Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents 21st CENTURY CONSORT November 7, 2015 Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum The 21st Century Consort gratefully acknowledges the generous support presents of the Friends of the 21st Century Consort: Therese Arcole Winslow & Francine Vivienne Patton James F. Bleakley, Jr. & Hayward Hunt Prothro, Jr. 21st Century Consort Alyce Rideout Carol Herwig & Keith Roberts & Beatrice Bobotek George Morgan Diane Epperson David Bragunier & Courtney Howland & Albert & Mary Salter Christopher Kendall, Artistic Director Sara Stern Michael Singer Boyd Sarratt & Boyd Sarratt, Manager Marie & Joe Canny Laurie Ironside & Lisa Emenheiser Shirley Cherkasky Jay Szlamowicz Morris Schapiro Richard Barber, double bass Nancy Dalzell Christopher Kendall & Bob & Carol Schwartz Dennis Deloria & Susan Schilperoort David & Sylvia Silver Paul Cigan, clarinet Suzanne Thouvenelle Jeanne Krohn & Bob Wade Murray Spalding Lisa Emenheiser, piano Diane Epperson Harald & Nancy Kingsbury Movement Arts Dan Foster, viola Freddie Mac employee Leuba James Stern & giving Rev. Jeanne MacKenzie Audrey Andrist Eliza Garth, piano David Froom & Eliza Garth Sherry & Wilbert Mahoney William W. & Sue Taylor Lee Hinkle, percussion James & Jo Ann Gillula Anthony Manzo & Doris Tennyson Teresa Ling, violin Michael Greene Rachel Young Manzo Tom & Liz Wehr Stefanie Greene Dorothy Marschak James Willey Deanne Meek, mezzo soprano Gloria Shaw Hamilton Janice & Andrew Molchon Katherine Williams James Nickel, French horn Michael Hamilton & Eugene O’Brien Derek Yale Susan Robinson, harp Myung Nam Victoria O’Reilly Wendel Yale & Maija Hay Patricia Orend Louise Seirmarco Sara Stern, flute Lambert & Jan Orkis Nick Stovall, oboe Compiled October 2015 Rachel Young, cello Mark Huffman, recording engineer Saturday, November 7, 2015 Pre-Concert Discussion 4:00 p.m. Concert 5:00 p.m. Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium Smithsonian American Art Museum ❖ ❖ ❖ The 21st Century Consort’s 2015 - 2016 activities are sponsored by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and funded in part by generous contributions from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the Board and Friends of the 21st Century Consort. 2 23 21st Century Consort Smithsonian American Art Museum Founded in 1975 and presenting its first public concert in the Lincoln Gallery presents of the then-National Gallery of Fine Arts—now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)—the Consort became the resident ensemble for con- Pre-Concert Discussion temporary music at the Smithsonian Institution in 1978, performing for Christopher Kendall, David Froom, Stephen Jaffe many years at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In its annual series at SAAM, where it is ensemble-in-residence, the Consort presents con- Program certs frequently related to the museum’s exhibitions, featuring music by Beyond Beauty living composers—including world premieres—along with 20th century classics. In 1990, the Consort was awarded the Smithsonian Institution’s Smithson Medal in honor of their long, successful association...and that was Fantasy Dances David Froom a quarter century ago! Under the direction of its founder and conductor, I. Stomp Christopher Kendall, the Consort’s artists include leading players from the II. Ritual Dance National Symphony Orchestra, along with other prominent chamber musi- III. Jump cians and soloists from Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. In addition to its many recordings of contemporary American music, 40 years of live concerts Mr. Cigan, Mr. Foster, Ms. Garth, Mr. Hinkle, Mr. Kendall, with hundreds of works are archived and can be heard on the Consort’s web- Ms. Ling, Ms. Stern, Ms. Young site at 21stcenturyconsort.org. In Manus Tuas Caroline Shaw Ms. Young 21st Century Consort Board of Directors Roman Canticle Nicholas Maw Michael Hamilton, President Alyce Rideout, Treasurer Mr. Foster, Ms. Meek, Ms. Robinson, Ms. Stern Louise Seirmarco Yale, Vice President INTERMISSION James Bleakley Ex officio Dennis Deloria Christopher Kendall The Old King’s Lament Nicholas Maw David Froom Boyd Sarratt, Manager Mr. Barber Jo Ann Gillula Winslow (Win) Hayward Homage to the Breath Stephen Jaffe Jeanne Krohn Andy Molchon I. Running Pulse Janice Molchon II. Ostinato Elegaico Vivienne Patton III. Homage to the Breath John Simson Mr. Barber, Mr. Cigan, Ms. Emenheiser, Mr. Foster, Mr. Hinkle, William Taylor Mr. Kendall, Ms. Ling, Ms. Meek, Mr. Nickel, Ms. Stern, Mr. Stovall, Ms. Young The audience is invited to join the artists in the lobby following the performance for conversation and refreshments. 22 3 Program Notes and Texts Future Programs The Passion of Scrooge Ⅲ DECEMBER 5, 2015 Fantasy Dances David Froom PAUL SCHOENFIELD – Six Improvisations on Hassidic Melodies David Froom was born in California in 1951. His music has been per- BELA BARTOK – Romanian Christmas Carols formed extensively throughout the United States by major orchestras, *** ensembles, and soloists, including the Louisville, Seattle, Utah, League/ JON DEAK – The Passion of Scrooge or a Christmas Carol ISCM, and Chesapeake Symphony Orchestras, The United States Marine and Navy Bands, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Crosscurrents Ⅲ FEBRUARY 6, 2016 Musica Viva, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Haydn Trio Eisen- JOHN ADAMS – st Hallelujah Junction stadt, and the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, and frequently by the 21 LUCIANO BERIO – Circles Century Consort. His music has been heard in performance in England, *** France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Holland, Cyprus, China, New Zealand, EUGENE O’BRIEN – Close Harmony and Australia, and is published by the American Composers Alliance and BELA BARTOK – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion available on CD on the Bridge (a recording by the 21st Century Consort), Navona, New Dimensions, Naxos, Arabesque, Capriccio, Centaur, Icons Ⅲ MARCH 12, 2016 Sonora, Crystal, Opus 3, and Altissimo labels. CHARLES IVES – Largo Mr. Froom has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Let- ANDREA CLEARFIELD – Convergence GEORGE CRUMB – Voice of the Whale ters, the Guggenheim, Fromm, Koussevitzky, and Barlow Foundations, *** the Kennedy Center (first prize in the Friedheim Awards), the National JAMES PRIMOSCH – Icons Endowment for the Arts, The Music Teachers National Association JOSEPH SCHWANTNER – Sparrows (MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer for 2006), and the state of Maryland (five Individual Artist Awards). He had a Fulbright grant for Imaginary Landscapes Ⅲ APRIL 30, 2016 study at Cambridge University, and fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Wellesley Composers Conference, and the MacDowell STEPHEN ALBERT – Sun’s Heat JOHN CAGE – Imaginary Landscapes II Colony. His biography is included in Groves. He serves on the boards of PAUL SCHOENFIELD – st Café Music directors for the American Composers Alliance, the 21 Century Con- *** sort, and the New York New Music Ensemble. He has taught at the Uni- SHULAMIT RAN – Mirage versity of Utah, the University of Maryland–College Park, the Peabody DANIEL THOMAS DAVIS – To Canaan’s Fair and Happy Land Conservatory, and, since 1989, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Mr. STEPHEN ALBERT – Flower of the Mountain Froom was educated at the University of California at Berkeley, the Uni- versity of Southern California, and Columbia University. His main com- position teachers were Chou Wen-chung, Mario Davidovsky, Alexander For Consort news and performance information, please visit the Goehr, and William Kraft. 21st Century Consort website at www.21stcenturyconsort.org and AmericanArt.si.edu/calendar. The composer writes: Fantasy Dances (in three movements, altogether lasting about thir- teen minutes) reflects my fascination with the diminishing gaps Like us on Facebook between various styles of music—both within the “modern classi- cal music” community and in the wider world generally. I revel in 4 21 soloist in concertos of Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach, Jean Francaix, and Vivaldi a world where the new can embrace any aspect of a readily avail- with that ensemble. Stovall has taught and performed at the Aspen Music Fes- able past. The notion, suggested throughout the century just tival and School, Indiana University, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and concluded, that we American composers might find a “third the Round Top Festival-Institute in Texas. He is a former faculty member of stream” of music, halfway-way between jazz and classical music, the Bard College Conservatory of Music and currently teaches at the Catholic has been broadened to what some might see as a beautiful and University of America, as well as in the National Symphony’s Youth Fellowship expansive lake (others might see a vast swamp), where everything Program and Summer Music Institute. After completing studies at the Inter- lochen Arts Academy with Daniel Stolper, he earned degrees at the Cleveland and anything is available to the composers searching for an effec- Institute of Music and The Juilliard School as a student of John Mack, Elaine tive means of expression. Personally, while I embrace a wide Douvas, and Nathan Hughes. range of musical interests, I do so while favoring internally and contextually consistent, continuously developing music, with an RACHEL YOUNG, a National Symphony cellist since 1998, brings a diverse musi- inclusive harmony that spans both tonal and modernist lan- cal background to her work, ranging from chamber music to teaching