Season 32, Concert 1 October 17, 2014 Honoring the Legacy of John R. Rodland 2014-15 CONTRIBUTORS The Ridgewood Concert Band gratefully acknowledges the support of our donors and subscribers whose generous support makes these programs possible. BENEFACTOR ($3,000 and above) Judith & David Maron Lindsay B. Gallagher Jerrold, Mary A. & Leah Meyer Thomas & Victoria Price Irene Montella Konica Minolta Business Solutions Michelle & Michael Morris Merrill Lynch Wealth Management/ Dorothy S. Neff Bank of America Corp. Sylvia Nodini Mary & Michael Nussear PATRON ($2,000 to $2,999) Marcella Phelan Carolyn & Howard Crumb Jean Roughgarden Friends in support of new music Deloss Schertz & Rose Kraybill Francis H. Schott SPONSOR ($1,000 to $1,999) Rachel Schulman Khan & Eva Smith Richard & Karen Summers Kathleen & Harold Sylvester SUPPORTER ($500 to $999) Nancy E. 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Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, Music Director ________________________________________________________________________ Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. ________________________________________________________________________ Honoring the Legacy of The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to thank all of John R. Rodland the many volunteers who have made this concert possible. FEATURED GUEST SOLOISTS ________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Catherine Rodland, Organ Richard Frey, Organ The Ridgewood Concert Band would like to give a Deborah Holden-Holloway, Soprano, Organ special “thank you” to the Pascack Valley Regional High School District. The Pascack Hills High PRELUDE PERFORMANCE - 7:30 PM School Band room is our weekly rehearsal site. Montclair State University Wind Symphony Dr. Thomas McCauley, Director ________________________________________________________________________ Friday, October 17, 2014 - 8:00 PM For additional RCB information, please West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ visit our website or scan our QR code: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. is a Proud Sponsor of WWW.RIDGEWOODBAND.ORG the Ridgewood Concert Band RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT: Mark Zettler VICE PRESIDENT: John Wagner RECORDING SECRETARY: Carol Sheehan CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Mary Nussear TREASURER: Neil Sheehan MEMBERS AT LARGE: Noreen Baer Annette Baron John Butler Mike DePompeo Lawrence Friedman Carolyn Kirby Kathleen Peters Philip Peters Thomas P. Price Deloss Schertz Beth Seavers A native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, John R. Rodland earned his Master’s Degree in Sacred Music, summa cum laude, from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. After service to the First Presbyterian Church in Rutherford, New Jersey, he returned to Union Seminary for his Master’s of Divinity and was ordained in 1980. He and his wife, Joanne Harris Rodland, shared in the direction of a vast music program at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey, until his untimely death in October 1989. In memory and celebration of John's life and service, the John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the American Guild of Organists to financially assist organ students at any age level who exhibit talent and interest in the study of music as utilized in religious services of any type, and whose continuance in such study is hindered by lack of funds. Dr. Catherine Rodland, whose playing has been described as "transcendent" (The American Organist), is Artist in Residence at St. Olaf College. A 1987 St. Olaf graduate, she received both the MM and DMA from Eastman School of Music. She is a prizewinner in numerous international competitions and concertizes extensively throughout North America and western Europe. At St. Olaf, Dr. Rodland teaches a full studio of organ students, in addition to performing regularly. She has presented master classes on Baroque performance practice and has been a regular part of the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival in Memphis, TN which features yearly premieres and performances of music of living composers. Kammermusik No. 7 – Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a theorist, teacher, violist, and composer who is regarded by many as the foremost German composer of his generation and one of the most central figures in music between the First and Second World Wars. The chamber music works are among Hindemith's most successful instrumental works of the 1920s. But the title is misleading. The individual pieces actually have concertante soloistic features instead of submitting to chamber music traditions and some of them are unusual. Kammermusik #7 focuses on the organ and is in of itself more of a concerto. Throughout the work the listener experiences incisive rhythmic articulation and clear delineation of line that allows the music’s essential vitality to come through with the greatest possible impact. Hindemith’s organ writing is altogether a splendid continuation of tradition though his bracing combination of organ and chamber ensemble retains its novelty. Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star – Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987). There have been few more universally admired twentieth-century American composers than Vincent Persichetti. His contributions have enriched the entire musical literature and his influence as a performer and teacher is immeasurable. He is still revered as a teacher par excellence and a highly lucid theorist. In both capacities his great artistry was ever clear and impressive, providing an example of dynamic leadership for those who encountered his genius. Written in 1963, this rather brief work is one of Persichetti’s more obscure pieces. Originally commissioned by the Duke University Band, it treats an original chorale melody with contemporary harmonies resulting in a hauntingly beautiful, lyrical piece. Polka and Fugue from the opera “Schwanda, the Bagpiper” – Jaromir Weinberger (1896-1967) is an American composer of Czech birth. Born in Prague, Weinberger’s life was steeped in music and folk traditions that influenced his lifetime. He studied at both the Prague and Leipzig Conservatories before fleeing to New York to avoid the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939. Although it was a sensation throughout Europe after its introduction in 1927, Weinberger’s opera Schwanda, the Bagpiper is seldom performed today. What has endured is Polka and Fugue, a concert piece derived from the score that is a perennial favorite in the repertoire of orchestras and bands alike. Combining tuneful Czech folk songs with complex rhythms and countermelodies, it is no less than a joyous, exuberant musical adventure. Program Notes compiled by Marcie Phelan PROGRAM NOTES Dr. Christian Wilhjelm, conductor, professional musician and educator, has been the Ridgewood Concert Band’s Crown Imperial - A Coronation March – William Walton (1902-1983) was Musical Director since it was founded in 1983. He was also Music Director of the renowned Goldman Memorial Band first performed at the coronation of England’s King George VI in 1937 and in New York City. He regularly conducts the metropolitan subsequently performed at the coronation of the current reigning monarch area’s leading professional ensembles such as the Norwalk Elizabeth II in 1953. Most recently it was performed as the recessional Symphony. As a French horn player, he has performed offering to the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April under the world’s great conductors including Leonard 2011. Considered one of the most popular of William Walton’s compositions, Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis and Arthur Fiedler. the march has become well known to audiences around the world. Many listeners feel this