SpringFest 2010 Program Insert

Gregory Vajda, Artistic Director, Conductor

SpringFestCome to Vienna

S-2 MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS 2010 SEASON

Dear Friends,

Welcome to SpringFest 2010! This is the beginning of a new era. It is time to see what

the new chef has been cooking! This year’s SpringFest is like a “sampler plate”. We serve you

four very different programs in just five days. Come to Vienna with us this March! We are

presenting the most wonderful music of the greatest composers including Mozart, Johann

Strauss, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Schubert and Beethoven. We invite you to come, listen

and then voice your opinion. At the end of each performance you can vote for your favorites

and you can share your detailed comments with us in writing or through our website. We

welcome your feedback! I can’t tell you how excited I am about having been chosen as the

new Artistic Director and Conductor of MIM. It is time for us to get to know each other

with the help of what we all love: great music. Music in the Mountains is Your Festival.

Come and be part of MIM 2.1!

Best regards ,

Gregory Vajda

MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS 2010 SEASON S-3

Violin IRobin Mayforth, concertmasterKaren Shinozaki Sor, assistant concertmasterMutsuko TatmanEline van den EndeDaniel Lewin

Violin IIRae Ann Goldberg, principal Nancy Hill Brooke AirdMichelle Maruyama

ViolaJanet Sims, principalEleanor AngelMelinda Rayne

CelloJanet Witharm, principalMary True

BassTimothy Spears, principal

FluteJane Lenoir, principalCarol Adee

Richard Zeller, baritoneOne of America’s foremost baritones, Richard Zeller is internationally acclaimed for both his concert and opera roles. He is known for his sonorous dramatic voice, a compelling stage presence and outstanding musicianship.

Mr. Zeller’s opera engagements have included 12 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera, including the title roles of many well known opera’s, e.g. Verdi’s Macbeth, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and Marcello in Puccini’s La Boheme, to name a few. He also has appeared in new works such as Ernesto in Bellini’s ll Pirata with Renee Fleming, in the lead role of Eddie in William Bolcom’s opera, A View from the Bridge, based on Arthur Miller’s play and as Chorebe in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, conducted by Maestro James Levine. His frequently performed Verdi baritone roles include Falstaff, Rigoletto, Macbeth, Conte Di Luna, Amonasro, Rodrigo, Don Carlo, Renato, and Simon Boccanegra.

Mr. Zeller has sung with opera companies throughout Europe and Canada as well as in many regional opera companies in the USA. His concert engagements have included virtually all the major orchestras in the USA, Europe and Asia.

He is celebrated for his interpretations of the title role in Men-delssohn’s Elijah which he has sung with the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and many others throughout the world. He has given over 100 performances each of Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah.

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Wine, Women and SongMarch 24, Wednesday, 7:30 PMMIM Festival Orchestra Soloists; Richard Zeller, baritoneGregory Vajda, conductor

Program

Rosen auf den Suden (Roses from the South) .........Johann Strauss II

Schatzwaltz (Treasure Waltz)

Lagunen-Walzer (Lagoon Waltz)

Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song)

Intermission

Weihnachtmusik (Wedding music) .......................Arnold Schoenberg

Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)............................................................................................Gustav Mahler

Richard Zeller, baritoneKaiserwaltz (Emperor Waltz) ....................................Johann Strauss II(transcriptions by Webern, Berg, Schonberg)

Concert Notes

Johann Strauss II [1825-1899]TIME TRAVEL - - the Viennese waltz is grand music - - and it is also a state of mind. Now sit back and let yourself be transported to old Vienna - - the rhythmic beauty of the waltz, visiting homes of the great composers, the Prater Park Ferris wheel, Sacher Tortes at the Café Mozart, walking the Kartnerstrasse - - the idealized Vienna Life - -enjoy!! It all began with Johann Strauss I [1804-1849], who founded his own salon orchestra. Later, his son Johann II [or Junior] started his own orchestra - - aha, Father / Son competition!! A few years later, when dear old dad died, Junior merged the two orchestras with exceptional results. They toured Europe, Russia and England- - also an 1872 visit to the U.S. which was a monumental success. He wrote over 500 waltzes, polkas and marches, earning the title of the “Waltz King”. Tonight we celebrate his creativity with five enjoyable works - - the concluding number is his well known Emperor Waltz.

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Gustav Mahler [1860-1911]DOWN WITH PROGRAM NOTES - - so proclaimed Gustav Mahler who went on to say, ”the audience should be left to its own thoughts….should not be forced to read…”, and so on and so on. His outburst was fully in keeping with the incredibly complex person that was Mahler - - a demanding perfectionist as a conductor who brought orchestras to greatness despite his despotic ranting and supercriti-cal attitude - - and as a composer, his lieder and symphonies were continually raising the standards of creativity. His musical inclinations were quickly recognized and he gave his first public recital at age ten. He graduated from the Vienna Conservatory when he was 18 and assumed his first conducting position two years later. The year 1884 left Gustav in the wake of an unhappy love affair and to console himself, he wrote the musically magnificent lieder, Songs of a Wayfarer. He also wrote the text - - drippy and maudlin, but considering his romantic derailment we can excuse his dabbling in bathos. That same year he completed his Symphony No. 1. A poet - - hardly. A diplomat - - not at all. A composer of beauty, breadth and power - - a resounding yes!! You’re the man, Gus.

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Great Composers and the Viennese WaltzMarch 25, Thursday, 11:15 AMMIM Festival Orchestra Soloists Gregory Vajda, conductor

Program

Piano Trio #39 in G Major, “Gypsy Rondo” ........ Franz Joseph HaydnFinale

Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B flat, Op. II, I. ..........BeethovenAllegro con brio

“Forellenquintet” (Trout Quintet) ................................Franz SchubertTheme and Variations

Flute Quartet #1 in A, K.298 ....................Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMenuetto

Waltz in G flat Major for Piano, Emperor Waltz ........Franz Schubert

Emperor Waltz ..............................................................Johann Strauss II

Concert Notes

Franz Joseph Haydn- [1732-1809] He was known to many as “Papa” Haydn because of a tune taken from his Surprise Symphony. Actually, he had no children but was con-sidered by many as the father of the symphonic form and the string quartet. You’ll love the Gypsy Rondo for Piano Trio No. 39 - - it really rocks!!!

Ludwig van Beethoven-[1770-1827] From the master that brought you the Fifth Symphony [think da-da-da-dum], here is the Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, an upbeat and happy blending of wind, strings and keyboard - - a real change of pace from his symphonies!!

Franz Schubert-[1797-1828] He was a master of melody - very hummable!! He wrote hundreds of songs and many symphonies and chamber works. His Forellen-quintet [The Trout Quintet] is one of his most popular pieces. And listen closely to the Waltz in G flat - - hear how he can almost make the piano sing with melody.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-[1756-1791]Wolfie started playing the harpsichord when he was four years old - - and started concert tours of Europe just three years later. He waited until he was around 30 to write his Flute Quartet No.1. in A, K.298.[one of three]. We hear the Menuetto or dance movement from that very tuneful piece.

Johann Strauss II-[1825-1899] Known as the Waltz King, he wrote over 500 waltzes, polkas and marches. Today, in his home town of Vienna, Austria, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with a gigantic concert that features his waltzes - it always sells out. And now the Emperor Waltz. Jack Roberts


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Waltzes and Love SongsMarch 26, Friday, 7:30 PM

MIM Festival Chorale, Richard Zeller, baritoneGreg Mason and Aileen James, piano 4-handRyan Murray, conductor

Program

Liebeslieder Walzer ...................................................... Johannes BrahmsMusic in the Mountains Festival Chorale

Songs ........................................................................... Robert SchumannIntermezzoDu bist wie eine BlumeMondnachtWidmung

Richard Zeller, baritone

Intermission

Songs ..................................................................................Franz Schubert StandchenDu bist die Ruh’Rastlose Liebe


Dirait on ........................................................................Morten LauridsenMusic in the Mountains Festival Chorale

Songs .........................................................................................Hugo WolfHeb’ auf dein blondes Haupt Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag erhoben Und willst du deinen Liebsten Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen


Amor de mi Alma ......................................................Z. Randall StroopeMusic in the Mountains Festival Chorale

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Johannes Brahms [1833-1897]A CHANGE OF PACE - - generally we think of Brahms in terms of symphonies, concertos and chamber works - - but then there is that incredible choral collection (originally for piano- four hands), the Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52 - - a set of 18 beautifully melodic and rhythmically entrancing works. These poetic and musical odes were written in 1874, while Johannes was carrying that excruciatingly heavy torch for Clara Schumann – just a torch, no hanky-panky - - Clara was a “professional” widow. Ah, the Waltzes!! What a change in feeling from the same pen that gave us the fiery Hungarian Dances a few years earlier - - a true study in contrasts!!

Franz Schubert [1797-1828]AFTER BEETHOVEN ?? - - “Who can do anything after Beethoven?”, said Schubert. and then went about achieving sublime creative heights, giving us 600 songs, nine symphonies, song cycles, great chamber works, piano sonatas, masses and much more - - each endowed with his unique lyricism and emotions. All this from one who had no conservatory training, but did have piano and violin lessons from his brother and father. He was tutored for a time by Antonio Salieri (you remember Salieri), and in 1810, the 13 year old Schubert wrote his first compositions - a piano fantasia and a string quartet - - and thereafter never stopped expressing himself through magnificent melody.

A side note on Lieder: it is generally a song written to accompany poetry describing the beauty of nature, romance, tragedy, etc. Famous poets such as Goethe, Schiller and Heine were often used - - Mahler wrote some of his own words (should have stuck to the music). Typi-cally Lied is composed for single voice and piano, but can also be for multiple voices or chorus and orchestra.

Hugo Wolf [1860-1903]PROLIFIC PLUS - - Wolf is considered one of the greatest masters of the German Lied or art song with 300-500 songs to his credit (depending on the source). He entered the Vienna Conservatory of Music when he was 15, but was expelled after two years - - a lack of discipline so they said. Soon after he began writing songs - - experienced an unpleasant run-in with Brahms - - had a romantic affair with the wife of a Viennese Court jeweler - - was appointed second conductor of the Salzburg Orchestra (briefly and contentiously) and finally, became music critic of a weekly Viennese newspaper. He enjoyed his journalism gig, tak-ing potshots at a number of composers that irritated him.

After three years of this catharsis, he left the newspaper to compose full time. One of his major works was an eloquent set of 48 songs, The Italian Songbook. Many of his works were like short descriptive snapshots, others were longer and considered miniature symphonic poems. His last years were unhappy and damp - - he tried to drown himself as had Schumann and Berlioz - - all were unsuccessful. His last days were sadly spent confined in a mental hospital. And so it goes…….. Jack Roberts

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Romantic String MusicMarch 27, Saturday, 2:00 PMMIM Festival Strings Gregory Vajda, conductor

Program

Capriccio, Op. 85: Introduction ....................................Richard Strauss

Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (Transfigured Night) ....... Arnold Schoenberg

Intermission

Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703 .................................... Franz Schubert

Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 in B flat Major ..............Ludwig van Beethoven

Concert Notes

Richard Strauss [1864-1949]A PROUD FATHER - - Strauss’s father was Wagner’s most trusted horn player and he passed his love of the instrument to Richard, who started his compositional career with the Serenade in E-flat for 13 Wind Instruments at age 18. Then in 1888 he began his adventures into the world of tone poems - - 10 incredible examples of creativity and vision. His inspirations for many of his works were arcane, to say the least - - Nietzsche was the cornerstone for the tone poem, Thus Spake Zarathustra - -von Hofmannsthal’s libretto guided the opera Electra and Oscar Wilde’s play set up the opera, Salome - - unique teams often equal good results!! His operatic composing started in 1894 and on the third try he hit gold – Salome!! Tonight’s Capric-cio – Introduction, was written in 1942 and was the last of his 15 operas, at least five of which are in the current international repertory.

Arnold Schoenberg [1874-1951]TANGLED WEBS - - his first large scale and tonally accessible work, Transfigured Night, Op. No. 4, was written in 1899 and based on a beautifully sensitive poem by Richard Dehmel with themes of love, confession, understanding, forgiveness / transfigura-tion, love. Arnold was in love with Mathilde von Zemlinsky - - they married two years later (more on her brother when we meet Alma Mahler in the Summer program notes). Then, in 1907 Mathilde took off with a local artist and left Arnold with their two children. He was not amused and lost his tonality - completely. “The emancipation of dissonance”, was his term for his atonal rebirth, and the song-cycle “The Hanging Garden Book” - - talk about “Quantum shifts”!!

Franz Schubert [1797-1828]HAT TRICK –in hockey it’s three goals by a player. For Schubert it was three unfinished works - - The Symphony No. 8 [Unfinished], the oratorio Lazarus and Quartettsatz in C minor. Written in 1820, it was originally intended to be a full string quartet in four move-ments. Franz stopped writing after a few measures into the second movement. Why? Perhaps he couldn’t maintain the intensity and dynamism established in the first movement. But, as with Symphony No. 8, let’s not worry about the “what ifs” and simply enjoy the beauty, structure and melody of the work. As musicologist Phillip Hale com-mented, “Let us be thankful that Schubert never finished his work. Possibly the lost arms of the Venus de Milo might disappoint if they were found.” Hmmm

Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]STAND ALONE – The Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 was originally the last movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op.130. His publisher requested a new fourth movement which resulted in Op. 133 being identified as an individual piece. The complexity and artistic de-mands on the performers are immense and the sustained urgency of the work places it in a singular position. It is one of his less acces-sible works, with complex fugal patterns and dissonances that truly signal the emergence of ‘new music’. Not surprising at all - - it was Beethoven!!!

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MIM — Its Beginnings to the Present

The first Music in the Mountains Summer Festival took place in June of 1982 after 14 months of planning. Originally operating under the auspices of City Opera, a nonprofit corporation founded in 1978 in San Francisco by Paul Perry and Terry Brown to perform little known works of opera, the purpose of City Opera was changed to produce a Summer Festival called Music in the Mountains (MIM). Utilizing the local volunteer chorus, the Golden Chain Chorale, already under the direction of Paul Perry, as the core of the Festival, professional musicians were hired from orchestras throughout the United States. That first Festival of fourteen concerts over ten days, including a free KinderKonzert, took place in St. Joseph’s Hall, with a capacity of 280, The Nevada Theatre, seating 250, and the American Victorian Museum (now Miners Foundry), seating 150. It included works for orchestra, chorus and chamber music all performed by this resident group of musicians. Since 2001 the majority of concerts have been presented at the 750 seat Amaral Family Festival Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.

In 1985, the corporate name was changed from City Opera to Music in the Mountains, and the Golden Chain Chorale was renamed the Festival Chorale. In the 1994-95 season, the chamber concerts were consolidated into two “mini-fests” – one each in Fall and Spring. The Holiday Choral concerts were always a part of the schedule, present-ed in December. In 2009, our new Artistic Director and Conductor, Gregory Vajda, combined the Fall and Holiday concerts to present a WinterFest series in December.

MIM is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors. An organized volunteer support group responsible for hospitality and benefit events, Allegro Alliance, was formed in 1987. With founding Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Perry’s retirement in August 2008, an extensive search process was instituted, including past and present board members, orchestra principals, chorus and audience input. Gregory Vajda was overwhelmingly chosen as MIM’s new Artistic Director and Conductor in July 2009.

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Wind SerenadeMarch 28, Sunday, 7:30 PMMIM Festival Winds Gregory Vajda, conductor

Program

Serenade in B flat, K. 361 “Gran Partita” Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLargo Allegro moltoMenuettoAdagioMenuetto: AllegrettoRomance: AdagioTheme with VariationsRondo: Allegro molto

Intermission

Sonatina #1 in F Major .................................................. Richard Strauss(From the Workshop of an Invalid)

Allegro moderatoRomance: MenuettoAllegro molto

Concert Notes

WIND SERENADE

A tender love song sung beneath a balcony – the old definition of a serenade.

A melodic instrumental work, between a suite and symphony in scope – that was the way Mozart and R. Strauss thought of a serenade. No dreamy song here, no dozing allowed !!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791]NO DIPLOMACY HERE – you don’t call the Archbishop of Salzburg, the “Arch-Oaf ”!! But Wolfie did - - it was part of the unraveling relationship between Archbishop Hieronymus Col-loredo and Mozart. It all started when the Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach, a strong supporter of Mozart, died in 1771. His replacement, Colloredo, had specific requirements for liturgical music and expected his requests be met, with no exceptions. Critical mass between the two was reached when Mozart over-stayed his leave in Munich. It was here, in early 1781, that he started Serenade in B-flat, K361, which was interrupted by a summons from “Archy” to return to Vienna, where he gave our hero the sack. Wolfie happily stayed in Vienna and completed the Serenade. The work, for 13 winds, has 7 movements, all of which overflow with melodies that range from song-like to ‘rockin’. It was given the premier performance by the great clarinetist, Anton Statler - - his brother was Principal clarinet for the Vienna Symphony (Stadler Brothers - - no, don’t think so, spelled differently anyway). Anton was particularly fond of the basset horn [a bit lower and a slightly different shape than the B-Flat clarinet.] and it was for him that Mozart later wrote the magnificent Concerto for Clarinet in A.

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John and Madelyn DiMugnoPolly DoddsNancy DonahueDr. Al and Beverly EricksonAlex and Patricia FifeGene and Gail FoxRoberta FrankVerne and Kathe FreerGirl Scout Troop 213Ramona GrebHindi GreenbergBrayton and Betty HahnDan & Toni HalloranMadelyn HellingWayne and Joanne HildMarlys HoughtonJeanne IngramMagdalene JaeckelDaniel KetchamCarl and Linda MarschallButch and Susan PastoriniWayne and Janet PittengerMargaret RedpathBill and Bev RiddleJack and Bobbi RobertsOstrofe Financial Consultants

Cathryn SavageLarry and Karen SchwartzMel Walsh and Mac SmallDenise SpauldingOrlo and Catherine SteeleDon and Marilyn StresemanDianne SwensonJim and Barbara SwisherElizabeth TallitschBarbara TannerMary Grace Tassone and the Tassone FamilyIsabell ThomasAileen JamesPriscilla vanderPasDave and Sally WardMelanie Wellner and Rod ByersJackie Wilson


Past Board MembersJerry Ames, 1981-94Sherry Bartolucci, 2000-02Elizabeth Bennett, 1992-94 (deceased)Marguerite Blickenstaff, 1983-97Michael Bodourian, 1993-99 (deceased)David A. Breninger, 1984-88P. Scott Browne, 1993-2005John Casey, Jr., 1983-84Kathryn Clauset, 1981-93 (deceased)Pat Cobler, 1981-83Helen Conrey, 1996-2000Seanne Courtney, 2003-05Jacque Cowgill, 2004-06Terry Crane, 1993-95Jack Crombie, 1992-95Tom Cross, 2000-02Helen “Hank” Daggett, 1988-2001Suzie Daggett, 1984-89, 92-93John Darlington, 1985-89Ken Dean, 1988-89Betty Deane, 1981-91 (deceased)Gayle Denney, 1985-92Chris Dickman, 1981-98Madelyn DiMugno, 1994-2005

MIM Past Board of DirectorsPolly Dodds, 1983-94, 2002-05Jan Doting, 2001-2003Jean Brook Dunning, 1993-95 (deceased)Charles Dusenbury DDS, 1984-90Larry Elliott, 2001-2004Beverly Erickson, 1981-95Doris Felts, 2003-04Geraldine Flaherty, 1989-90Christine Foster, 1997-2000Roberta Frank, 1996-97Scott Fritz, 2001-02Elizabeth Fry, 1983-92Marian Gallaher, 1988-93, 1998-2007Michael Good, 1983-84Larry Goodfriend, 1994-2001Mary Grayeb, 1996-2002William Griffin, 1988-90 (deceased)David Griswold, 1992-2001 (deceased)David Heppe, 1993-96Judy Hess, 1992-93MacKenzie Hild, 2008-09Michael Hill-Weld, 1999-2001Kathy Hillis, 1991-2006Herbert Inskip, 1983-86 (deceased)Aileen James, 2002-05

Rev. Richard O. Johnson, 1987-93Sarah Johnson, 2004-05Dieter Juli, 2002-07Joseph M. Kandell, 1998-2001Nancy Kendrick, 1984-87Laura Keranen, 1997 -2007 (deceased)James F. King, 1984-85Holly Kraemer, 1994-99Norman Label MD, 1990-92Dennis Lance MD, 1986-92Don Lawson, 2004-06Robert Libutti, 2003Sue Longan, 1986-90Anthony Loughran, 1981-87Jean Loughran, 1981-89Del Lunde, 1991-98Hank Mack, 1990-96Linda Marschall, 2001-07Jim Maxwell, 1994-99, 2002 (deceased)Robin Mayforth, 2008-09Bob McAfee, 2008-09Terence K. McAteer, 1998-2001Arch McPherson (Honorary) (deceased)Jo McProud, 1981-84Clarence McProud, 1981-84Dorla Menmuir, 1983-86Wendell Meyer, 2000-02

Beth Moorhead, 1987-90Adrienne Morrish, 1983-84Vince Mutascio, 2005-2008Mark Narveson, 1995, 98-2001Allen Ostrofe, 1991-96Ladell Payne, 2000-01Paul Perry, 1981-82Wayne Pittenger, 1999-2001, 2002-07Corinne Pryor, 1982-84, 87-92Gay Pryor, 1982-84 (deceased)Beverly Riddle, 2004-2006Diane Robertson, 2001-2006Lois Robinson, 1997-99Jo Lynn Samuelson, 1981-83Roger Sanford, 2004-09Keith Schoendoerfer, 2001-04Mac Small, Jr, 2006-07William Smith, 1995-98Betty Stiving, 1997-99Morgan Stoltz, 1991-94, 2002Connie Stone, 1983-86, 90-96James Stradinger, 1985-92Mark Strate, 2002-07Chris Stritzinger, 1982-83Fran Stritzinger, 1982-84Barbara Swisher, 2007-2009Bill Tuttle, 1984-85 (deceased)John van der Veen, 1981-92

Judy van der Veen, 1981-83Sue Vardon, 2000-01Pat Vixie, 1987-88Sarah Wagster, 1996-99Josephine Ward, 1981-83Bill Wetherall, 1983-88Dick Wiebe, 1998-2001, 2003-04Ann Wilder, 2001-04Helen Williamsen, 1981-82John Woodford, 1996-2001Annie Wright, 1993-2001

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