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Fanfare (2008)

Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85 (1919)I. Adagio – ModeratoII. Lento – Allegro moltoIII. AdagioIV. Allegro

Nathaniel Taylor (B.M. '15, G.P.D. '17), cello

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Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (1898)

Jesus Saenz, solo violin

Alexandra du Bois b. 1981

Edward Elgar1857–1934

Richard Strauss 1864–1949

ORCHESTRAJONATHAN McPHEE, guest conductor

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February 3, 2017Friday, 8:00 p.m.

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University

Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. given by Elizabeth Seitz, music history coordinator at Boston Conservatory at Berklee

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PROGRAM NOTESDU BOIS: Fanfare (2008)

A fanfare, originating as far back as the Middle Ages, is a flourish of brass instruments that historically marked the entrance of royalty and celebrates something majestic. The use of brass instruments, especially trumpets, is a distinctive feature of a fanfare. This fanfare opens with a large, B-minor field of sound played by all instruments, which moves quickly into a jubilant trumpet call.

However, I also wanted to embrace a different nature of a fanfare, which here represents the pain and suffering of many Americans during this country’s ongoing struggle for equality for all. The middle section of the piece settles into a contemplative, more sorrowful atmosphere, and here you may notice material inspired by We Shall Overcome, a gospel hymn written by Rev. Charles Tindley in 1901, which was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger, which became anthem of the civil rights movement. In 1963, singer Joan Baez notably led a group in song of more than 300,000 persons during Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington.

During the time I was writing this fanfare, just before the inauguration of the first African American to hold the office of the President of the United States, I was deeply affected by the musical presence of We Shall Overcome. It was in celebration of one of the most important events in the history of our nation, and with hope for overcoming racism, that I wrote Fanfare for the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. But now, in 2017, when the legitimization and normalization of hatred is more ubiquitous than ever, this Fanfare has new resonance as it stands against intolerance, oppression, hatred, and the eradication of human decency and truth.

—Alexandra du Bois, composer (© Alexandra du Bois)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85 (1919)

Commonly hailed as the quintessential “English composer” of his time, the reality of Sir Edward Elgar’s musical career falls far from the beaten path. Born in 1857, the son of a Worcester music shop proprietor, Elgar’s skills at piano, violin, and theory were all encouraged from a young age. The young musician’s budding talents would not prove enough to secure

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an immediate place in the British and international scene. After much perseverance, Elgar’s breakthrough would come suddenly in 1899 when he penned an overnight sensation, the Enigma Variations. Contemporary critic Michael Kennedy explained that the Cello Concerto seems “to belong to another age, another world...the simplest of all Elgar’s major works...also the least grandiloquent.” The previous penchants of Edwardian sensibility would swiftly have come to sound inadequate and backward, irrevocably lost to the atrocities of the Great War. Written in the aftermath (1918–1919), the Cello Concerto is undeniably attached to this pivotal moment in history. From dour and uncertain origins, Elgar, deeply affected by the tremendous loss of life, fostered a tone that Yeats had noted before the war as “wonderful in its heroic melancholy.” Lady Elgar detected in her diary a newly somber quality in her husband’s music, “which should be in a war symphony.” Fatefully, only a year later, the death of Lady Elgar would prove a crushing blow for the aging composer, the personal loss rendering the composer almost entirely musically mute for his remaining 14 years. Despite these musical merits, Elgar’s Cello Concerto was destined to live in obscurity, no doubt due to the poor quality of the 1919 premiere. But from the cello section, a 19-year-old Sir John Barbirolli would remember the experience fondly, going on to do much in reviving the autumnal concerto’s popularity when conducting a deft 20-year-old Jacqueline du Pré as soloist. These efforts resulted in a landmark 1965 recording that has helped not only to place Elgar’s concerto firmly in the cello repertoire, but has opened a window into a lost era to adoring audiences in halls across the world.

—Clifton Ingram (M.M. '14, composition)

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (1898)

Having premiered on March 3, 1899, Richard Strauss’ tone poem Ein Heldenleben is an homage to the young composer’s achievements and tribulations. By the time Strauss composed Heldenleben at the age of 34, he had held various conducting appointments at German opera houses and had produced a substantial amount of compositions. His previous


experimentations with tone poems, including Don Juan, Also Sprach Zarathustra, and Don Quixote, presented single movement symphonic works that illustrate a central theme, such as literary, mythical, or philosophical ideas. For Heldenleben, Strauss chose an autobiographical standpoint, portraying himself as the archetypal hero struggling against and overcoming his antagonists. Six sections of rich orchestration and grandiose instrumentation present what Strauss calls, “a more general and free ideal of great and manly heroism." The motif of the “The Hero” enters with a sweep of the lower strings and triumphant touting of the brass. The “Hero’s Adversaries” converge upon him with shrill chromatisms in the woodwinds and parallel fifths in the lower brass. They pester the melancholic hero until the horn, playing his motif, drowns them out. The violin solo of “The Hero’s Companion,” a representation of Strauss’ wife, raises the hero’s spirits with flirty and capricious cadenzas. The violin dances around the orchestra until they finally intertwine in a glorious love scene. His confidence bolstered, the hero throws himself into “The Hero at Battle,” heralded by offstage trumpets, boisterous brass, and militaristic percussion. Assisted by previously heard motifs joined in counterpoint, the hero defeats his critics. He then enters a state of introspection in “The Hero Works of Peace,” represented by interwoven quotations from Strauss’ previous tone poems. The hero achieves inner peace as the violin and horn accompany him into transcendence in “The Hero’s Retreat from this World and Completion.” —Isabelle Zeledón (M.M. ’17, opera)


BIOSJONATHAN McPHEE, guest conductor—is music director for the Lexington Symphony and Sym-phony New Hampshire, having served 27 years as music director for Boston Ballet. Recent guest engagements include performanc-es with the Sarasota Symphony and Ballet and Houston Ballet. McPhee’s adaption of Wagner’s Ring Cycle into two full evenings with orchestra and singers pre-miered in 2016 to rave reviews.

McPhee has served as conductor for London’s Royal Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, New York City Ballet, Den Norske Ballett in Norway, Royal Danish Ballet, and the Hamburg Ballet in Germany, among others. In addition to a broad repertoire in the field of dance, McPhee has con-ducted pops concerts and opera.

His works as an arranger and com-poser are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. and Schott Music, and are in the repertoires of orchestras and ballet companies around the world. McPhee’s edition of Stravin-sky's Rite of Spring and the com-plete Firebird Suite are the only authorized reduced orchestrations of these works.

McPhee's best-selling recording of The Nutcracker with the Boston

Ballet Orchestra has sold more than 75,000 copies. He has recorded Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet with that orchestra (available on iTunes), and Michael Gandolfi’s Caution to the Wind on the CRI label. McPhee was the conductor for the films of Martha Graham’s works telecast by Dane in America that included Samuel Barber’s Cave of the Heart, Gian Carlo Menotti’s Errand into the Maze, and Edgard Varese’s In-tegrales, Offrandes, and Octandre.

McPhee received his L.R.A.M. from the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London, and a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School.

NATHANIEL TAYLOR (B.M. '15, G.P.D. '17), cello—began study-ing cello at the age of 10. At age 15, he was accepted into the National Symphony Youth Fellowship Pro-gram, where he studied with Na-tional Symphony Orchestra cellist Steven Honigberg.

Taylor received his B.M. in cello performance from Boston Conser-vatory under the tutelage of cellist Rhonda Rider and is currently pur-suing a Graduate Performance Di-ploma. He has performed in master classes for David Hardy, Zuill Bailey, Thomas Landschoot, Matt Haimov-itz, Mihai Tetel, David Teie, Norman


Fischer, Gautier Capućon, Carol Rodland, Kirill Gerstein, Shanghai String Quartet, Jupiter String Quar-tet, and Muir String Quartet. He has also studied with Steven Hon-igberg, Astrid Schween, Andrew Mark, Thomas Landschoot, Scott Kluksdahl, Steven Pologe. Taylor has attended the Green Mountain and Foulger International music festivals, as well as the Cello Semi-nar of Music from Salem in Salem, New York, where he collaborated with pianist Judith Gordon.

Taylor has served as principal cellist and assistant principal cellist for the Boston Conservatory Orchestra in pieces by Gershwin, Haydn, Dvořák,

Khachaturian, Brahms, Mozart, and Zwilich. He has appeared as soloist in "Fratres" by Arvo Part with the Boston Conservatory Hemenway Strings, a conductorless ensemble led by violinist Lynn Chang.

In November of 2016, Taylor won the Boston Conservatory at Berk-lee Concerto Competition. He was also awarded the Grand Prize at the 2016 American String Teachers As-sociation (Massachusets chapter) Masters Competition.

Taylor performs on a 1982 Gregg Alf cello that is currently on loan to him from the Amati Foundation in Pasadena, California.

ACADEMIC OFFICEJoe Bennett, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the ConservatoryJim O'Dell, Associate Dean for Academic OperationsShannon Landis, Academic Operations Manager

MUSIC DIVISION OFFICEAndy Vores, Interim Dean of Music Lawrence Isaacson, Associate Director of MusicRyland Bennett, Concert Services Manager Aileen Sullivan, Ensembles Coordinator Thomas Rodman, Administrative Coordinator, Music Division Ryan Fossier, Performance Librarian

STAFF


FLUTEColleen Carlson,

M.M. '17Yu-Han Chen, M.M. '17Kathryn Downs, B.M. '18Kaegan Gregory,

B.M. '19Alejandra Santillanes,

M.M. '18Yian Shen, B.M. '19

PICCOLOColleen Carlson,

M.M. '17Kathryn Downs,

B.M. '18

OBOEBridget Long, B.M. '19Aidan Rodier, B.M. '18Izumi Sakamoto ^Andrew van der Paardt,

B.M. '17

ENGLISH HORNAiden Rodier, B.M. '18

E-FLAT CLARINETMatthew Gellar, B.M. '19Emily Liang, G.P.D. '17Ashley Oliveto, M.M. '17Jason Russo, B.M. '18He Zhang, B.M. '17

B-FLAT CLARINETMatthew Gellar, B.M. '19Emily Liang, G.P.D. '17Ashley Oliveto, M.M. '17Jason Russo, B.M. '18He Zhang, B.M. '17

BASS CLARINETAveion Walker, M.M. '18

BASSOONLiam Cunningham,

B.M. '19Nathaniel Edison,

B.M. '20Hill Erb, G.P.D. '17Timothy Wisdom,

M.M. '18

FRENCH HORNMaria D'Ambrosio,

B.M. '19Ryan Fossier ^Ran Lu, M.M. '17Clark Matthews ^Brian Nowak, M.M. '18Cristian Uraga, M.M. '18Sean Wang, B.M. '20Emily Wiebe, M.M. '17Zhanglong Wu, M.M. '18

TRUMPETLaura Bibbs, B.M. '19Matthew Compagno,

B.M. '19Tricia Dyer, M.M. '18Ryanne Flynn, M.M. '17Moxi Li, P.S.C. '17Justin Ploskonka,

G.P.D. '18James Stone, G.P.D. '17

TROMBONEYu-Ming Chen, B.M. '19John Niro, G.P.D. '17Joshua Thomas-Urlik,

B.M. '17

BASS TROMBONENeil Parsons, M.M. '17

TUBASamuel Boswell, B.M. '19Austin Comerford,

B.M. '17

TIMPANIJoseph DeMarco,

M.M. '17Evan Grover, M.M. '17Gabriella Mayer, M.M. '18

PERCUSSIONRyan Aguilar, B.M. '19Austin Birdy, B.M. '17Tzu-En Chang, M.M. '17Sam Hardy, B.M. '20

HARPAnna Ellsworth, B.M. '17Amy Ahn, M.M. '18

VIOLIN IJesus Saenz, G.P.D. '18 *Caxton Jones, G.P.D. '18Ann Chun-Hui Chuang,

G.P.D. '17Siles Umana

Montserrat, B.M. '20Fu-Jung Yu, M.M. '17Sarah Coghlan, P.S.C. '17Jake Vincel, B.M. '19Janny Joo ^Sven Skriveris, B.M. '18Jiuri Yu, M.M. '17Sophia Bellino, B.M. '19Luna Ramos, B.M. '19Igor Garcia, B.M. '18

ENSEMBLE


Alden Young, B.M. '19Weiqiao Wu, G.P.D. '17

VIOLIN IIJohn Castore, B.M. '19Melissa Taddie, P.S.C. '17Kelley McGarry, B.M. '17Shishi Zhou ^Peyton Cook, B.M. '20Ran Seo, G.P.D. '17Nian Men, B.M. '20Dorisiya Yosifova,

M.M. '17Shih-Lien Chang,

M.M. '17Kim Busic, M.M. '18HanHan Zhu, P.S.C. '17Charlotte Meaders,

B.M. '20Chia-Hao Wang, B.M. '17Pia Bucci, B.M. '20

VIOLARebecca Miller, B.M. '18Eve Caruso Whitman,

B.M. '18Raymond Dineen,

G.P.D. '18Mariya Ksondzyk,

B.M. '17

Eve Boltax ^Alexandria Wendling,

B.M. '19Roselie Samter ^AlexisMarie Nelson,

B.M. '20Devon Duarte, B.M. '20James Nelson, B.M. '20Sofija Zlatanova,

G.P.D. '18Maureen Heflinger ^

CELLOJennifer Jordan,

M.M. '17Elisa R. Sádaba, B.M. '17Johnny Mok, M.M. '17Christian Kay, B.M. '19Ashley Ng, M.M. '17Julia Dornelas, B.M. '20Marguerite Salajako,

M.M. '17Alexander C. Ullman,

M.M. '17Sara G. Cook, B.M. '18Luke Morrissey, B.M. '18Nathaniel Taylor,

G.P.D. '17

BASSMichael Alan Simon,

G.P.D. '17Thatcher M. Drake,

B.M. '20Harrison Greenough,

B.M. '19Andrew W. Metzger,

B.M. '17Justin Cheesman,

B.M. '17Adam Rowton, B.M. '20Nathan Varga ^Bebo Shiu ^

* Concertmaster^ Guest artist


BOSTON CONSERVATORY2016–2017 NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS

Michael A. Alaura Memorial Scholarship Michele and Anthony Manganaro and family

Ruth Sandholm Ambrose Scholarship Various donors

Henry Francis Barrows Scholarship Fanny B. Reed Trust / BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Florence D. Berger Scholarship Emanuel Berger

Erin and Dana Brayton Scholarship Various donors

Gregory E. Bulger and Richard J. Dix Scholarship Gregory E. Bulger and Richard J. Dix

Davi-Ellen and Bruce Chabner ScholarshipDavi-Ellen and Bruce Chabner, MD

Jennie Chan Scholarship Jennie Chan

H. Wilfred Churchill Piano Prize

Robert F. and Caroline M. Collings Scholarship Caroline McMillan Collings and Robert Collings

Mark H. Cooley Piano Scholarship Mark H. Cooley

Anne Cuervo and Philip Pionelli Scholarship Anne N. Cuervo and Philip J. Pionelli

Davis UWC Scholars Program

Isabella Dohrmann Scholarship Diana Dohrmann '71, Ph.D.

Neil Donohoe Scholarship Various donors

Miles A. Fish III '63 Scholarship Miles A. Fish III '63

Kitty Flather Scholarship Kate Sides Flather

Timothy C. and Jane L. Gillette Scholarship Timothy C. and Jane L. Gillette

Hank Hankinson Scholarship Rachael Hedding '65

Mimi and Roger Hewlett Scholarship Mimi and Roger Hewlett

Al and Pat Houston Dance Scholarship Alfred D. and Patricia Houston

Alice and Laurence Jacobs Scholarship

Jephson Educational Trust Scholarship

Benjamin Kasser Piano Scholarship Cynthia and Oliver Curme

Teresa Koster Scholarship Teresa Koster

Lizbeth Krupp Dance Scholarship Lizbeth and George Krupp

Kunkemueller Family Scholarship Pamela S. Kunkemueller

Emanuel Landsman Scholarship Sheila and Emmanuel E. Landsman, Ph.D.

Alfred E. Lee Memorial Scholarship Various donors

Marilyn Levitt and Andrew Friedland ScholarshipMarilyn Levitt and Andrew Friedland

Ricardo and Professor Hans Lewitus Scholarship Ricardo and Marla Lewitus

Richard V. and Elaine A. Lombardi Scholarship Richard V. and Elaine A. Lombardi

Anne and Lyle Micheli Scholarship Dr. Lyle J. and Mrs. Anne Micheli

Marie Chelius Morse Scholarship Virginia Phillips

Boston Conservatory gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who support Boston Conservatory students through annual scholarships.

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Rombult Murphy Scholarship Sean Murphy '94 '96 and Peter Rombult

Charlotte Prescott Newton ScholarshipCharlotte Prescott Newton

Nikolais/Louis Dance Scholarship Murray Louis

Rictor Noren Annual Scholarship Erik Gregory

Yolanda Cerreta Pangaro Scholarship Anthony and Creelea Pangaro

Christos and Eva Pappas Foundation ScholarshipChristos and Eva Pappas Foundation

Eleonora Perpessa-Mahnken Scholarship Glenn E. Mahnken

Sylvia and Christopher Perry Scholarship Sylvia and Christopher D. Perry

Attilio Poto Scholarship David W. White '66

Presser Foundation Scholarship

Gardner Read Scholarship Frances Caudill

Gerry and Steve Ricci Scholarship Geraldine R. and Steven J. Ricci

Bernard H. and Estelle Rosenzweig Scholarship Davi-Ellen and Bruce Chabner, Ph.D.

Anamarie Sarazin Dance Scholarship Various donors

Ivy and Fran Scricco Scholarship Ivy and Francis Scricco

Warren Seamans Scholarship Warren A. Seamans

William Seymour Scholarship for Music Education Various donors

Sandra Shaw Scholarship for Music Education Kimball Shaw

Katherine and David Scott Sloan ScholarshipKatherine and David Scott Sloan

Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Scholarship David Solomon

Steenbrugge-Choi Scholarship Jan Steenbrugge '99 and Young-Shin Choi '98 '00

Julie Ince Thompson Award Scholarship Various donors

Jan Veen Scholarship for Dance Education Jan Veen Trust

Peter J. Wender Scholarship Peter J. Wender

Amy and Ed Wertheim Scholarship Amy K. and Edward D. Wertheim

Wymor Scholarship

Marillyn Zacharis Scholarship Marillyn Zacharis

Charlotte and Arthur Zitrin ScholarshipCharlotte and Arthur Zitrin Foundation

YOUR GIFT CAN CHANGES LIVES. To directly support students through scholarship, or to learn more about the named scholarship program, contact Eileen Meny, Senior Stewardship Officer, at 617-912-9128 or [email protected].


150TH ANNIVERSARY GALATuesday, May 9, 2017 at Boston’s Symphony Hall

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Berklee and Boston ConservatoryJeff Shames,

Board ChairMichael R. Eisenson,

Vice Chair Susan Whitehead,

Vice ChairRoger H. Brown,

President, BerkleeRichard Ortner, President, Boston

Conservatory at BerkleeDavid AbramsLuis AlvarezG. Leonard Baker, Jr.Michael A. Brown John ConnaughtonCynthia K. CurmeEmilio EstefanGloria EstefanMonica GiraldoDean F. GoodermoteDavid Gross-LohJoshua Gruss '97 (Berklee)Christopher GuestNils Gums '06 (Berklee)Dan HarpleKristine Moyer HigginsCharles HirschhornSteven HoltzmanWilliam KaiserJoel KatzB. J. KrintzmanLaura D. KunkemuellerSara Lawrence-LightfootMiky (Mie Kyung) LeeMartin J. MannionDemond MartinMarc MayerJane L. MendilloFrederick T. Miller

Peter MullerAnthony PangaroAlexander RigopulosDarius SidebothamDavid Scott SloanSusan SolomontJeffrey C. WalkerAnn Marie WilkinsMarillyn ZacharisBarry Zubrow

Leadership Council Teresa Koster, ChairLaura D. Kunkemueller,

Conservatory LiaisonElizabeth S. BoverouxGregory E. BulgerDavi-Ellen ChabnerCaroline McMillan CollingsDiana Dohrmann '71Kate Sides FlatherMimi HewlettKelly C. McKernanLyle J. Micheli, M.D.Pamela A. MurrayCharlotte Prescott NewtonMegan O'BlockChristopher D. PerrySantosh PerumbadiWanda ReindorfGeraldine R. RicciJan Steenbrugge '99Peter J. WenderEdward G. WertheimTania Zouikin

Board of Overseers Ivy C. Scricco, ChairAnne N. Cuervo,

Vice ChairSteven E. Eisenberg P'17,

Vice ChairStacy Parkinson P'14, P'16,

Ambassador

Howard H. Bengele, Ph.D.Joan M. BroderickDoreen Donovan CorkinRonald F. Duska P'17Miles A. Fish, III '63Edward C. FleckJill A. Fopiano, C.F.A.Jennifer A. FraserJohn S. FosterRemmi Franklin Christina P. GlenPreston B. GrandinAlice JacobsKate KushTom KushMarilyn LevittRicardo Lewitus, M.D.Michele ManganaroGregory MaillouxMichael G. MoyerBrendan MurphySean M. Murphy '94 '96Barbara G. PapeschSuzanne H. RollertWarren A. SeamansRobb SilvaAnne C. TolkoffRosamond VauleJason S. WeissmanAmy K. Wertheim

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