THE PROGRAM

Oct 1 2017 The Great Hall at Cooper Union

Oct 3 2017 Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, The Early College THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG 1 Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 3 PM Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM The Great Hall at Cooper Union Daniel Arts Center, McConnell Theater, Bard Hello! College at Simon’s Rock, The Early College Performances #66 #67: Season 3, Concerts 3 4 We’re so glad you’ve joined us today. In TŌN, & & our goal is to make orchestral music relevant James Bagwell, to today’s audiences. Here’s how we’re doing conductor things a little differently: Jean Sibelius Valse triste, from Kuolema, Op. 44, No. 1 (1865–1957) (1903, rev. 1904) Let’s Chat Some of us will be introducing the Heinz Karl Gruber Frankenstein!! A pan-demonium for music, and even more will be in the (b. 1943) chansonnier and after children’s lobby at intermission. Come say hi, rhymes by HC Artmann (1976–77) grab a selfie, ask some questions, and Fanfare, Prologue (Dedication; Miss Dracula; let us know your thoughts. Goldfinger and Bond; John Wayne; Monster) A Mi Ma Monsterlet Fanfare, Intermezzo (Werewolf’s Serenade) We Live for the Applause Frankenstein We love your energy! There’s no need Rat Song and Crusoe Song to wait till the end of the piece—if Mr. Superman the music moves you, feel free to Finale (The Green-haired Man; Batman and applaud in between movements. Robin; Monsters in the Park; Litany; Hello, hello, Herr Frankenstein; Grete Müller’s Adieu) Be a Social Butterfly Fanfare, Epilogue If you have a great time, let your Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone friends know: share a photo or video Intermission (without disturbing anyone else), use #theorchnow, and tag us Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104, London (1795) @theorchnow. (1732–1809) Adagio—Allegro Andante Menuet: Allegro To find out more about usand what we think Finale: Spiritoso about the music, look through this program and visit theorchestranow.org. To stay up to date with TŌN emails, see the insert in this program. And The concert will run approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, to find out how you can support the orchestra, including one 20-minute intermission. turn to page 12. No beeping or buzzing, please! Silence all electronic devices. Photos and videos are encouraged, but only before and after the music. But above all else, we invite you to sit back and

The Oct 1 concert is presented in cooperation The Oct 3 concert is presented in ENJOY! with the Department of Continuing Education cooperation with Bard College at and Public Programs at The Cooper Union Simon’s Rock, The Early College

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TŌN’S ZACHARY SILBERSCHLAG ON HK GRUBER’S FRANKENSTEIN!!

In an interview, Gruber said that one of the most literal James Bagwell parts about the whole myth that we know about Frankenstein—that he’s reconstructed from other conductor human parts—is reflected in the orchestra during this James Bagwell maintains an active international piece. Gruber refers to the orchestra as Frankenstein; schedule as a conductor of choral, operatic, and orchestral music. He was most recently named associate he uses a lot of instruments that are not orchestral conductor of The Orchestra Now (TŌN) and in 2009 was instruments and reconstructs the orchestra from there. appointed principal guest conductor of the American In the part there’s a lot of mutes and various Symphony Orchestra. From 2009–15 he served as music toy instruments. He also uses toy among various director of The Collegiate Chorale. Some of the highlights percussion toys and slide whistles. of his tenure with them include conducting a number of operas-in-concert at Carnegie Hall, including Bellini’s What I also find particularly compelling is this idea that the piece is not entirely Beatrice di Tenda, Rossini’s Möise et Pharaon, and Boito’s based on the story of Frankenstein. Gruber based this suite on a volume of Mefistofele. He conducted the New York premiere of Philip Glass’ Toltec Symphony and Golijov’s Oceana, children’s rhymes and short poems by HC Artmann titled Frankenstein!! It’s both at Carnegie Hall. Since 2011 he has collaborated particularly relevant today, as there are politically subversive messages in with singer and composer Natalie Merchant, conducting these stories, and throughout the piece you’ll see the metaphor of political a number of major across the country, figures being not what they seem—the music on the surface is innocent and including the San Francisco and Seattle Symphonies. cheerful, but underneath, contains a darker message. Photo by Jito Lee Mr. Bagwell has trained choruses for numerous American and international orchestras, including the Mostly Sibelius Mozart Festival Orchestra, , Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Valse triste Budapest Festival Orchestra, and American Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with numerous conductors, This piece was written for Kuolema (“Death”), a play written by Sibelius’ including Charles Dutoit, Andris Nelsons, Gustavo brother-in-law about a dying woman dancing a final waltz with an imaginary Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Gianandrea Noseda, Valery partner. Sibelius’ waltz captures Death interrupting the woman’s waltz, and Gergiev, Yannik Nézet-Séguin, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo ends with the woman’s son finding his mother dead when he wakes. After Muti, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson the six performances of the play, Sibelius revised the piece and it became a Thomas, Louis Langrée, Leon Botstein, Ivan Fischer, Jesús success on its own. López-Cobos, and Robert Shaw.

Mr. Bagwell prepared The Collegiate Chorale for concerts at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland; in 2012 Haydn the Chorale traveled to Israel and the Salzburg Festival Symphony No. 104, London for four programs with The Israel Philharmonic. Since 2003 he has been director of choruses for the Bard Music This was the last symphony Haydn wrote before his death in 1809. It is one Festival, conducting and preparing choral works during of 12 symphonies he wrote in London, which are often referred to as the the summer festival at The Richard B. Fisher Center for Photo by Hoeberman Kristin “London 12.” They are bigger and grander than any of his other symphonies, the Performing Arts. He frequently appears as guest and are also known as the Salomon symphonies, named after the man who conductor for orchestras around the country and brought Haydn to London. Haydn conducted the premiere of this symphony, abroad, including the Cincinnati Symphony, Jerusalem and the piece was an instant success. Symphony, and the Interlochen Music Festival. He is Professor of Music at Bard College, and Director of Performance Studies and the Graduate Conducting Program at the Bard College Conservatory.

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SUN OCT 15 at 3 PM at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater SIBELIUS RUBINSTEIN& Nathaniel Sullivan baritone Neeme Järvi, artistic director of the Estonianconductor National Symphony Orchestra Performances: Handel’s Messiah and the roles of Dr. Pangloss and Martin in a concert production of Candide with The Orchestra Now; Mozart’s Coronation Sibelius Andante Festio Mass and baritone soloist in Haydn’s The Seasons: Winter with the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra; premiered five songs for baritone and chamber Anton Rubinstein ensemble in the Songs of the Earth project with members of the Albany Piano Concerto No. 4 & Caprice Russe Symphony; the Count in a scene from Le nozze di Figaro with the Lincoln with Anna Shelest, piano Symphony Orchestra; covered the roles of Gilgamesh and the Young Monk in the youngest prize winner of the Milosz Magin Int’l the Ouroboros Trilogy premiere in Boston with Beth Morrison Projects; Papageno Piano Competition in The Magic Flute Redux with the Bard College Conservatory of Music; Sid in Michael Daugherty Tales of eminga Albert Herring with University of Nebraska–Lincoln Opera with Zuill Bailey, cello Awards and Scholarships: Winner, 2016 Bard College Conservatory Concerto Grammy Award winner Competition; Bard College Conservatory Vocal Arts Fellowship, 2015–17; 1st Place, 2014 National Association of Teaching Singing’s National Musical Theatre Competition; Winner, Bizet Award, 2014 Orpheus Vocal Competition; GET FOR TICKETS Winner, encouragement awards (2), 2012–13 Metropolitan Opera National WITH CODE TON50 Council Auditions, Nebraska District; Presser Foundation Scholarship, 2013; Don & Carole Burt Scholarship for Vocal Excellence, 2013; Donald Walter Miller

Scholarship, 2013; Hixson-Lied International Study Grant, 2013; George Beadle Photo by Daniel Welch Media Scholarship, 2010

Education: B.M. in Vocal Performance, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; M.M. in Vocal Arts, Bard College Conservatory of Music, 2017; American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, summer opera studio program, 2013 Sample the music, get all the details, buy tickets, and more at THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG

6 Text TON to 33233 for email updates THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG 7 9 Principal (Gruber) (Haydn) not performing in this concert Trumpet Zachary Silberschlag, Moran, PrincipalChristopher Szabolcs Koczur Gabe Cruz* Matt Walley* Federico Ramos* Dan Honaker* Timpani Miles Salerni Percussion William Kaufman Harp Emily Melendes* * Guest Musicians Piano Frank Corliss (Sibelius, Haydn) (Sibelius, (Gruber) (1st half ) Principal (2nd half ) (Gruber) (Haydn) (Sibelius) (Gruber) (Haydn) Bass PrincipalLuke Stence, William McPeters Joshua DePoint Milad Daniari* Michael Franz* ) Casey Karr (on leave ) Paul Nemeth (on leave Zhenyuan Yao* Flute Thomas J. Wible, Principal Matthew Ross, Principal Denis Savelyev* Kelly Mozeik, Principal Regina Brady James Kim* Aleh Remezau* Elias Rodriguez, Principal Micah Candiotti-Pacheco, Sangwon Lee* Adam Romey, Principal Principal Carl Gardner, Horn Philip Brindise, Principal Shannon Hagan, Principal Anna Lenhart, Principal Ethan Brozka Violin I Violin ConcertmasterMichael Rau, Coline Berland Diego Gabete Lila Vivas Blanco Fangxi Liu Jiayu Sun II Violin Jiyoung Moon, Principal Pineda Leonardo Akiko Kamigawara Hyunjae Bae Youmans Drew Lara Baker-Finch* Grace Choi* Clara Engen* Haemi Lee* Mitsuhashi* Yurie Qu* Youyang Lili Sarayrah* Adina Mu-Ying Tsai* Wu* Weiqiao Hao Xing* Zhang* Yuqian Viola PrincipaScot Moore, l Chi Lee Caleb Wong Qi Yuan Bonnie Heung* Emmanuel Koh* Omar Shelly* Cello Hui Zhang, Principal Kyle Anderson Peacock Lauren Borkowski Andrew ) Eleanor Lee (on leave ) Danny Poceta (on leave ) Alana Shannon (on leave ) Jinn Shin (on leave ) (on leave Zhilin Wang Leon Botstein, Music Director Leon Botstein, THEORCHESTRANOW.ORG

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We invite you to get to know TŌN and discover We concerts, upcoming music in the making! Explore at more see what our musicians have to say, and theorchestranow.org. Conductor, educator, and music historian Leon educator, Conductor, Botstein founded TŌN in 2015 as a master’s he College, where at Bard program degree is in The orchestra also serves as president. B. Fisher Center Richard at Bard’s residence for the Performing Arts, performing multiple each season as well as takingconcerts there Music Festival. They alsopart in the annual Bard perform at the finest venues in New regularly The including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, York, across Museum of Art, and others Metropolitan has performedNYC and beyond. The orchestra with many distinguished conductors, including Schwarz, andFabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard JoAnn Falletta. The Orchestra Now (TŌN) is a group of vibrant Now (TŌN) is a group The Orchestra the globe who across young musicians from to 21st- music relevant making orchestral are lifting the curtain They are century audiences. and sharingon the musicians’ experience insights in a welcomingtheir unique personal the world’s from Hand-picked environment. The Juilliardleading conservatories—including of Music, RoyalSchool, Shanghai Conservatory and the Curtis InstituteConservatory of Brussels, not only of TŌN are of Music—the members their critically acclaimedthrilling audiences with performances, enlightening curious but also andminds by giving on-stage introductions the from demonstrations, writing concert notes musicians’ perspective, and having one-on-one during intermissions.discussions with patrons 8 MEET THE MEET THE TŌN MUSICIANS TŌN MUSICIANS

Akiko Kamigawara Lauren Peacock violin cello

Akiko will talk briefly about HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!! on Lauren will talk briefly about Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 on stage before the performance stage before the performance

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan Hometown: Libertyville, IL Alma maters: Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Toho Music Alma maters: University of Michigan, High School University of Texas at Austin Awards/Competitions: 2nd Place, 2007 All Japan Student Appearances: Music Mountain Chamber Masterclasses, Competition; 4th Place, 2013 Andrea Postacchini 2015; Colorado College Summer Music Festival, 2013 & International Violin Competition; 4th Place, 2013 Henri 2014; Aspen Music Festival, 2012; Chautauqua Music Koch International Violin Competition Festival, 2010, Meadowmount School of Music, 2008 Appearances: Festival Young Talent, Schiermonnikoog, Musical origins: I switched to the cello at age 5 after Netherlands, 2013; 53rd Weimar Master Class, Germany, playing the violin for 2 years. So glad my 5-year-old self 2012; Quartet Osaqua, Japan, 2009; Festival MusicAlp, made that decision! France, 2009 What inspired you to apply to TŌN? I was inspired to apply Musical origins: I began playing violin at the age of 3 after for TŌN because of the focus on orchestral playing, the a piano professor suggested that I should wait to play many performance opportunities, and the educational piano until I had big enough hands. aspect of learning how to connect with modern audiences. Favorite piece to play: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto; I would love to play as a soloist with an orchestra once in Favorite composer fact: Brahms grew his beard in his my lifetime! mid-40s. After realizing it made him look unrecognizable to some, he enjoyed tricking acquaintances that he was Favorite fact about your instrument: That you really feel like someone else for as long as it took them to realize he was it’s a part of your body and you’re singing through it only joking. Favorite non-classical musician: Edith Piaf Favorite fact about your instrument: My cello likes the Favorite painting: Jazz by Henri Matisse window seat on plane rides. Piece of advice for a young classical musician: Have a Last book read: Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Photo by A. Dávid Nagy life and listen to a lot of music performances by great Jan Swafford musicians from different genres. Favorite painting: Wheat Stacks with Reaper by Time travel destination: Early 19th-century Japan. I’d like Vincent van Gogh to meet the Japanese painter Hokusai and possibly help @coquillage2127 clean up his house.

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THE ORCHESTRA NOW Artistic Staff Administrative Staff Leon Botstein, Music Director Lynne Meloccaro, Executive Director James Bagwell, Associate Conductor and Academic Oliver Inteeworn, Managing Director Director Brian J. Heck, Director of Marketing Zachary Schwartzman, Resident Conductor Nicole M. de Jesús, Director of Development FRI NOV 3 at 7:30 PM at Carnegie Hall Andrés Rivas, Assistant Conductor Sebastian Danila, Music Preparer and Researcher Erica Kiesewetter, Director of Audition Marielle Metivier, Orchestra Manager Preparation and Principal String Coach Alice Terrett, Marketing Associate Bridget Kibbey, Director of Chamber Music and Benjamin Oatmen, Librarian HERRMANN’S Arts Advocacy Hsiao-Fang Lin, IT Associate Viktor Tóth, Production Coordinator PSYCHO SUITE Kristin Roca, Administrative Assistant

BARD COLLEGE Leon Botstein, Board of Trustees Sally Hambrecht Charles P. Stevenson Jr., Marieluise Hessel music director of The Orchestraconductor Now and the Chair Emeritus James C. Chambers ’81, Maja Hoffmann American Symphony Orchestra Chair George F. Hamel Jr., Vice Chair Matina S. Horner+ Emily H. Fisher, Vice Chair Charles S. Johnson III ’70 Experience the symphonic works of two Elizabeth Ely ’65, Secretary, Life Trustee Mark N. Kaplan, Life Trustee Stanley A. Reichel ’65, Treasurer, Life Trustee George A. Kellner Academy Award-winning film composers Fiona Angelini Fredric S. Maxik ’86 Roland J. Augustine James H. Ottaway Jr., Life Trustee Herrmann Psco Suite Leon Botstein+ Martin Peretz, Life Trustee Stuart Breslow+ Stewart Resnick, Life Trustee “Chilling and full of suspense” Mark E. Brossman David E. Schwab II ’52 –Lili Sarayrah, Thomas M. Burger+ Roger N. Scotland ’93, TŌN musician Alumni/ae Trustee Marcelle Clements ’69, Life Trustee Jonathan Slone ’84 Herrmann Symphony No. 1 Craig Cogut James A. von Klemperer “High drama—full of orchestral color and The Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, Brandon Weber ’97, Alumni/ae Trustee Susan Weber texture” –Thomas J. Wible, TŌN musician Honorary Trustee Asher B. Edelman ’61, Life Trustee Patricia Ross Weis ’52 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Symphony in F-sharp Paul S. Efron “A great journey, full of tension but nonetheless Robert S. Epstein ’63 + ex officio Barbara S. Grossman ’73, Alumni/ae Trustee beautiful” –Lauren Peacock, TŌN musician Andrew S. Gundlach

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SIBELIUS & RUBINSTEIN SUN OCT 15 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater A Sibelius overture, two Rubinstein piano concertos, and Michael Daugherty’s Tales of Hemingway Neeme Järvi, conductor Anna Shelest, piano | Zuill Bailey, cello

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY SAT/SUN OCT 21/22 at the Fisher Center at Bard College Plus Frank Martin’s Six Monologues from Jedermann Leon Botstein, conductor Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone | Chloé Olivia Moore, soprano Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano | John Pickle, tenor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone | Bard College Chamber Singers Bard Festival Chorale

HERRMANN’S PSYCHO SUITE FRI NOV 3 at Carnegie Hall Symphonic works by Academy Award-winning composers Bernard Herrmann and Erich Wolfgang Korngold Leon Botstein, conductor

BRUCKNER’S ROMANTIC SYMPHONY SAT NOV 18 at the Fisher Center at Bard College Plus Eugene Goossens’ Jubilee Variations Gerard Schwarz, conductor

FREE CONCERT ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE SUN NOV 19 at Peter Norton Symphony Space Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, Romantic and Eugene Goossens’ Jubilee Variations Gerard Schwarz, conductor

SIGHT & SOUND SCHOENBERG, MUNCH & EXPRESSIONISM SUN DEC 3 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Schoenberg’s Erwartung (“Expectation”) and the artwork of Munch & others Leon Botstein, conductor Kirsten Chambers, soprano

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