July 25–August 23, 2014 Sponsored by Bloomberg Friday and Saturday Evenings, August 8–9, 2014, at 7:00 Pre-concert Recital Philip Cobb , Trumpet Joseph Turrin , Piano PURCELL Trumpet Sonata in D major (1690 –95) Allegro Adagio Allegro BELLSTEDT Napoli: Variations on a Neapolitan Song JOSEPH TURRIN Caprice (1972) This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, Avery Fisher Hall pager, or watch alarm is switched off. Mostly Mozart Festival Notes on the Cin cinnati, where he began his long and influential career. A member of numerous Pre-concert Recital ensembles (including the Cincinnati Reed by Harlow Robinson Band and the Sousa Band), he composed pieces for band, orchestra, piano, violin, Trumpet Sonata in D major, Z.850 and cornet, and eventually became a pro - (1690– 95) fessor at Cincinnati’s Conservatory of HENRY PURCELL Music. By far his most popular composition Born September 1659, in London is Napoli, an entertaining and vivid set of Died November 21, 1695, in London virtuosic variations for cornet (or trumpet) and band or orchestra. The melody is based Approximate length: 5 minutes on a popular song (“Funiculi, finicula”) orig - inally composed in 1880 by the Italian Luigi Purcell was a pioneer in writing serious con - Denza (1846–1922). It is not known exactly cert music for the trumpet. Around 1689, he when Bellstedt wrote these Variations on a started producing an impressive series of Neapolitan Song, later edited by his compositions for the instrument and helped student Frank Simon. But Denza’s infec - to establish it as a regular fixture of the tious song, written to celebrate the con - Baroque orchestra. Purcell wrote for a “nat - struction of a funicular railway up the ural” trumpet (without valves) capable of pro - slopes of Mt. Vesuvius, was a smash hit ducing only a small number of tones. Around and inspired numerous knock-off versions. 1690, however, the so-called “flat” trumpet An eruption destroyed the funicular in came into use, equipped with a double-slide 1944, but Napoli remains. that allowed for the production of certain “exotick notes” and a softer, more nuanced Caprice (1972) sound. In 1699, four years after Purcell’s JOSEPH TURRIN death, one could read in The Gentleman’s Born January 4, 1947, in Clifton, New Jersey Journal : “The Trumpet [is] an Instrument for - merly practis’d in ye rough consorts of ye Approximate length: 6 minutes Field but now instructed in gentler Notes, it has learnt to accompany ye softest Flutes A prolific composer of film scores and con - and can join with the most charming Voices.” cert music, Joseph Turrin has enjoyed a long - Although the details of its composition are standing relationship with the New York unclear, the Sonata in D major for trumpet Philharmonic. He wrote his popular Caprice, and strings might have been the opening now a standard fixture at trumpet and cornet symphony of the 1693 New Year ode, Light of competitions, for cornetist Derek Smith. Its the World , whose score does not survive. robust, jazzy, American character led former New York Philharmonic music director Kurt Napoli: Variations on a Neapolitan Song Masur to remark: “I have always liked com - HERMAN BELLSTEDT posers who are reflecting upon the musical Born February 12, 1858, in Bremen, Germany sound of their country. Joseph Turrin does it Died June 8, 1926, in San Francisco in a very convincing way.” Also a conductor and pianist, Turrin will be heard this evening Approximate length: 6 minutes as the accompanist for his Caprice. The son of a cornet player, Bellstedt came to —Copyright © 2014 by Lincoln Center for the the United States at age nine and settled in Performing Arts, Inc. July 25–August 23, 2014 Sponsored by Bloomberg Friday and Saturday Evenings, August 8–9, 2014, at 8:00 Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Osmo Vänskä , Conductor Yuja Wang , Piano M|M Philip Cobb , Trumpet M|M PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major (“ Classical” ) (1916– 17) Allegro con brio Larghetto Gavotte: Non troppo allegro Finale: Molto vivace SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet, and strings in C minor (1933) Allegretto Lento Moderato Allegro con brio Ms. Wang will perform Shostakovich’s cadenza. Intermission BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major (1812) Allegro vivace e con brio Allegretto scherzando Tempo di Menuetto Allegro vivace M|M Mostly Mozart debut This evening’ s performance is dedicated to the memory of Paul Milstein, philanthropist and builder. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Steinway Piano Please make certain your cellular phone, Avery Fisher Hall pager, or watch alarm is switched off. Mostly Mozart Festival The Mostly Mozart Festival is sponsored by Upcoming Mostly Mozart Festival Events: Bloomberg. Thursday–Saturday Evenings, August 7–9, The Mostly Mozart Festival is made possible by at 7:30 in the David H. Koch Theater Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser, The Fan Fox and Acis and Galatea (New York premiere) Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Ann and Mark Morris , Director and Choreographer Gordon Getty Foundation, Charles E. Culpeper Mark Morris Dance Group Foundation, S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Foundation, and Friends of Mostly Mozart. Nicholas McGegan , Conductor Yulia Van Doren , Soprano Public support is provided by the New York State Thomas Cooley , Tenor M|M Council on the Arts. Isaiah Bell , Tenor M|M Douglas Williams , Bass-baritone M|M Artist Catering is provided by Zabar’s and Adrianne Lobel , Scenic Design Zabars.com. Isaac Mizrahi , Costume Design Michael Chybowski , Lighting Design MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center. HANDEL (arr. Mozart): Acis and Galatea Pre-performance discussion on August 8 at 6:15 Bloomberg is the Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center with Mark Morris and Jane Moss Summer Programs. Sunday Afternoon, August 10, at 1:00 Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center. in the Walter Reade Theater Handel on Film United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center. Short documentary and Messiah , Parts I and II WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings, August 12–13, Lincoln Center. at 8:00 in Avery Fisher Hall Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Gianandrea Noseda , Conductor Lincoln Center. Erika Grimaldi , Soprano (U.S. debut) Anna Maria Chiuri , Mezzo-soprano M|M “Summer at Lincoln Center” is sponsored by Diet Russell Thomas , Tenor Pepsi. Ildar Abdrazakov , Bass M|M Concert Chorale of New York Time Out New York is Media Partner of Summer at James Bagwell , Director Lincoln Center. ALL -- BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Overture to The Consecration of the House Symphony No. 9 Pre-concert recitals at 7:00 by the Amphion String Quartet M|M Mostly Mozart debut For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit MostlyMozart.org. Call the Lincoln Center Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 to learn about program cancellations or request a Mostly Mozart brochure. Visit MostlyMozart.org for full festival listings. Join the conversation: #LCMozart We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members. In consideration of the performing artists and members of the audience, those who must leave before the end of the performance are asked to do so between pieces. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in the building. Mostly Mozart Festival Welcome to Mostly Mozart I am delighted to welcome you to the 2014 Mostly Mozart Festival, where we explore the many facets of our namesake composer’s brilliance and invention. What better way to usher in that spirit than with an outdoor world premiere work by American composer John Luther Adams. Sila: The Breath of the World transforms Lincoln Center’s Hearst Plaza into a sonic stage before we rejoin Mozart in Avery Fisher Hall with the acclaimed Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. This summer, our Festival Orchestra reaches beyond many Mozart masterpieces to the signature works of some of his great successors: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique , Martin’s Polyptyque . We join with favorite soloists—Joshua Bell, Richard Goode, Christian Tetzlaff—and also introduce luminaries making their festival debuts, including pianists Yuja Wang and Steven Osborne, and bass Ildar Abdrazakov. We are always pleased to welcome the Mark Morris Dance Group to Mostly Mozart. This August, Mark Morris brings his unparalleled affinity for Handel to his newest creation, Acis and Galatea . The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Emerson String Quartet delight us in Alice Tully Hall, while the International Contemporary Ensemble celebrates new music at Park Avenue Armory. And don’t forget to join us for music and wine in casual, intimate Little Night Music recitals at the Kaplan Penthouse. We all embrace the joy that celebrating Mozart’s music brings to New York in the summer. I hope to see you often here at Lincoln Center. Jane Moss Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Mostly Mozart Festival Signature Works by Peter A. Hoyt The musicologists who first investigated Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750) discovered that some pieces, written in his handwriting and long attributed to him, were actually composed by other musicians. Bach had omitted their names during the copying process, and the scholars—disturbed by this hint of plagiarism—were relieved to learn that the early 18th century was often indifferent to niceties of attribution. Indeed, Bach himself frequently neglected to sign his own manuscripts. In the decades following, however, authorial identity took on greater importance. The col - lapse of the French aristocracy led Europe to emphasize individual merit, endowing artists with new dignity.