~ PROGRAM ~ Mark Davis Scatterday and William Talley, conductors Eastman Wind Orchestra Smetana Fanfare (1984) Karel Husa (1921-2016) ~ Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague ~ 4’ Traveler (2003) David Maslanka ~ In Memoriam ~ (1943-2017) 15’ William Talley , conductor Bells for Stokowski (2002) Michael Daugherty (b. 1954) 13’ The Eastman Wind Ensemble ~ INTERMISSION ~ & Eastman Wind Orchestra Eastman Wind Ensemble Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) John Adams (b. 1947) ~ Celebrating the composer’s 70th year ~ 5’ Mark Davis Scatterday Through the Brightening Air (2017) David Liptak (b. 1949) and William Talley, ~ In Memoriam Steven Stucky (1949-2016) ~ 10’ ~ World Premiere Performance ~ conductors J’ai été au bal (1999) Donald Grantham (b. 1947) ~ Celebrating the composer’s 70th year ~ 11’ ~ PROGRAM NOTES ~ Husa: Smetana Fanfare Smetana Fanfare for Wind Ensemble was commissioned by the San Diego State University for the 1984 Festival of Music honoring the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. It was fi rst performed on April 3, 1984 in San Diego on the occasion of the centennial celebration of Smetana’s death. This short work uses two excerpts from Smetana’s symphonic poem The Wallenstein’s Camp, completed in 1859 in Friday, December 1, 2017 Goteberg, Sweden, during his exile from Prague. - Karel Husa Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre Maslanka: Traveler The idea for Traveler came from the feeling of a big life movement as I contemplat- 8:00 PM ed my friends retirement. Traveler begins with an assertive statement of the chorale melody Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr (“Not so sad, not so much”). The chorale was not chosen for its title, although in retrospect it seems quite appropriate. The last part of a life need not be sad. It is the accumulation of all that has gone before, and a powerful projection into the future-the potential for a tremendous gift of life and joy. And so the music begins with energy and movement, depicting an engaged life in full stride. At the halfway point, a meditative quiet settles in. Life’s battles are largely done; the soul is preparing for its next big step. - David Maslanka Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski Spring Concert Season Bells for Stokowski is a tribute to one of the most infl uential and controversial conductors of the twentieth century. Born in London, Leopold Stokowski began The Eastman Wind Ensemble & Eastman Wind Orchestra his career as an organist. As maestro of the Philadelphia Orchestra, he became famous for interpreting classical music in brilliant new ways, and expanding his audience’s expectations of what they might hear in the concert hall. Wednesday, January 31 Monday, April 2 - Michael Daugherty The Eastman Wind Orchestra The Eastman Wind Orchestra Music of Nelson, Daugherty, Music of Husa, Gulda, Milhaud, and Holst Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a joyfully exuberant piece. The steady marking of a Krenek, and Grainger Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor beat is typical of Adams’ music. Short Ride begins with a marking of quarter-notes Mark Davis Scatterday, Mark Powell, Featuring Daniel Ketter, cello (woodblock, soon joined by the trumpets) and eighths (clarinets and synthesizers); and William Talley, conductors Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM the woodblock is fortissimo and the other instruments play forte. Adams sees the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM rest of the orchestra as running the gauntlet through that rhythmic tunnel. Of the title Adams states, “You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrifi c sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?”- Michael Steinberg (from The John Adams Reader) Monday, February 5 Friday, April 6 The Eastman Wind Ensemble The Eastman Wind Ensemble and Liptak: Through the Brightening Air Music of Sierra and Maslanka Harmonie Through the Brightening Air is written in memory of the composer Steven Stucky. Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor Music of Husa, Dove, Wilson, Steven and I became friends in middle age, when both of us were living in upstate Featuring James Carter, saxophone and Stravinsky New York, with his long service at Cornell University and mine at the Eastman School of Music. Perhaps because we were not young then, I think about Steven as Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM Mark Davis Scatterday and I read poetry by Yeats, and particularly his poem The Song of Wandering Aengus , from Will Talley, conductors 1899. In the poem, Aengus has caught a little silver trout, but, as he was lighting a Kilbourn Hall • 8PM fi re, Wednesday, February 21 The Eastman Wind Ensemble It had become a glimmering girl Music of Higdon and Tyzik Monday, May 8 With apple blossom in her hair Who called me by my name and ran Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor The Eastman Wind Ensemble & And faded through the brightening air. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM Eastman Wind Orchestra Music of Husa, Yurko, The poem’s fi nal stanza is reprinted in the score. Stucky, and Schoenberg Friday, March 2 Mark Davis Scatterday and Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands, The Eastman Wind Orchestra Jerry Junkin, conductors I will fi nd out where she has gone, Music of Welcher, Stephenson, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM And kiss her lips and take her hands; Maslanka and Ticheli And walk among long dappled grass, Mark Davis Scatterday And pluck till time and times are done, and William Talley, conductors The silver apples of the moon, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre • 8PM The golden apples of the sun. Through the Brightening Air is composed for the Eastman Wind Ensemble and conductor Mark Scatterday. Tonight’s concert features the premiere performance. - David Liptak Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre fi re exits are Supporting the Eastman School of Music: Grantham: J’ai été au bal located along the right and left sides, and at the We at the Eastman School of Music are grateful J’ai été au bal is a celebration of some of the popular/folk music styles of Louisi- back of the hall on each level. In the event of for the generous contributions made by friends, ana—in particular Cajun music and the brass band tradition of New Orleans. The an emergency, you will be notifi ed by the stage parents, and alumni, as well as local and national dance fl avor of much of the music is suggested by the title (“I went to the dance”), manager. If notifi ed, please move in a calm and foundations and corporations. Gifts and grants and two traditional Cajun dance tunes are employed. The fi rst appears near the beginning and later at the end. Allons danser, Colinda (“Let’s go dancing, Colinda”) orderly fashion to the nearest exit. to the School support student scholarships, is a boy’s attempt to coax Colinda into going dancing, and part of his argument is performance and academic facilities, educational “it’s not everyone who knows how to dance the two-beat waltzes.” This touching Restrooms are located on each level of Kodak initiatives, and programs open to the greater little tune does work better in a syncopated two, but is usually represented in nota- Hall at Eastman Theatre. Our ushers will be happy Rochester community. Every gift, no matter the tion as 3+3+2. The second Cajun song is Les fl ammes d’enfer (“The fl ames of hell”), to direct you to them. size, is vital to enhancing Eastman’s commitment most often performed as a heavily-accented two-step. My version is much faster to excellence. For more information on making and lighter, and is introduced by a country-fi ddle style tune. The brass band section Please note: The use of unauthorized photo- a gift, please visit www.esm.rochester.edu/giving begins with solo tuba, followed by a duet with the euphonium, and culminating in a graphic and recording equipment is not allowed or contact the Advancement Offi ce by calling full brass presentation. - Donald Grantham in this building. We reserve the right to ask anyone (585) 274-1040. disrupting a performance to leave the hall. Thank you!.