Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra FRIENDSOF Lazar Gosman, MUsic Director Saturday, April 20, 1991, 8:00 p.m. CHAMBER Faye Spanos Concert: Hall University of the Pacific Stockton, California MUSIC Program Divertimento in D major, K. 1 Alle$fD Andante Presto 36 W0lfgang Amadeus Mozat't "Nigun" Lazar Gosman, violin Ernest BlOO1 Moz Art a la Haydn for 2 violins. 2 small string o bass and condultDr rchestras, Alfred &:hnittke I».M Gosman, first violin Yuri Voc!ovoz, St':Cond violin - lntemlirsinn - Serenade for strin,s.,rs in C major, Op. 48 Peter Ilich Pena in forma di Sonatina Vabe.: Moderato, tempo'lli Valse lilegy: Lu-,gblttto ElegiacQ Finale: (T0lla Russo) Andante. Allegro con spirito • • • • • * • • • • • • • Rer.Qrdlng$: CBS MasterwOllks, Musical Heritag.e Society Upcoming reool1dtn.!!: Koch International Ret.'Ul4s Management: Herbert Barrett Management 1776 Broadway, Suite 1800 ew York NY 10019
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Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra FRIENDSOF Lazar Gosman, MUsic Director
Saturday, April 20, 1991, 8:00 p.m. CHAMBER Faye Spanos Concert: Hall University of the Pacific
Stockton, California MUSIC Program
Divertimento in D major, K. 1Alle$fD Andante Presto
36 W0lfgang Amadeus Mozat't
"Nigun" Lazar Gosman, violin
Ernest BlOO1
Moz Art a la Haydn for 2 violins. 2 small string obass and condultDr
rchestras, Alfred &:hnittke
I».M Gosman, first violin Yuri Voc!ovoz, St':Cond violin
- lntemlirsinn
Serenade for strin,s.,rs in C major, Op. 48 Peter Ilich Tchaiko~ky
Pena in forma di Sonatina Vabe.: Moderato, tempo'lli Valse lilegy: Lu-,gblttto ElegiacQ Finale: (T0lla Russo) Andante. Allegro con spirito
• • • • • * • • • • • • •
Rer.Qrdlng$: CBS MasterwOllks, Musical Heritag.e Society Upcoming reool1dtn.!!: Koch International Ret.'Ul4s
Management: Herbert Barrett Management 1776 Broadway, Suite 1800
ew York NY 10019
Tchaikoysky Chamber Orchestra LrLar GOsman, Mm;it: Director
Violin I
I.az r Gosmm. concertmaster Meta Tenen.ballm Mi~cha Parkhamo,,'sky Rui Tung Wang
Violin II
Y uri Vodovoz., principal Alex Scbllimeistet' Alex Tenenb3Llm
Viola Leslie Tomkins, principal Leu Li Zhou
Cello Dya Levitin, principal Heidi Hoffman
Bass
Roger Wagner
Friends of C am~r Music is pl~~~'lC1 to I:llnclude its 19~O-91 seasol1 thl;'ve:njn~ with the {ldaved Stockton lk·hm oi the TdJ.aiko~skv Chamber thLhr~a. Til On:h sIn had been 'let to open the fOC 1989-90 S€MQtl, in tandem with a concert III San Francisco, but had to cancel both dates clue to the Bay Area earthquake. TIle 12-membe.r m:semble is makin,E: select cst Coast appear nees on its current American tour -after Icuring for the past yc'ar in .Israel, Canada, Holland, Frao~l' and rwke ill the Unitr't1 States. The On. estra'5 musicians and soloists (dlrec fo tonight's cOlleen) perform under rhe- direction of Lll.ar GomllUl, leader of the eflSemhle Sltlt'e its debut season ht:g.m 11 -,ears ~go with New y ru:k con(;('l't~ in GJ,rnagie HILII iUld A ery Fishl'f Hall at Linroln Cl-1ltCr. Led by Mat\-;tro Gosrrum frulTl the conccnmaster's dl ir, the ordwstrllllerfornlS works by m,anJ composers, trom Hadl lo Viv~ldl to Sh(~akovicl1land. Rarhur. GoS1lJ,lln wa multic c\ire9:or of the Leningrad Chamher Orchbtra fer 17 y ar~.
OuriJ1g iL~ crebm sca:><m, the Tclulikovsky ChQIDber Ordtf'!>tra (iormerl)' the Savie! Emigre Orche'ifra) p!.1'(omled at the Academv of lusic in Philadelphia, ~1cUrtl'l' Tbemre at PrlnCl'tt1l1 Univecs~ty atJd frI
Wastllngton, D,C. A year later thf' ensemble founded tl-w annual Ticonderoga Music 'c:;ti",al and ~t r the 8urlin,gtl)11 Summer F hval in Vermont.
A concert tour of South AmMiPI in 1982 led to r('btm ICU!S in 19S4 and 1986. The ~le's EuropllllJl debut in 1983 w inllllwed in 19&4 b conc;:erts in Swrt-ll1'la.ld, Austria. (k.jgJUnl\ Italy, England and leI'many. A documentary film about the or,~hestrn, ••Musiclll P~sages," was hlrilt'd by <;rf 'cs and has ~1l ~een widely on public televisron :;tatioos. The group's reoordings are . 'slied y the M.llSiOiI Heritage Society. .
The WaslUn,gttm SLit called a recent concert "a brilliant performancewomwl'£Ld lucidity. pure dI(.'t'\!eseenre" and prl!hil'd the OrcheMra's "brilliant iJndlmtanding" ~rar.eful 5eGS{! of p ras-iog and :adrnirahk ~)hesiveness-"
PROGRAM NOTES j)l:y.ertimeo,lo in I) ((lr Strings. KV 136 Wolfgao}$ AmadL'Us Mozart
The AU$tl'lan divertimeot0 was a work in t,hn>e or four nlO1lMllwlt.. for any of Vaf10US dLal'tlbl~r ~emb-1es, in this c:.ase either string ~uartel or string urcheslra-ncitb(,'r Mozart nor his ,:on temporaries llSlJlIlIy .'q~ ...i6~d which. This i ilie first of thrtoc MlCh composition which Mozart wtot('1n Salzbur~ in earlY' 1772. _~ the name implies. it.~ thr-ee movements are Dot profound; although all at/: in sonata form. the framework on which Mozan lind hi'! ft;llow Classica.l Un'l'lposers lIavdn lind Beethc} ~ were til li'llild most at ttll-r grt'lltest achievemc.flts. The first moven'It1lt conl:ains a characteristically M01iLt( surprise. at once wjtiy and e,J;pn~ 'W'. the retum of the opening thfme lost stI.&i e~ way to a t uiel singing PllSsag{' in lhe minor I«.'y; nnly ~fterward~ cines tile priu 'pal theme rctlllTi. In the last mt.lVl'1l11'l'l1, USllallV the light~'t in an early G1a,...'iltal work, MIl.' dcvvlnprnenl section is a udfs6'i:0us h tgl1c~, but it is bruBqIl Y~a. I mlide by thn~ chprds which immc~~ately pr~ the ttiutn.
NigoJl fr()m ".BuI Sbem • Ernest Bloch
Be 1m in Geneva. Swlt1.('1'land, Bloch firstvisited the United S~te.'l in 1916
and, ftcr becoming involved in various ttmsi<:a1 ganizations on the West Coast 1x.'ClInt1' a citizen in the 192(15. Only in 1941, ho.wever, 'd he c~rne to li",e permanently in this col.lIttry ttling in Ore~n and teaching for several summers at .6erkdt·y. One of. his stlfdt'l1ts Roger Sessions, became one of till' I't'BfeSt A.merialn composers of t.bt> mid-t'A'enrieth Q.mlury. His own mUSK' mostly in l'itbt'1' post-Romantic or nerrClassical styJt~, is litlle known save for a group o! .depicting ideas llflU impres-SIOns from Jew3sh tradition, composed m..'tin1y·jn the 19208. Despit their .mildly exotic flavor, these piCCl'S rarely !luofe aetrud folk music; in this BIQCh is quite diIfcrc nl from his nearoon temporary Bitnok. 80dJ Shem, or 1'bree PiCt1lrcs of (:JiIj.f#i}k lift, wasortg' y wrlrt-cn in lcy.z3 ~l!' violin and Pl n ~ o~tt;tl in 1939. The ~~011q piece, NIJl'lffl tTmprmo"ismi~m), Is notable '(11" ti)c increasinW)' agitJlI.et;! cadenza lik(' Pll'lSages for rl1t' i(~linist.
M07:·}\rt 11 Ja Haydn AIlr.ed Schninke
The son of Cermar Jewish immi gnlllts, ·bnittke srudil'd at the Mosn, Cunservatory -rriJm 1953 until 1961, afierward t~hing Illere. Despite the aJl.'tence of official "fK;tJUf
agement for Sc'lmittke's music. tu-.~t Pl'rl(,rmances at his rompositions an: said to be well attendt'Jli and amoog e ma10r ~1'1lt. in contempor-.try Rll$.~n musk:al. life'. His music' nlllable for its s vii. ric eclecticism, (} ('n inclndin~ rernbinati,ms--within tht· ~e work ot una! and atonal sty ,as well as quotation.., fnml the classi(;lll Rn, s.ian repenory or from Ik music, In f('(:l.lJJt yeam Schnittkf"s music bas tw."l me m'erwhelmingly successfullxtt in Russia and e!.sfffli 'fe throughqut tilt' '\ >l'lflJ, &hnirtf«o composed the fmnolngly entitll:d • ~(IZ-Art a 13 I hlytfn" in 1977,
Serenade Jor String$ in C major, Op.48 TdtailtO' sky
In IHR1. Tchaikov y wrOle to 1lis friend and patrnn, dia von Meek, abQU[ the StomJade which h callc'd
J\1.or;artiofl1!JJ. "The first movement is in the style of Mw.in. It 3 intended to be an in~itlitlt)1l ~ I.'Joould be delighted if 1 tltnllJJht that r had in any wa; approached my mQ~L" 11liS WQ1'k. 1l.11l$t be a tribute to We spiritul;l! !Uti ity .".I:ticll Tchaikovsk.y felt ror Mozart. Both. led difficuh, short li¥t'S, and 00 11 (·oP\pt.lSe!'S wrote joyous and exuml1lrlt nm.\'it from the ~dJs of their experi~tKl" TIlt' elt'.glU;lce and grace of the wotks' of these two compt'Se!s on tonight'. pl"(l~am reveals thei,r kindred sP4jts, A:t+~',~h T ;haikov~ky depr~awd m:Uly of his fila,c;terpieces, he wrote to hi Pllrt'lnt front Kiev in 1880, " .. .I bJl,~e
wt'ittun the Serenade {)n impuhc. I fl'1l it dt-cply from ,~tan to finish, It i-s tb ~ thing I 11. written." The first pedormaru.'e was rt't'civdd elilhusiastically at the Mo~"Ow C[Jns~'\la ry in 188(1. A grand chorale-like theme intrO(\IW(~i; ~he Serenad~ retums toward tht- r.nd of the movement, and is heard once llWre in the FUlale. An etlet'getU: jml!ing melody and a l~hter S(:('()Jld theme make up the body elf the A11 gto Moderato. The secpnd movement. V 15<:, J<m.~ Il ~rtllin'Spanish flavor, :md is om: 1£ tll(' mo.. etl$llging lfl 'Indies the cOIilp()SCr ever wl'(tie. Tb~ Opi'1ling or me Eleg}' is a now of melancl~)ly in an omerwise sunny and Joyous work Mler a oontmswg. livelier middle .&I~!m, the -opening music returnll. ph]c.:d by muted strings in delicately W' 'tl U)[IlfS'. Two Russi;tn folk songs ttl IlS{'tj in th Finale. 'The fim, a Vol1l3 "Hauling Song," is the snhjt'<.'t uf the slQl\' inrnotJuction. The second,.il. 'tl,'.et.'f Ij!)ng frCK;l'l the Kolnmma dt-iclriet, opens the main
. 'lleetkm IiJi ·thlt liill..le, the .spitite<l Allegro. Betpn' the c;1nse, the chorale music of the Sl"li'Jtucle'1i VlJ!ffiing is heatd befare a brilliant 1lutUtlrst Iilf the fi1mJr.'~ seccmd theme lnift}.l-~ tll~ work to a close.
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1lu:orl1~ b, an adult. At the requ.e.st oi. arftsts, GhildrCtl are not tv -;it in Ihe ffrst 4 f'OWS.
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and the UOP C()1J,S1t1'tml&ry of Music iii the Faye Spnnos CfJ'Ircerl Hall at UOP
Angeles String Quartet &lOdlty, October 14, 3 p.m.
Empire Brass Quintet Sunday, Nc;lVember 4, 3 p.m.
Apple Hin Chamber Players St!ndily, January 13, 1991, 3 p.m.
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