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WHEN: VENUE: Saturday, March 10 BInG 7:30 PM cOncErt haLL Sunday, March 11 2:30 PM

Photo: Jan Malý Artists Notes

Stanford Symphony Orchestra (1918-1990) Paul Phillips, Music Director and Conductor On the Waterfront – Symphonic Suite From the Film (1954/5) Stanford Symphonic Chorus Stephen M. Sano, Director “I heard music as I watched: that was enough.” the 36-year-old Bernstein was Stanford University Singers in a screening room watching a rough- robert huw Morgan, Director cut of a hard-hitting movie exposing corruption and exploitation on the docks. the screening was Program enough to fire Bernstein’s imagination: “day after day I sat at a movieola, Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront – Symphonic Suite from the Film (1954/5) running the print back and forth, Paul Phillips, conductor measuring in feet the sequences I had chosen for the music, converting feet : for and Orchestra, Eleven Eleven (2017) into seconds by mathematical formula, I. Grave; Animato. Lento making homemade cue sheets.” II. Spietato. allegro furioso Scoring the movie took Bernstein from III. Fantasma. adagio espressivo February to May 1954. his flourishing IV. Giocoso; Lacrime. allegro brillante career as a composer of symphonies, scores for Broadway, as a leading Sandy cameron, violin soloist conductor, pianist and teacher at home John Mauceri, guest conductor and abroad, and other aspects of the life of an increasingly omnipresent —INTERMISSION— musician, were put on hold. the finished movie On the Waterfront, written : Belshazzar’s Feast (1930–31, rev. 1931, 1948 & 1957) by Budd Schulberg, directed by Elia Jeremy huw Williams, baritone soloist Kazan, would go on to win eight Paul Phillips, conductor Oscars, including Best Picture, director, actor and Supporting actress. these eight Oscars equaled the previous This program is presented in partnership with Music at Stanford. record-holder, Gone with the Wind. Bernstein’s score, however, only PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. thank you. received a nomination, out-voted by an

2 average score by for of individual isolation and, at the same Danny Elfman (b. 1953) The High and Mighty. although time, evokes dawn over the new york Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, approached many times after 1954, docklands and skyline, transcending the Eleven Eleven (2017) Bernstein was never again to write an specific narrative and becoming, as its original film score. composer hoped, part of a portrait of In 2017 Elfman premiered his first life in nyc. cellist and conductor in Prague, which was Bernstein composed for the film in Mstislav rostropovich put it another performed by the czech national much the same way he wrote for the way: “his Suite from On the Waterfront I Symphony Orchestra with violinist theater, apparently with little specific have conducted many, many times, and Sandy cameron and conducted by direction from his director. Kazan, this music smells of the united States. John Mauceri. the work was co- always economical, though effective, But it is a good smell!” the music commissioned by Stanford Live, the in his use of music, (and brilliant in his suddenly shifts gear to an aggressive, Prague Proms, and the royal Scottish use of silence to increase the tension rhythmically-driven Presto barbaro national Orchestra. Of the concerto of a scene) incorporated a little over tempo and we are thrust into the Elfman says, “I need to push myself 30 minutes of Bernstein’s score into his violence of the racketeers and to music into new territory with fresh challenges 108-minute movie. not surprisingly, the drawn from an early rooftop scene in as much as I can and whenever I can. I composer wanted “to salvage some of the film when an informer is thrown to am told I have a recognizable style but the music that would otherwise have his death. a fragment of the solitary my greatest pleasure is when I can been left on the floor of the dubbing- horn melody then leads to eloquently surprise the audience with my music.” room,” and published his own flowing love music between Malloy and symphonic suite for the concert hall Edie doyle (Eva Marie Saint) and to a the following year. although it does melody (which was cut from the film) William Walton (1902–1983) follow the movie’s narrative as much which grows in ardor each of the five Belshazzar’s Feast (1930–31, Rev. 1931, as possible and its musical themes are times it is presented. a third horn solo 1948 & 1957) developed, the 20-minute continuous announces a furious, scherzo-like battle score is, by design, more symphonic with music drawn from the climactic Belshazzar’s Feast , the blockbuster suite than symphonic poem. fight between Malloy and Friendly. an choral masterpiece that firmly alto saxophone now reintroduces consolidated the 29-year-old William a hauntingly expressive Malloy’s theme and its orchestration Walton as a composer of the front unaccompanied horn melody portrays grows to a sonorous full orchestra as the rank with the British public, grew from the solitary longshoreman terry Malloy badly beaten-up Malloy bravely enters a modest, informal, verbal commission (Marlon Brando) and his battles against the dock for an honest day’s work, now from the BBc. they had in mind a 20- his overbearing and corrupt union boss with the full support of his fellow minute work, “suitable for the Johnny Friendly (Lee J. cobb) and his workers, emboldened by his example. microphone,” and “really light in cronies who organize the new york Friendly’s iron grip is now beaten. character,” for small chorus and small harbor. Bernstein’s horn melody speaks —© 2018 Keith Horner. orchestra (“not more than 15 soloists”).

3 a fee was not even specified. at the my boy,” Beecham rather grandly said Strauss, and other European time, Walton had a reputation as an to Walton. “Why not throw in a couple composers then embracing the jazz enfant terrible with Façade , in which of brass bands?” age. his skill in harnessing his choral Edith Sitwell’s poems were recited resources comes from his training as a through a megaphone to his jazzy, Walton did exactly that: “thrown in choral scholar at Oxford and his twenties music. When presented with they were, and there they remain,” he familiarity with the English choral his friend Osbert Sitwell’s carefully said. the twin ensembles of three tradition. structured, vividly described Old , three , and testament story of the capture of the seated to either side of the orchestra In stark contrast to Walton’s musical children of Israel in Babylon and add a visceral shimmer to Walton’s depiction of hedonism at Belshazzar’s overthrow of the decadent King depiction of Belshazzar’s pagan feast court, the baritone soloist, Belshazzar (drawn from books of and to other climactic scenes in the unaccompanied at first, then intones daniel, Isaiah, revelation and Psalms work. the feast forms the second of the writing on the wall, the words and 137 and 81), Walton’s imagination went three clearly defined tableaux in their translation dramatized with a into overdrive. Working at the Sitwell’s Sitwell’s compact libretto. the first is tautness and impact that is spine- favored accommodation on the Italian Isaiah’s prophecy of the Israelites’ exile tingling. the scene’s eerie sounds were amalfi coast and in the in Babylon (howl ye, howl ye), followed to serve Walton well in his film scores northamptonshire stables of his by their resignation and lamentations in the years to come. In the final sponsor’s family home in England, (By the waters of Babylon) and tableau, Walton unleashes a triumphal Walton seized on the dramatic images aspirations (how can I forget thee, O paean of praise and alleluias in thanks in the Biblical story and wrote for Jerusalem). the richesse of for the delivery of the Israelites from forces equivalent to those of the Belshazzar’s Babylon is then invoked captivity. Its glory in victory is calmed grandest of English oratorios. It was by by solo baritone. Soon, Walton somewhat by a choral section far his largest project to date and unleashes his considerable skill in lamenting the fall of Babylon and its beyond the resources of the piqued precisely focused, crisp orchestration, fate to come. But the alleluias prevail BBc. they bowed out, the Leeds which includes high E-flat , and, in the words of the leading critic Festival bowed in and its artistic alto saxophone and a host of exotic of the day, the influential critic Ernest director Sir thomas Beecham, fearing percussion to invoke the gods of gold, newman: “Mr. Walton works a first and only performance for the silver, iron, stone, wood and brass. the constantly at a voltage that takes our new work, assigned the to rhythmic drive of Walton’s score breath away.” the up-and-coming . comes from his familiarity with the —© 2018 Keith Horner. “as you’ll never hear the thing again, theater scores of Stravinsky and

4 Text to Belshazzar’s Feast Arranged from biblical sources by Osbert Sitwell

thus spake Isaiah: thy sons that thou shalt beget, they shall be taken away and be eunuchs In the palace of the King of Babylon. howl ye, howl ye, therefore: For the day of the Lord is at hand!

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down: yea, we wept and hanged our harps upon the willows.

For they that wasted us required of us mirth; they that carried us away captive required of us a song. Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

how shall we sing the Lord’s song In a strange land?

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

By the waters of Babylon there we sat down: yea, we wept. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be that taketh thy children and dasheth them against a stone, For with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.

5 Babylon was a great city, her merchandise was of gold and silver, Of precious stones, of pearls, of fine linen, Of purple, silk, and scarlet, all manner vessels of ivory, all manner vessels of most precious wood, Of brass, iron, and marble, cinnamon, odours, and ointments, Of frankincense, wine, and oil, Fine flour, wheat, and beasts, Sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, and the souls of men.

In Babylon Belshazzar the King made a great feast, Made a feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded us to bring the gold and silver vessels: yea! the golden vessels, which his father, nebuchadnezzar, had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem. he commanded us to bring the golden vessels Of the temple of the house of God, that the King, his Princes, his wives, and his concubines might drink therein.

then the King commanded us: Bring ye the cornet, , sackbut, psaltery and all kinds of music: they drank wine again, yea, drank from the sacred vessels.

6 and then spake the King: Praise ye the God of Gold, Praise ye the God of Silver, Praise ye the God of Iron, Praise ye the God of Wood, Praise ye the God of Stone, Praise ye the God of Brass, Praise ye the Gods!

thus in Babylon, the mighty city, Belshazzar the King made a great feast, Made a feast to a thousand of his lords and drank wine before the thousand.

Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine commanded us to bring the gold and silver vessels that his Princes, his wives, and his concubines Might rejoice and drink therein.

after they had praised their strange gods, the idols and the devils, False gods who can neither see nor hear, called they for the timbrel and the pleasant harp to extol the glory of the King. then they pledged the King before the people, crying, thou, O King, art King of Kings: O King, live for ever...

and in that same hour, as they feasted, came forth fingers of a man’s hand and the King saw the part of the hand that wrote.

7 and this was the writing that was written: “MEnE, MEnE, tEKEL uPharSIn” “thOu art WEIGhEd In thE BaLancE and FOund WantInG.” In that night was Belshazzar the King slain and his Kingdom divided.

then sing aloud to God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. take a psalm, bring hither the timbrel, Blow up the in the new moon, Blow up the trumpet in Zion For Babylon the Great is fallen, fallen. alleluia!

then sing aloud to God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob, While the Kings of the Earth lament and the merchants of the Earth Weep, wail, and rend their raiment. they cry, alas, alas, that great city, In one hour is her judgement come.

the trumpeters and pipers are silent, and the harpers have ceased to harp, and the light of a candle shall shine no more.

then sing aloud to God our strength: Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob, For Babylon the Great is fallen. alleluia!

8 Biographies

Danny Elfman For over 30 years, four-time Oscar nominee danny Elfman has established himself as one of the most versatile and accomplished film composers in the industry. he has collaborated with directors such as tim Burton, Gus Van Sant, Sam raimi, Peter Jackson, ang Lee, rob Minkoff, Guillermo del toro, Brian de Palma, James Ponsoldt and david O’ russell. Beginning with his first score on tim Burton’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Elfman has scored over 100 films, including: Milk (Oscar nominated), Good Will Hunting (Oscar nominated), Big Fish (Oscar nominated), Men in Black (Oscar nominated), Edward Scissorhands, Batman, To Die For, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spiderman, A Simple Plan, Photo: Brian Averill Midnight Run, Sommersby, Dolores Claiborne , and the Errol Morris documentaries The Unknown Known , a native of Los angeles, Elfman grew composer-director collaborations in and Standard Operating Procedure . up loving film music. he travelled the film history. In addition to his film work, Most recently he has provided the world as a young man, absorbing its Elfman wrote the iconic theme music music for Warner Bros. Justice League , musical diversity. he helped found the for the television series The Simpsons and Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry He band Oingo Boingo, and came to the and Desperate Housewives. Won’t Get Far On Foot . he is currently attention of a young tim Burton, who working on the upcoming tim Burton asked him to write the score for Pee- Elfman has expanded his writing to film Dumbo for disney, and The Grinch wee’s Big Adventure . 34 years later, the composing orchestral concert works for universal. two have forged one of the most fruitful which include: , a

9 symphony commissioned by the american composer’s Orchestra, which premiered at carnegie hall in 2005, Rabbit and Rogue , for the american Ballet theater choreographed by twyla tharp, performed at the house in 2008, and Iris for cirque du Soleil directed by French choreographer Philippe decouflé. In 2011, danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton live orchestral concert, premiered at , and has since toured around the world and won two Emmys.

In 2017 Elfman premiered his first violin concerto in Prague, which was performed by the czech national Orchestra. this year, his first Quartet, commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic , will premiere in the fall at the Berlin Photo: Jan Malý Philharmonie.

Sandy Cameron number of unique performance London, and the Elbphilharmonie in declared “brilliant” by the Washington experiences Ms. cameron has had. hamburg, Germany. Post , violinist Sandy cameron is one of another standout was her first time to the most strikingly unique artists of her australia, performing at the adelaide : the Seattle Symphony and generation. Since her debut at the age of Festival of the arts. Performing in an the Kirov Orchestra were the first two 12 in Eindhoven, the netherlands, Sandy Olympic stadium in South Korea and great orchestras Ms. cameron had the has performed extensively as a soloist bringing world premiere performances privilege of performing with. Since throughout the world. here are some to tokyo have also been very special. then, collaborations have included the personal highlights of Sandy’s work: additionally, Ms. cameron has enjoyed San diego Symphony, colorado playing in david Geffen hall at Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, royal Liverpool Places: the White nights Festival in St. center, the Kennedy center in Philharmonic, tokyo Philharmonic, and Petersburg, russia, when the sun would Washington, d.c., the the national Symphony Orchestra, barely set, was one of the first of a in Los angeles, royal albert hall in among others.

10 Projects: the most rewarding experience of Ms. cameron’s career is danny Elfman’s Violin concerto, Eleven Eleven . danny wrote this concerto for Ms. cameron, and she had the great pleasure and honor of presenting the world premiere with conductor John Mauceri at the Prague Proms in June 2017. It was received with great success, and they had the luxury of continuing that success in hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie. She first began working with Mr. Elfman while performing with the Los angeles based cirque du Soleil show, IRIS, which ran from 2011-13. Since cirque, she’s had a number of exciting experiences which include performing tan dun’s Martial Arts Trilogy , touring globally with renowned trumpeter- composer chris Botti, as a featured soloist in austin Wintory’s score to the video game Assassin’s Creed : Syndicate , and a number of featured solo appearances in concert productions John Mauceri music director of Scottish opera, and is such as danny Elfman’s Music from the John Mauceri, world-renowned the first american ever to have held Films of Tim Burton , disney’s The Nightmare conductor, educator, and writer, has the post of music director of an opera Before Christmas Live in Concert , disney’s appeared with the world’s greatest house in either Great Britain or Italy. The Little Mermaid Live in Concert , and opera companies and symphony he was music director of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Live orchestras, on the musical stages of Washington Opera (the Kennedy in Concert , all at the hollywood Bowl. Broadway and hollywood as well as at center) as well as Pittsburgh Opera, the most prestigious hall of academia. and was the first music director of the outstanding violin played by Ms. Mr. Mauceri served as music director american Symphony Orchestra in cameron, crafted by Pietro Guarnerius (direttore stabile) of the in carnegie hall after its legendary of Venice, c. 1735, is on extended loan turin, Italy for three years after founding director, , through the generous efforts of the completing seven years (22 with whom he studied. For fifteen Stradivari Society ® of chicago. productions and three recordings) as years he served on the faculty of his

11 alma mater and On Broadway, he was co-producer of works by Verdi, debussy, hindemith, returned in 2001 to teach and conduct and served as musical Ives, Stockhausen, Blitzstein, and Weill. the official concert celebrating the supervisor for hal Prince’s production of university’s 300th anniversary. In 2016, , as well as andrew Lloyd In articles, speeches, radio and he celebrated the 50th anniversary of Webber’s with television appearances, John Mauceri the yale Symphony, which he helped . he also conducted has taken his passion for music and the to found, with concerts in new haven the orchestra for the film version of Evita. importance of the arts to audiences and at carnegie hall. throughout the world. these include deeply committed to preserving two harvard university, yale university, the For 18 years, Mr. Mauceri worked american art forms, the Broadway Smithsonian Institution, the nEa, the closely with Leonard Bernstein and musical, and hollywood film scores, he academy of Motion Picture arts and conducted many of the composer’s has edited and performed a vast Sciences, Gramophone Magazine , nPr, premieres at Bernstein’s request. he is catalogue of restorations and first BBc, PBS, the New York Times , the Los the Founding director of the performances, including a full restoration Angeles Times , and the Huffington Post , which was of the original 1943 production of where he regularly writes a blog. created for him in 1991 by the Los rodgers & hammerstein’s Oklahoma! , angeles Philharmonic association. performing editions of Gershwin’s Porgy Mr. Mauceri is one of the world’s most Breaking all records at the Bowl, he & Bess, , and Strike up the Band , accomplished recording artists, having conducted over 300 concerts at the Bernstein’s Candide and , released over 75 audio cds and is the 18,000-seat amphitheater with a total Blitzstein’s Regina , and film scores by recipient of Grammy, tony, Olivier, audience of four million people. Miklos rozsa, , Erich drama desk, Edison Klassiek, 3 Emmy Wolfgang Korngold, , Elmer awards, 2 diapasons d’Or, cannes For seven years (2006-2013) he served Bernstein, , danny classique, EchO Klassik, Billboard, as chancellor of the university of north Elfman and . and four deutsche Schallplatten carolina’s School of the arts, america’s awards. In 1999, Mr. Mauceri was first public arts conservatory-university. as one of two conductors in decca chosen as a “Standard-bearer of the he has conducted at new york’s records’ award-winning series twentieth century” for WQXr, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s royal “Entartete Musik,” Mauceri made a america’s most-listened-to classical Opera house (covent Garden), Milan’s number of historic first recordings of radio station. according to WQXr, teatro alla Scala, Berlin’s deutsche music banned by the nazis. the “these are a select number of musical Oper, the new york Philharmonic, the intersection of the “degenerate artists who have already established chicago Symphony Orchestra, the composers” of Europe and the refugee themselves as forces to be reckoned Boston Symphony Orchestra, all the composers of hollywood is the subject with and who will be the Standard major London orchestras, as well as of much of his research and his Bearers of the 21st century’s music l’Orchestre nationale de France and writings. In addition, Mr. Mauceri has scene.” the recipients were chosen for the tokyo Philharmonic. conducted significant premieres of “their visionary talent and technical

12 virtuosity.” In addition, cnn and cnn International chose Mr. Mauceri as a “Voice of the Millennium.” Mr. Mauceri was recently awarded the ditson conductor’s award for his five decades of commitment to performing and editing american music. his critically-acclaimed book, Maestros and Their Music—the Art and Alchemy of Conducting, was published by alfred a. Knopf in november 2017.

Paul Phillips appointed Gretchen B. Kimball director of Orchestral Studies and associate Professor (teaching) of Music at Stanford university in 2017, Paul Phillips is a conductor, composer, and author who has conducted more than 60 orchestras, opera companies, and ballet troupes worldwide, including the San Francisco Symphony, dallas Symphony, netherlands radio conducting honors include 1st Prize in at the Frankfurt Opera and first chamber Orchestra and , the nOS International conductors Kapellmeister at Stadttheater Orquesta Sinfónica de Salta course (holland) and Wiener Lüneburg. upon his selection for the (argentina), Paul taylor dance Meisterkurse conductors course Exxon/arts Endowment conductors company, and Opera Providence, as (Vienna), and eleven aScaP awards Program, he returned to the u.S., well as numerous choruses. he has for adventurous Programming of holding positions with the Greensboro conducted recordings with the Iceland contemporary Music. Symphony, Greensboro Opera, Symphony Orchestra, rtÉ national Maryland Symphony, Savannah Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), and after studies at Eastman, columbia, Symphony, and Savannah Symphony Brown university Orchestra, whose cd and the university of cincinnati chorale prior to his appointment as Manhattan Intermezzo became the #1 college-conservatory of Music, Phillips director of Orchestras and chamber best-selling naxos recording upon its began his career in Germany as Music at Brown university in 1989. he release in January 2016. his conducting assistant to Michael Gielen has also served as associate conductor

13 of the rhode Island Philharmonic and best known as the author of A Music director/conductor of the Clockwork Orange , has been hailed in Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra the press as “prodigiously researched, and chorus. elegantly written” and “seamlessly fascinating.” Phillips is also a noted Leonard Bernstein, Michael tilson music theorist whose article “the thomas, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, and Enigma of Variations : a Study of Gunther Schuller are among the Stravinsky’s Final Work for Orchestra” conductors with whom Phillips studied in Music Analysis is cited by richard at tanglewood, aspen, the Salzburg taruskin in Stravinsky and the Russian “Mozarteum,” La Philharmonic Traditions as “the best exposition in Institute, Music academy of the West, print of Stravinsky’s serial methods.” and other festivals in the u.S. and Europe. his former conducting an award-winning composer, Phillips students include Jonathan Girard has composed orchestral works, a (director of Orchestras, university of ballet, choral music, song cycles, British columbia), charlie alterman keyboard and chamber music, music (Musical director of Next to Normal , for theatre, and works for young Pippin , and other Broadway shows), audiences in collaboration with and Vinay Parameswaran (assistant storyteller Bill harley. their two-act conductor, ). In opera Weedpatch will be premiered in conductor,” and his work as “Wonderful 2016, Phillips received the prestigious March 2018 in cambridge, music making! ... evident in an intense harriet W. Sheridan award for Massachusetts, by north cambridge engagement with his charges: the distinguished contribution to teaching Family Opera, which commissioned musicians responded to this attention and Learning at Brown university. the opera from Phillips and harley with wide-eyed musical acuity.” Other upon selecting them as the winners of reviews have lauded, “It is difficult to his reduced orchestration of ncFO’s first commission competition. believe that any choral group Stravinsky’s opera Mavra , published by anywhere is capable of performing Boosey & hawkes, has been performed Stephen M. Sano better than the Stanford chorus under at Glyndebourne and other leading Stephen M. Sano, Professor of Music at the direction of Stephen M. Sano.” opera houses, while his book A Stanford university, assumed the Clockwork Counterpoint: The Music and position of director of choral Studies in dr. Sano has appeared as guest Literature of Anthony Burgess 1993. at Stanford, dr. Sano directs the conductor with many of the world’s (Manchester university Press, 2010), a Stanford chamber chorale and leading choral organizations including groundbreaking examination of the Symphonic chorus, where he has been in collaborative concerts with the work of the British composer-novelist described in the press as “a gifted choir of trinity college, cambridge;

14 the Joyful company of Singers Outside of the choral world, dr. Sano is (London); the choir of royal holloway, a scholar and performer of kī hō alu university of London; the (hawaiian slack key ), and an Kammerchor der universität der avid supporter of north american Künste Berlin; and the Kammerchor Taiko (Japanese american drumming). der universität Wien (Vienna). he as a slack key artist, his recordings often appears as guest conductor of have been nominated as finalists for the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra in the prestigious nā hōkū hanohano its collaborative concerts with the award and the hawaiian Music award. Stanford Symphonic chorus, and has his recording, Songs from the taro served on the conducting faculty of Patch, was on the preliminary ballot the Wilkes university Encore Music for the 2008 Grammy award. dr. Festival of Pennsylvania. he has Sano’s recordings can be heard on the studied at the tanglewood Music arSIS audio, Pictoria, and daniel ho center and is in frequent demand as creations labels (choral); and the a master class teacher, conductor, daniel ho creations and Ward and adjudicator in choral music. to records labels (slack key guitar). date, he has taught master classes and conducted festival, honor, a native of Palo alto, california, dr. municipal, and collegiate from Sano holds Master’s and doctoral over 20 states, as well as from degrees in both orchestral and choral Scholar at St John’s college, England, austria, Germany, canada, conducting from Stanford, and a cambridge university, where his duties australia, and Japan. Bachelor’s degree in piano included playing the organ for the performance and theory from San daily services in the college chapel, On Stanford campus, dr. Sano’s José State university. and assisting the renowned choral accomplishments as a leader and conductor George Guest in the educator have been recognized Robert Huw Morgan direction of the celebrated choir of through his appointments as the robert huw Morgan, director of the boys and men. during that time, he inaugural chair holder of the Professor Stanford university Singers, is the studied organ repertoire with the great harold c. Schmidt directorship of university Organist at Stanford British virtuoso, nicholas Kynaston, choral Studies and as the rachford university, a position he has held since and improvisation with nigel allcoat. and carlota a. harris university Fellow 1999. a native of Wales, he received his in undergraduate Education at Ba and Ma from cambridge university In July 1999, he was awarded two Stanford university. he was also the and in 1989 became a Fellow of the doctorates in Organ Performance and recipient of the 2005 dean’s award for royal college of Organists. Between Orchestral conducting from the distinguished teaching. 1985 and 1988, he was an Organ university of Washington in Seattle,

15 where his teachers were Professors performed the complete organ works the Vespers of both Monteverdi and carole terry (organ) and Peter Eros of dieterich Buxtehude in celebration rachmaninoff, and Mozart’s Requiem (conducting). From 1994 to 1996, he was of the twentieth anniversary of the and in C minor. staff piano accompanist at the landmark Fisk organ at Stanford university of Washington School of university. the academic year 2010- as both an accompanist and soloist, he Music and thereafter, for three years, was 2011 saw him perform the complete has toured in Europe, america, and assistant conductor of the university organ works of Johann Sebastian australia and has recorded performances Symphony Orchestra and Opera. Bach, a series of fourteen concerts for BBc television and radio, as well as celebrating the twenty-fifth birthday of television and radio stations in the u.S., he performs a wide repertoire of organ the Fisk organ. australia, and canada. music, from the earliest sources to contemporary music. recent as a conductor, he has led In addition to his duties as university performances have included performances of several operas Organist, he also holds the positions of appearances at St. James cathedral, (Falstaff , Hansel & Gretel , and Die Lecturer in Music, director of the Seattle, as well as at the cathedral in Fledermaus among others) as well as Stanford university Singers, and Bogotá, colombia as part of the ‘Bach such choral masterpieces as Bach’s St. director of the Stanford Memorial in Bogotá’ festival. In 2005, dr. Morgan John Passion and the Mass in B minor , church choir.

Ensembles

STANFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performing a broad repertoire of Supported by the department of Music On december 16, 1891, two months symphonic music from the Baroque and the associated Students of after Stanford university opened its period to compositions of the present Stanford university (aSSu), the SSO is doors, the first Stanford Orchestra was day. Winners of Stanford Symphony the largest on-campus student music organized, consisting of just eleven Orchestra’s annual concerto organization. Membership is open to all members. now, more than 125 years competition are regularly featured as members of the Stanford community, later, orchestral activity at Stanford guest soloists. additionally, the with priority given to students. In has expanded to two orchestras: the orchestra annually performs joint addition to a relatively small number of Stanford Symphony Orchestra (SSO), a concerts with Stanford choral groups music majors, the SSO attracts a large orchestra with over 100 and the Stanford Wind Symphony. the diverse membership that includes members, and the Stanford SSO has collaborated with many majors in computer science, Philharmonia (SP), a chamber world-renowned artists, premiered engineering, aerospace and orchestra of about 50 musicians. numerous contemporary works, and aeronautics, and a wide range of featured on its concerts many Stanford majors in the humanities. Each spring, the SSO presents approximately six students and faculty as soloists, about a dozen members of the SSO concert programs per season, composers, and conductors. and SP are elected to the Orchestra

16 committee, which organizes the china in 2008 as part of the Beijing , and performed at the annual Fall retreat, plans trips to Olympic cultural Festival, and to cuba opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics attend San Francisco Symphony and Mexico in 2017—a cultural International youth arts Festival. concerts, hosts dinners with the exchange on the theme of “Music that conductor, applies for aSSu funding, dances” that drew upon traditions of STANFORD UNIVERSITY SINGERS and assists with many other orchestral the host countries while presenting a select concert choir of activities. an expanded committee new works by Stanford faculty approximately 50 members, the helps to organize orchestra tours composers Giancarlo aquilanti and Stanford university Singers perform a during tour years. Mark applebaum. broad range of Western , both a cappella and In January 2013, the SSO moved into STANFORD SYMPHONIC CHORUS accompanied. recent performance its new home on campus, Bing concert With over 200 members, the Stanford highlights include J.S. Bach’s hall. to celebrate the new hall, the Symphonic chorus is the largest magisterial Mass in B minor ; Brahms’s SSO presented “the Beethoven choral organization at Stanford Ein Deutsches Requiem , in the Project,” featuring performances that university. the ensemble specializes in composer’s arrangement for four-hand year of all of Beethoven’s symphonies the performance of choral piano accompaniment; and a program and piano , with Van cliburn masterworks with orchestra and of unaccompanied renaissance gold medalist Jon nakamatsu as makes its home at both of Stanford’s motets by tallis, Byrd, and Palestrina. soloist in the five piano concertos. the primary performance venues, the In June and July of 2008, members of project culminated in a European tour stunning Bing concert hall and the university Singers also joined called “In Beethoven’s Footsteps,” with cathedralesque Memorial church. singers from the other department of SSO performances in Germany, during its history, the Stanford Music choral ensembles in a ten-day austria, and the czech republic in Symphonic chorus has performed concert tour of china that included cities associated with Beethoven. under the batons of many luminary performing at the opening events of Other SSO tours include trips to conductors, including Seiji Ozawa, the Olympic International youth australia and new Zealand in 2005, to , Erich Leinsdorf, and cultural Festival.

17 STANFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Paul Phillips, Music Director and Conductor

VIOLIN I FLUTE HARP Léa Bourgade, Ben Parks, principal nnamdi Odita-honnah Juliet hamak Sierra ha concertmaster Jennie yang Krishan Kumar randy Pratt christina ding Michael Basili tiffany Jiang ALTO SAXOPHONE dong hui (tony) Kim nova Meurice Victoria ding cody Stocker PIANO/CELESTA do-hyoung Park arkira cyndia yu adrian Liu hiroto Saito chantaratananond HORN colin Gaffney Isaac Scheinfeld PICCOLO Jake Gold ORGAN ayano Kitano carson conley cyndia yu armando castellano robert huw Morgan carling hank Bryce alfred Johnson nnamdi Odita-honnah Vaughn White Xingyu (alice) yang Suhas Sastry Susan Vollmer Seung hye (Beatrice) Will Gutzman WALTON BRASS choi Kwyn demmert TRUMPET BANDS VIOLONCELLO Jonathan Qi Bob runnels VIOLIN II Erik roise, principal Kenneth Wang Pablo Garcia LEFT BAND tara Iyer, principal Will Pittock Joanna Sylman ari Micich, Trumpet 1 cole Graham Monica anuforo ENGLISH HORN Jason Park, Trumpet 2 Eunhye (Grace) Jung claire hillier Kwyn demmert Kent Mikasa, Trumpet 3 Zarah tesfai Emily huang avner Kreps don couch, Trombone 1 charlotte Peale Simon Evered CLARINET Jacob Bedia don howe, Trombone 2 noah Berrie ayoade Balogun Jocelyn Kang Olivia ames c.L. Behrens, Bass andrew Jabara Grace Mueller Steven cheng Trombone hannah Mueller robert collar BASS TROMBONE Joel White, Tuba Emily yang CONTRABASS ashlyn Gary Kevin Wang Meredith nelson Eddie tchaouchev, Benjamin deMayo arianna Serafini principal TUBA RIGHT BAND noah Bailyn E-FLAT CLARINET Jonathan Lin rick Leder, Trumpet 1 cara turnbull robert collar Stephen ruppenthal, Bryant huang Trumpet 2 Bruce Moyer Sumeet Singh chris Wilhite, Trumpet 3 Benjamin deMayo Josh Payne andrew hill, Trombone 1 ryan Black, Trombone 2 PERCUSSION todd Weinman, Bass Jason Lin Max Melin Trombone noah cort Josh Payne Johnathan hsu, Tuba Juliet hamak Greg Messa Peter hansel

18 STANFORD SYMPHONIC CHORUS Stephen M. Sano, Director Su Mi Park, Rehearsal Pianist • Eric Tuan, Chorus Administrator

Soprano Alto Tenor Lisa abeyounis, Jan allen, Marsha adler, Lois aldwin, dee Baily, Eric Berdahl, timothy Biglow, Elisabeth Barek, courtney Behm, ann Bamesberger, Becky Bell, Katerina Blazek, richard Bogart, ruth Benz, connie chang, amy chen, cricket Bidleman, Sarah Bodary-Winter, yin chen, Frank crow, chris French, chou chiang, Siu-Quan chow, Joanne Bogart, Shauna Bowden, Preston Gardner, carsten hast, carey conniff, Sneha deo, Grace carland, regina casper, david hewings, Marla Kravatz, andrea dobbs, Jara dusatko, Barbara christian, Jane chronis, Ken Kuroda, ann MacLeod, ros Edmonds, Bevin Emery, tracey chuang, hye chung, Marcio Paduan donadio, alan Phinney, cristina Engh, Marti Engh, Patty Fisher, Margaret cooper, Lina crane, Florian Schmid, Fred tejada, Margaret Fuller, Inna Gitman, Wendy crowder, Mark daly, henry Whitfield, Suqian Wu, Laura Griswold, claudia hevel, Jeanne Fishback, uta Francke, naomi Zamir Mette huberman, Monique huguenin, Lorien French, Peggy George, tomoko Ishii, Letitia Lai, Laisz Lam, amanda Giles, Miyuki Goldman, Bass Monique Lane, ariella Lee, Kyyoun Lee, diane Greenberg, catherine hardy, Larry Brandt, John chow, alma Lopes, Jeri Mao, Laura harker, Zhenjie he, cathy heaney, rick ciardella, cecil coe, Will corvino, Jeanne Marzano, Lynda McLaughlin, Kali hess, Julie hill, JoLani hironaka, Marc-antoine cote, hans de Veer, catherine Milton, Kimie nebrig, Jo Jaros, anne Jones, Mark decker, uwe Enders, ann newman, Kimiko Ogun, Ellen McGinty King, colleen Labozetta, andy Escobar, Edward Feigenbaum, Maria claudia Peroto, amy Lee, Jo Leung, Elaine Levenson, tom Feledy, Ken Frier, roxanne reeves, Wena rosario, Megan Maher, alice Mansell, charles Guenzer, rex Jamison, Gae Sares, tracy Schmidt, Paula Maurano, dorothy Mccartney, John Jaros, John Kiszla, david Klinger, Laurel Shimer, Mirna Skracic, hannelore Mccrumb, Peggy McGill, david Koffman, Michael Kuehn, carol Slotnick, Jeri Stalford, Vera Michalchik, Sharon Mueller, yutaka Kuroda, Ming-Lung Lee, Marla Stark, diane toby, cecilia tom, alberta Mussati, Marion noble, Kenneth Lu, Mati Merilo, Jinhong Mi, Francoise tourniaire, Elizabeth trudell, Kathy noravian, Sandy Ogden, Patrick Mulvanny, tom newman, Mieko tsukamoto, Julia tung, donna Pfeifer, Suzanne rankin, Greg Parker, richard Pering, Mieko turley, tanya urschel, Janet rector, Jacqueline rogoff, richard Probst, Gregory rathborne, nancy Vincler, Keiko Waga, Ellen Schneider, helen Sohn, ray renati, Peter robinson, anna Wichansky, Sasha Winter, Jennifer Song, rosemary Stevens, alexander Sholtz, anthony Shortland, Keren ruth Wong, diane yeramian, andrea Stryer, cherise thompson, Jay Siedenburg, Gergely Szucs, helen young Kim Van tran, Karlette Warner, Edwin tan, chinin tana, Ian Wall, Elizabeth Weiss, henry Watts, Michael Webb, theresa Whitney-corvino, Lisa yang, Len Weisberg, richard Woolley nancy yang, Sally Zhen

19 STANFORD UNIVERSITY SINGERS Robert Huw Morgan, Director Alli Keys, Chorus Administrator

Soprano Alto Bass claire Baker, camila hayashi, Jennifer altavilla, Sydney Barada, Warren Bein, Gabriel Buchsbaum, alpha hernandez, Elyssa hofgard, Lily chen, Kathlynn Simotas, robert Forke, david Freeman, alli Keys, angie Lee, Lillian Mao, danielle tang, abby taylor, John Godbey, don Lowmiller, Maria Massucco, Shenglan Qiao, caitlin tierney, Lisa Zacarias, Joel reinecke, Ben ripman, Elizabeth reichert, Priyanka Shekar, nina Zheng, Victoria Zhurita conrad Shock hana Shin, corinna Slater, Jessica Verran-Lingard, Kitty yeung Tenor Matt Fernald, Sean Gugler, Jon-Michael Knapp, albert Liang, andy Liu

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