The University of Washington SCHOOL OF MUSIC .' . presents its 96th program of the 1991·92 season: S'I9 (ffz.-. . -.,' ;. . ',t, • ,;' ••'.

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Symphony No. 12 in E Major Symphony No. 92 in G Major Symphony No. 95 in C Minor Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major

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April 21. 1992 8:00PM Meany Theater

• . '. , : . ,. l/,4T ):f I co! r'1 (" 'h_ >:f! 11/9 1':::>-' , :1 Iii ~. i .M'/'· ,II' ])4"i SYMPHONY No. 12 in E Major I D2-- , h ' Allegt-O" ' ( I .;; ;I 0 ) SYMPHONY No. 92 in G MAJO~; "Oxford" ",!~~, " With Prince Nikolaus' death o~~$e~lember 28, 1790, the calm years of ., Fino.It(: f,r.esto if Haydn's service to the Esterhazy f3iriily i \Vere suddenly closed, Prince Anton, '. successor to his father, frred the most ?S:, ~e orchestra. save for KapeUmeister . S~ephen i.p~~!~~nductor* 1-'.;; 'H Haydn, violinist Luigi Tomasini, a1td·the~wind band,' Haydn was given a com­ i j~};~i~: !. tli fortable pension under the terms of Nikolaus' will. Anton added additional , ,": ll::H Dtt· money and freed Haydn from the extensive daily routine of music making at Esterhaza. i . 11'£:<); ; It> SYMPHONY No. 92 in G Major, "Oxford" : ~ " " 'W,{" In the meantime, Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815), was in Cologne on a , Adagio ~Nie~SPiritoso J;t~/t 5'~ ,j talent-scouting expedition for his, ~ back in London, Hearing the news of A't/QglOl, d'.N') '. • d.,,, l Prince Nikolaus' death, he dropped·.ev,efyihing and went straight-away to Haydn , Menueno:'AlkgiettfJ l' ,ii,' , in Vienna, greeting him, ttl am S~omon Qf London; I have come to fetch you to , ~ and ;1·; . 11 ,"Prest{): ;! England!" Haydn had had other offe{t<\femployment at courts in Pressburg , .• ;',,J.··:,;\T·"HI, 'i'" Naples, but accepted Salomon's They left for England via Bonn, Salomon's

'J ,,:iqi;ni 1 birthplace, on December 15 and emssedlie English Channel on New Year's Eve. ',\f Parke B\I1'IPh:~Aductor* '.. ;.t ~d~ b ·'c lJL English society welcomed Haydn and the next eighteen months were filled • "",;:. ft, .;:., ., ... 1"; d . with introductions and socializing. According to his contract with Salomon, 0~S_>_<;;'_i7)::.....E'_'_d...... · fNTWMiISSION . however, composition of "six nQWI$}U)\poonies, an opera, and twenty other symphonies were finished that season: Nos. 96 in D ) \(i and 95 in C minor. While his music formed only a part of total repertoire ~ i ~;! t~:'~:J~;; offered at Salomon's concerts, ,llay~,uS¢,somti of ttis most recent music that he IP '1 .' 'SYMPHONt:N~!~5':tiI C Minor , ',. had wisely decided to bring with hini:' Symphonies 90 in C (1788) and 92 in G J ·y't~· .~.'" :1" 'F f .1: (1789), the Opus 64 Quartets (1790~rai*l the Notturni. for the King of Naples AUe,ro '. ('A:~-3lf ) ~ I Andante . (' (1790). ..1\1,.;. , Me~: Trio ;, . Symphony 92 in G Major is tra-':, U" .I~; '.' i , Major, in ABA form, is an aria without words. Its initial serenity is all the / more sublime upon its return folloWitigffie contrasting theme in D minor. Back ,\ ." :.,4=.Q,;);{ !i!'~'1 0 4 l.f'l";; .JlI"n ·A .,. (/'"' / ,,: in G Major for the Menuetto (Allegtc!ito), Haydn dares the audience to tap . Alleg1VJ .CQtl spirito its toes with the metric ambiguity·he ptQposes. In the Trio, particularly, he .. .. L , .••."" 'll'j ,:,',.1", moves the accent one beat to the left to beat three of the previous bar (bassoons ,;'Walter Schwed:e~'violin ;j'z ~r:;,.. Alex Klein, obo( '" I.:" and horns), leaving the pizzica19 strings to keep the "real" time. An agitated w- RaymondDaVls,celIo, :.l.:.Iji' A'o: tAKthuroroS$Ill3Jlo~~oon .1 Presto 1ni(}iMajor unfoldS from 'a folk-like dance tune given out by the violins Peter .&ofidondttttor'll over a nervous bass. The rhythmicd9~f!ppnctuated by the trumpets and drum.s, I.,a ~,.. ~('~; ~1.~ 'L , . L {~! ~ ~ propels the finale along with hearty abandon. Haydn had completed No. 92 m 1789 as the third of three symphonies for Le Comte d'Ogny in Paris and Prince ),.,I ~t '.• ,:1 III " Krafft-Ernst of Oettingen-Wallerstein in southern Germany.

-This performance is given in partiallW1fdlmen' of the requirelQen~ I,. the SYMPHONY No. 95 in C Minbr?' degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting. \ T " ~ . f; ~,~, .,} .,~t :London symphonies (Nos. 93-104) lacking a slow introduc­ SYMPHONY No', 12 inE M'~jot,,"n 'j i, tion. Opening unequivocally in C Minqr" ,lI?e. Allegro's SlJiong unison state:­ It is the melody which is the chatm of music, and it is that which is the ment unifies the fIrSt movement ' . . . most difficult to produce... Joseph Haydn, quoted in Joseph Machlis, Intrp~, The theme and variations of the seclond movement, Andante in E-tlat. have a duction to Contemporary Music, 1963•.. disciplined grace, in contrast to the stPnn and stress of the first. The C Minor MenueUo: Trio is a dialog of whispers and full sonorities separated in the When Joseph Haydn was thrown ouCo(tbe Cantorei of St. Stephen's CatM} Trio by .eloquent rhetoric for solo.cello. In brilliant C Major, the Finale: dral in November 1749, he was Ii~PillY··out on the street with the JUSt the Vivace is testimony to Haydn's ~"o( ~ombining fugue and sonata reminis­ clothes on his back. From that situafion ofabject homelessneSs (one need only cent of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony (Ifr ~Sl. 1788). . think of people in similar straits in Seattle) he pieced together an existence one (: j j, bit at a time, fueled by a detenninatio~ to, become a co~poser. His big break came in 1759 when, after a decade of smauJobs, he was recommended to Count SINFONIA CONCERTANTE~~i l~~riat Major Ferdinand Mrutimilian von Morzio' of Bohemia'. music director and chamber The Salomon concerts weren't ,game in town. Professional Concerts muSic composer. He was twenty seven.'· it" . ,·t' .• tbe:." Count Morzin and his court, including"iSixteen musicians, spent most of,th~ (pc). a rival presenting company, was aware of Salomon's success in puttiog year-in Lukavec,Bohemia, the balan~;I)'IVienna. Haydn's appointment lasted Haydn before the public. Not to beQUtdOne, they called on Ignaz Pleyel (1757­ jgrltwo years, ending abruptly when tlleICpt was forceoboes, two bassoqDSland two horns), coach the six singers !l0f... the Concertante it will be;suff.eteilcy of praise to say, that Haydn might severally in their operatic parts and practise the Sunday masses with them as,a own with honour these works of his,PIlpiI." What else could he do but accept )1 <:' ' choir. On opem nights he was...in c~e of the perfonnance. He was responsi­ lhedare? :" . ,ble for the ...instruments and music libquy, the clavier tuning, and did not The solo instruments are a "double4Uet"· of treble &: bass from the siring and think it beneath his dignity to copy OUJ;;parts.... " Among his fust official duties woodwind families, providing manypoSsibiUties for color. Moreover. the solo was the composition of three symphpnj~N~ 6, 1, & 8, subtided respectivel., oboe and bassoon complement their'ensemble counterparts in the tutti passages, Le matin, Le midi, and Le soin. '<. i~~" i~, ,I, bringing their sections to nornW'sueRgtb of two each The fust movement, Sympbony No. 12 in E MajollwCOJD(lttlsqd in 1763 for pairs of oboes Allegro, opens with placld good humor, not unlike conversation over a game and horns, strings and continuo,. is,,a;:~ ,work, lasting just over twelve min­ of bridge. The four participale>'mt:78l,jntimately in the cadenza where Haydn . utes. The opening Allegro begiJ)s :quiCH,ly, the strings singing a chorale-li~e exploits the moge of colOrs.' The AlMIibte brings more of the soloists together tune in parallel octaves. The bright :W1U1Dth of EMajor and the clever natural­ llCCompanied by pizzicato strings ofdi8:wtti. Characteristic of this movement is ness of the counterpoint prove HaydnjiH~arly genius as a symphonist The its airy spaciousness~ The concertt:iltl~is rounded out by a cheerful Allegro Andante in E Minor for strings alon~,is!l gende, rocking siciliano p'UDctuated con spirito. Using orchestral recil41i\te; a technique not employed since Le ,by unison runs, contrasting dynamic~.;~ large skips. A final episqde in,uni­ Midi (No.7. 1761). Haydn asks ~~in to interrupt the proceedings three son leads to a short cadenza and the,cAQsing cadence. The FinaJe.(Presto) tinles befOre the rondo bubbles toa Olosci~ The premiere of this concertante was , on March 9, 1792. not even two weoWafter Pleyel's Sinfonie was rust heard. romps with the energy of a country dance. The theme ascends through the major , ;' 'iI(' triad and settles again on home base of E. A curious rhythmic affect is achieved in the second theme when successive eighth notes are bowed from weak to l'\..i ..j. '; .:! ) ~' strong. The result is "staggering," but all in good fun. NOT~BYSTEPHENLONG Ii; ;

I ,­ I UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 7 Peter ErOs. condUCtor ]oban Louwersheimer. assistant Conductor Violi" I Kyung Sun Cbee Viola Xiao-PoFei Angela Engebretsen Oboe Scott Cole Carrie 10 Adams Kris Dasenko Simon Shiao Juna Claasen lennifer SChmidt Coral Ovennan Rob DuiSberg Bassoo" Thane Lewis Gwen Kelrs Katie Jackson Sunny Lee Kim ' BoramKim JiJliann Sims Kjen Sleipoess Cello Horn Andrew Yeong Chris Marcum Lonaine Fader Violin II Stacy Philpott TonYMiJler DanPeny LeslieHin TIliInpe/ Robin Fulton Kathryn Erickson Sam Mann David Moore SOO-AhLee Joy Guderian Kim Caner Colby Hubler Aaron Hart Chi-Hyun Kim TiMpani Sharon Kim Bass Walt Hampton , ... Christine Chen OlavHekala Trina Khriplovich IanRashtin .'.; .... : " Ann Marie HOflinan Dennis StasJc:oWski i.. ]effYang Flute James Mello' "' t ~, Pablo SepulVeda ".

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