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Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1969
THE MUSIC DIRECTOR music department he organizes the vocal lenufa, Aida, Parsifal, The flying Dutch- fellows' activities, which have been much When ERICH LEINSDORF relinquishes his man, Tristan und Isolde, Elektra and Son's extended during the last two seasons. post as Music Director of the Boston Sym- Codunov, to name only a few. He now Charles Wilson becomes principal resi- phony Orchestra at the end of the 1969 lives in Hamburg. dent conductor of the New York City Berkshire Festival, he will have made a Opera Company, beginning this coming significant contribution to American mu- SHERRILL MILNES, who made his first fall. sical life. Under his leadership the Or- appearance with the Boston Symphony chestra has presented many premieres and last summer here at Tanglewood, started revived many forgotten works. Among THE SOLOISTS his professional career as a member of the latter have been the complete Schu- Margaret Hiilis's Chicago Choir, and was mann Faust, the original versions of Twenty-three year old ANDRE WATTS soon taking solo parts when the chorus Beethoven's Fidelio and Strauss's Ariadne made his debut with the Boston Sym- appeared with the Chicago Symphony. auf Naxos, and the Piano concerto no. 1 phony Orchestra last winter. He started He won scholarships to the opera depart- of Xaver Scharwenka, while among the to study the piano with his mother when ment of the Berkshire Music Center for numerous world and American premieres he was seven. Two years later he won a two consecutive summers, then joined have been works like Britten's War competition to play a Haydn concert for Boris Goldovsky's company for several requiem and Cello symphony, the piano one of the Philadelphia Orchestra chil- tours. -
1St Connection Between Baseball and Opera
Baseball & Opera (compiled by Mark Schubin, this version posted 2014 April 14) 1849 : 1 st connection between baseball and opera: Fans of American actor Edwin Forrest, who is playing Macbeth in New York, hire thugs from among ballplayers at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey (1 st famous ball field) to disrupt performances of British actor William Macready, also playing Macbeth in New York at what had been Astor Opera House. Deadly riot ensues; Macready is rescued by ex-Astor Opera House impresario Edward Fry, who later (1880) invents electronic home entertainment (and probably headphones) by listening to live opera by phone. 1852: Opera-house exclusivity dispute with composer’s niece Johanna Wagner forms legal basis of baseball’s reserve clause. 1870 : Tony Pastor’s Opera House baseball team is covered by The New York Times (they won). 1875 : San Francisco Chronicle reports on that city’s opera-house baseball team. 1879 : Pirate King role created for Signor Brocolini, who, as John Clark, played first base for the Detroit Base Ball Club. 1881 : Dartmouth College opera group performs to raise money for college’s baseball team. 1884 : Three telegraph operators, James U. Rust, E. W. Morgan, and A. H. Stewart, present live games remotely. One sends plays from ballpark, second receives and announces, third moves cards with players’ names around backdrop. Starting in Nashville’s 900-seat Masonic Theater, they soon move to 2,500-seat Grand Opera House, beginning half-century of remote baseball game viewing at opera houses (also Augusta, GA Grand Opera House starting 1885). 1885 : The Black Hussar is probably 1 st opera with baseball mentioned in its libretto (in “Read the answer in the stars”). -
Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan a Dissertation Submitted
Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts University of Washington 2016 Reading Committee: David Alexander Rahbee, Chair JoAnn Taricani Timothy Salzman Program Authorized to Offer Degree: School of Music ©Copyright 2016 Tigran Arakelyan University of Washington Abstract Armenian Orchestral Music Tigran Arakelyan Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Dr. David Alexander Rahbee School of Music The goal of this dissertation is to make available all relevant information about orchestral music by Armenian composers—including composers of Armenian descent—as well as the history pertaining to these composers and their works. This dissertation will serve as a unifying element in bringing the Armenians in the diaspora and in the homeland together through the power of music. The information collected for each piece includes instrumentation, duration, publisher information, and other details. This research will be beneficial for music students, conductors, orchestra managers, festival organizers, cultural event planning and those studying the influences of Armenian folk music in orchestral writing. It is especially intended to be useful in searching for music by Armenian composers for thematic and cultural programing, as it should aid in the acquisition of parts from publishers. In the early part of the 20th century, Armenian people were oppressed by the Ottoman government and a mass genocide against Armenians occurred. Many Armenians fled -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 109, 1989-1990, Subscription
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SBJI OZAWA MUSIC DIRECTOR 109TH SEASON 1989-90 ^r^ After the show, enjoy the limelight. Tanqueray. A singular experience. Imported English Gin, 47.3% Alc/Vol (94.6°). 100% Grain Neutral Spirits. © 1988 Schieffelin & Somerset Co., New York, N.Y. Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, Assistant Conductors One Hundred and Ninth Season, 1989-90 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Nelson J. Darling, Jr., Chairman Emeritus J. P. Barger, Chairman George H. Kidder, President Mrs. Lewis S. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Archie C. Epps, Vice-Chairman Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick, Vice-Chairman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. Eugene B. Doggett Mrs. August R. Meyer Peter A. Brooke Avram J. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman James F. Geary Mrs. John L. Grandin Peter C. Read John F. Cogan, Jr. Francis W. Hatch, Jr. Richard A. Smith Julian Cohen Mrs. Bela T. Kalman Ray Stata William M. Crozier, Jr. Mrs. George I. Kaplan William F. Thompson Mrs. Michael H. Davis Harvey Chet Krentzman Nicholas T. Zervas Trustees Emeriti Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Harris Fahnestock Mrs. George R. Rowland Philip K. Allen E. Morton Jennings, Jr. Mrs. George Lee Sargent Allen G. Barry Edward M. Kennedy Sidney Stoneman Leo L. Beranek Albert L. Nickerson John Hoyt Stookey Mrs. John M. Bradley Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Irving W. Rabb Other Officers of the Corporation John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer Michael G. McDonough, Assistant Treasurer Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk Administration Kenneth Haas, Managing Director Daniel R. -
David Dichiera
DAVID DICHIERA 2013 Kresge Eminent Artist THE KRESGE EMINENT ARTIST AWARD HONORS AN EXCEPTIONAL ARTIST IN THE VISUAL, PEFORMING OR LITERARY ARTS FOR LIFELONG PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO METROPOLITAN DETROIT’S CULTURAL COMMUNITY. DAVID DICHIERA IS THE 2013 KRESGE EMINENT ARTIST. THIS MONOGRAPH COMMEMORATES HIS LIFE AND WORK. CONTENTS 3 Foreword 59 The Creation of “Margaret Garner” By Rip Rapson By Sue Levytsky President and CEO The Kresge Foundation 63 Other Voices: Tributes and Reflections 4 Artist’s Statement Betty Brooks Joanne Danto Heidi Ewing The Impresario Herman Frankel Denyce Graves 8 The Grand Vision of Bill Harris David DiChiera Kenny Leon By Sue Levytsky Naomi Long Madgett Nora Moroun 16 Timeline of a Lifetime Vivian R. Pickard Marc Scorca 18 History of Michigan Opera Theatre Bernard Uzan James G. Vella Overture to Opera Years: 1961-1971 Music Hall Years: 1972-1983 R. Jamison Williams, Jr. Fisher/Masonic Years: 1985-1995 Mayor Dave Bing Establishing a New Home: 1990-1995 Governor Rick Snyder The Detroit Opera House:1996 Senator Debbie Stabenow “Cyrano”: 2007 Senator Carol Levin Securing the Future By Timothy Paul Lentz, Ph.D. 75 Biography 24 Setting stories to song in MOTown 80 Musical Works 29 Michigan Opera Theatre Premieres Kresge Arts in Detroit 81 Our Congratulations 37 from Michelle Perron A Constellation of Stars Director, Kresge Arts in Detroit 38 The House Comes to Life: 82 A Note from Richard L. Rogers Facts and Figures President, College for Creative Studies 82 Kresge Arts in Detroit Advisory Council The Composer 41 On “Four Sonnets” 83 About the Award 47 Finding My Timing… 83 Past Eminent Artist Award Winners Opera is an extension of something that By David DiChiera is everywhere in the world – that is, 84 About The Kresge Foundation 51 Philadelphia’s “Cyranoˮ: A Review 84 The Kresge Foundation Board the combination of music and story. -
The DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
W;AD011\T£ROO~ featuring the DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAM, NOTES conducted by CONCERT Page No. CONCERT Page No. SIXTEN EHRLING THURSDAY-FRIDAY, June 30-July 1 77 SUNDAY, July 24 90 SATURDAY·SUNDAY, July 2-3 78 THURSDAY, July 28 93 THURSDAY-FRIDAY, July 7-8 78 FRIDAY, July 29 94 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, July 9-10 .. 81 SATURDAY, July 30 97 THURSDAY·FRIDAY, July 14-15 .. 82 SUNDAY, July 31 98 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, July 16-17 . 85 THURSDAY, Aug. 4 98 JAMES D. HICKS, THURSDAY, July 21 .; 86 FRIDAY, Aug. 5 101 Manager of Meadow Brook Festival FRIDAY, July 22 89 SATURDAY, Aug. 6 102 SATURDAY, July 23 .......•.. 89 SUNDAY, Aug. 7 105 MARY JUNE MA TIHEWS Coordinator of Women's Acth'itit'S PROGRAM CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Third Season - - - - - - - - - - 11 Guest Artists: Planning + People + Great Music = Meadow Brook 20 & 21 Henryk Szeryng, June 30, July 1-2-3 79 Meadow Brook Fe$lival Committees - - - - 28 & 30 Maureen Forrester, July 7-8-9-10 83 Major Donors to 1966 Meadow Brook Festival - - - 37 Van Cliburn, July 14-15-16·17 87 Sponsors of 1966 Meadow Brook Festival - - - 39 & 41 Isaac Stern, July 21·24-30, Aug. 5·7 91 Majar Innovations at Meadow Brook - - - - - 53 Eugene Istomin, July 22-28-31, Aug. 6·7 95 Meadow Brook School of Music - - - 48-49 Leonard Rose, July 23-29, Aug. 4-7 99 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling 71-72 Robert Shaw, July 14-15-16·17, Aug. 11-12-13-14-18 73 Seventh Concert Week, Choral Programs - - - - - 66 Oakland University 60 & 61 Eighth Concert Week, Contemporary Music 67 Istomin-Stern-Rose Special Chamber Concerts - 45 Advertisers' Index ___ ___ __ ___ ______ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ 129 & 130 SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX-OFFICE, Pavilion $3, Grounds $1.50, or at the Festival Office, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 48063, Telephone 338-7211, ext. -
June 2010 Pp. 24-29 .Indd 24 5/12/10 9:18:59 AM Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue and 90Th Street, New York City Bach, St
Conversations with Charles Dodsley Walker, Part II Neal Campbell Part 1 of this interview was published in the March 2010 issue of THE DIAPA- SON. Charles Dodsley Walker celebrated his 90th birthday on March 16. He is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organ- ists and is the founding director of the Canterbury Choral Society, which he began in 1952 at the Church of Heavenly Rest—a position he still holds, preparing and conducting three concerts per sea- son. Part I ended with Mr. Walker about to leave for France to serve as organist at the American Cathedral in Paris. NC: So, you’re in Paris. CDW: Yes, I’d longed to go to France; this was my fi rst time there. I’d been to a French-speaking country during the war—Algeria, on the way to Sicily. At Trinity College, I had immersed myself in the study of the French language and cul- ture, and this was a dream come true. Charles Dodsley Walker teaching air- I lived in the deanery—a lovely three- craft recognition while in the Navy, 1944 story stone building separated from the (Offi cial U.S. Navy photograph) cathedral by a garden. The church sexton was a man named Lucien; he was also a cathedral, as director of the American master chef, and he did a lot of things Students’ and Artists’ Center on the Left beside dust the church pews off, I’ll tell Bank—a beautiful building on what had you that! I lived there on the top fl oor of Brahms Requiem at the American Cathedral, Paris, 1949 been Chateaubriand’s estate. -
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Ruggiero Ricci Violinist JAMES WILHELMSEN, Pianist
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ruggiero Ricci Violinist JAMES WILHELMSEN, Pianist WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1986, AT 8:00 RACKHAM AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PROGRAM Intrada.......................................... JEAN-ANTOINE DESPLANES (b. 1678, d. afier 1757) Sonata in G Major, Op. 96 ......................... LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Allegro moderate (1770-1827) Adagio espressivo Scherzo: allegro Poco allegretto Sonata in C major, B. W. V. 1005.................... JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (for violin alone) (1685-1750) Adagio Fuga Largo Allegro assai INTERMISSION Three Caprices after Paganini.......................... KAROL SZYMANOWSKI No. 20 Andante dolcissimo (1882-1937) No. 21 Adagio, molto espressivo ed affectuoso No. 24 Vivace Caprice, "La Cadenza" ................................... HENRI WIENIAWSKI (for violin alone) (1835-1880) Caprice, "Last Rose of Summer" ................... HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST (for violin alone) (1814-1865) CBS, London, MCA, Turnabout, Candide, Ultrafi, and Vox Records. Seventy-first Concert of the 107th Season Tenth Annual Debut & Encore Series About the Artists Ruggiero Ricci "is one of the sovereign violinists of his generation," wrote Donal Henahan in the New York Times. Born in San Francisco in 1918, Ricci first studied with his father, an Army bandsman who instructed all seven of his children on musical instruments. At age seven the young violinist began to study with Louis Persinger, the distinguished pedagogue who had recently launched the career of Yehudi Menuhin. In 1928 Ricci made his public debut at age 10 in San Francisco. His New York debut came the next year, in October 1929, followed in November by his first Carnegie Hall recital. The wunderkind was hailed wherever he went in North America and, in 1932, Europe as well. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1969
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American Choral Review
'jf" / ell f'Y') I I AMERICAN CHORAL REVIEW JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHORAL FOUNDATION, INC. VOLUME Xll · NUMBER 4 • OCTOBER, 1970 AMERICAN CHORAL REVIEW ALFRED MANN, Editor ALFREDA HAYS, Auillant Editor Ass«iate Editors EDWARD TATNALL CANBY ANDREW c. MINOR RICHARD F. FRENCH MARTIN PICKER RICHARD jACKSON jACK RAMEY The AMERICAN CHORAL REVIEW is published quarterly ru; the official journal of the Association of Choral Conductors sponsored by the American Choral Foundation, Inc. The Foundation also publishes a supplementary Research Memorandum Series and maintains a reference library of current publications of choral works. Membership in the Association of Choral Conductors is available under the following categories: FuLL MEMBERSHIP, for an annual contribution of $15.00, includes subscriptions to the AMERICAN CHORAL REVIllW and the Research Memorandum Series and use of the Foundation's Advisory Services Division and reference library. PUBLICATIONS MEMBERSHIP, for an annual contribution of $12.00, includes subscriptions to the AMERICAN CHORAL REviEW and the Research Memorandum Series. PARTICIPATING MEMBERSHIP, for an annual contribution of S7.50, includes a subscription to the AMERICAN CHORAL REviEW and use of the Foundation's reference library. Single issues of the AMERICAN CHORAL REVLEW are available to members at $1.75. Single issues of the Research Memorandum Series are available to members at $1.25. Bulk prices will be quoted on request. Membership dues are tax deductible. THE AMERICAN CHORAL FOUNDATION, INC. SHELDON SoFFER, Admini.rtrative Director 130 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019 Phone (212) 246-3361 Copyright 1970 by the AMERICAN CHORAL FoUNDATION, INc. Indexed in Music INDEX and MusiCAL ARTICLE GuiDE AMERICAN CHORAL REVIEW October, 1970 CONTENTS The Performance of William Byrd's Church Music I. -
April 9-17, 2005 May 7-22,,2005 June 4-12, 2005
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE • HOME OF MIC U N PERA TH ~AT~ April 9-17, 2005 May 7-22, ,2005 June 4-12, 2005 Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre WHERE MEMORY LIVES IN BEAUTY. Nestled within White Chapel's pastoral splendor, one will discover the magnificent new Guardian Angel Niches. Providing permanent inurnment, they are the latest in a full range of options White Chapel offers, including mausoleum crypts and niches, traditional cemetery burial and cremation, all with interest-free terms. Let us assist you in pre-planning and selection. Call (248) 362-7670 NON-SECTARIAN West Long Lake Road at Crooks in Troy Copyright 2010, Michigan Opera Theatre Renew your passion 2005 The Official MagaZine of tlte Detroit Opera House BRAVO IS A MICHIGAN O PERA T HEATRE P UBLICATION Spring C ONTRIB UTORS Dr. David DiChiera Laura Wyss Karen Vande rKloot DiChiera Roberto Mauro Michigan Opera Theatre Staff WELCOME Dave Blackburn, Editor Letter from David DiChiera ........... .. .. .. ..... 4 P UBLISHER Live PUblishing Company ON STAGE Frank Cucciarre, Design and Art Direction Blink Concept &: Design, Inc. Production TOSCA . .. .. ............. .. ......... ... ... 5 Chuck Rosenberg, Copy Editor Setting ... .... ... ... ..... .... .. .... 6 Toby Faber, Director oj Advertising Sales The Director's Cut. .. ......... .. .. .... .... .... 8 Physicians' service provided by Henry Ford Medical Center. MARGARET GARNER . .. ... ... .... 9 Pepsi-Cola is the official soft drink and juice THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. ... ... .. ... 11 provider for the Detroit Opera House. Setting .. ...... .... ...... ............ ..... 12 Cadillac Coffee is the official coffee of th Detroit Opera House Donizetti and The Daughter of the Regiment. .... 13 Steinway is the official piano of the Detroit Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre.