Wind Personnel

Piccolo/Flute/ Contra Bass Clarinet Trumpet Harp Alto Flute Jason Landaiche Greg Bechtold Julia Jamieson Stephanie Abderhalden Lauren Themanson Richard Larkin Stephanie Melinyshyn Erik Noska Percussion Sierra Norris Bassoon/ Greg Hensel Matt Boze Nancy LaChapelle Contrabassoon Matthew Wetmore Dan Bretz Kay Schutte Kyle Barshinger Oboe Kevin Larson Trombone Jeremy Johnston Lindsey Merz Matt Kowalczyk Megan Walls Dan Benson Christina Elder Bradley Harris Ben Dralle Soprano and Alto English Horn Saxophone Bass Trombone Katherine Donnell Jodi Slagel Dominic Colonero Brett Thole E-flat Clarinet Euphonium Publishers: Lauren Willis Tenor Saxophone Patrick Geren O Earth, O Stars is o earth, Matthew Muneses Melissa Primavera published by David Clarinet Maslanka Publications. Mark Donahue Baritone Saxophone Tuba Symphony No. 3 is Beth Hildenbrand Alex Teater Jason Lindsey available direct from o stars Kara Hale Katie Zdanowski the composer. Horn Alto Clarinet Elizabeth Jones String Bass Cover Image: Lauren Themanson Nancy O’Neill Andrew Israelsen Night Sky! Big Basin Josh Wagner Prairie Preserve, Bass Clarinet Megan Starrett © Michael Umscheid, Brenda Dratnol Saul Garland Wenjing Liu photographer Illinois State University Wind Symphony Jason Landaiche Stephen K. Steele, conductor

www.albanyrecords.com TROY1337 albany records u.s. 915 broadway, albany, ny 12207 tel: 518.436.8814 fax: 518.436.0643 albany records u.k. David Maslanka O Earth, O Stars box 137, kendal, cumbria la8 0xd tel: 01539 824008 Carlos Franzetti Symphony No. 3 © 2012 Albany Records made in the usa DDD warning: copyright subsists in all recordings issued under this label. David Maslanka was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1943. He attended the Oberlin College Holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are filled with your glory. Hosanna in the highest.” Sanctus Conservatory where he studied composition with Joseph Wood. He spent a year at the Mozarteum in is a quiet, and sometimes whimsical, paean to the beauty and holiness of the living earth, and to all its Salzburg, , and did graduate work in composition at Michigan State University with H. Owen Reed. creatures and plant life. maslanka’s works for wind ensemble have become especially well known. They include the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th , Mass, 12 , and numerous concert pieces. In addition, he IV. Dragons and Devils of the Heart — a quote and a poem: has written a wide variety of chamber, orchestral, and choral works. david Maslanka’s compositions are published primarily by Carl Fischer, Inc., and David Maslanka Carl Jung: “It is wise to nourish the soul; otherwise you breed dragons and devils in your heart.” Publications, and are recorded on numerous labels. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York at Geneseo, Sarah Lawrence College, , and Kingsborough A.A. Milne: Sometimes when the fights begin, College of the City University of New York. He now lives and composes in Missoula, Montana. I think I’ll let the dragons win, But then again, perhaps I won’t, Because they’re dragons, and I don’t. O Earth, O Stars is a double for flute and cello. The music can stand on its own without any programmatic references, but I am strongly drawn to certain images and the depths that are touched The image of the dragon is fearful, and from the quote and the poem we have the feeling of a necessary when the music relates to these images. Over the years I have been especially concerned with music struggle, and a requirement of victory over the dragon in order to be whole. But there are other images that has grown out of the old Chorale melodies. The connections made between image or idea and of the dragon: the protector of the priceless treasure; the guardian of the heart, which is the gateway of music are complex. They resonate deeply and are not confined to a single set of interpretations. The six the Source. To “defeat” the dragon is to come into relationship with your own deepest power. movements of this concerto, with chorales on either end, and one in the middle, give the impression of a Baroque cantata. The story being told is one you find for yourself. V. O Earth, O Stars is the song before the Agnus Dei in my setting of the Latin Mass. The text is one poem of the set entitled Hymn to Sofia, Holy Wisdom written by Richard Beale for the Mass project. I. Chorale — The chorale melody, taken from the 371 Four-part Chorales by J.S. Bach, is “Jesu, meine Freude,” meaning “Jesus my joy,” or “Jesus my pleasure.” It is one of my favorite tunes, which I have O Earth, O Stars, who watch our pain and our joy, also used in Recitation Book for saxophone quartet, and Symphony No.8. Lift us up that we may see our Mother once again. II. “You Are the Image of the Unending World” — This line comes from The Red Book of Carl Jung. Together we live the only life there is. It relates in my mind to the Buddhist image of the “Pure Land,” which is about a returning of the earth to its original pristine balance. “You are the image of the unending world…” It is through each of us Music flows from our union. that the Pure Land is reborn. When the universe expands and contracts,

III. Sanctus — This movement grows out of the Chorale melody Heilig, Heilig, meaning “Holy, Holy,” It is the love we have for each other. which is the opening of the Sanctus from the Latin Mass: Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth: “Holy, Holy, It is one breath. Mother of womanly embrace, Sanchez, Terence Blanchard, Jane Monheit, Jon Faddis, Ruben Blades and Paquito D’Rivera and scores films for major producers and directors Sidney Lumet, Alan Pakula, Jerry Schatzberg, Harry Belafonte, Wrap us in the womb and Edgardo Cozarinsky. Of your unending love. a citizen of the United States for many years, Carlos Franzetti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1948. He began his musical studies at age 6 at the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires. He later “Music flows from our union…” — the center of this concerto, and the center of life. studied piano privately with Guillermo Iscla and Lucia Maranca and composition with Manuel Juarez. During the years 1971-1973 he studied composition with Humberto Hernandez Medrano in Mexico. After VI. Chorale — The melody that I have borrowed is Aus tiefer Not schrei Ich zu dir — From Deepest coming to the United States in 1974, he studied conducting with Vincent LaSelva at the Juilliard School. Need I Cry to You — the human condition, and knocking on the door of the Source for help; the transformation of the heart. —David Maslanka My Symphony No. 3, for Wind Symphony, was commissioned by Illinois State University in 2009 at the request of Dr. Stephen Steele, director of bands. I composed this symphony during the winter and spring of 2010 and found that it offered unique challenges. This four-movement work has thematic threads that unify them musically. From symphonies to big band jazz, from chamber works to Latin American music and film scores — the first movement, based on Sonata Allegro form, opens with a series of fanfares which develop Carlos Franzetti has no limits. He is the 2009 Latin Grammy® Award Winner in the category of Best into secondary themes that accompany the main theme of this movement. This main theme is built on Instrumental Album, a 2007 Latin Grammy® Nominee in the category of Best Instrumental Album, a notes from the phrygian mode, i.e. G-B-flat-E-G-F-E-D. Prior to the recapitulation, both the fanfare, which 2006 Grammy® Nominee in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his opera, functions as a cantus firmus in the low woodwinds and the double bass, and the main theme, return in a Corpus Evita, a double 2003 Grammy® Nominee for Poeta de Arrabal in the categories of Best Classical fugal rendition. Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement, and the 2001 Latin Grammy® Award Winner for the second movement, Adagio, is in song form. The pastoral theme is first stated by the oboes. In Best Tango Album, Tango Fatal. this movement a contrasting 6/8 section anticipates the main rhythmic pulse of the third movement. The carlos Franzetti’s compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by the adagio ends in a short, stately chorale. International Sejong Soloists, the New World Symphony, the Youth of the Americas, the the third movement begins with a theme in B Dorian mode over an arpeggiated A major rhythmic Moab Music Festival, and the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Collaborations with major figure played by French horns and trombones. This rhythmic figure is based on the Argentine folk idiom include the Boston Pops, the National Symphony (Washington, D.C.), the St. Louis Symphony, the chacarera. I make extensive use of the percussion section in this movement. Halfway through I change Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the National Symphony of Mexico, the National the 6/8 chacarera into a dissonant waltz, the waltz being a characteristic compositional device that I Symphony of Argentina, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, the Czech National Symphony, the always include in my symphonic writing. City of Prague Philharmonic, the Modus Chamber Orchestra, the Janacek Philharmonic, the Bratislava the fourth and final movement, Finale Energico, is a fast milonga reminiscent of Argentine tango. Radio Orchestra, and orchestras in Mexico, Venezuela, Spain, Sweden, Norway and France, and the My intention in this movement is to use the woodwinds in a more rhythmically percussive manner. This opening concert of the VI International Music Festival in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colon with the movement, in continual perpetual motion, concludes the symphony with a series of virtuosic fanfares. Orquesta de la Plata. He performs and records with jazz artists Arturo Sandoval, Steve Kuhn, David —Carlos Franzetti Illinois State University Wind Symphony National Association Conference, and the Flutist Kimberly McCoul Risinger has received Dr. Adriana La Rosa Ransom is Assistant The Wind Symphony is the premier performing 2005 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. acclaim as a soloist, chamber and orchestral Professor of Cello and Director of String Project ensemble on campus, performing representative Recordings of Dr. Steele conducting the Illinois musician. She is principal flutist in the Illinois at Illinois State University. She received her works in all styles from classical to avant State University Wind Symphony can be found Symphony and Chamber Orchestras and the Bachelor of Music degree from the University garde. It has been a featured performing ensem- on the Albany record label. The Illinois State Heartland Festival Orchestra and is a member of of Missouri and earned Master and Doctorate ble at the American Bandmasters Association University Bands under Dr. Steele’s direction have the Sonneries Woodwind Quintet, the Linden degrees from the University of Minnesota. As a Convention, the Illinois Music Educators traveled and performed in England and Ireland. Flute and Guitar Duo and the ensemble Difference soloist, Ms. La Rosa Ransom is the recipient of Association Conference, and College Band The marching band has performed for many Tones. Risinger also performs with the Chicago numerous awards, including winning top prizes Directors National Association National prestigious events including the 1998 Macy’s Jazz Symphony and in several other groups, at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition, the Convention in 1992 and 2001. Recently, Thanksgiving Day Parade. including the Ohio Light Opera and the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, the Schubert the Illinois State University Wind Symphony Washington Bach Sinfonia. Club Young Artist Competition, and the Thursday Before moving to Illinois in the fall of 1987, presented a performance/clinic with Karel Husa Musical Society Competition. She has appeared Professor Steele was the Marching Band Director An advocate of contemporary music, Risinger has at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra as a guest artist on notable solo and chamber and Assistant Director of Bands at the University soloed in most of the major concert halls in New Clinic demonstrating and performing his wind music recital series, including the Dame Myra of Arizona in Tucson. Prior to his responsibilities York City, including her Carnegie Hall debut in compositions. The Wind Symphony tours annually Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago. She at the University of Arizona he spent thirteen June 2003. In addition, she gave her Chicago solo and has released 15 compact discs through has performed with many professional orches- years as a high school band director in California, debut as part of the Dame Myra Hess Concert Albany Records. tras and ensembles, including the Minnesota Oregon, and Arizona. Series in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Opera Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, Cultural Center. Stephen K. Steele has been the Director of Dr. Steele serves as a clinician, adjudicator, and the Minnesota Orchestra, the European Musical Bands at Illinois State University in Normal, guest conductor in Canada and throughout the Risinger has recorded for the Vienna Modern Festival Orchestra, and New Ear Contemporary Illinois since the fall of 1987. He is responsible United States and is a member of the American Masters, BWE Classics, Albany and Americana Ensemble. Ms. La Rosa Ransom has served on for the administration of all band activities. In Bandmasters Association, National Band Records labels. Her solo CD, Sonata Fantasy, the faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. addition to his conducting and administrative Association, College Band Directors National of contemporary American pieces for flute and Cloud State University, and the MacPhail Center responsibilities, Dr. Steele also teaches Association, American School Band Directors piano is available on the Albany Records label. for Music in Minneapolis, and continues to teach undergraduate and graduate conducting, Association, Illinois Music Educators Association, She is currently recording all of David Maslanka’s at the Illinois Wesleyan University Cello Camp. wind literature, and music education courses. Music Educators National Association, Phi Mu works for flute. Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda, and holds honorary Under his direction, the Illinois State University The recipient of many awards and grants, memberships in Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Wind Symphony has performed for state and Risinger won first prize in the 1996 Mid-Atlantic Beta Sigma. national conventions, including the 1990 Illinois Young Artist Competition and was a prize-winner Music Educators Association Convention, in the Myrna Brown International Competition American Bandmaster Association Convention, and the 2003 National Mid-America Chamber the 1993 and 2001 College Band Directors Music Competition. Risinger is currently the Professor of Flute at Illinois State University.