Concert Program February 20 2015
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PRESENTED, IN PART, BY CHEVRON Haydn & JAZZ from MADS SAMUEL BARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 FRidAY, FEBRUARY 20, 8:00 PM Bryan Nies, conductor Paramount Theatre, Oakland MADS TOLLING Begejstring (Excitement) (World Premiere; New Visions/New Vistas Commissioning Project, supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts) I. “Muligheder” (Possibilities) II. “Forståelse” (Understanding) III. “Jubel” (Jubilation) Mads Tolling, violin INTERMISSION FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN Mass in C major, Hob. XXII:9 (Missa in tempore belli: Mass in Time of War) I. Kyrie: Largo--Allegro moderato II. Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo: Vivace Qui tollis peccata mundi: Adagio Quoniam tu solus sanctus: Allegro Change III. Credo Credo in unum Deum: Allegro Et incarnatus est: Adagio Et resurrexit: Adagio her life. IV. Sanctus: Adagio--Allegro con spirito V. Benedictus: Andante VI. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: Adagio Music education teaches Dona nobis pacem: Allegro con spirito--Più presto confidence, teamwork, and Soloists from San Francisco Opera Center’s Adler Fellowship Program: focus, which will help her Julie Adams, soprano overcome any challenge. Zanda Švede, mezzo-soprano Chong Wang, tenor Invest in Oakland East Mads Tolling Anthony Michael Read, bass Bay Symphony's music Oakland Symphony Chorus (Lynne Morrow, Chorus Director) education programs. Pacific Boychoir Academy (Kevin Fox, Artistic Director) Fundraising Season Media Sponsors: Oakland Magazine, KDFC, East Bay Express Season Guest Artist Accommodations provided by: Oakland Marriott City Center The 2014-2015 season is supported by grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Night is Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program. February 20. Michael Morgan, Conductor VIII OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY IX OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS Michael Morgan, Music Director & Conductor DR. LYNNE MORROW, CHORUS DIRECTOR Bryan Nies, Assistant Conductor AltoS Patricia Ravarra Deborah Lewis Jerry Reynolds FIRST VIOLIN VIOLA OBOE BASS TROMBONE Eva Arce Annie Shun Linda Manzeck Elizabeth Sargent Dawn Harms, Margaret Titchener, Andrea Plesnarski, Ryan Black Judith Berlowitz Mary Simon Alice McCain Steven Schultz Concertmaster Principal Principal Ginny Blumberg Monique Stevenson Laura Miller Jim Stenson Vivian Warkentin, Darcy Rindt, Robin May TUBA Becky Bob-Waksberg Loni Williams Jewelz Moyer Daniella Urban Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Scott Choate, Rena David Linda Mrnak Ted Vorster Jeremy Preston, Janice Negherbon ENGLISH HORN Principal Robin Dolan SOPrano Donna Oliver Assoc. Concertmaster Betsy London Denis Harper Yvonne Donnelley Bobbie Altman Helen Pappas BASS Kristina Anderson David Gilbert HARP Niki Elenbaas Natalie Balfour Erica Peck Charlie Crane Patrice May Patricia Whaley CLARINET Natalie Cox, Margery Eriksson Barbara Berry Suzanne Reinfranck Sheldon Greene Carla Picchi Stephanie Railsback Diane Maltester, Principal Nava Geula Veronica Burke Marlene Rogers Don Howe Ellen Gronningen Principal Anna Ghezzi Maxine Butler Nanci Schneidinger Marty Landsdorf Deborah Spangler CELLO Ginger Kroft PIANO Margaret Hegg Mayotis Cephas Katheryn Singh Bill Leong Emanuela Nikiforova Daniel Reiter, Jeff LaDeur, Linda Hirschhorn Susan Chan Chung Taylor Shakir Mackey Natasha Mikhijani Principal BASS CLARINET Principal Natasha Hull-Richter Jooeun Choi Cynthia Webb-Beckford Karl Malamud-Roam Hee-guen Song Joseph Hébert Jeff Anderle Karen Ivy Nancy Cotteral Gia White John Manzeck Stephanie Bibbo Michelle Kwon ORGAN Diana Kay Elspeth De Shaw Marianne Wolf Michael Nathanson Rebecca Roudman BASSOON Katherine Heater, Amy Kessler Joanne Drumm Jacky Young Jim Nelson SECOND VIOLIN Elizabeth Vandervennet Deborah Kramer, Principal Jeanne Korn Christine Dukey Joe Orr David Cheng, Michael Graham Principal Victoria LeBruno Jane English Tenor Ken Saltzstine Principal Jeff Parish David Granger TIMPANI Shirley Lindley Charmaine Ferrera David Berlant Mark Slagle Sharon Calonico, Paul Rhodes Fred Morgan, Linda Lipner Dolores Gilchrist Lavora Copley John Tuttle Asst. Principal CONTRA BASSOON Principal Theresa Lo Ellen Hahn Jim Hasler Calvin Wall Candace Sanderson STRING BASS Carolyn Lockhart Nancy Lowenthal Carol Henri Bertie Jackson Baker Peeples Patrick McCarthy, PERCUSSION Katie Moore Susan Hernandez Bernie Juat *Section Leaders Sergi Goldman-Hull Principal HORN Ward Spangler, Leah Murphy Barbara Howard-Johnson Curtis Lawler +Coach Cecilia Huang Carl Stanley, Meredith Brown, Principal Mary Oram Carol Hudson Arnold Lee Robert Donehew Asst. Principal Principal Sylvia Parker Judy Iverson Barbara Miller Alison Miller Randall Keith Eric Achen DRUM SET Tamra Perrione Susan Lambert Chris Poston Jory Fankuchen Andy Butler Stuart Gronningen Eric Garland David Arend Ross Gershenson Abraham Gumroyan PERSONNEL MANAGER TRUMPET Carl Stanley PACIFIC BOYCHOIR ACADEMY FLUTE William Harvey, Alice Lenaghan, Principal LIBRARIAN Principal Leonard Ott Paul Rhodes SOPranos and Altos Kayman Jeffley Cap Sharon Atom Lai Costa Leslie Chin Chris Barnes Moses Abrahamson Avi Kabir Bryan Tierney Matthew Lee TECHNICAL DIRECTOR James Applegate Emmet Keady Elliot Vaughan Elijah Levy PICCOLO TROMBONE Seth Ducey Noah Boonin Owen Liquori Jameson Wang Evan Losito Emma Moon Bruce Chrisp, Soren Boucher Nick Main Ryan Wang William Lundquist Principal RECORDING ENGINEER Jeroen Breneman Draven McGill Gregory Martin Thomas Hornig Tom Johnson, Léo Corzo-Clark Ocean Milan Tenors and Basses William Mitchell Johnson Digital Maxim Culbeaux Milo Mohr Henry Abrahamson Cameron Miya Neil Evans Thomas Mosley Calvin Achorn Julian Nesbitt Sivan Ali Talwalker Noah Patton Ike Alexander Ian Pitman Faruqui Louis Pecceu Adam Arega Zachary Presberg Quinn Freidenburg Daniel Pliskin Liam Cochrane Zachary Salsburg-Frank Theo Frey Josiah Raffel-Smith Daniel DeBare Abraham Sanchez Spencer Fulweiler Andrew Reinfranck Andrew Dogaru Nathan Savant Eric Getreuer Max Ruiz Julian Gandhi Sam Siegel Nathan Ho Aaron Sanchez George Goodhead Brendan Singer Jacob Itsekson David Schneidinger X OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY XI GUEST ARTISTS SOLOISTS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER'S AdlER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM In 2007, Mads Tolling started his own trio and immediately recorded the album “Speed of Light.” The following year the trio expanded to a quartet, including top Bay Area musicians Mike Abraham on guitar, George Ban-Weiss on bass, and Eric Garland on drums. Mads Tolling Quartet has performed all over the U.S., including Yoshi’s San Francisco & Oakland, Herbst Theatre, Russian River Jazz Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens, Grass Valley Performance Arts, Blues Alley in Washington, DC, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. MTQ toured nationally and internationally in ’13-’14. Mads grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved to the U.S. at the age of 20 to pursue jazz studies. He studied under violinist Matt Glaser, and he graduated summa cum laude in 2003 from Berklee College of Music in Boston. While still attending Berklee, the renowned jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty recommended Mads to join Stanley Clarke’s band. Since then, Mads has performed more than one hundred concerts with MADS TOLLING, VIOLIN Clarke worldwide, including the Newport Jazz Festival JULIE ADAMS, SOPRANO ZANDA ŠVE¯DE, MEZZO-SOPRANO and the Hollywood Bowl, and appears on Clarke’s (BURBANK, CALIFORNIA) (VAlmiERA, LATVIA) ads Tolling, internationally renowned violinist and album: “Toys of Men.” Mcomposer, a former member of both Turtle Island winner of the 2014 Metropolitan Opera National atvian mezzo-soprano Zanda Šve¯de is a second-year Quartet and bassist Stanley Clarke’s band, has spent most Besides his activities as a performer, Mads Tolling A Council Auditions, soprano Julie Adams is a LAdler Fellow and an alumna of the 2013 Merola of his professional life touring internationally. Since is an accomplished composer. In addition to his first-year San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow and an Opera Program. She made her San Francisco Opera 2007, Mads has led his own group, Mads Tolling Quartet. original writing on his two most recent albums, Mads alumna of the 2014 Merola Opera Program, where she debut as Flora Bervoix in last summer’s La Traviata, and “The Playmaker,” released in the fall of 2009, features arranged one of his compositions for saxophonist performed the role of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar will return as Thisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola this Stanley Clarke and jazz greats Russell Ferrante and Joe Lovano and string orchestra. Of his three prior Named Desire. During her studies with César Ulloa at fall. Roles in her repertoire include María (Piazzolla’s Stefon Harris. A brand new MTQ album, “Celebrating recordings of original material, one features the the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she María de Buenos Aires), Endimione (Cavalli’s La Jean-Luc Ponty – Live at Yoshi’s,” was released in May, legendary pianist JoAnne Brackeen. Mads has recorded completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees, she performed Calisto), and the title role in Massenet’s Cléopâtre. 2012. Mads has been featured on NPR’s Morning with vibraphonist Dave Samuels, and appears on R&B the roles of Blanche in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Mimi On the concert stage she has performed solo roles in Edition, and his recordings have received rave reviews in singer Teena Marie’s recording “La Dona” and on jazz in La Bohème, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and