Starlight Symphony Orchestra

SAT•APRIL 8, 2017•7:00 PMAkins High School

10701 South 1st StreetAustin, TX

SUN•APRIL 9, 2017•4:00 PMFirst Baptist Church

15951 Winters Mill ParkwayWimberley, TX

All I Really Need to KnowI Learned from the Symphony

Classical Young Artist Series: Shapes

in residence at the Hays Performing Arts Center, Kyle

Classical Young Artist Series:

2017

Margaret Seoperforms Bruch’s Violin

Concerto Movement No. 3

Jiyee Ahnperforms Wieniawski’s

Polonaise Brillante

also featuring

Wagner’s Prelude to Die MeistersingerSaint-Saens’ Phaeton, Op. 49

Sibelius’ Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 2 from KuolemaSuk’s Toward a New Life

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Conductor’sNOTES

Classical Young Artist Series: “Shapes”

Musical ensembles come in many shapes and sizes. Some works are large-scale calling for hundreds of musicians and some are small enough that only require one. Each instrument has a specific sound characteristic or timbre that molds the shape of the music. When you have a larger work, the shape of the music is more complex with varying timbres and layers of instruments – with smaller works using only one instrument, the musician must vary the shape of the sound of that instrument by using specific performance techniques to manipulate the timbre.

Our “Shapes” concert shows off the different shapes and sizes of ensembles along with the varying timbres that the instruments can make. Our solo concerto winners use different timbres to change the shape of their sound sometimes to blend with the orchestra and sometimes to stand apart. The full orchestra works utilize different layers to help mold the shapes of sounds – sometimes through complex instrumental dialogues and sometimes via a block of sound from a chorale or large unison passage.

From the instrumental solos of our concerto winners to the predominate strings work of Sibelius and the large-scale work of Wagner, the shape of the music is molded by the instruments’ timbre. Notice how the soloists shape the sounds of their instrument and take note of the full orchestra how the combined instruments mold their sounds. Shapes come in different sizes and timbres! Listen to all the wide variances in shapes and timbres in tonight’s concert. We hope you enjoy the program as much as we did preparing it for you.

Enjoy the concert!

David Oertel

Performance Order:

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnbergby Richard Wagner

Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26, Movement IIIby Max Bruch

featuring violin soloist, Margaret Seo

Phaéton, Op.49 by Camille Saint-Saëns

Intermission

Valse Triste, Op. 44 by Jean Sibelius

Polonaise Brilliante, Op.4 No.1 by Henryk Wieniawski

featuring violin soloist, Jiyee Ahn

Toward a New Life, Op.35c by Josef Suk

Classical Young Artist Series: “Shapes”

ProgramNOTES

Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard WagnerThis is the overture to the opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, also known as “The Master-Singers of Nuremberg.” The opera is in three acts and is one of the longer operas in the performing repertoire lasting around 4 ½ hours. The opera is essentially about a light-hearted story on the historical German mastersingers and their singing contests. As with virtually all operas there are songs about love, songs about lost love as well as other songs of contentions and preponderances. The interesting compositional technique with Wagner is that he liked to assign specific melodies to specific characters. Not only that, he liked to write all his own texts, whereas other composers used Librettist’s text and set music to the words. Actually, he liked to create his own complete music drama, where he created or oversaw even the creation of scenery, which was art in itself. His ideal of unifying all works of art via the theatre is called Gesamtkunstwerk or total art work. Knowing this may help understand his overture where there are moments where it is busy and active with several melodies and yet other times where Wagner took pleasure in presenting one central theme.

Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26, Movement III by Max BruchBruch was a child prodigy much like Mendelssohn. At age 11 he was writing chamber music, at the age of 14 he completed his first symphony. However, it was his first violin concerto that ensured his legacy. He was not a one-hit wonder, although arguably this work overshadows his other compositions to the point that almost no other works of his are performed. It was re-written several times and in 1866 it was completed and first performed to considerable acclaim and has remained among the staple of standard solo repertoire for violinists. Our Young Artist Competition Winner and soloist is Margaret Seo.

Phaéton, Op.49 by Camille Saint-SaënsThe basis of this composition is found in Greek mythology. It is relatively programmatic, in that it loosely follows a story that is descriptively told through the music. Phaéton, the son of Apollo, wanted to take his father’s place as driver of the sun chariot. With many reservations, Apollo eventually agreed. Phaéton began bravely, but he was not equal to the task. He lost control of the fiery steeds and pulled the sun off its usual course. As he approached nearer and nearer to the earth, Zeus, in order to save the earth’s inhabitants, launched a thunderbolt at Phaéton and took control of the chariot. Phaéton’s wild ride in the heavens is described in the music which reaches its climax when Zeus intervenes. At the end of the work there is a short passage of lamentation for the overly ambitious Phaéton. The composition was first performed in 1873 and is one of Saint-Saëns’ most successful, yet lesser-known, descriptive works.

Valse Triste, Op. 44 by Jean SibeliusThis short, programmatic work was originally part of a larger, lesser-known dramatic work, but quickly became better known as a separate concert piece. The story follows a son who wearily sits next to his ailing mother’s bed. As the son dozes off, the mother awakens and rises from her bed. Hearing music in the background she glides up and begins dancing with imaginary guests. The dying mother mingles and dances with the images. Then after growing exhausted she sinks back to her bed and the music breaks off. She then gathers her strength and dances once more with more energetic gestures than before. After a musical climax, there is a knock at the door which then flies open. The music stops. Death stands in the doorway. She falls to the bed. The story is powerful and the music is equally unforgettable.

Polonaise Brilliante, Op.4 No.1 by Henryk WieniawskiThe Polonaise Brillante Op.4 is the first of two polonaises composed by Henryk Wieniawski. The original version of the D major Polonaise was inspired by Karol Lipiński, to whom it is dedicated. It was in the Autumn of 1848 that Wieniawski, in Dresden with his family, first met Lipiński, who was concertmaster of the Opera there. The young Wieniawski admired and treasured the advice of the great virtuoso. Wieniawski studied the playing style of Lipiński in his interpretation of many master-composers including Paganini. The composition was published in Germany in 1853 as Polonaise de Concert op. 4. When the work was re-published in Paris (1858), the title changed to “Polonaise Brilliante.” Our Young Artist Competition Winner and soloist is Jiyee Ahn.

Toward a New Life, Op.35c by Josef SukSuk is not among the well-known composers of standard literature, although his father-in-law sure was, Antonin Dvorak. Nonetheless, Suk wrote this work in 1919 as a patriotic march dedicated to the Czechoslovakian Army. That same year he entered this work in a competition for a new festive march for the upcoming Sokol festival. Upon winning, the composer scored the work for Symphonic Orchestra and additionally for Brass Band. The first performance took place in 1920 when the Brass Band marched at the 7th Sokol Festival. This festive march won the silver medal in the 1932 Olympic Games Arts competition in Los Angeles. It opens with a dramatic fanfare by the trumpets and percussion followed by full orchestra restating the theme.

Jiyee Ahn attends 7th grade at Lamar Middle School Fine Arts Academy in Austin. She started to take violin lessons at the age of five and currently studies with Dr. Pasha Sabouri.

Jiyee’s accomplishments in music include, at the age 11, she was named as a first prize winner and was given the opportunity to perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She was featured on NPR’s From the Top, and she was named a Jack Kent Cooke scholarship winner. She was the first-place winner of the Alexander Buono International String Competition, and she also won the Düsseldorf’s Enkor Competition. Jiyee was one of the winners for Starlight’s Young Artists Competition in 2014. Other first place wins include the Sung-Jung Music, Seongnam City Wide Music, and KUMF Music Competitions, as well as wins in the Young Artists International Music Festival held by the Hudson Foundation, and the Eumyeon Violin Competition, which were held in South Korea. She was also the 3rd place winner of the Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition held in Dallas. In 2016 she was named as a UIL Outstanding Performance Award in 2016.

She has performed with the Union City Philharmonic in New York and New Jersey, Starlight Symphony Orchestra, and the Balcones Community Orchestra in Austin, Texas.

When Jiyee is not practicing/playing the violin, she enjoys hanging out with her friends at the mall, taking artsy photography, and listening to any kind of music. Her other interests include art; specifically drawing, jump-roping, and running, and she says her best hobby is sleeping.

YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION WINNERS

Violin Soloist,Jiyee Ahn

Margaret Seo began her love for music starting at the age of five. She is a 16-year-old violinist and currently a 10th grader at Westwood High School. She studies violin with Professor Brian Lewis.

Margaret’s notable achievements began in 2010 when she was named concertmaster of the Austin Chamber Orchestra, and played a solo with the orchestra. In May 2012, she won the 7th Asian American Community Partnership Competition Junior Division, and performed her solo at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas. She won the Pearl Amster competition in 2013, which gave her opportunity to perform with the Austin Civic Orchestra, and she placed second in the Music Teachers National Association State Competition the same year. Since 2014, she has been the Region 26 concertmaster continually, and in 2016 she participated in Texas All-State Orchestra, placing fifth in the state. In 2016, she also won the Austin Symphony Youth Award, and toured with the Austin Symphony Orchestra to local high schools in Austin.

Margaret is currently a member of the Chamber Music in Public Schools (CHAMPS), and placed first in the Chamber division of the Asian American Competition with her Grieg Quartet. She is also the concertmaster of the Westwood High School Orchestra.

Margaret’s favorite subject is science, and she enjoys spending time with her friends and family. In her free time, Margaret likes to go jogging and swimming.

YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION WINNERS

Violin Soloist,Margaret Seo

Starlight Symphony OrchestraDirector/Conductor – Dr. David Oertel Concertmaster – Jacob Simmons

FLUTE--------------------------------------------------------*Deanna Harrison Wimberley, TX Lisa Gross Dripping Springs, TXOBOE -------------------------------------------------------*Faith Cuminato Austin TX Joanna Millinor Wimberley, TXCLARINET --------------------------------------------------Ruth Ann Tanton Dripping Springs, TXo +Johnny Torres Austin, TXKaren Walters Kyle, TXBASSOON -------------------------------------------------*+Katie Martz Selma, TX Sean Pace Bastrop, TXFRENCH HORN -------------------------------------------Meredith Shoults San Marcos, TX Ivan Horne San Antonio, TX John Prickett Austin, TX Esteban Garcia Buda, TXTRUMPET ---------------------------------------------------*Darrell Anglin Dripping Springs, TX William Cox Johnson City, TX Brian Duchscher Driftwood, TXTROMBONE -----------------------------------------------*+Matthew Lawrence Kyle, TX Neal Mallard Wimberley, TX Jonathan Mudge Austin, TXTUBA --------------------------------------------------------*+Mike Wood San Marcos, TXPERCUSSION ----------------------------------------------*+Adam Miller Kyle, TXAngela Garza Kyle, TX

VIOLIN I ---------------------------------------------------- +* Jacob Simmons Niederwald, TX Julie Allevato Austin, TX Devora Gleiber San Marcos, TX Alison Hall Austin, TX Jerry Niemiec San Marcos, TXVIOLIN II ---------------------------------------------------*Pat Surguy Dripping Springs, TX Hannah Canfield Kyle, TX Ruth Ellen Warrick Buda, TXUlrika Doederlein Dripping Springs, TXVirginia Davis Wimberley, TXVIOLA ------------------------------------------------------*Nicole Taylor Austin, TX Kristle Gomez Buda, TX Laura Reyes Austin, TX Susan Thurber Wimberley, TXCELLO-------------------------------------------------------*+Todd Sloan Austin, TXLauren Graves Austin, TX Neil King Austin, TXAlex Nghiem Austin, TX Ana Roe Seguin, TX Lilly Roe Sequin, TXElliot Turner Dripping Springs, TX Walt Warren San Marcos, TXBASS --------------------------------------------------------*David Sloan Austin, TXAndrew Rogers Hutto, TXJoel Cone Austin, TX Joseph Picardat Dripping Springs, TX Corderro Salazar San Marcos, TXKEYBOARD ------------------------------------------------*Sheila Lamb Wimberley, TX

* Denotes Principal

o Denotes On Leave

+ Denotes Players Committee Member

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in making our concerts possible. Hays CSID Performing Arts Center - Venue & Rehearsal Space (Don Riecss & Donna Andrade)

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