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Wind Symphony, November 21, 2019 Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 11-21-2019 Wind Symphony, November 21, 2019 Anthony C. Marinello III conductor Elizabeth Thompson soloist Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Marinello III, Anthony C. conductor and Thompson, Elizabeth soloist, "Wind Symphony, November 21, 2019" (2019). School of Music Programs. 4311. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/4311 This Performance Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Illinois State University Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts School of Music ________________________________________________________________ Wind Symphony Anthony C. Marinello, III conductor Elizabeth Thompson, soloist _________________________________________________________________ Center for the Performing Arts November 21, 2019 Thursday Evening 8:00 p.m. This is the eighty-first program of the 2019-2020 season. Program Please silence all electronic devices for the duration of the concert. Thank you. Havana (2018) Kevin Day (born 1996) Songs from a Silent Land (2019) Michael Daugherty (born 1954) I. Water is Taught by Thirst II. De Profundis III. Remember Consortium Premiere Elizabeth Thompson, soloist - Intermission- Mysterium (2002/2011) Jennifer Higdon (born 1962) Masks and Machines (2015) Paul Dooley (born 1983) ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES The Center for the Performing Arts is equipped with an infrared audio amplification system for assisted listening. Headsets and receiver packs are available, free of charge, at the Box Office or by checking with the House Manager. An ID is needed to check out the device and must be returned to the House Manager at the end of the performance. Songs from a Silent Land TEXT I. Water is Taught by Thirst (1859) Emily Dickinson (1830-1866; American) Water, is taught by thirst. Land—by the Oceans passed. Transport—by throe— Peace—by its battles told— Love, by Memorial Mold— Birds, by the Snow. I Think That the Root of the Wind is Water (1873) Emily Dickinson (1830-1866; American) I think that the Root of the Wind is Water— It would not sound so deep Were it a Firmamental Product— Airs no Oceans keep — Mediterranean intonations— To a Current’s ear— There is a maritime conviction In the Atmosphere— II. De Profundis (1862) Christina Rossetti (1830-1894; English) Oh why is heaven built so far, Oh why is earth set so remote? I cannot reach the nearest star That hangs afloat. I would not care to reach the moon, One round monotonous of change; Yet even she repeats her tune Beyond my range. I never watch the scatter'd fire Of stars, or sun's far-trailing train, But all my heart is one desire, And all in vain: For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope. III. Remember (1876) Christina Rossetti (1830-1894; English) Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann'd: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. Program Notes Thank you for joining us for today’s performance of the Illinois State University Wind Symphony. We hope that you will enjoy our concert, and that you might consider joining us again for future performances here at the ISU School of Music. Please visit http://www.bands.illinoisstate.edu for more information. Thank you for your support! Kevin Alexander Day (born 1996 in Charleston, WV) is an American composer, conductor, multi- instrumentalist, and native of Arlington, Texas. Day is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Music Composition degree at the University of Georgia. Day earned his Bachelor of Music Degree in Instrumental Performance from TCU (Texas Christian University), where he studied euphonium and tuba, composition, and conducting. He currently is the Composer-In-Residence for the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra in Mesquite, TX for their 2019-2021 seasons and is a current composer fellow for Cycle 8 of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. A winner of the BMI Student Composer Award, Day has composed 142 compositions to date and has had numerous premieres and performances by bands and orchestras across the United States, Austria, and South Africa. Day’s music has been featured at conferences across the U.S. such as ITEA, ITA, SCI Region VI Conference, WIBC, NAfME All-Northwest Conference, TMEA, ABA, The Midwest Clinic, and CBDNA. Mr. Day is also the winner of the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Young Composers Competition, the Tribeca New Music Young Composers Competition, and the Dallas Winds Fanfare Contest, as well as being a finalist twice for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. Day is also the recipient of the W. Francis McBeth Student Musicianship Award from Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. He has also worked with and has been mentored by renowned composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Julie Giroux, John Mackey, William Owens, and Frank Ticheli. Kevin is a member of BMI, TMEA, ITEA, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is also a member of the Millennium Composers Initiative. Day's works have been recorded/distributed by Mark Records (Naxos) and are published by Murphy Music Press, LLC, Cimarron Music, and Kevin Day Music. A program notes from the composer: Havana was a wind ensemble piece that I started working on in 2017, got about 30 measures into writing, and then put on the shelf. I couldn’t think of what to do with it or come up with an idea, so I ended up just putting it aside until I could. I ended up forgetting about it and while I was searching through my music files one night in September 2019, I stumbled on this work and found inspiration to write on what I had. I wanted to tell a story with the piece and make it authentic and so I spend a lot of time carefully writing the work. After messing with a few titles and feeling a good amount of frustration, I decided to go with Havana, despite there being a viral pop song already in existence with the same name (a song that is honestly a guilty pleasure of mine to listen to). This piece, however, has nothing to do with the Camila Cabello mega-hit. Havana (for Wind Ensemble) is a 7.5-minute work that is heavily influenced on Cuban music, rhythms, and percussion. I wanted to highlight different dance genres such as Salsa, Mambo, and Cha-Cha, while also making the piece in my own voice. I have a strong love for Latin Music and so this was incredibly fun to write. I sought to paint a mental picture of the city of Havana, the beautiful landscape, and the culture that it is known and beloved for. There are many “Latin-influenced” pieces for band already and so I wanted to make Havana stand out as one that is exciting and memorable. I hope that performers and audiences will tap their foot, bop their heads, and feel the music. Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty has achieved international recognition as one of the ten most performed American composers of concert music, according to the League of American Orchestras. His orchestral music, recorded by Naxos over the last two decades, has received six GRAMMY Awards, including Best Contemporary Classical Composition in 2011 for Deus ex Machina for piano and orchestra and in 2017 for Tales of Hemingway for cello and orchestra. Current commissions for 2020 include new orchestral works for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Omaha Symphony and a concerto for violinist Anne Akiko Meyers who will give the world premiere with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center in 2021. Michael Daugherty was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1954 and is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians. As a young man, Daugherty studied composition with many of the preeminent composers of the 20th century including Pierre Boulez at IRCAM in Paris (1979), Jacob Druckman, Earle Brown, Bernard Rands and Roger Reynolds at Yale (1980-82), and György Ligeti in Hamburg (1982-84). Daugherty was also an assistant to jazz arranger Gil Evans in New York from 1980-82. In 1991, Daugherty joined the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance as Professor of Composition, where he is a mentor to many of today’s most talented young composers. He is also a frequent guest of professional orchestras, festivals, universities and conservatories around the world. Daugherty’s music is published by Peermusic Classical/Faber Music, Boosey & Hawkes and Michael Daugherty Music. For more information on Michael Daugherty and his music, see his publisher’s websites. Program note from the composer: Songs from a Silent Land (2019) for soprano and chamber winds is a 16-minute song cycle for soprano and chamber winds. Inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830-1866) and Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), the cycle is comprised of three songs, reflecting on this world and the possibility of a next world.
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