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Renshaw & Rachmaninoff WELLS FARGO PRESENTS RENSHAW & RACHMANINOFF MASON BATES Devil’s Radio (West Coast Premiere) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015, 8 PM PARAMOUNT THEATRE, OAKLAND SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 I. Allegro moderato II. Andante assai III. Allegro ben marcato Kenneth Renshaw, violin INTERMISSION JOHANNES BRAHMS Selections from Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 (selections conducted by Lynne Morrow, celebrating 10 years as Oakland Symphony Chorus Director) 1- Rede Mädchen, allzu liebes Speak, dear girl, whom I love too much 2- Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut The tide rushes over the rocks 4- Wie des Abends schöne Röte Like the lovely blush of the evening 5- Die grüne Hopfenranke The green hops vine 8- Wenn so lind dein Auge mir When you look at me with those mild, loving eyes 9- Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus On the Danube, there stands a house 11- Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen No, there is no getting along with people SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 I. Non allegro II. Andante con moto: tempo di valse III. Lento assai; Allegro vivace KENNETH RENSHAW, violin Season Media Sponsors: Oakland Magazine, KDFC, East Bay Express Season Guest Artist Accommodations provided by: Oakland Marriott City Center The 2015/16 season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the City Council and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program. MICHAEL MORGAN, Music Director and Conductor OAKLAND SYMPHONY 3 OAKLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GUEST ARTIST Michael Morgan, Music Director & Conductor Violin Competitions, and First Prize at the 2009 Bryan Nies, Assistant Conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic competition, and FIRST VIOLIN CELLO CLARINET TROMBONE was a Laureate of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Basma Edrees, Concertmaster Daniel Reiter, Principal Diane Maltester, Principal Thomas Hornig, Principal International Violin Competition of Belgium. Vivian Warkentin, Joseph Hébert, Jeannie Psomas Donald Benham Asst. Concertmaster Asst. Principal Kristina Anderson Michelle Kwon E FLAT CLARINET BASS TROMBONE A passionate chamber musician, he has Patrice May Rebecca Roudman Diane Maltester Kurt Patzner Carla Picchi Elizabeth Vandervennet collaborated in performances with many esteemed Ellen Gronningen Jeff Parish BASS CLARINET TUBA artists, including legendary pianist Leon Fleisher, Deborah Spangler Paul Rhodes Karen Wells Scott Choate, Principal Emanuela Nikiforova Jan Volkert violinists Shmuel Ashkenasi, Pamela Frank, Cho- Stephanie Bibbo ALTO SAXOPHONE HARP Liang Lin, cellists Matt Heimovitz and Ralph Dagenais Smiley STRING BASS David Henderson Anna Maria Mendieta, Kirschbaum, violist Atar Arad, and flutist Sir Antoine van Dongen Patrick McCarthy, Principal Principal Brian Lee Carl Stanley, Asst. Principal BASSOON James Galway. He was a member of the Soleil Andy Butler Jarratt Rossini, Principal PIANO Piano Trio from 2008-2010, First Prize winners SECOND VIOLIN David Arend Rufus D. Olivier Ellen Wassermann, Principal Liana Bérubé, Principal Abraham Gumroyan of the Mondavi Center for the Arts Chamber David Cheng, Asst. Principal Jon Keigwin CONTRA BASSOON TIMPANI Music Competition. Kenneth was an Evnin Rising Candace Sanderson Shawn Jones Kevin Neuhoff, Principal Sharon Calonico FLUTE Star at the Caramoor Festival (Katonah, NY) and Baker Peeples Alice Lenaghan, Principal HORN PERCUSSION has participated in the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Adrienne Duckworth Amy Likar Katie Dennis, Principal Ward Spangler, Principal Institute, the Perlman Music Program’s Residencies Sergi Goldman-Hull Stacey Pelinka Alison Sawyer, Asst. Principal Jim Kassis KENNETH RENSHAW, VIOLIN Cecilia Huang Alicia Telford Arthur Storch in Sarasota (Florida) and Stowe (Vermont), Robert Donehew PICCOLO Monika Warchol Mark Veregge Music@Menlo’s International Chamber Music Alison Miller Amy Likar Ross Gershenson Stan Muncy raised for his “round and luminous sound, Psubtle phrasing, clear articulation, and flawless Institute, and the 2013 Kronberg Academy VIOLA OBOE TRUMPET PERSONNEL MANAGER intonation” (La Libre Belgique) and for his “natural Violin Masterclasses. Margaret Titchener, Principal Andrea Plesnarski, Principal William Harvey, Principal Carl Stanley Darcy Rindt, Asst. Principal Robin May Leonard Ott and honest sense of communication” (Strad Betsy London John Freeman LIBRARIAN Magazine), American violinist Kenneth Renshaw Kenneth was Concertmaster of the internationally- Stephanie Railsback ENGLISH HORN Paul Rhodes acclaimed San Francisco Symphony Youth Linda Green Laura Reynolds has appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout Tatiana Trono TECHNICAL DIRECTOR the world, including the National Orchestra of Orchestra from 2008-2010; he made his solo Omid Assadi Seth Ducey debut in Davies Symphony Hall as winner of Alessandra Aquilanti Belgium, the Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie, the Lithuanian National Orchestra, the China the orchestra’s concerto competition in 2010. Philharmonic, the China NCPA Orchestra, the He has studied with Donald Weilertstein at the OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS Jenaer Philharmonie, the Staatskapelle Weimar, New England Conservatory, Itzhak Perlman the California Symphony, the American at the Perlman Music Program, and Li Lin at SOPRANO Helen Mehoudar Margaret Hegg Jerry Reynolds Philharmonic, and the Orquesta de Festival Ushuaia. the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is Barbara Berry Laura Miller Natasha Hull-Richter Steve Schultz He has given sold-out recitals at major European currently studying at the Juilliard School with Mr. Mayotis Cephas Jewelz Moyer Karen Ivy Jim Stenson* Susan Chan Donna Oliver Amy Kessler ^ Daniella Urban* ^ music festivals (the Menuhin Festival Gstaad Perlman and Mr. Lin as a recipient of a Kovner Jooeun Choi Erica Peck Jeanne Korn Ted Vorster and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele) and Fellowship. He has been generously loaned violins Nancy Cotteral Connie Phillip Shirley Lindley Joanne Drumm Suzanne Reinfranck Linda Lipner BASS has repeatedly been featured on the national from the Juilliard School, Bein&Fushi/The Jane English Abbie Rockwell Katie Moore Jay Beams radio stations of Germany, Belgium, Argentina, Stradivarius Society of Chicago, Reuning&Sons Charmaine Ferrera Nanci Schneidinger* Mary Oram Charlie Crane* ^ Dolores Gilchrist Chung Taylor Sylvia Parker Sheldon Greene Lithuania, and the United States. Kenneth of Boston, Christophe Landon Rare Violins, Ellie Hahn Cynthia Webb-Beckford ^ Annie Shun Don Howe won First Prize and the EMCY Prize for Best and the Maestro Foundation of Southern Susan Hendandez Gia White Monique Stevenson Bill Leong Carol Henri Loni Williams* ^ Shakir Mackey Semifinal Recital at the 2012 Yehudi Menuhin California. Upcoming engagements include a Barbara Howard-Johnson* ALTO Karl Malamud-Roam International Violin Competition. He also won debut recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Carol Hudson Eva Acre TENOR Bill Manley chamber music performances at the Caramoor Alisa Jones Judith Berlowitz Reuben Boyd John Manzeck First Prize, the Mozart Concerto Prize, and the Elspeth Kersh ^ Ginny Blumberg Lavora Copley Michael Nathanson* Sonata Prize at the 2010 Spohr International Center for Performing Arts, and a concerto Susan Lambert Becky Bob-Waksberg Berite Jackson Joe Orr appearance in the opening night concert of the Deborah Lewis Karenlynne Bradley Bernie Juat Ken Saltzstine ^ Linda Manzeck Rena David Curtis Lawler Mark Slagle Oakland Symphony. Renee Gistand Arnold Lee+ Cavlin Wall Barbara Miller Bob Wehrman * Leaders + Coach ^ Chorus Advisory Committee Members 4 OAKLAND SYMPHONY OAKLAND SYMPHONY 5 PRE-CONCERT PERFORMERS BRAHMS LIEBESLIEDER WALTZES TRANSLATION The students performing in the lobby are from the Heads The texts of the Liebeslieder (“Love Songs”) are taken from 5. The green hops vine, Up Program and represent Oakland public schools! “Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch,” or “a world poetry It winds down to the earth. song book.” It was written in 1855, by the German poet The young, lovely girl, Officially started in 1987, Heads Up is a Head-Royce and philosopher Georg Friederich Daumer (1800-1875). Her thoughts are so sad. School partnership (HRS) with the Oakland Unified This collection of translations and imitations of folk poetry, School District (OUSD). The program runs year-round primarily Russian, Polish, and Magyar (Hungarian), has as its Listen, green tendril! academic enrichment for more than 125 students each year, predominant sentiments the many facets of love. Why don’t you lift yourself up to the sky? focusing on academic growth and leadership development. Listen, lovely girl, Today, Heads Up has served more than 1,000 low-income 1. Speak, dear girl, whom I love too much, Why is your heart so hard? youth of color from Oakland. “Our mission is to provide Who has thrown into my cool heart, with just a look, underserved middle-school students of color from OUSD These wild, hot feelings! How would the vine suspend itself with challenging and enriching programming. We do this If no support offers it strength? with the intention of supporting students in their academic Won’t you soften your heart? How will the girl be happy success and helping to facilitate a deeper appreciation and Do you want to remain a pious saint, When her Love is far away? commitment to the city of Oakland.” Without sweet bliss? Or do you want me to come? 8. When you look at me with those mild, loving eyes Every last disturbing cloud
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