 2017, live recording of Michael spective, and having one-on-one discus - Daugherty’s Tales of Hemingway ; 2014 sions with patrons during intermissions. Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumni; Classical Recording Foundation Conductor, educator, and music historian - Award, 2006 and 2007, Beethoven’s com - Leon Botstein founded T ON in 2015 as a plete works for cello and piano master’s degree program at Bard College, where he also serves as president. The Recordings: Tales of Hemingway , Nashville orchestra is in residence at Bard’s Richard B. Symphony, conductor , Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Grammy Award for Best Composition and performing multiple concerts there each Best Compendium; Bach Cello Suites and season as well as taking part in the annual Britten Cello Symphony/Sonata CD, with Bard Music Festival. They also perform pianist Natasha Paremski, number one spot regularly at the finest venues in New on the Classical Billboard Charts; Dvo rˇák Cello York, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Concerto CD, one the Top 1,000 Classical Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Recordings of all time, Penguin’s Guide and others across New York City and 10-15 Orchestra Now_Jazz @ Lincoln Center (ROSE) 10/5/17 9:58 AM Page 5

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- beyond. The orchestra has performed with We invite you to get to know T ON and dis - many distinguished conductors, including cover music in the making! Explore upcom - Fabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard Schwarz, ing concerts, see what our musicians have and JoAnn Falletta. to say, and more at theorchestranow.org. E N I D

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Violin I Cello Clarinet Tuba Michael Rau, Andrew Borkowski, Micah Candiotti- Dan Honaker* Concertmaster Principal Pacheco, Principal Fangxi Liu Jinn Shin (1st half) Timpani/Percussion Adina Mu-Ying Tsai Eleanor Lee Sangwon Lee, Principal William Kaufman Hyunjae Bae Danny Poceta (2nd half) Coline Berland Alana Shannon Elias Rodriguez Percussion Jiyoung Moon Zhilin Wang Miles Salerni Lili Sarayrah Kyle Anderson Bassoon Yurie Mitsuhashi Hui Zhang Carl Gardner, Principal Harp Hao Xing Lauren Peacock (1st half) Emily Melendes Drew Youmans Adam Romey, Principal Bass (2nd half) *not performing in this Violin II Milad Daniari, Principal concert Grace Choi, Principal Casey Karr Horn Clara Engen Paul Nemeth Ethan Brozka, Principal Youyang Qu Zhenyuan Yao (1st half) Guest Musicians Weiqiao Wu William McPeters Philip Brindise, Principal Diego Gabete Joshua DePoint (2nd half) Violin I Lila Vivas Blanco Luke Stence Anna Lenhart Andrés Rivas Jiayu Sun Michael Franz Shannon Hagan Mayumi Wyrick Haemi Lee Lara Baker-Finch Flute Trumpet Viola Yuqian Zhang Thomas J. Wible, Christopher Moran, Elise Frawley Leonardo Pineda ( on Principal (1st half) Principal (Concerto) Rosemary Nelis leave ) Denis Savelyev, Szabolcs Koczur, Jen Herman Principal (2nd half) Principal (Caprice) Viola Matthew Ross Zachary Silberschlag, Timpani Omar Shelly, Principal Principal (Hemingway) Charles Kiger Yuan Qi Oboe (Hemingway ) Chi Lee James Jihyun Kim, Trombone Scot Moore Principal (1st half) Matt Walley Bonnie Heung Regina Brady, Principal Federico Ramos, Bass Emmanuel Koh ( on leave ) (2nd half) Trombone Caleb Wong ( on leave ) Kelly Mozeik Gabe Cruz* Aleh Remezau ( on leave ) 10-15 Orchestra Now_Jazz @ Lincoln Center (ROSE) 10/5/17 9:58 AM Page 6

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U Federico Ramos , O A T I H J Hao Xing , Violin S Bass Trombone Hao will talk briefly about Rubinstein’s Federico will talk briefly about Daugherty’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Caprice Russe Tales of Hemingway on stage before the on stage before the performance. performance.

Hometown: NanYang, HeNan, China Hometown: Alhama de Granada, Spain Alma maters: Central Conservatory of Alma maters: Chicago College of Performing Music (China); University of Texas at Austin Arts at Roosevelt University, Royal Scottish Awards/Competitions: Winner, 2015 Texas Academy of Music and Drama, Academia Rising Star Competition; second prize, The de Estudios Orquestales Barenboim-Said, Eighth Chinese Music Golden Bell String Conservatorio Superior de Música de Quartet Competition, 2011; first prize, 2010 Granada, Escuela de Música de Alhama Easton Music Camp String Competition de Granada Appearances: Xi’An Symphony Orchestra, Awards/Competitions: First Prize, 2013 2012–13; National Taiwan Symphony Or - Chicago Brass Festival Solo Competition; chestra Summer Music Festival, 2012; China- Honorable Mention, 2012 International Korea Festival Orchestra, Trombone Association; Edward Kleinhammer 2012; China Youth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition 2010–12; Central Conservatory of Music Appearances: Chicago Symphony Or - EOS Orchestra, 2009–12; Cool Ducks chestra, substitute; Royal Philharmonic Music Festival, 2012 Orchestra, extra bass trombone; Scottish Musical origins: I began to study violin at age Chamber Orchestra; Real Orquesta Sinfónica 12 after I decided to learn the violin by myself. de Sevilla, substitute; Orquesta Ciudad de Favorite piece to play: Prokofiev’s Romeo Granada; Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las and Juliet Artes; Joven Orquesta Nacional de España Favorite composer fact: Alexander Borodin Musical origins: Although I have been was also a chemist. involved with music since I was born, I Favorite musical memory: I was in a per - started playing trombone when I was 17. I formance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with loved the way the instrument looked and I horn player Stefan Dohr of the Berlin thought it was very elegant. Philharmonic. I was so shocked that for a Favorite composer fact: Shostakovich whole week I didn’t want to play any was a perfectionist not only in music, but more—he is truly a unique musician! in his personal life; according to his daugh - What recording would you take to a ter he was “obsessed with cleanliness.” deserted island: 4’33” by John Cage He synchronized the clocks in his apart - Piece of advice for a young classical ment, and he regularly sent cards to him - musician: Listen to Britten’s The Young self to test how well the postal service Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. was working. 10-15 Orchestra Now_Jazz @ Lincoln Center (ROSE) 10/5/17 9:58 AM Page 7

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Favorite fact about your instrument: I instructions of how to make boats or how love the fact that the bass trombone is to get off of deserted islands very versatile. Most of the time our job is Favorite painting: The Scream by Edvard to be the bridge between the trombone Munch section and the tuba; but sometimes we Piece of advice for a young classical have to act as a tuba, the third tenor trom - musician: Be curious! Curiosity has been bone, or even the fifth French horn! a great tool for me and still is. What recording would you take to a deserted island: A recording with precise

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The Orchestra Now Fall 2017 Schedule

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY Plus Frank Martin’s Six Monologues from Jedermann Conducted by Leon Botstein , with baritone Nathaniel Sullivan , soprano Chloé Olivia Moore , mezzo-soprano Teresa Buchholz , tenor John Pickle , bass-baritone Alfred Walker , and the Bard College Chamber Singers and the Bard Festival Chorale at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Saturday, October 21, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, October 22, at 2 p.m.

HERRMANN’S PSYCHO SUITE Music by Herrmann and Conducted by Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage Friday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m.

FREE CONCERT ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE Works by Eugene Goossens and Bruckner Conducted by Gerard Schwarz , music director of the The All-Star Orchestra and Eastern Music Festival Sunday, November 19, at 4 p.m.

SCHOENBERG, MUNCH & EXPRESSIONISM Schoenberg’s Erwartung and the artwork of Munch and others Conducted by Leon Botstein Sunday, December 3, at 2 p.m.

FALLETTA CONDUCTS THE PLANETS Music by Adams, Penderecki, and Holst Conducted by JoAnn Falletta ; with Dennis Kim and Roman Mekinulov , concertmaster and principal cellist, respectively, of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; and the Bard Festival Chorale at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Thursday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m.

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