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hamber Orchestra of New York is a not-for-profi t organization under Section ear Friends: C 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations are tax-deductible to D the fullest extent allowable by law. Our tax identifi cation number is 13-4318954. Welcome to the Chamber Orchestra of New York’s Th e Orchestra warmly invites you to make a donation in support of our concert Eighth Concert Season, 2015/2016! seasons. Special contributions can be made for specifi c purposes such as: With our debut concert at Zankel Hall in 2007, we were • Music Library Archive Sponsorships thrilled when we returned to Carnegie Hall for regular per- • Concert or Season Sponsorships formances during our 2012/2013 Season. And now the or- • Orchestra Principal Chair or Music Director Chair Sponsorships chestra plans to make Carnegie Hall its performance home for years to come. If you wish to donate today, including by credit card, visit the orchestra table Th is season our programs will include masterworks of outside the hall. Make all checks payable to: Chamber Orchestra of New York. great such as Gershwin and Tchaikovsky, J.S. Please indicate in your correspondence if you wish to remain anonymous. Bach and Schubert, Puccini and Mahler, Respighi and Mo- zart; and we will feature composition premieres of guest Mail your tax-deductible contribution to: composers Emiliano Imondi, Dirk and Andrea Mor- Brossé Chamber Orchestra of New York ricone. 404 E. 76th Street, Suite 5E Season highlights include: New York, NY 10021 • Pianist Di Wu and trumpeter Th omas Boulton in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto For questions regarding concert program donations, endowments and planned N. 1, and Emiliano Imondi’s Respighi Prize winning composition, Th ree Varia- giving, please contact our Orchestra Manager, Ms. Santa Maria Pecoraro.Th ank tions on a Gregorian Th eme - on December 12th you for your interest in supporting the Chamber Orchestra of New York! • New York Premiere of Dirk Brossé’s Black, White and In Between, performed by Swiss-Italian violinist Irene Abrigo, and the U.S. Premiere of Vaughan Wil- liams’s Burley Heath - on February 11th • New York Premiere of fi lm Andrea Morricone’s Cinema Paradiso Suite (after father and renowed fi lm composer Ennio Morricone), in a program of clas- sical works featured in fi lms - on April 16th CONTACT US • and a World Premiere of my own La Villa d’Este a Tivoli, a free transcription of Franz Liszt’s Fountains of Villa d’Este, in a program inspired by Th e Morgan Mu- seum’s exhibition City of the Soul: and the Romantics - on June 23rd or general questions, to hire the orchestra, or further information, please contact Fus by phone 646-397-1879, email [email protected], or write: Join us for our season concerts, and become a regular member of the Chamber Or- chestra of New York experience! Chamber Orchestra of New York 404 E. 76th Street, Suite 5E Salvatore Di Vittorio New York, NY 10021

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hamber Orchestra of New York, the our programming presents great works C city’s most dynamic young profes- of the 20th and 21st centuries, including sional orchestra, was founded in honor fi lm scores and rarely performed gems, of - the preeminent alongside ancient music. Th e orchestra early twentieth century Italian composer also serves as the premier ensemble in whose compositions bridge the classi- the United States devoted to the Italian cal and modern traditions. In this spirit, repertoire.

ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA stablished in 2006, the Chamber Or- Pace Gallery, and Gilder Lehrman Hall E chestra is the fi rst auditioned young at Th e Morgan Library & Museum. professional orchestra in the history of Over the next seasons, the orches- New York. Its triumphant debut was held tra’s Board developed to include many on October 11, 2007 at Zankel Hall/ esteemed artists as well, such as violist Carnegie Hall. Following the Inaugural Evan Wilson (Former Principal Viola, Season 2007/08 fi nale concert, Vivien Los Angeles Philharmonic), fi lm com- Schweitzer of Th e New York Times poser Ennio Morricone, conductors Alan wrote: “Th e musicians played…producing Gilbert (Music Director, New York Phil- a polished, rich sound…a stirring perfor- harmonic) and Andrew Litton (Music mance [of Mahler’s Adagietto and]...a Director, Bergen Philharmonic-) voluptuous rendition of Tchaikovsky’s as well as soloists Lynn Harrell, Cho- Souvenir….” Th e ensemble has served as Liang Lin, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg orchestra-in-residence of “Music Under and Alicia Zizzo. Honorary Board mem- the Dome” series at the Church of St. bers include Respighi family descendents Jean Baptiste, and also performed at the Elsa and Gloria Pizzoli, Respighi archive Italian Cultural Institute of New York, curator/cataloguer Potito Pedarra and Big Screen Plaza/Eventi Hotel, Caspary musicologist Luigi Verdi. It now boasts Auditorium/Th e Rockefeller University, an elite ensemble of gifted musicians, Merkin Concert Hall/Kaufman Center, including fi rst concertmaster Kelly Hall-

4 13 MUSICIANS Tompkins (New Jersey ) and on the international level, listed for several second concertmaster Daniel Khalikov weeks on Gramophone Top 20 Classical 2015/2016 SEASON (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra). Chart in , honored as WQXR During the Second Season 2008/09, Classical Radio NY “Album of the Week” MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Ottorino Respighi’s great nieces Elsa and and “Album of the Month” in (for Salvatore Di Vittorio Gloria Pizzoli and archive curator/cata- June and July 2011). Th e music has also loger Potito Pedarra entrusted Music Di- aired on RAI, BBC radio, and dozens VIOLIN 1 rector Salvatore Di Vittorio with the task of stations in the U.S. and abroad. Over Kelly Hall-Tompkins, First Concertmaster of editing, orchestrating and completing thirty positive reviews have been written Daniel Khalikov, Second Concermaster several early orchestral works of Respighi in praise of the orchestra’s recordings. Kiwon Nahm BASSOON for publication, in their fi rst printed edi- As part of its Fourth Season 2011/12, Nicholas Pappone Stephanie Corwin, Principal tions under the Ottorino Respighi Pub- the Chamber Orchestra championed per- Bella Horvath Natalie Pilla lications Series of Edizioni Panastudio in formances of four newly printed critical Italy. As part of the commission, Di Vit- editions of music by not only Respighi, VIOLIN 2 FRENCH HORN torio was invited to complete Respighi’s but Alessandro Scarlatti and the restora- Russell Kotcher, Principal Dan Wions, Principal rediscovered fi rst Violin Concerto (in A tion of ’s Lamento di Sarah Charness Aleksander Ozolins Major). Th e orchestra then premiered Arianna (Ariadne’s Lament) for mezzo- Lavinia Pavlish Respighi’s Violin Concerto, Aria and soprano and orchestra. Th e orchestra’s TRUMPET Suite for strings with Di Vittorio’s homage Fifth Season 2012/13 was highlighted VIOLA Thomas Boulton, Principal Respighiana during the Th ird by the recording of its third Naxos CD, Maggie Snyder, Principal Hugo Moreno Season 2009/10. In 2010, the Chamber including Respighi’s Th e Birds, Trittico Santa Maria Pecoraro Orchestra established Th e Respighi Prize Botticelliano, Serenata and Suite in G for TROMBONE Music Competition in collaboration with organ. It’s Sixth Season 2013/14 marked VIOLONCELLO Burt Mason, Principal the City of Bologna (Respighi’s birth- the orchestra’s championing of the early Adrian Daurov, Principal place), and also received the prestigious music of Vaughan Williams, which the Midlarsky PERCUSSION/TIMPANI Google Grant for online marketing. In ensemble extended into its Seventh Sea- David Mancuso, Principal 2011, the orchestra had another break- son 2014/15 with an all Vaughan Wil- CONTRABASS Chris Thompson through with the release of its debut CDs liams program in its debut at the Adelphi Victoria Tsvetkova, Principal on Naxos Records (Respighi, 8.572332 Performing Arts Center in Long Island, HARP and Di Vittorio, 8.572333). Th e Naxos NY—also the home of its Naxos record- FLUTE Kristi Shade recordings were immediately successful ings. Chelsea Knox, Principal Mira Magrill (Piccolo) HARPSICHORD/ORGAN/CELESTA Aymeric Dupré la Tour OBOE Slava Znatchenii, Principal Merideth Hite (English Horn)

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION Sinfonias Nos. 1 and 2 Salvatore Di Vittorio, Music Director & Conductor

ADMINISTRATION Salvatore di Vittorio Salvatore Di Vittorio, Executive Director Santa Maria Pecoraro, Orchestra Manager Shanan Estreicher, Operations Manager Stephen D. Hans, Esq., Legal Counsel Jeff rey James, Public Relations Consultant “Di Vittorio proves himself with this CD Tiff any Estreicher, Graphic Designer to be a composer of beautiful music” Bella Glozman, Senior Assistant to Operations - Fanfare Moto Suzuki, Assistant to Operations

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Birds EXECUTIVE BOARD President (Vacant) Kim J. Hartswick, President Emeritus Ottorino Respighi Salvatore Di Vittorio, Founder Santa Maria Pecoraro, Secretary-Treasurer

“the most texturally detailed, BOARD OF GOVERNORS ADVISORY BOARD Shanan Estreicher Ira Abrams, Esq. luminous, substantial performance George Hemingway John Farrer yet captured on disc” 8573168 • 747313316878 Jeff rey James (Jeff rey James Arts Alan Gilbert () - ClassicsToday.com Consulting) - Ex offi cio Lynn Harrell Santa Maria Pecoraro Cho-Liang Lin John Soppe Andrew Litton Paul Wexler, Esq. Olivera Medenica, Esq. Salvatore Di Vittorio Rainer Mehne (Berlin Philharmonic) Francesco Panasci (Edizioni Violin Concerto HONORARY BOARD Panastudio) Alberto Cantù Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Ennio Morricone Alessandra Visconti in A Major Potito Pedarra (Respighi Archive Alicia Zizzo, Ph.D. Curator) Ottorino Respighi Elsa and Gloria Pizzoli (Respighi 8572332 • 747313233274 family) Emilio Respighi “Di Vittorio secures a tidy response My First Charles M. Rice, Ph.D. from his young New York band” Orchestra App Cia Toscanini Peter Vallone Jr., Esq. - Gramophone available for iPhone and Luigi Verdi Android Evan N. Wilson AVAILABLE AT:

6 11 REVIEWS “Inquisitive disc-buyers will almost certainly alight…[for the Suite in G Major, for strings and organ]. Di Vittorio’s 2011 edition (uncut, and original) restores 3 minutes, and he conducts it with energy. It is a curiosity, a portent of the subsequent homage [Respighi] was to pay to earlier Italian masters. Trittico Botticelliano and Th e Birds, preceded by the Serenata (in another Di Vittorio edition), show Respighi in a favorable light.” Geoff rey Norris, Gramophone Magazine, London “Th ere’s a lean and translucent quality to their sound that’s particularly successful in a work such as Th e Birds in which the scoring is so deft and agile. Trittico botticelliano is a masterpiece of ingenious orchestration on a small scale. Interpretations of both these works are wonderfully detailed, and the youthful orchestra plays well in a slightly unforgiving acoustic.” Robert Johnson, Radio New Zealand “One of the year’s most pleasant surprises. Di Vittorio makes no bones about his commitment to the music of Respighi or the marked infl uence of that fi gure on his outlook as a composer. (His own Th ird Symphony is called “Temples of Sicily,” a subtitle that would have appealed greatly to his famous predecessor.) Th ese are vibrant performances of some of Respighi’s most attractive music. Th e early Serenata for Small Orchestra (1904) imitates the sound of Renasissance guitar in a four-minute work of much persuasive charm. Suite in G major for Organ and Strings (1905) pays eloquent homage to Respighi’s predecessors, particuarly Bach, Corelli, and Frescobaldi, as the organ, played with power and probity by Kyler Brown, interracts with the string orchestra to create an abundance of deeply moving harmonies and textures.” Phil Muse, Audio Video Club of Atlanta “No recordings known to me reach a similar level of orchestral transparency. Di Vittorio illuminates the musical paintings [in Trittico Botticelliano] with a strong light; he doesn’t use LED as this would not allow the light of the full spectrum. Bright is clear, but not crude. In this interpretation, all colors obtain their full value, and the music calls, with extraordinary detail, a feeling of warmth. Also “Gli Uccelli” obtains a new layer of renovating paint, resulting in a deep penetrating cleaning. Each of the portrayed fowls is treated species-appropriately, and Respighi’s musical markings are expressed elaborately. Again, I have never before heard so many details in this work.” Remy Franck, Pizzicato Magazine, Luxenbourg (Translation: Meike Dittman) “Here one can get a sense of these chamber pieces within a specifi c understanding of the Neo-Baroque style of this composer by committed orchestra and by a conductor intimately connected to the editions used here, Salvatore Di Vittorio.” Steven A. Kennedy, Cinemusical “Luminous Respighi. Th is recording of the Th ree Botticelli Pictures has got to be the most texturally detailed, luminous, substantial performance yet captured on disc. Conductor Salvatore Di Vittorio makes sure that every strand of Respighi’s remarkable orchestration stands out in high relief, from the shockingly vivid violin trills at the start of “Spring” to the gently pulsating but constantly shifting motion of the waves in “Th e Birth of Venus”. It’s an amazing achievement, one that elevates a work all too easily dismissed as a sugary-sweet musical bon-bon. You can’t help but be impressed.” Zuckermann Harpsichords International David Hurwitz, Classics Today, New Hampshire “Two of Respighi’s best-known works conducted by Salvatore Di Vittorio, the Italian $VUMFS4USFFUt4UPOJOHUPO $5t64" musician specially commissioned by the composer’s family to promote his works. )"314$%  t[IJOFU Th is new edition also comes from the conductor who has at his disposal the highly commended Chamber Orchestra of New York. Th ey have the warmth of tonal quality required, while able to produce the required transparency when the music grows in intensity. Th e recording is unexaggerated and of a nice ambience.” David Denton, David’s Review Corner, Cambridge

10 7 COMPOSER, MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Alberto Burri, and the Chamber Orches- Di Vittorio began his musical stud- SALVATORE DI VITTORIO tra of . ies in Italy at an early age with his fa- Di Vittorio’s Naxos recordings with ther, Giuseppe, who introduced him to the Chamber Orchestra of New York the operas of Verdi and Puccini – for- orn in , Italy, Salvatore Di have been airing worldwide and receiving ever infl uencing his musical destiny. He B Vittorio has achieved international much critical praise. “Top billing goes to later studied composition with Ludmila recognition as a composer and conduc- tor, hailed “a lyrical musical spirit, re- spectful of the ancient Italian tradition”, “A poignant and lyrical musical spirit respectful “following in the footsteps of Ottorino Respighi”–Luigi Verdi, Philharmonic of the ancient Italian tradition” Academy of Bologna. He gained con- —Luigi Verdi, Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna siderable attention with his orchestration and completion of Respighi’s rediscov- ered fi rst Violin Concerto (in A) and Di Vittorio’s completion of [Respighi’s] Ulehla and composition/conducting with other works, a commission received from Violin Concerto”-Gramophone Maga- Giampaolo Bracali at Manhattan School the great nieces and archive curator of the zine; “Unabashedly tonal, traditional, of Music, and aesthetics/ancient phi- Bolognese composer. He was fi rst noticed and Italian, his style employs a swell- losophy at Columbia University. He is a when his compositions were programmed ing lyricism”-American Record Guide; protégé of Francesco Carotenuto (Rome), with Respighi by Italian chamber orches- “A brilliant and sparkling semi-pastiche (), and John Far- tras. He then aroused national interest as overture and two , which rer (London). His compositions are Music Director/Founder of the Chamber are pictorial-philosophical, approachable published by Panastudio/ Orchestra of New York which debuted in works distinguished by his Respighian (Universal Music), recorded on Naxos 2007 at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall. with the world premiere of his Sinfonia sense of orchestral color”-Records In- Records, and listed in David Daniels’ Di Vittorio has been featured by lead- N. 3 “Templi di Sicilia” and European ternational; “[Di Vittorio] is a composer Orchestral Music. ing , including Orchestra Sin- premieres of his Overtura Respighiana of beautiful music extraordinaire”-Fan- fonica Siciliana, Opera and Respighi’s First Violin Concerto. fare Magazine; “[Th e Violin Concerto] salvatoredivittorio.com Palermo, Orchestra Regionale Filarmon- Giornale di Sicilia praised the evening sounds like genuine Respighi, with an- ica Veneta, Orchestra da Camera Fioren- “From Pines of Rome to the Temples ticipations of characteristic moments tina, Orchestra Sinfonica della Calabria, of Sicily”, depicting Di Vittorio’s third in Pines of Rome”–Classics Today; “his Orchestra of the Swan of Stratford-upon- symphony as “a commemorative memo- revisions, transcriptions and comple- Avon, Island Symphony, Or- rial with a dimension of insularity, which tions are sensitive to Respighi’s Neo-Ba- questa de Cámara Bellas Artes, Santa during great peaks reveals suggestions roque style”–Music Web International; Rosa Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of of an international musical palette.” La “Respighiana…[is] a happy and very Philadelphia, and San Diego Symphony. Repubblica acknowledged Di Vittorio’s lively score”–David’s Review Corner; “di His music is inspired by philosophical neo-classical works and in particular Vittorio proves more and more to be an and programmatic themes that captivate his third symphony, presented alongside important Italian composer…one can each listener with poignant, romantic lyri- Fountains of Rome, as “his fi rst composi- also fi nd hints of Scarlatti and Rossini; cism and magnifi cent orchestrations. Di tion to capture Respighi’s impressionism, a modernism resolutely neo-romantic, Vittorio is fascinated with the world of sto- together with [infl uences of] Berlioz and also verismo, even cinematographic… rytelling through . His .” Mayor Leoluca Or- without concerns of criticism from the upcoming Sinfonia N. 4 “Metamorfosi” lando “awarded Di Vittorio the Medal avant-garde…Respighiana, entwined for the Teatro Massimo Opera Orchestra of Palermo, recognizing the great impor- with Rossini crescendos and fanfares of Palermo will highlight the magical sto- tance of Di Vittorio’s work as a promoter alla Pines, a contemporary music entirely ries in Ovid’s Metamorphosis, with each of the Palermo around the world”–Il timeless”–Abeillemusique; “a musician movement drawing inspiration from an Moderatore. of remarkable attainment…, a composer Italian painting related to the stories. Upcoming podium debuts and com- of prodigious imagination and talent”– In 2012, Di Vittorio made his con- position premieres include Musica Sacra Houston Public Radio/NPR. ducting debut with Orchestra Sinfonica di Monreale, Teatro Massimo Opera Or- Siciliana at Teatro Politeama Garibaldi chestra, San Diego Symphony, Ensemble 8 9