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Hugh Wolff, conductor Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras This organization is supported in part

by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Luke Hsu, violin and administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events. Winner, NEC Concerto Competition

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 7:30 p.m. NEC’s Jordan Hall

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Symphonic Music at New England Conservatory PROGRAM Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras Hugh Wolff is joined by Associate Director of Orchestras David Loebel, Chamber ______Orchestra founder Donald Palma, and a rich array of guest conductors* and coaches for dozens of FREE orchestral concerts in NEC’s Jordan Hall this

year.

Visit necmusic.edu for complete and updated concert information: Henri Dutilleux Métaboles (1965) (1916–2013) Incantatoire Linéaire NEC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA , coached by Donald Palma Obsessionnel Honegger Symphony No. 2 for Trumpet and Strings; Strauss Prelude from Torpide Capriccio, op. 85; Britten Lachrymae; Reflections on a song of Dowland, op. 48a, Flamboyant Jesse Morrison, viola Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall

Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole NEC SYMPHONY , CONCERT CHOIR , CHAMBER SINGERS (1823–1892) for Violin and Orchestra, op. 21 David Loebel, Erica Washburn, conductors – Berlioz Le corsaire Overture, op. Allegro non troppo 21; Debussy Nocturnes ; Duruflé Requiem Scherzando: Allegro molto Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo Andante NEC PHILHARMONIA , Jeffrey Kahane*, guest conductor and piano soloist Rondo: Allegro Ravel Concerto for Piano in G Major; Adès Three Studies for Chamber Orchestra from Couperin; Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, op. 55 Luke Hsu, violin Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall Winner , NEC Concerto Competition NEC PHILHARMONIA , Hugh Wolff, conductor Kernis Whisper, Echo, A Cry; Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47; Intermission Elgar Concerto for Cello in E Minor, op. 85, Jonah Ellsworth, cello Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall

NEC SYMPHONY , Hugh Wolff, conductor Copland Appalachian Spring; Ives Symphony No. 2 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan

NEC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA , coached by Donald Palma Wuorinen Grand Bamboula for string orchestra; Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B- flat Major; Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall

Principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra from 1997 to 2006, Wolff maintains a close relationship with that ensemble. He led it on tours of Europe, Japan, and China, and at the Salzburg Festival. Wolff was principal conductor and then music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1988-2000), with which he recorded twenty discs and toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. Performances with the Boston

Symphony have included the world premiere of Ned Rorem’s Swords and Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major , op. 68 Ploughshares in Symphony Hall. (1770–1827) “Pastoral” Wolff was music director of the New Jersey Symphony (1986-1993) and Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei principal conductor of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival (1994-1997). He der Ankunft dem Lande began his professional career in 1979 as associate conductor of the National (Awakening of cheerful feelings on Symphony Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovich. arrival in the countryside) Wolff’s extensive discography includes the complete Beethoven Szene am Bach (Scene by the brook) symphonies with the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and music from the Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute baroque to the present. He has recorded or premiered works by John (Merry gathering of country folk) Adams, Stephen Albert, John Corigliano, Brett Dean, , John Gewitter – Sturm (Thunder, Storm) Harbison, , Edgar Meyer, Rodion Shchedrin, , Hirtengesang: Frohe und dankbare Gefühle dem Sturm Michael Torke, Mark-Anthony Turnage and , and collaborated (Shepherd’s song. Happy and thankful on CD with Mstislav Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell, feelings after the storm ) Hilary Hahn, Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Larmore, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and jazz guitarist John Scofield. Three times nominated for a Grammy Award, Wolff won the 2001 Cannes Classical Award. A graduate of Harvard College, Wolff studied piano with and Leonard Shure, composition with Leon Kirchner and Olivier Messiaen, and conducting with Charles Bruck. In 1985, Wolff was awarded one of the first Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conducting Prizes. A gift from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation endowed the Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras chair now occupied by Hugh Wolff. He and his wife, harpist and writer Judith Kogan, have three sons.

Timpani Percussion Harp Henri Dutilleux ’s work stands apart from much of the music written in Luis Herrera Austin Allen Alix Raspé post-war Europe. After Schoenberg and Stravinsky, musical aesthetics Bryce Leafman Albertazzi‡ Celesta splintered into several factions, ranging from Boulez’s hyper-serialism to Charlie Rosmarin+ Julian Loida* Tong Wang Cage’s work with indeterminacy. Determined to craft his own voice, Ye Young Yoon+ Mark Stein independent of any formalized method of composition, Dutilleux pursued a Sean Van Winkle* 1 “quest [for] interior truth” in the years following World War II. What Orchestra Department resulted was a diverse musical language, which combines influences from Hugh Wolff twelve-tone composition and jazz with a French emphasis on color and Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras transparency. Marjorie Apfelbaum David Loebel Radu Paponiu This style is exemplified in Métaboles (1965). The work takes as its Administrative Director Associate Director of Student Manager inspiration metabolic (or emotional) states, as expressed in the movement Orchestras Donald Palma Micah Gharavi tiltles: Incantatory, Linear, Obsessive, Torpid, and Flamboyant. These Melissa Steinberg Artistic Director of Student Librarian movements are performed without pause, and Métaboles does not conform Chamber Orchestra Performance Librarian to a typical structure. Rather, the musical material determines the form itself, undergoing “interior evolution,” (to use Dutilleux’s own description). In each of the first four movements, a motivic idea is introduced that will Special thanks to Joanna Kurkowicz, Lisa Suslowicz, Mickey Katz, later serve as the basis for the next section. As a result, Métaboles has an and James Orleans for their work in preparing the orchestra organic coherence. for this evening’s concert. Each movement of Métaboles also highlights a section of the orchestra, leading some to call the piece a kind of “Concerto for Orchestra.” In the first movement, the woodwind section is featured, playing the opening strident incantation. The second movement is for strings alone, with long, Hugh Wolff legato lines occasionally interrupted by sudden forte outbursts. The third Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras; section, Obsessionel , utilizes a driving rhythm (and a 12-tone row), Chair, Orchestral Conducting introduced by the solo double bass, developed contrapuntally, and Hugh Wolff joined the New England Conservatory faculty in 2008, and has punctuated by the brass. In this movement, the influence of jazz harmony is conducted a large share of NEC’s orchestral concerts every year since then. especially prominent, and Dutilleux calls for Ray Robinson cup mutes for In 2009, he began teaching graduate students in an elite training program for the trumpets. Torpide , the fourth movement, features percussion orchestral conductors. instruments in a languid dialogue with the clarinets and muted brass. The Wolff has appeared with all the major American orchestras, including last movement is an apotheosis, combining musical ideas from the previous those of Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San sections in a rousing climax played by full orchestra. – Jacob Joyce Francisco, and Cleveland. He is much in demand in Europe, where he has conducted the London Symphony, the Philharmonia, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the Orchestre National de France, Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Philharmonic, and the Bavarian and Berlin Radio Orchestras. A regular guest conductor with orchestras in Japan, Korea, Scandinavia, Canada and Australia, he is also a frequent conductor at summer festivals. 1 From Jean Roy’s biography of Dutilleux .

NEC Philharmonia Édouard Lalo was born in 1823 in Lille, France, to a military family of Hugh Wolff, conductor Spanish descent. Despite his parents’ opposition, Lalo moved to Paris at age First Violin Viola Flute Bassoon sixteen to study violin and cello at the conservatory, and composition Brian Hong Nao Kubota Luis Roman Andrea C. Baker+ privately. He achieved international recognition late in his career with two Shuxiang Yang Marthe Husum Diaz II Jesse Gardner orchestral compositions: the Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra, Shengnan Li Erica Schwartz Feng-Chen Lu Micah Gharavi* and the in D minor. Written in 1874, the Symphonie Eunae Koh Saerok Park Jisun Oh* Alexis Leon‡ espagnole was highly innovative in its rhythmical complexity and unusual Emily Anderson Mona Sangesland+ Ariel Chapman Contrabassoon Iberian melodic and rhythmic content. The work was premiered in Paris to Maeve Feinberg Wenhong Luo Michelle Sung Jesse Gardner Xiaofan Liu Hsien-Hsiu Tsai Wooyeon Milk great critical acclaim by violinist Pablo de Sarasate, world-famous for his Alejandro Tiffany Laraia Yoo‡ French horn virtuosic and sensitive style. In a letter to one of his patrons, Russian Valdepeñas composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky described Lalo’s new work as “so fresh Myeonghoon Park Piccolo John Michael Adair Dan Cho Niki Forman Jisun Oh‡ Eileen Coyne‡ and light, [with] piquant rhythms and melodies which are beautifully I-Jung Huang Meng-Hsien Caitlin Oliver* Julia Dombek+ harmonized…Lalo is careful to avoid all that is routinier , and seeks new Justin DeFilippis Melody Cheng Hyewon Suh+ Christian forms without trying to be profound. He is more concerned with musical Jay-ook Lee Cello Bi-le Zhang Gutierrez Nelson Moneo beauty than with traditions.” Peiyao Guo Alex Stening* Yuna Kim Despite its title, the Symphonie espagnole is a concerto for violin and Nitzan Gal Oboe Hyo Jung Kim Nicole Caligiuri Trumpet orchestra in five movements. The Allegro non troppo alternates between Mo Mo Mark Debski‡ Douglas Amos Second Violin Zi Wang dotted, martial music and a more suave Malagueña. The lively string Jonathan Gentry+ Shengduo Chen Danny Koo Shannon Paek pizzicatos in the Scherzando are reminiscent of Spanish flamenco guitar Christine Soojin Maria Currie‡ Seowon Kim Allison Drenkow tradition. The Intermezzo consists of a slow, rich Habañera which is Kim Mason Grainger* Eva Aronian Alexander Hersh ornamented with virtuosic violin writing in the middle section. The Andante Kyle Kurihara* Andrew Heath+ Claire Bourg Marza Merophi Justin Kohan begins with a somber brass chorale setting the tone for the expressive, Haruno Sato Wilks English horn Nathan soulful violin line. Lalo begins the final Rondo with an invitation to dance: Sam Weiser Jieun Kim Nicole Caligiuri Stoerzinger the orchestral instruments come in one by one with the same melodic Stella Chen Taeguk Mun Samuel Thurston Maya Minjin Chung Clarinet gesture before the entrance of the solo line. In the middle of the movement, Ramchandram Nicholas Brown* Trombone Lalo reintroduces the gracious rhythms of the Malagueña before launching Bass Angela Qianwen Matthew Griffith‡ Taylor Blanton ‡ into an exuberant coda. – Radu Paponiu Aidan Phipps Shen Yousun Hah Alfred Brewer* Edward Kass Étienne Girard Daniel Parrette Victoria Garcia+ Bingwen Yang Hanna Lee Brittnee Pool+ Ian Maser Moisés M. Beethoven composed Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 in 1808, and it Oukalin Yin E-flat Clarinet Bass Trombone Carrasco was premiered on December 22nd in Vienna. Conducted by the composer Yousun Hah Christopher James Weng himself, this historic benefit concert, Akademie , presented for the first time Bassett+ Principal players Bass Clarinet in public Ah! Perfido for soprano and orchestra, selections from the Mass in Bryce Gillett* +Dutilleux Stefan Van Sant C major, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth and *Lalo Tuba the Choral Fantasy. Beethoven composed the Choral Fantasy, for chorus, ‡Beethoven Ray Liu piano solo and orchestra, as the grand finale for this monumental concert.

This was a four hour concert with insufficient rehearsal time in a poorly Violinist Luke Hsu (GD ‘16) has performed recitals and concerts in North heated concert hall but, nonetheless, the audience found the symphonies America, South America, Asia, the Pacific, and Europe to critical acclaim in delightful. venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Jones Hall in The Sixth Symphony is one of the few works of Beethoven that is Houston, and the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. He has soloed with programmatic. He named the symphony ‘Pastoral’ with the subtitle “Mehr the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Dallas Ausdruck der Empfindung als Malerei” meaning “More expression of feeling Symphony Orchestra, and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra among many than painting”. To achieve this unusual aesthetic goal, Beethoven uses a others. His performances have been recorded and broadcasted on NPR and simpler harmonic language and abundant repetition of short motifs. In the CBC, including a performance with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra first movement, ‘Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the featured on NPR’s “Performance Today”. countryside,’ Beethoven, who took long daily walks, describes his joy First prize winner and the winner of the Isang Yun Special Prize of the experiencing the rural landscape. The second movement, ‘Scene by the 12th ISANGYUN International Violin Competition, Hsu will make several brook,’ starts with a repetitive descending figure in the strings representing recital and concerto appearances in South Korea in the coming months. He the brook’s flow and finishes with birdcalls from the woodwinds. A is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2008 Kingsville International Violin folkdance-like third movement, ‘Merry gathering of country folk,’ is Competition, where he received both the Bach Prize and the Audience interrupted by the fourth movement ‘Thunder, Storm’. Here timpani are Prize. He is a laureate of the 2013 Concours Musical International de first heard depicting thunder and sharp attacks from the woodwinds and Montreal, receiving the Prix d’interprétation de l’Œuvre Canadienne strings describe lightning. Once the storm dissipates, the fifth movement, Obligatoire. An avid chamber musician, he us the violinist of the Beacon St. ‘Shepherd’s song. Happy and thankful feelings after the storm,’ concludes Trio, a piano trio formed at New England Conservatory. He will attend La the symphony with hymn, at once peaceful and ecstatic. – David Yi Jolla SummerFest with his trio this summer. In addition to his piano trio, he has collaborated with artists such as Cho-Liang Lin, Gil Shaham, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Peter Frankl, and Colin Carr. Festival appearances include YellowBarn Chamber Music, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music School and Festival, the Banff Chamber Music and Masterclass Program, and New York String Orchestra Seminar. Luke started studying the violin with his mother Yueming Song and with Fredell Lack. He attained his bachelor’s degree at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University under the tutelage of Cho-Liang Lin where he received the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement. He then pursed a master’s degree at New England Conservatory studying with Donald Weilerstein and is continuing his studies with Donald Weilerstein at NEC as a Graduate Diploma student.