BYU-IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dr. Robert Tueller, Director

Ottorino Respighi 1879 - 1936

Featuring Concerto Festival Winners

Madeline Bascom & Joseph Van Duren

NOVEMBER 15, 2016, 7:30 PM BARRUS CONCERT HALL

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saltarello, a wild Italian dance. Then a melody from the love duet “O Teresa, vous qui j’aime” follows, becoming an extended solo for English horn. After a passage of surging scales, Berlioz quotes choral material from the opera and the saltarello returns, mingling with the love aria. Finally, the dance triumphs and the overture concludes in a flurry of energy. Roman Carnival quickly became one of Berlioz’s most performed works. Though Ottorino Respighi received early musical training in his native Bologna, he began his musical career as a violist in Russia, studying with the great orchestrator Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. After his return to Italy, Respighi became active as a performer and composer. His compositions began to draw attention and, in 1913, he was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1917, his fame rose following multiple performances of his first orchestral tone poems, Fountains of Rome. He followed with two further related, tone poems: Pines of Rome and Roman Festivals. Respighi himself left extensive descriptions of his tone poems. About Pines of Rome he commented: I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese (Allegretto vivace): Children are at play in the pine groves of the Villa Borghese, dancing the Italian equivalent of “Ring around a Rosy.” They mimic marching soldiers and battles. They twitter and shriek like swallows at evening, coming and going in swarms. Suddenly the scene changes. II. The Pines Near a Catacomb (Lento): We see the shadows of the pines, which overhang the entrance of a catacomb. From the depths rises a chant, which echoes solemnly, like a hymn, and is then mysteriously silenced. III. The Pines of the Janiculum (Lento): There is a thrill in the air. The full moon reveals the profile of the pines of Gianicolo’s Hill. A nightingale sings. IV. The Pines of the Appian Way (Tempo di Marcia): Misty dawn on the Appian Way. The tragic country is guarded by solitary pines. Indistinctly, incessantly, the rhythm of unending steps. The poet has a fantastic vision of past glories. Trumpets blare, and the army of the Consul bursts forth in the grandeur of a newly risen sun toward the Sacred Way, mounting in triumph the Capitoline Hill. Pines of Rome is unique for being the first piece to include electronics in the orchestration. At the end of the third movement, Respighi indicates a recording of a nightingale should be played and suggests the commercial recording Concert Record Gramophone Company R6105. Today, the publisher supplies that exact recording with the score, although the medium has changed through the years from the original 78-RPM record to LP, cassette, compact disc, and finally digital media. It has been claimed, that Respighi himself recorded this immortal nightingale.

Dr. Tueller

BYU-IDAHO SYMPHONY Dr. Robert Tueller, Director

Elizabeth Crawford, Woodwind Specialist Dr. Matthew Moore, Brass Specialist

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Flute Clarissa Tracy Anna Casillas Britta Pearson, piccolo Oboe Lizzy Henderson Aanja Stringham Kayla Casos, english horn Clarinet Brennan Jessee Madeline Bascom Ethan Tufts, bass clarinet Bassoon Alicia Falconbury Brooke Jensen Jordan Terry, contra bassoon Horn Lizz Shill Heidi Richardson Adam Heyen Jeffrey Hadfield Trumpet Greg Sills Alex Moulton Nate Keller Trombone Randall Smith Brandon Green Tom Francis, bass trombone Tuba Ian Watson Trumpet – Respighi Dr. Ryan Nielsen Abigail Guerrero

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Becca Rasmussen Katherine Harvey Uphonium – Respighi Ari Coleman Tori Socha Timpani Travis Lee Percussion Paul Jolley Adrian Rosales Ellie Seiber Landon Whitworth Celeste Edward Poston Piano Vladimir Orlov Harp Rachel Beckelic Bethany Bailey Organ Andrew Woodruff Violin I Rebecca Fagersten David Truscott Crista Guthrie Bryce Boydston Karly Lay Matt Gardner McKenna Motto Andre Gaspar Sam Shumway Greta Hansen McKenzie Zenger

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Violin II Sarah Bagley Annie Smith Elizabeth Oldham Hailey Hinnen Amanda Roderick Aubrey Gainer Angela Olsen Mikayla Schmidt Cady Herrera Grace Cluff Sami Edgerton Amira Jones Viola Kelsey Clegg Joseph Arnesen Elizabeth Baird Bonnie McDougal Rebecca Iverson Melia Young Camille Naillon Curtis Anderson Marni Buer Cello Taylor Rhodes Sebastian Fraser Sara Cerrato Leticia Wilson Charlotte Petersen Joseph Van Duren Marissa Faerber Sarah Derby Jacob Pulsipher Bass Nathan May Elora Peterson Joe Mecham Jessica Harris Allison Taylor

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NOTES Born the son of a physician, many assumed Hector Berlioz would pursue the same profession. He was enrolled in medical school in Paris – his musical gifts largely ignored. Hating the experience, he took advantage of the musical culture including access to the library at the Paris Conservatory. In 1824 he abandoned medical studies to pursue music full time, against the wishes of his parents. Eventually he gained acceptance to the Conservatory and after several years of failure, succeeded in winning the coveted Prix de Rome in composition. This remarkable achievement for such a late bloomer provided important recognition, a financial stipend, and residency in Rome where he was exposed to important cultural influences as he developed his musical gifts. The Italian culture influenced several of his works including the symphony Harold in Italy, Romeo and Juliet, and the opera Benvenuto Cellini. One expectation of the Rome residency was to compose a successful opera. Unfortunately, his first attempt, Benvenuto Cellini managed only a short run of four performances. However, later in 1843 Berlioz composed the Roman Carnival Overture utilizing material from the earlier opera. The second act is set as a carnival in the city of Rome. The overture’s introductory flourish is a quotation of the

PROGRAM Roman Carnival Overture Op. 9 ........................................................... Hector Berlioz 1803 – 1869 Premier Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra ..................................... Claude Debussy 1862 – 1918

Madeline Bascom, clarinet Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 .................................................... Antonín Dvořák

III. Finale: Allegro moderato 1841 – 1904

Joseph Van Duren, cello

Short, standing intermission

Pines of Rome ................................................................................... Ottorino Respighi I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese 1879 – 1936

II. Pines Near a Catacomb III. The Pines of the Janiculum IV. The Pines of the Appian Way