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Sunday, March 8 and 22, 2020 THE METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 4 PM NASSAU STRING ORCHESTRA Michelina Sobolewski, Music Director Phantom Tangos .........................................................................................Brian Balmages (b. 1975) Estella Doytch, Violin Capriol Suite ...........................................................................................Peter Warlock (1894–1930) II. Pavane III. Tordion Two Bridges Young Composers Compositions Morning Ken Aida Metamorphosis Tina He The Flower Life Valerie Tang Dark Mind Minh Anh Pham In the Tide of Battle Nathaniel Tang Iditarod ................................................................................................. Soon Hee Newbold (b. 1986) NASSAU CONCERT ORCHESTRA Peggy Ho, Music Director Coronation March from Le prophète ............................................Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) Blast Off! ..........................................................................................................Daniel Dorff (b. 1956) Elmore James, Narrator Carmen Suite No. 1 ................................................................................. Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Prélude Aragonaise Intermezzo Les Toréadors The cover art features a design from the 2019-2020 MYO T-Shirt Design Contest, created by Nassau Principal Orchestra member Victoria Lu. 3 4 THE METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 7 PM NASSAU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Patricia Koppeis, Music Director Night on Bald Mountain ................................................................ Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) Dance of the Hours from La gioconda .......................................... Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886) Symphony No. 6, Op. 86 ............................................................ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) IV. Thunder, Storm The Sorcerer’s Apprentice .......................................................................... Paul Dukas (1865–1935) NASSAU PRINCIPAL ORCHESTRA Scott Stickley, Music Director Festive Overture.............................................................................Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) Fantasy on Themes from Carmen ......................................................... François Borne (1840–1920) Carolyn Lau, Flute Winner of the 2019 MYO Concerto and Vocal Competition Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma” .................................Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Theme (Enigma: Andante) Variation I (L’istesso tempo) “C.A.E” Variation II (Allegro) “H.D.S-P” Variation III (Allegretto) “R.B.T.” Variation IV (Allegro di molto) “W.M.B.” Variation V (Moderato) “R.P.A.” Variation VI (Andantino) “Ysobel” Variation VII (Presto) “Troyte” Variation VIII (Allegretto) “W.N.” Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod” Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) “Dorabella” Variation XI (Allegro di molto) “G.R.S.” Variation XII (Andante) “B.G.N.” Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) “***” Variation XIV (Finale: Allegro) “E.D.U.” 5 THE METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 3 PM NASSAU TREBLE CHOIR Craig B. Knapp, Music Director | Naomi Aomori, Pianist Domine Deus, Agnus Dei .......................................................................Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Jennifer Hood, Oboe Love Lies Under the Old Oak Tree .................................................................................... Traditional arr. Susan Brumfield Double, Double Toil and Trouble................................................................ Leeann Starkey (b. 1986) Molly Malone ............................................................................................................. Irish Folk Song arr. Lee R. Kesselman An Irish Blessing......................................................................................Traditional Irish Blessings Music by David Pote Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around ............................................. African-American Spiritual arr. Rollo Dilworth Patrick Kennedy, Djembe NASSAU CONCERT CHOIR Doreen Fryling, Music Director | Jeong-Hwa Park, Pianist The Brook (Chatter, Chatter) ................................................................Paul David Thomas (b. 1981) Velvet Shoes .....................................................................................Randall Thompson (1899–1984) Trouble, Fly ...............................................................................................Patricia McKernon Runkle The Tree of Song .....................................................................................Timothy P. Cooper (b. 1986) Overture to The Marriage of Figaro .................................. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) arr. Henry Cable ed. Jean Ashworth Bartle 6 THE METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 7 PM NASSAU MEN’S CHOIR James Ludwig, Music Director | Sarang Kim, Pianist Somagwaza ................................................................................................. South African Folk Song Patrick Kennedy, Djembe Shady Grove .................................................................................................. Appalachian Folk Song arr. Jerry Estes Sarah .................................................................................................................. arr. Andrea Ramsey Soloists: Sean Hill Hotz, Miles Ward, Maverick Williams Niška Banja ........................................................................................................... Serbian Folk Song arr. Nick Page Soloists: Samuel Adler, Sean Hill Hotz, Frank Minerva, Logan Cristello Rein Anthea Jackson, Clarinet • Patrick Kennedy, Tambourine • Cara Brown, Piano It Takes a Worried Man .....................................................................................American Folk Song arr. Gordon Krunnfusz Soloists: Kieran Calderaro, Jack Messinger, Austyn Park, Logan Cristello Rein, Orlando Salinas, Maverick Williams NASSAU SYMPHONIC CHOIR Louise O’Hanlon, Music Director | Kenneth Zagare, Pianist My Love Walks In Velvet .......................................................................... Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons ........................................Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Mass No. 6 .................................................................................................... György Orbán (b. 1947) Kyrie Gloria Sanctus – Benedictus Agnus Dei NASSAU CHAMBER CHORALE Edward P. Norris III, Music Director | Cara Brown, Pianist Requiem ............................................................................................................John Rutter (b. 1945) Requiem aeternam Out of the deep Pie Jesu Sanctus Agnus Dei The Lord is my shepherd Lux aeterna Rachel Schlesinger, soprano solo (Pie Jesu) • Nadia Othman, soprano solo (Lux aeterna) Nana Aomori, Flute • Jennifer Hood, Oboe • Frederick Trumpy, Glockenspiel Patrick Kennedy, Timpani • Karen Lindquist Speyer, Harp • Diana Golden, Cello 7 Two Bridges Young Composers Compositions Morning - Ken Aida Hello, my name is Ken Aida and I play the piano and viola. I started learning composition for about a year with Mr. Cyrus. It was a great experience, and I sometimes feel proud when I finish a piece. It takes lots of hard work, but in the end, all the time pays off. Mr. Cyrus taught me to use musescore to write music. The reason why I wrote Morning is that morning is the start of a new day. Morning is supposed to be a happy time that’s bright and cheerful. Every morning, your mind is fresh and new and ready for the day. It is the time where your brain is most productive, and when you could do your best. These are the reasons why I wrote Morning. Metamorphosis - Tina He Metamorphosis is a piece about changing small or big, no matter what phase of change it is, sudden or gradual. But even while changing and growing into something different, it always retains some quality of it while developing or learning new parts of itself, hence its name. Originally this piece was called “Circumference” due to the fact that I just really wanted a well-rounded piece for once, but then it was called “Dye” or “Dyed” both which didn’t settle well in the stomach as you can see (By the way, I meant the color dye, not the other one… you probably know what I mean). I started off with something small, a small melody; I wanted it to repeat because learning from the previous piece, which was a little too inconsistent for my mother’s taste, I wanted to be able to connect the ideas that I had with a single thread. I don’t know if it actually worked but I think that this might be a little more successful than my previous piece. Dark Mind - Minh Anh Pham My name is Minh Anh. I am 11 years old. I’ve been playing the piano for more than two years. I started taking composition classes in the summer of 2017. I thought that it would be fun, learning how to write amazingly inspiring pieces. I constantly have trouble with writing pieces, they’re either really hard to be generated or they’re just too cliché. I need a whole lot of inspiration and ideas to come up with successful ideas. Although the process is hard, confusing and stressful, it could also be fun, enjoyable, and exciting. Only if you look at it in a different way. If you’re being forced into it, it isn’t a pleasant feeling.