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Program October 2012 2 PROGRAM Sonatina for Harp and Trombone Rachel Brandwein (b.1982) David Peterson, trombone Rachel Brandwein, harp I. Buoyant II. Dolce III. Majestic Composer’s Notes: This work was written for David Peterson. I enjoy the round, brassy, full sound of the trombone, and found that the harp to be an unusual, yet complimentary pairing. The Sonatine is intended to be a duet, or partnership between the instruments, not a harp accompaniment to a trombone melody line. I wrote the second movement first in this case, as lyrical melodies and more introverted sentiments seem to be my compositional comfort-zone. In the first movement I see shades of light green and white in circular and zig-zag patterns, perhaps a result of the mixed meter. The third lively movement incorporates motives from the first two movements, especially in the trombone cadenza. Águas de Março Antonio Carlos Jobim (music and lyrics) (1927-1994) Nicholas O. Raths, guitar and voice Carolyn Finley, voice "Waters of March " ( Águas de Março ) is a Brazilian song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) in 1972. The English version performed tonight was also written by Jobim, however, if does not reflect all of the images in the Portuguese version. Both versions do not tell a story, but rather create images reflecting the rainy summer season in Brazil from December through March. "Águas de Março" is reputed to be the top Brazilian song in the early 1970's. One of the best-known performances of this song was a duet version by Jobim and Elis Regina . In Rio de Janeiro, March is the rainiest month often causing flooding in many places around the city. Symbolically, the music depicts the downward flow of rain with descending musical motives. The text speaks of the debris flowing into the gutters including sticks, stones, glass, nails, liquor bottles, fishhooks, and the Portuguese version also refers to parties to repair roofs from heavy rain. The 'waters of March' can possibly be seen as a metaphor for the promise of life throughout the passing of time. The Scandinavian Tradition arr. by Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas David Arnott, violin Lucia Magney, cello Two duets from Matinee Musicale. Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848) Marcie Givens, soprano Axel Theimer, baritone Amy Grinsteiner, piano La Gelosia - Jealousy He: It's no use sighing or weeping for me. My life is over as my beloved is unfaithful. I will go out and enjoy a new love, more beautiful and faithful than you. She: If you've given your heart to another then I'll give mine away, too. He may not be as handsome as you, but at least he'll be more trustworthy. L'Addio - Farewell She: I remain among my tears, abandoned and alone without even a word of hope to console me. A terrible foreboding of fate wells up in my heart. He: Let me add my bitter tears to yours in this soulful farewell. A terrible foreboding of fate wells up in my heart. Both: we lift up our soulful farewell. Life without you, my dearest, will be worse than death. Diva Death Scenes Roger S. Keele (music and lyrics) (1954 -) Dale White, C trumpet Carolyn Finley, mezzo-soprano Edward Turley, piano INTERMISSION Epitaphe de Jean Harlow (1937) Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Bruce Thornton, flute Richard Dirlam, alto saxophone Edward Turley, piano Three duets Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Marcie Givens, soprano Axel Theimer, baritone Amy Grinsteiner, piano Jägerlied (Opus 66/4) Hunter’s Song - dialogue Hunter, are rabbits your prey? Yes, it must be so. Hunter, what can be seen in your eyes? It is tears – it must be so. Hunter, what is it you carry in your heart? Love and sorrow – it must be so. Hunter, when will you welcome your love in your home? Never – never – it must be so. Klánge (Opus 66/1) Earth brings forth flowers, the sun is the source of light, the heart is the source of love, but also the source of suffering which makes it break. The flowers are destined to wilt and the darkness of light follows the bright day, and love is followed by longing, which causes the heart to be filled with melancholy. Weg der Liebe (Opus 20/1) Across the mountains, across the waves of the sea, below the graves, below the springs, across the rivers and oceans, through the deep ravines, across mountains and highlands, LOVE finds its target. In caverns, the deepest ravines, even too deep for dragons, steep crevices where no flies and gnats live, LOVE will be able to get there to be victorious! Even if we think we are safe from Amor, even though we ridicule Amor as being a child and blind and lock the door to keep him out, LOVE will find its way though sealed and locked doors. Even if you control Phoenix and the mighty eagle, if dragons and the tiger follow your command, even when the lioness does not challenge you for her catch, LOVE will find a way and conquer you! The Comedians Op.26 (1940) arr. Rick Robinson Dimitri Kabalevsky (1904 – 1987) Bruce Thornton, clarinet Richard Dirlam, tenor saxophone Dale White, trumpet Brian Campbell, trombone David Arnott, violin Lucia Magney, cello Terry Vermillion, percussion Prologue Gallop March Waltz Pantomine Intermezzo Little Lyrical Scene Gavotte Scherzo Epilogue PERFORMERS Rachel Brandwein (harp) is delighted to be on faculty at College of St. Benedict & St. John's University, and will join the faculty at Southwest Minnesota State University next term. She has earned degrees at University of Michigan, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University. She has performed extensively as an orchestral, chamber music, in opera, and as a soloist; she was an invited soloist at the 2005 Ninth World Harp Congress in Ireland, and she toured China with The Juilliard Orchestra in 2008. She recently performed at the historic Orpheum Theatre with members of the Minnesota and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras. Dr. Brandwein has been the recipient of many competition awards and grants from the American Harp Society, American String Teacher's Association and Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity. Rachel loves composing music and has performed several of her works in the Composer's Concerts at The Juilliard School, University of Michigan, Stony Brook University; at Kansas State University and Interlochen Center for the Arts; as well as in concerts around the country. She has performed and given harp master classes at The Juilliard School in New York City, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and at universities in Michigan and Arizona. Dr. Brandwein has taught many courses including ear training, theory, music history at the college level. Rachel is dedicated to teaching and helping each student reach their personal and professional fulfillment. Brian Campbell (trombone) teaches music theory and composition courses at CSB/SJU. Recent compositions have been performed by his faculty colleagues Carolyn Finley and Edward Turley on Pastiche concerts. He has also published or presented at conferences research papers on topics ranging from the music of Arnold Schoenberg to eighteenth-century musical aesthetics. Campbell is currently a member of Amadeus Chamber Orchestra in addition to Pastiche. Past experience as a professional trombonist includes performing with Minnesota Brassworks, the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, and the Colorado Springs Symphony and Symphony Brass Quintet. He is a graduate of Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and holds graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota. Richard Dirlam (saxophone) earned First Prizes and Medals of Honor in Saxophone Performance and Chamber Music from the Conservatoire de Musique de Bordeaux, France while in the studio of Jean-Marie Londeix. After studies in France, Richard Dirlam performed recitals, chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe, North America, and Japan, and at the same time earned a doctorate in orchestral conducting and degrees in chemistry. He performs and records with the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and other venues in North America. Dirlam is a founding member of the Quatour International de Saxophones, a quartet of musicians living at the four corners of the planet, Japan, Paris, Canada and America. Each year the group performs and records around the world including concert tours in France, Belgium, Slovenia, Japan, Thailand, Canada and the USA. His discography includes the titles She Sings She Screams, Pure Saxophone, I Dig, and Sax Ascendant. Carolyn Finley (mezzo-soprano) is an active performer and adjudicator throughout the upper Midwest. She received two music degrees from the University of North Texas and her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota. A Texas native, Carolyn was a three-year member of the Houston Opera Studio where she performed leading and supporting roles in both the Studio and Main House productions. In the Midwest, she has toured with Midwest Opera Theater and Nebraska Opera, performed with the Plymouth Music Series, Duluth-Superior Orchestra, Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Thursday Musical, Schubert Club and Minnesota Center Chorale. She recently performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist in To Be Certain of the Dawn, Stephen Paulus’ holocaust oratorio, both locally and in Europe. Carolyn performs regularly with the CSB/SJU faculty chamber music ensemble Pastiche and has produced three art song CD’s with her spouse, Edward Turley (piano). Marcie Hagen Givens (soprano) is an active performer on the recital, concert and operatic stage. Notable concert credits include J.S. Bach’s Passion according to St. John with Weston Noble and the Luther College Symphony, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the CSB/SJU Symphony and Libby Larsen’s Songs from Letters with the St. Cloud State University Wind Orchestra at the CBDNA convention at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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