AUGUST 6, 2002 @ 7:30 PM

The Naumburg Orchestra
Derrick Inouye – conductor
Andrés Diáz – cello

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for strings, Op. 20 in E Minor

I. Allegro piacevole
II. Larghetto
III. Allegretto

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Concerto for Cello No.1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1 (1765)

I. Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Pulcinella Suite

I. Sinfonia (Overture)
II. Serenata
III. a Scherzino

b Allegro
c Andantino

IV. Tarantella
V. Toccata
VI. Gavotta con due Variazioni
VII. Vivo
VIII. a Minuetto
b Finale

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Derrick Inouye – conductor – has recently conducted the Philharmonia of London, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, N.Y., the New Japan and the Monte Carlo Philharmonics, the New York City, Hungarian State, and Stuttgart Operas.

Andrés Diáz – cello soloist, won the First Prize in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition and in 1998 won both the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Susan W. Rose Fund for Music. He has performed with America’s foremost orchestras, including the symphonies of Chicago, Atlanta, Boston Pops, Milwaukee, and Seattle, as well as the American and the National Symphony Orchestras. He will be playing a 1698 Matteo Gofriller cello.

JULY 23, 2002 @ 7:30 PM

Flamenco Mystico
Sandra Rivera, dancer
Arturo Martinez, guitar
Carlos Revollar, guitar
Alfonso Cid, singer/flute

Entrance
Jaleo Malagueñas; Music: Traditional Alfonso Cid

Reflejos (Tangos)
Composed and performed by Carlos Revollar

Danza Mora
Traditional, Arranged by Arturo Martinez, Choreography: Sandra Rivera; Danza Mora is a rarely performed dance that means Moorish Dance and is a direct flamenco adaptation of the Moorish style of music.

Tanguillo
Composed and performed by Arturo Martinez

Saeta
Saetas are sung as chants in Spain during Holy Week processions. Traces of Saetas date back centuries before they evolved as a part of flamenco.

Martinete, Traditional
Choreography: Sandra Rivera

Soleares; Traditional
Choreography: José Molina; Soleares is considered the central figure around which all of flamenco revolves. The Soleares have a basic twelve beat rhythm with accents on the third, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelve beats. Soleares means loneliness, solitude.

Mi Destino (Jaleo)
Music: Arturo Martinez

Bulerias
Music: Alfonso Cid, Carlos Revollar

Sevillanas
Music: Traditional (Arrangement by Alfonso Cid, Arturo Martinez) Choreography, traditional; During the week long fair, in the month of May, the Sevillanas are danced by men, women and children in the streets and plazas of Sevilla.

Salve Rociera
Music arranged by Alfonso Cid

Alegrías
Alegrías, which means joy, originated in the seaport town of Cadiz. Its rhythm and accents are derived from the ancient Soleares but with a faster and festive spirit creating a lively and vivacious dance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sandra Rivera was an original member and principal dancer of Ballet Hispanico. She has presented numerous solo dance concerts including Flamenco Mystico, Saeta, Ancestral Spirits, and En Espiritu: St. Teresa of Avila, at the Cathedral and at venues across the United States. Sandra Rivera has been imaginatively exploring the mystical qualities of flamenco for many years. She will perform her own choreography and dances by José Molina and Mariano Parra, with music by Arturo Martinez, Carlos Revollar and vocalist Alfonso Cid.

Alfonso Cid (cantaor [singer], flutist) was born and raised in Seville. As a child his mother would sing to him in the traditional styles of Triana, a gypsy enclave of Seville, where she was born. Mr. Cid received his classical training at the Seville Conservatory, where he studied the flute and music theory. He is a founding member of Al Baño Maria, a resident group of Peña Flamenca Torres-Macarena, a renowned flamenco club of Andalusia. In the USA Mr. Cid has performed with Carlota Santana, American Spanish Dance Theatre, Flamenco Latino, Sol y Sombra Spanish Dance Theatre, and Pilar Rioja. He has been a featured singer and flutist with Candela Flamenca in Toronto, Canada.

Arturo Martinez (musical director, guitarist) was born and raised in Chicago where he started playing electric guitar at age 13. His interest in African-American musical traditions eventually led him to encounter the ethnic musical traditions of Spain. He has accompanied dancers Pilar Rioja, Chuni Amaya and Joaquin Fajardo. Mr. Martinez produces flamenco shows throughout the New York area and is currently working on an evening long piece that traces the diverse musical traditions that have influenced flamenco.

Carlos Revollar (guitarist, percussionist), a native New Yorker, studied flamenco and classical guitar with Denis Kostar, Canito Suarez and Luis Hereida. He has performed with the companies of Andrea del Conte, Carlota Santana and Eva Lucena. He composed and performed in the Two River’s Theatre production of Blood Wedding with Martin San Tangelo of Noche Flamenca. Mr. Revollar can be seen regularly at Xunta Tapas Bar in New York City.

JULY 16, 2002 @ 7:30 PM

The Naumburg Orchestra
Richard Westerfield, conductor
Tomohiro Okumura, violin

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (1878)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92 (1812)
I. Poco sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto
IV. Allegro con brio

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Richard Westerfield – conductor – is in his fourth season as music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is a gifted and versatile young conductor, noted for commanding performances of twentieth century music as well as unusually vibrant and stylish readings of baroque and classical repertoire. In the past few seasons he has been invited to lead many fine orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Houston and Indianapolis Symphonies, as well as the Minnesota Orchestra. Westerfield had a 1993 debut with the New York Philharmonic conducting Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben. The New York Times hailed the young conductor’s acute rhythmic sense, sound organizational ideas and clear technique. Since his “splendid debut” he has conducted the Philharmonic on many occasions. Richard Westerfield also enjoys a close relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Seiji Ozawa’s assistant until 1998. The Boston Globe wrote: “Seiji Ozawa holds the musicianship of Richard Westerfield in such high regard that he has promoted the BSO assistant conductor to associate conductor-the only other young musician to have held that post was Michael Tilson Thomas.” Mr. Westerfield’s performances with the BSO at Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, and in recital with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players have received consistent critical praise.

Tomohiro Okumura – violin soloist – 1993 winner of the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition Prize. This is Mr. Okumura’s third appearance with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Okumura studied with Dorothy Delay and Masao Kawasaki. He has performed with the Colorado, Grant Park, Dallas, Honolulu, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Spokane, Syracuse and Utah Symphonies, the Buffalo, Louisiana, New Japan and Slovak Philharmonics, and the Aspen Concert and Yomiuri Japan Symphony Orchestras. He has also given recitals at the Frick Museum (Pittsburgh), Kennedy Center, Santa Fe, Ravinia, and the Gardner Museum, among others. Recent highlights include his return engagement for a five-city tour with the Tokyo NHK Symphony Orchestra and a debut with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. He debuted at Carnegie Hall with the New York Concert Orchestra performing Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Okumura performs worldwide now and has received praise for his enormous repertoire and “unusual temperament” (NYT) making him a modern exemplar of the “golden age of the Romantic virtuoso” (Portland Press Herald). He records on the Slovart Records label.

JUNE 25, 2002 @ 7:30 PM

Empire Brass Quintet
Rolf Smedvig and Marc Reese, Trumpets
Michelle Perry, French Horn
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Kenneth Amis, Tuba

* * *Tylman Susato (ca. 1500-ca. 1562)
Basse Dance Bergeret

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Morning Dance from Romeo and Juliet
Troika, from Lieutenant Kije SuiteAntonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.1 Op.46

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Tambourin

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dance Russe, from The Nutcracker

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Jupiter

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Ritual Fire Dance, from L’amor Brujo (Love, the Magician)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo Alla Turka

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Turkish March

Traditional Irish (14th century)
Kesh Jig

Anthony Holborne (1560-1602)
Gigue Celtic American Folk Music Jig

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Introduction and allegro

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Something’s Comin’ / Somewhere, from West Side Story

George Gerswhin (1898-1937)
Piano Prelude No. 2
It Ain’t Necessarily So, from Porgy and Bess

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
It Don’t Mean a Thing – 103rd year tribute

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America’s finest brass ensemble, renowned for its brilliant virtuosity and the unparalleled diversity of its repertoire. The six musicians, all of whom have held leading positions with major American orchestras, perform over 100 concerts a year. In addition to playing across the United States, the Empire Brass has toured the Far East thirteen times and performs regularly in Europe – twice in Rome within the past eighteen months. The Empire Brass has played to standing-room crowds in the former Soviet Union where its concerts were broadcast on television. The ensemble has performed with major symphony orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Zurich’s Tönhalle Orchester. They regularly visits leading summer festivals including Ravinia, Tanglewood, Caramoor, Saratoga and Chautauqua. Their discography is considerable and their best selling records on the Telarc label have introduced an even larger worldwide audience to the excitement of brass music ranging from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway. The Empire Brass is the first brass ensemble to win the Walter W. Naumburg International Competition in 1976.

JUNE 18, 2002 @ 7:30 PM

The Lucy Moses Chamber Orchestra
Mark Lakirovich, conductor

Antonio Vivaldi (c.1678-1743)
L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3, No. 9

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for Viola in G Major
Hari Bernstein, viola

Antonio Vivaldi (c.1678-1743)
Flute concerto in D Major, (“Il Cardellino”), Op.10, No.3
Ivan Latko*, flute

Antonio Vivaldi (c.1678-1743)
Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor, PV 411
Susana Mendlow and Leat Sabbah, cello

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Yankee Doodle (Caprice burlesque), Op.17
Alexandr Dziubinsky*, violin

*Recipient of New York Community Trust Fellowship