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1991-1992 Concert Season's Special Performers

We salute theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

VOICES OF THE VALLEY OFMORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ALICE MAGUIRE, CONDUCTOR

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THE CONDUCTORS

STEPHEN BLACKWELDER

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28th CONCERT SEASONStephen Blackwelder, Conductor

ACCOUNTANTS - AUDITORS - TAX CONSULTANTS

Salutes theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

on its 28th Season!

5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, Illinois 60453

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Les Preludes LisztSymphonic Poem No.3

.---eGloria in Excelsis Mozart

from Mass No. 12Soloists: Jean Smoots, Soprano; Helene DeLoriea, Alto;

Frank Brockway, Tenor; George Botts, Bass

Lacrymosa Mozartfrom Requiem, K. 626

In Memoriam: Jack Althuis

Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 MozartBeatus VirLaudate PueriLaudate DominumDixit Dominus

Soloists: Marilyn Keblusek, Barbara Correll, Sopranos,Bonnie Althuis, Alto; George DeLoriea, Tenor;

Walter Kosche, Bass

VOICES OF THE VALLEYMoraine Valley Community College

- INTERMISSION -

Quiet City Coplandfor Trumpet, English Horn and Strings

Mark Bailey, trumpetRandy Rakosnik, English horn

Symphony No.2 in B Minor BorodinAllegroScherzo: PrestissimoAndanteFinale: Allegro

The next concert of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra is Saturday, February 1,1992. Linda Gruette, Flute and Kara Bershad, Harp will be performing the MozartConcerto for Flute and Harp. David L. Crane will be the conductor.

Programs presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, a member of theIllinois Council of Orchestras, the Chicago Music Alliance, and the Illinois ArtsAlliance, are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a stateagency, and the National Foundation for the Humanities.

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAStephen Blackwelder, Conductor

ABOUT TONIGHT'S CONDUCTORStephen Blackwelder

Talented musicians are invited to audition. Please call (708) 448-4367 for information.

VIOLINSGeorge Kulles, Lockport

ConcertmasterLinda Morimoto, Hoffman Estates

Principal Second••• Hedie A1t, Palos Heights

Maya Alvarez, ChicagoDanielle Beebe, CountrysideJulie Heck, Oak LawnRudolph Kause, Worth····Ann Killelea, Midlothian

••• Edward Langer, Cicero•• Renette Makowski, Oak Lawn

Erik Mikaitis, ChicagoCatie McAlister, Matteson

•• Marion Nicholson, South Holland••• William Porcelli, Chicago

Sr. M. Reginald, Chicago····Sera Samson, Oak Lawn····Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

Michael Shelton, ChicagoDanilo Soriano, Palos ParkKaroline lbdd, Evergreen ParkJeremy Vander Weele, Worth

••• Suzanne Wales, Palos Heights

VIOLAS.···Helen Oppenheim, Oak Lawn

PrincipalDebbie Cutrell, ChicagoRev. David Grindberg, Oak LawnEdward Keating, Homewood

••• Robert Lekberg, Oak Forest• Richard Sienko, Chicago

Erik Stoltzer, RiversideVicki Urban, Frankfort

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, Maywood

PrincipalGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail Emerick, Palos ParkRobert Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleJoyce O'Meara, Palos Park

•• Ruth Pieper, Orland Park

STRING BASSESThomas W. Hawley, Palos Heights

PrincipalThomas Anderson, ChicagoMichelle Bindeman, LansingLaura Kelly, Hickory Hills

FLUTESLinda Gruette, Orland Park

Principal• Janice Alberts, Alsip••• Marion Reilly III, Blue Island

Tom Zydron, Chicago

CLARINETS•• Thomas Hallett, Orland Park

PrincipalRobert Greensley, Evergreen ParkCarol Ring, Hazel Crest

OBOES•• Norma Stuart, Oak Lawn

PrincipalRandall Rakosnik, Burr Ridge

BASSOONS•• Julie Szymczyk, Palos Park

• PrincipalJennifer Shoemaker, WorthFrances Smet-Mehrer, Chebanse

FRENCH HORNSDonna Briggs, Chicago Heights

PrincipalRobert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, AlsipNancy Griffioen, Oak ForestAmanda Sehor, Chicago

TRUMPETSMark Bailey, Palos Park

PrincipalJohn Pelley, Park ForestNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

TROMBONESBrian Byrne, Chicago

Principal•• Robert Chasanov, Griffith, IN

Robert Karpiel, BurbankTodd Taylor, Bridgeview

TUBAPete Craven, Chicago

Principal

PERCUSSION• Ken Kazin, Oak Lawn

Principal• Teresa Lenz, Chicago

Edward Vondrasek, Chicago

HARPKara Bershad

Principal

ORGANISTMarilyn Sobbe

•••• Charter Members••• 20 years or more•• 15 to 19 years

10 to 14 years

One of the most prominent young con­ductors to emerge from Chicago, StephenBlackwelder maintains a demanding schedule oforchestral and operatic performances. Currentlyin his eighth subscription season as MusicDirector / Conductor of the Hinsdale ChamberOrchestra, he also leads the group in SROHoliday performances of Tchaikovsky's THENUTCRACKER in collaboration with the SaltCreek Banet. Recent guest conducting engage­ments include the Westminster ChamberOrchestra and the Chicago String Ensemble,where he was praised for his "warmly expressive"

conducting by Robert Marsh of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Mr. Blackwelder's recent debut performances of MADAME BUTTERFLYwith the Augusta Opera were critically acclaimed as "vigorous and passionate...the demanding score was played with confidence and sensitivity." In addition tohis creation of an American Opera Gala for Rockford Opera in 1987, recentpodium engagements include Tchaikovsky's PIQUE DAME, Vives' zarzuelaBOHEMIOS, Britten's ALBERT HERRING and Rossini's LA CAMBIALE DIMATRIMONIO. Additional stage productions include Purcell's DIDO ANDAENEAS, Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and a Rodgers and Hammer­stein Gala at the Killington Music Festival in Vermont.

At the age of 20, Mr. Blackwelder conducted the Baltimore SymPl10ny at therequest of guest opera conductor Eve Queler. During his study for the Master ofMusic degree in Orchestral Conducting at Northwestern University, he assistedRobert Marcellus and Bernard Rubenstein with the University Symphony, RobertGay with the Opera Workshop and Grigg Fountain with the Alice Millar ChapelChoir, in addition to conducting his own concerts with the Northwestern ChamberEnsemble. A native of North Carolina, Mr. Blackwelder was the first graduate toreceive a Bachelor of Music degree in Conducting from the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, where he was awarded a special studies grant to presentCavalli's UORMINDO in a fully staged production.

For three seasons Mr. Blackwelder was the Assistant Conductor at ChicagoOpera Theater where he worked with Gian Carlo Menotti, Mark Flint and thecompany's Artistic Director Alan Stone. He was Chorusmaster and AssistantConductor of the Hinsdale Opera Theater for two seasons, and conducted stagedperformances with Opera Illinois. His professional study includes four seasonswith the renowned Aspen Music Festival and master classes with Sir Georg Solti,Max Rudolf and Erich Leinsdorf.

THE VOICES-OF THE VALLEY PROGRAM NOTES

PERSONNEL OF THEVOICES OF THE VALLEY

The Voices of the Valley is a community chorus under the Department ofContinuing Education at Moraine Valley Community College. The singersrepresent 16 different southwest communities. Alice Maguire has been theirconductor for 7 years. Alist of their concerts for this semester is available on thetable in the lobby. All concerts are free. In 1989 one of the Voices ensembles sangin the.International Advent Sing held in Vienna, Austria.

SOPRANOSRosanne Arnold, Palos HillsNettie Botts, Palos ParkJoanne Colbert, Orland ParkBarbara Correll, Palos HillsArlene Cygan, Oak ForestMichelle Daoust, BridgeviewCarol Fefferman, ChicagoElizabeth,Gifford, CrestwoodMarilyn Keblusek, Oak ForestBetty Massoth, Oak LawnNancy Michel, Bridgeviewfrances Riley, ChicagoFlorence Sklenar, BurbankJean Smoots, Oak LawnCaroline Stringer, AlsipSandra L. Von Stovwer, Hickory HillsMonica Wodke, ChicagoJanet Wohlgemuth,Oak LawnTess Xydakis, Palos HeightsEuridices Zimmer; Palos Hills

ALTOSBonnie Althuis, Oak LawnSharon Butler, WorthHelene De Loriea, BurbankSusan Donofrio, PaIos.HillsBarbara Hughes, Crestwo6dNancy Klingensmith, Chicago RidgeHarriet Mile, Palos HillsBarbara Popiolek, Oak LawnAlma Rissky, Oak LawnLou Ann Sapoto, Oak LawnMargaret Sauter, AlsipMarilyn Sobbe, Evergreen ParkBarbara Schapiro, HometownJoan Sweeney, BurbankBeverly Tebo, Oak LawnRuth Anne Velaer, Oak Lawn

TENORSThadeus Bojanowski, SummitFrank Brockway, Palos HillsGeorge De Loriea, BurbankThomas Finnegan, WorthPeter Gesell, Oak LawnLarry Lefaiver, Oak ForestRoger Owen, Hazel CrestClarence Riley, ChicagoGaile Sprissler, Chicago

BASSESGeorge Botts, Palos ParkRichard Dyott, Oak LawnBill Gould, Oak LawnMark Jaczszak, Palos HillsWalter Kosche, Palos HillsRonald Rusnak, Oak LawnJohn Schneider, ChicagoPeter Scullion, Palos HillsGeorge Stratton, Oak LawnJohn Tierney, BurbankConrad Urban, Frankfort

Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Les Preludes, Symphonic Poem #3

Best known of Liszt's 12 symphonic poems, Les Preludes was written as anintroduction to the unpublished choral work Les Duatre Elemens (The FourElements) on a text by the Provencal poet Joseph Autran.

The main theme, derived from the chorus entitled Les Astre~ (The Stars),holds the work together while a second main theme, La Jerre (The Land) appearslater on horns and violas. But it is Les Preludes tight construction and avoidanceof recitative passages which raises it above Lizst's other symphonic poems andexplains its continued popularity;

The composer writes of Les Preludes: "What else is our life but a series ofpreludes to that unknown Hymn, the first and solemn note of which is intonedby Death? Love is the glowing dawn of all existence; but what is the fate wherethe first delights of happiness are not interrupted by some storm, the mortal blastof which dissipates its fine illusions, the fatal lightning ofwhich consumes its altar;and where is the cruelly wounded soul which, on issuing from one of thesetempests, does not endeavor to rest his recollection in the calm serenity of life inthe fields? Nevertheless man hardly gives himselfup for long to the enjoyment ofthe beneficent stillness which at first he has shared in Nature's bosom, and when'the trumpet sounds the alarm,' he hastens to the dangerous post, whatever thewar may be, which calls him to its ranks, in order at last to recover in the combatfull consciousness of himself and entire possession of his energy."

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) ... Gloria, from Mass #12 in C. K.232

This mass has been attributed to Mozart, though few sources list it amonghis established works. Rather it is often relegated to those pieces of spurious ordubious origin.

Mozart Lacrymosa, from Requiem Mass

In the original score, only the first 8 bars of the Lacrymosa are in Mozart'sown hand. The remainder was claimed to have been completed by Mozart's pupil,Franz Sussmayr, though many refuse to attribute this magnificent passage toanyone other than Mozart himself.

From a poignant, whispering entrance, the Lacrymosa builds to a thunderousclimax, an "Amen" of such spiritual finality that many feel the Requiem need notgo beyond this piece.

Mozart Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K.339

This work is one of only two vespers Mozart composed, and was completedin Salzburg, in 1780.

The Laudate Pueri is set contrapuntally, followed by a soprano aria for theLaudate Dominum, a telling contrast.

The Vesperae Solennes is said to represent the peak of Mozart's Salzburgchurch music.

Copland, Aaron (1900-1991) Quiet City

This chamber piece was initially written as incidental music for an experimen­tal drama by Irwin Shaw. Directed by Elia Kazan and including Frances Farmer,Quiet City was dropped after only two dress rehearsals and only Copland'satmospheric and reflective score remains.

The original version called for trumpet, saxophone, clarinet and piano. TheEnglish horn was added for contrast when Copland arranged the suite for trumpetand string orchestra.

Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887) Symphony #2 in B minor

Using some of the music already composed for an abandoned opera, TheStory ofIgor's Army, Borodin completed the first movement in the autumn of1871. The entire work, however, was not completed until 1876 due to his preoccupa­tion with Prince Igor.

The 2nd Symphony is thought to be one of the boldest and most c()lorful sym­phonies of the 19th century, and written at the height of Borodin's po~ers.

The first movement exhibits granite-like strength, launched by a grim,purposeful 8-note molto theme. The scherzo is a tour de force of orchestraldexterity and syncopation, while the slow movement shows a mastery of free rondoform which leads directly into the festive, resplendent finale.

LAUDATE PUERI

Laudate pueri Dominum, laudate nomen Domini,Sit nomen Domini benedietum ex hocnumc.

A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabilenomenDomini. Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominusetsuper coelos gloria ejus.

Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster qui in altis habitat:'

Et in humilia respicit in coelo et in terra?

Susitans a terra inopem et de stercore, et de stercoreerigens pauperem.

Ut collocet eum cum principibus, populi sui.

Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorumlaetantem, filiorum laetantem. Gloria...Amen.

LAUDATE DOMINUM

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, laudate eumomnes populi. Quoniam confirmata estsupernosmisericordiaejus, et veritas Dominimanet, inaeternam. Gloria.

Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the Lord;praise the name of the Lord.

Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this timeforth for evermore. .

From the rising of the sun to its going down let thename of the Lord be praised.

The Lord is high above all the nations and his gloryabove the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God, who sits enthroned onhigh but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?

He takes up the weak out of the dust and lifts up thepoor from the ashes. He sets them with the princes,with the princes of his people.

He makes the woman of a childless house to be ajoyful mother pf children. Gloria ...Amen.

Praise the Lord, all you nations; laud him all youpeoples. For his loving-kindness toward us is great,and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.Gloria. Amen.

Vesperae solennes de ConfessoreBEATUSVIR

Beatus vir qui timet Dominum qui timet Dominum,in mandatis ejus volet nimis.

Potens in terra erit semen ejus, generatio rectorumbenedicetur.

Gloria et divitiae in domo ejus et justitia ejus manetin saeculum saeculi.

Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis, misericors etmiserator et justus.

Jucundus homo, qui miseretur et commodatdisponet sermones suos in judicio.

Qui a in aeternum non commovebitur.

In memoria aeternaerit justus abauditionemala nontimebit. Paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino.

Non commovebitur donec despiciat inimicos suos.

Dispersit dedit pauperibus, justia ejus MANET INsaeculum saeculi. Cornu ejus exaltabitur in gloria.

Peccator videbit et ira scetur, dentibus suisfremet ettabescet, desiderum peccatorum peribit.Gloria ...Amen.

- Program Notes byJackie Truty

Solemn Vespers of Confessions

Hallelujah! Happy are they that serve the Lord andhave great delight in his commandments.

Their descendants will be mighty in the land; thegeneration of the upright will be blessed.

Wealth and riches will be in their house and theirrighteousness will last forever.

Light shines in the darkness for the upright; therighteous are merciful and full of compassion.

It is good for them to be generous in lending and to .manage their affairs with justice.

For they will never be shaken; the righteous will bekept in everlasting remembrance.

They will not be afraid of any evil rumors; theirheart is right; they put their trust in the Lord.

Their heart is established and will not shrink, untilthey see their desire upon their enemies.

They have given freely to the poor, and theirrighteousness stands fast forever; they will hold uptheir head with honor.

The wicked will see it and be angry; They will gnashtheir teeth and pine away; the desires of the wickedwill perish. Gloria ...Amen.

DIXIT

Dixit Dominus Domino meo: sede a dextris meis,donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedumtuorum.

Virgam virtutis tuae emitet Dominus ex Sion,dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.

Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae in splendoribus;sanctorum ex utero ante luciferum genui teo

Jaravit Dominus et non poeni tebiteum: tues sacer­dos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech.

Dominus a dextris tuis confregit in die ir ae suaereges in ide irae suae reges. Judicabit in nationibus.

Implebit ruinas, conqu assabit capita in terramultorum, in terra multorum.

De torrente in via bibet, in via bibet, propteraexaltabit, exaltabit caput.

Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto, sicut erat inprincipio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum.Amen.

The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstooL" .

The Lord will send the scepter of your power out ofZion, saying, "Rule over your enemies round aboutyou.

Princely state has been yours from the day of yourbirth; in the beauty of holiness have I begotten you,like dew from the womb of the morning!'

The Lord has sworn and he will not recant: "You area priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

.The Lord who is at your right hand will smite kingsin the day of his wrath; he will rule over nations.

He will heap high the corpses: he will smash headsover the wide earth.

He will drink from the brook beside the road;therefore he will lift high his head.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to theHoly Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now andever shall be world without end. Amen.

Contributors for 1991-1992 Season Board of Directors

Evergreen Banks3101 West 95th StreetEvergreen Park, IL 60642

Interlake FoundationLisle, IL

Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Everett

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. BaileyCPC International, Inc.

Box 8000, International PlazaCorn Products DivisionEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 07632(Matching Gift)

AT&T FoundationP.O. Box 1430Wall, NJ(Matching Gift)

Tom AitkenEmma Mae AndersonBuschbach Insurance Agency

5615 W. 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL 60453

Mr. and Mrs. Robert EckhardtGail Emerick, Jr.Ted and Inine GliwMr. and Mrs. Benedict GucaMary Anp Hansen

Belva O. BrownSister Rita Corkery, RSMA. DevaneLawrence J. Kennedy .

HedieAitEvangeline CarvelDr. Ronald ChampagneMr. & Mrs. L. M. G. DangremondMargaret HaferCatherine Horan

BENEFACTOR

Lynn E. Martino

Bill and Jane Passaglia

Sage Investments, Inc.5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL 60453

EXECUTIVETom W. and Julianne HallettDr. and Mrs. R. Heck

PRINCIPALMr. and Mrs. William J. CummensDr. and Mrs. T. H. GasteyerMr. and Mrs. Dennis Lane

SUPPORTINGDavid A. Hennessy, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John JasonHerman KammererJean and George KullesDr. and Mrs. Walter C. LipinskiAngela LeritzMargaret G. MayWright and Joan MortimerLarry and Lucy NelsonDr. and Mrs. John O'BrienTed and Helen OppenheimPalos Park Women's ClubMr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Pieper

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Killelea Jewelers14121 S. Cicero Ave.Crestwood, IL 60445

Robert KonenC. E. PernicRuth L. Pieper

ASSOCIATEMr. and Mrs. Dale KlinkmanMarilyn MeekmaEleanor MurdochNalco Chemical Co.

One Nalco CenterNaperville, IL 60563(Matching Gift)

Seyman, Seyman & Troemel5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL 60453

Alice and Richard Maguire

Richard and Renette MakowskiMr. and Mrs. Bruce MillarMr. and Mrs. Jacob Weglarz

Mary Jane and Bill PorcelliMr. and Mrs. B. R. RakosnikRandall R. RakosnikMr. and Mrs. John RiesJohn W. and Wanda H. SeymanDan and Lydia SorianoJim and Carolyn SparlingElva Van HoweSister Mary VenardineThe Vondrasek GroupMr. and Mrs. Laurence W. Wales·M·r. and Mrs. Robert G. WalesWalter M. Wales FamilyBob and Dot Wolf

St. Xavier CollegeMusic Department

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Daniel SeymanMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsMr. and Mrs. Roy Stuart

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas RimacBill and Rosemary RoesslerSandoz Pharmaceuticals

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Lydia Smutny Sterba

Alice Maguire, Oak Lawn ':.' ~ President

William Cummens, Oak Lawn Vice President

Grace Pieper, Orland Park : Recording Secretary

Julie Heck, Oak Lawn Corresponding Secretary

Nan Barsotti, Chicago ~ Treasurer,

Thomas Aitken, Palos Hills Ray Pieper, Orland ParkKaren Everett, Worth Randy Rakosnik, Burr RidgeThomas W. Hawley, Palos Heights Dan Reilly, Blue IslandMargaret M. Lane, Indian Head Park Daniel Seyman, Oak LawnJane Passaglia, Oak Lawn Sr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen ParkLynn Martino, Blue Island

Alfred Aulwurm, Oak Lawn , ...•....... Conductor Emeritus,

Martha Morris, Oak Lawn Training Orchestra Conductor

Margie Cummens, Oak Lawn Guild President

Karen Everett, Worth Past Presidene

Sr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen Park '.' Past President

Mark Bailey, Palos Park , Director of Operations

Training OrchestraThe Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra provides experience in ensemble

playing, development of performance skills, and expansion of musical horizonsfor instrumentalists of all ages and levels of competence. Rehearsals are held atOak Lawn High School Campus Building, 95th and Southwest Highway, OakLawn, at 6:00 p.m. on Mondays. For further information call Martha Morris,(312) 779-3300, Ext. 385.

Special ThanksThe orchestra wishes to express itsgratitude to the Oak LawIi Park District

for making a meeting room available each month for the Board of Directors, and ..to the management of Mother McAuley High School for its efficient handling of .'the details on concert nights. Thanks to C~ristineL. Hawley for designing theprogram cover.

Memorial FundAmong the compositions performed by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra

each year are scores purchased for the permanent library with contributions madeto the Memorial Fund. Friends and relatives of a deceased loved one may findspecial satisfaction in knowing that music added to the orchestral library as amemorial tribute will. continue to enr:ichthe lives of performers and listeners foryears to come. The names of newly memorialized persons appear in threesuccessive concert programs and are. inscribed in a permanent roster. Minimumcontribution is $10: . '.

For further information, please call Janice Alberts at 7Q8-396-2975.

THE ORCHESTRA.GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGESTHE FOLLOWING RECENT GIFTS:

Orchestra FactsAs we begin our 28th season, the Southwest Symphony Orchestra continues

to improve. A community orchestra dedicated to providing a place for communitymusicians and professional musicians to play, it also affords a place for finesoloists to perform.

Unfortunately, ticket sales alone can not cover the cost of our concerts, whicheach run a tab of about $13,000. Approximately 64OJo of our budget must be raisedthrough ways other than ticket sales so that we may continue to provide a qualitycommunity orchestra in the southwest suburban area.

Did you know?

1990/1991 PROGRAM YEAR

REVENUES EXPENDITURESPerformance Costs (69.8%)

$33,304

In memory of:

Jack Althuis

Elsie Aulwurm

Helen Aulwurm

Sylvia Everett

Robert Gordon Keating

Julian Krupa

Gertrude Pieper

Given by:

Voices of the Valley

Mr. and Mrs. William De Young

Anonymous

Anonymous

Iqa C. DwyerThe Down & Vulnerable Bridge Club

Ted and Helen Oppenheim

Anonymous

Other Contributions (9.9%)$4,532

Government Grants (8.0%)$.3,840

Advertising (4.5%) L-----"..~$2,150

Other (8.9%)$4,252

Marketing (11.6%)$5,568

For the past several years, we have had endowed chairs, each of whom headsa section in the orchestra. The cost of an endowed chair is about $1,500 per yearor $500 per concert. We invite you to assist the orchestra by "adopting" anendowed chair or another partially salaried musician when you order your ticketsfor next season. If so desired, the endowed chair will carry the name of your familyor business for the period desired.

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THE CONDUCTORS

STEPHEN BLACKWELDER

DAVIDL.CRANE

MARTHA MORRIS

VOICES OF THE VALLEY OFMORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ALICEMAGUIRE,CONDUCTOR

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LINDA GRUETTE, FLUTE

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8 p.m. Saturday, February 1,1992Mother McAuley High School Auditorium

28th CONCERT SEASONDavid Crane, Conductor

ACCOUNTANTS - AUDITORS - TAX CONSULTANTS

Salutes theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

on its 28th Season!

5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, Illinois 60453

(708) 422-2050

Academic Festival Overture, OP. 80 Johannes Brahms

Concerto for Flute and Harp, K299 Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAllegroAndantinoRondo: Allegro

Linda Gruette, Flute - Kara Bershad, Harp

INTERMISSION

March and Scherzo Sergei Prokofievfrom "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyAllegro tranquilloAdagio cantabile rna non tantoScherzo: Allegro scherzando giocosoFinale: Andante lugubre; Allegro maestoso

Concert Manners: In order to enjoy a concert to its fullest, a few "concertmanners" should be observed. It is customary to applaud when the concertmaster(the first chair violinist) enters the stage, and applaud again as the conductor makeshis appearance. Because the concerts are taped, audiences are requested to be asquiet as possible. Show appreciation by applause only after the conductordrops his arm at the end of the piece (and never between movements).

Late arrivals will be seated at the end of the first piece. Please bring cough lozengesfor those annoying tickles. However, we won't stop the music if someone coughsthe way Leopold Stowkowski was known to do!

Enjoy the concert!

The next concert of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra is Saturday, April 4, 1992.Martha Morris will be the conductor. To order single tickets, please call (708)636-6941.

Programs presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, a member of theIllinois Council of Orchestras and the Chicago Music Alliance, are partially sup­ported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the NationalFoundation for the Humanities.

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRADavid Crane, Conductor

ABOUT TONIGHT'S CONDUCTORDavid Leslie Crane

Talented musicians are invited to audition. Please call (708) 448-4367 for information.

TYMPANI** Edward Vondrasek, Chicago

Principal

TUBAPete Craven, Chicago

Principal

David Leslie Crane received a Bachelor's Degree from New England Conser­vatory and a Master's Degree in Conducting and Performance from NorthwesternUniversity. Mr. Crane's education includes a year's study at the renownedMozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, and a Fellowship conducting the New MusicEnsemble at the University of Houston, where he directed a multi-media concertinvolving the New Music Ensemble, Art, Dance, and Drama Departments. He alsocollaborated with the University Opera Department, conducting Weill's Maha­gonny Songspiel.

As a former resident of Washington D.C., Mr. Crane served as Founder andMusic Director of the National Institutes of Health Chamber Orchestra inBethesda, MD for three years. In addition, he was engaged by the National Sym­phony to playas an extra with the trumpet section on several concerts.

Mr. Crane was Music Director of the Chain of Lakes Orchestra in Fox Lake,IL for three years. From 1987-90 he served as Conductor and Administrator of theNorthwestern University Summer Orchestra, where, in his four year tenure, he builtthe orchestra from 43 to 91 members, culminating in a performance of Mahler'sFirst Symphony. Suzanne Weiss of the Evanston Review wrote, "It was a standingovation from a standing-room audience at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Sunday...Thegroup would put a few of our year-round orchestras to shame."

Recent guest conducting appearances have included the DuPage Symphony,Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, and the Spokane Symphony this past sum­mer in the final concert of the prestigious Festival at Sandpoint, ID, GuntherSchuller, Artistic Director. Mr. Crane also attended the conducting seminar atTangelwood, and was recently an active participant in the Conductor's GuildWorkshop at the University of Chicago, where he conducted the University Sym­phony Orchestra. He is currently Music Director of the Metropolitan ArtsOrchestra, an ensemble he founded, whose purpose is to present visual and per­forming arts in the same concert setting.

Charter Members20 years or more15 to 19 years10 to 14 years

••••******

HARPKara Bershad

Principal

PERCUSSION* Ken Kazin, Oak Lawn

PrincipalJoe Arteaga, Evergreen ParkPeggy Casey, Evergreen ParkTeresa Lenz, Chicago

TROMBONESBrian Byrne, Chicago

PrincipalRobert Chasanov, Griffith, INRobert Karpiel, BurbankTodd Taylor, Bridgeview

BASSOONS** Julie Szymczyk, Palos Park

PrincipalJennifer Shoemaker, WorthFrances Smet-Mehrer, Chebanse

TRUMPETSMark Bailey, Palos Park

PrincipalJohn Pelley, Park ForestJohn Taylor, ChicagoNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

CLARINETS** Thomas Hallett, Orland Park

PrincipalRobert Greensley, Evergreen ParkCarol Ring, Hazel Crest

FRENCH HORNSDonna Briggs, Chicago Heights

PrincipalRobert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, AlsipNancy Griffioen, Oak ForestAmanda Sehor, Chicago

OBOES** Norma Stuart, Oak Lawn

PrincipalRandall Rakosnik, Burr Ridge

VIOLINS**** Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

ConcertmasterGeorge Kulles, Lockport

Assistant PrincipalLinda Morimoto, Hoffman Estates

Principal Second*** Hedie Alt, Palos Heights

Maya Alvarez, ChicagoDanielle Beebe, CountrysideJenny Charowhas, EvanstonJulie Heck, Oak LawnDolores Hogan, Oak Lawn

**** Ann Killelea, Midlothian*** Edward Langer, Cicero

Renette Makowski, Oak LawnErik Mikaitis, Chicago

*** Marion Nicholson, South Holland*** William Porcelli, Chicago

Sr. M. Reginald, ChicagoIrene Rudetsky, Chicago

**** Sera Samson, Oak LawnDon Schmalz, Evanston

**** Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn* Danilo Soriano, Palos Park

Jeremy Vander Weele, Worth*** Suzanne Wales, Palos HeightsVIOLAS**** Helen Oppenheim, Oak Lawn

PrincipalMark Butin, ChicagoEdward Keating, Homewood

*** Robert Lekberg, Oak ForestRichard Sienko, ChicagoChris Smith, ChicagoVicki Urban, Frankfort

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, Maywood

PrincipalGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail Emerick, Palos ParkRobert Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleJoyce O'Meara, Palos ParkRuth Pieper, Orland ParkJohn Saffer, Chicago

STRING BASSESThomas W. Hawley, Blue Island

PrincipalThomas Anderson, ChicagoMichelle Bindeman, MunsterLaura Kelly, Hickory Hills

FLUTESLinda Gruette, Orland Park

PrincipalJanice Alberts, Alsip

*** Marion Reilly III, Blue IslandTom Zydron, Chicago

PROGRAM NOTESJohannes Brahms (1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture

Virtually unknown through his youth into early manhood, Brahms is todayregarded as a primary asset to the Romantic movement.

Prior to 1880, Brahms composed many marvelous works for the piano, lieder(German art songs), serenades, and his first two symphonies. However, it was hiscompletion of the Academic Festival Overture in 1880 which aided in vaulting himinto fame and demand. . .

Brahms' style reflects wide intervals in the melody, characteristic of the time.However, Brahms is known for his driving rhythms, use of syncopation, cross­rhythms, and the striking use of hemiola. All of these techniques are highlyapparent in this overture.

Today, the four symphonies of Brahms, his four concertos, two serenades, andthe Tragic and Academic Festival Overtures are among the major orchestral worksof the nineteenth century.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Concerto for Fluteand Harp, K. 299

W. A. Mozart was undoubtedly one of the world's great composers as wellas the leading composer of the Classical Period of music (approximately1750-1825).

Son of respected Austrian musician Leopold, Mozart showed signs ofremarkable talent at age 3. He was playing the harpsichord at age 4 and composingmusic at age 5. In his tragically short life of 35 years Mozart composed over600 works, including operas, sonatas, chamber music, symphonies, and concertos.

Mozart's style ranged from deeply serious to cheerful and vigorous. Concertofor Flute and Harp reflects primarily the latter style and was composed during aterribly frustrating point in his life. Mozart felt himself extremely limited inSalzburg and requested a leave from his employer, the Archbishop, in 1777. Heventured to Germany and in 1778 he was off happily to Paris.

This venture, however, brought forth many musical disappointments and wereonly intensified by grief over his mother's death. Wolfgang continued to hope forengagements over the next couple of years, and composed whatever seemed to bemarketable. Concerto for Flute and Harp was composed during this time whichdisplays his characteristic cheerful and vigorous style, in an otherwise turbulentperiod of his life.

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) March and Scherzo from theopera The Love for Three Oranges

. The Love for Three Oranges, developed by Russian-born composer Prokofiev,IS based on a comedy by the eighteenth-century Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi.This p!ot involves a kingdom whose ruler is frustrated by his hypochondriac son,the heIr-apparent. Although the Prince doesn't respond to any comic entertain­ment devised to evoke curative laughter, he does laugh magnificently during avillage festival in his honor, at an awkward and humilitating tumble taken by thevillage sorceress. The Prince seems to be cured, but the angry sorceress returns acurse on the Prince: He is doomed to fall in love with 3 oranges.. This involves adangerous search for the oranges and the wooing of 3 princesses, each encased inan orange. Two of the princesses die of thirst, but the third is saved for the Prince.It all ends happily after various witches and devils are put in their place.

The March accompanies the procession to the festival which was devised toevoke laughter from the Prince. The Scherzo proceeds the long and dangerousjourney the Prince must take in search of three oranges. These two pieces from theOpera have becQme popular concert pieces recorded by great orchestras throughoutthe world.

The premiere performance of the opera was on December 30, 1921, by ourown Chicago Lyric Opera company. Prokofiev himself conducted.

Peter I1yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No.1 in g,Op. 13, Winter Reveries

Initially having set out to make a career in the legal profession, Tchaikovskyshowed an intense interest in and talent for improvising melodies and composingshort pieces. While holding a job as a clerk for the Russian Ministry of Justice heenrolled in the newly founded St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music in 1862. Herehe was referred to as "... the greatest musicaltalent of contemporary Russia .. :'by his teacher and founder of the Conservatory, Anton Rubenstein. He resignedfrom his government position in 1863.

Tchaikovsky began to develop a unique style, bringing together strong Rus­sian passion with Western forms. His lyrical melodies soared amidst the harmonicstructure of the music.

When the Moscow Conservatory was founded in 1866 by Nicholas Ruben­stein, Tchikovsky was appointed to the staff. It is within these first two years atthe Conservatory that Tchaikovsky undertook his greatest endeavor thus far; hisSymphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, Winter Reveries. The first performance of thissymphony was in Moscow on February 15, 1868.

Although he composed successfully in every musical genre, Tchaikovsky wasperhaps the first Russian composer to become internationally known and ac­claimed as well as being highly respected and admired in his own country.

- Program Notes byDanielle Beebe

Board of Directors Orchestra Facts

Performance Costs (69.8%)$33,304

1990/1991 PROGRAM YEAR

REVENUES EXPENDITURES

Administrative (18.6%)$8,928

Marketing (11.6%)$5,568

Other (8.9%)$4,252

As we continue our 28th season, the Southwest Symphony Orchestra con­tinues to improve. A community orchestra dedicated to providing a place forcommunity musicians and professional musicians to play, it also affords a placefOf fine soloists to perform.

Unfortunately, ticket sales alone can not cover the cost of our concerts, whicheach run a tab of about $13,000. Approximately 64070 of our budget must be raisedthrough ways other than ticket sales so that we may continue to provide a qualitycommunity orchestra in the southwest suburban area.

Did you know?

Other Contributions (9.9%)$4,532

Government Grants (8.0%)$3,840

Advertising (4.5%) L.-_--=""""'_$2,150

Training Orchestra

Alice Maguire, Oak Lawn President

William Cummens, Oak Lawn Vice President

Grace Pieper, Orland Park Recording Secretary

Julie Heck, Oak Lawn Corresponding Secretary

Nan Barsotti, Chicago Treasurer

Thomas Aitken, Palos Hills Ray Pieper, Orland ParkKaren Everett, Worth Randy Rakosnik, Burr RidgeThomas W. Hawley, Palos Heights Dan Reilly, Blue.IslandMargaret M. Lane, Indian Head Park Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

Sr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen Park

Alfred Aulwurm, Oak Lawn Conductor Emeritus

Martha Morris, Oak Lawn Training Orchestra Conductor

Margie Cummens, Oak Lawn Guild President

Karen Everett, Worth Past President

Sr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen Park Past President

Mark Bailey, Palos Park Director of Operations

The Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra provides experience in ensembleplaying, development of performance skills, and expansion of musical horizonsfor instrumentalists of all ages and levels of competence. Rehearsals are held atOak Lawn High School Campus Building, 95th and Southwest Highway, OakLawn, at 6:00 p.m. on Mondays. For further information call Martha Morris,(312) 779-3300, Ext. 385.

Mailing ListIfyou would like to be notified of future concerts and other Southwest SymphonyOrchestra events, and are not now on our mailing list, please complete the follow­ing. Either give it to an usher or mail it to:

Special ThanksSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, Illinois 60453

The orchestra wishes to express its gratitude to the Oak Lawn Park Districtfor making a meeting room available each month for the Board of Directors, andto the management of Mother McAuley High School for its efficient handling ofthe details on concert nights. Thanks to Christine L. Hawley for designing theprogram cover.

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Donor's Club1991-1992 CONCERT SEASON

Evergreen Banks3101 West 95th StreetEvergreen Park, IL 60642

Interlake FoundationLisle,IL

Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Everett

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. BaileyCPC International, Inc.

Box 8000, International PlazaCorn Products DivisionEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 07632(Matching Gi ft)

. AT&T Foundationp.o. Box 1430Wall,NJ(Matching Gift)

Tom AitkenEmma Mae AndersonBuschbach Insurance Agency

5615 W. 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL 60453

Mr. and Mrs. Robert EckhardtGail Emerick, Jr.First National Bank of Blue Island

13057 S. Western Ave.Blue Island, IL 60406

Ted and Irene GawMr. and Mrs. Benedict Guca

Belva O. BrownSister Rita Corkery, RSMA. DevaneThomas W. HawleyHeritage Bank

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Bill and Jane Passaglia

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EXECUTIVETom W. and Julianne HallettDr. and Mrs. R. Heck

PRINCIPALMr. and Mrs. William J. CummensDr. and Mrs. T. H. GasteyerMr. and Mrs. Dennis Lane

SUPPORTINGMary Ann HansenDavid A. Hennessy, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John JasonHerman KammererMyung Ho Kim, M.D.

and MisaKimJean and George KullesDr. and Mrs. Walter C. LipinskiAngela LoritzMargaret G. MayWright and Joan MortimerLarry and Lucy NelsonDr. and Mrs. John O'BrienTed and Helen OppenheimPalos Park Women's ClubMr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Pieper

CONTRIBUTINGLawrence J. KennedyKillelea Jewelers

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Robert KonenC. E. PernicRuth L. Pieper

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Richard and Renette MakowskiMr. and Mrs. Bruce MillarMr. and Mrs. Jacob Weglarz

Mary Jane and Bill PorcelliMr. and Mrs. B. R. RakosnikRandall R. RakosnikMr. and Mrs. John RiesJohn W. and Wanda H. SeymanDan and Lydia SorianoJim and Carolyn SparlingElva Van HoweSister Mary VenardineThe Vondrasek GroupMr. and Mrs. Laurence W. WalesMr. and Mrs. Robert G. WalesWalter M. Wales FamilyBob and Dot Wolf

St. Xavier CollegeMusic Department

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Daniel SeymanMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsMr. and Mrs. Roy Stuart

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra must rely on contributions to meet itsexpenses. The sale of concert tickets and program advertising is not enough tocover our operating costs, such as hall rental, professional services, music, prin­ting, publicity, insurance, and postage. Like other orchestras in this country, wemust depend on the generosity of contributors to break even.

If you would like to be a member of our Donor's Club, please complete thefollowing form and send it with your check to:

SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA1991-1992 Concert Season

5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, Illinois 60453

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BENEFACTOR, $500-$999, eligible for up to 10 season tickets.*

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CONTRIBUTING MEMBER, $50-$99, eligible for 1 seasonticket.*

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THE ORCHESTRA GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGESTHE FOLLOWING RECENT GIFTS:

Among the compositions performed by the Southwest Syrnphony Orchestraeach year are scores purchased for the permanent library with contributions madeto the Memorial Fund. Friends and relatives of a deceased loved one may findspecial satisfaction in knowing that music added to the orchestral library as amemorial tribute will continue to enrich the lives of performers and listeners foryears to come. The names of newly memorialized persons appear in threesuccessive concert programs and are inscribed in a permanent roster. Minimumcontribution is $10.

For further information, please call Janice Alberts at 708-396-2975.

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Tickets must be purchased in advanceRaffle tickets: $1 ea. or 6 for $5

All tickets are on sale at the information table in the foyer and willbe available during the intermission and after the concert.

Raffle Items: CD Player - $100 Bond - Child's Afghan

For Information call: 708/423-5581 or 708/857-7406

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for the use of your facilities for this year's Phone-a-thon.

For the past several years, we have had endowed chairs, each of whom headsa section in the orchestra. The cost of an endowed chair is about $1,500 per yearor $500 per concert. We invite you to assist the orchestra by "adopting" anendowed chair or another partially salaried musician when you order your ticketsfor next season. If so desired, the endowed chair will carry the name of your f~yor business for the period desired.

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MOSES HARRIS, Associate FRANKIE J. WILSON, AssociateSARA NAPIER HOWARD, Associate AVERY Wll..LIAMS, Associate

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Mother McAuleyHigh SchoolAuditorium

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28th CONCERT SEASONMartha M. Morris, Conductor

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ACCOUNTANTS AUDITORS - TAX CONSULTANTS

Festival Overture, Opus 96 Dimitri Shostakovich

Salutes theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

on its 28th Season!

London Everyday Suite For Orchestra Eric CoatesI. Covent Garden (Tarantelle)II. Westminster (Meditation)

III. Knightsbridge (March)

INTERMISSION

5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, Illinois 60453

(708) 422-2050

Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold) Richard Wagner

Symphony in D minor, Opus 48 Cesar FranckI. Lento - Allegro non troppoII. Allegretto

III. Allegro non troppo

Programs presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, a member of theIllinois Council of Orchestras and the Chicago Music Alliance, are partially sup­ported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the NationalFoundation for the Humanities.

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAMartha M. Morris, Conductor

ABOUT TONIGHT'S CONDUCTORMartha Morris

•••• Charter Members••• 20 years or more•• 15 to 19 years

10 to 14 years

Taiented musicians are invited to audition. Please call (708) 448-4367 for information.

VIOLINS.... Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

ConcertmasterGeorge Kulles, Lockport

Assistant PrincipalLinda Morimoto, HOffman Estates

Principal Second••• Hedie Alt, Palos Heights

Maya Alvarez, ChicagoDanielle Beebe, CountrysideJulie Heck, Oak LawnDolores Hogan, Oak Lawn

•••• Ann Killelea, Midlothian••• Edward Langer, Cicero•• Renette Makowski, Oak Lawn••• Marion Nicholson, South Holland••• William Porcelli, Chicago

Sr. M. Reginald, Chicago•••• Sera Samson, Oak Lawn•••• Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn• Danilo Soriano, Palos Park

Jeremy Vander Weele, Worth••• Suzanne Wales, Palos Heights

VIOLAS•••• Helen Oppenheim, Oak Lawn

Principal••• Robert Lekberg, Oak Forest

Richard Sienko, ChicagoRobert Smith, ChicagoVicki Urban, Frankfort

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, Maywood

PrincipalGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail Emerick, Palos ParkRobert Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleJo~eO'Meara,PalosPark

•• Ruth Pieper, Orland ParkNorman Schoer, Chicago

STRING BASSESThomas W. Hawley, Blue Island

PrincipalThomas Anderson, ChicagoMichelle Bindeman, MunsterLaura Kelly, Hickory Hills

FLUTESLinda Gruette, Orland Park

PrincipalJanice Alberts, Alsip

••• Marion Reilly III, Blue IslandTom Zydron, Chicago

CLARINETS•• Thomas Hallett, Orland Park

PrincipalRobert Greensley, Evergreen ParkCarol Ring, Hazel Crest

OBOES•• Norma Stuart, Oak Lawn

PrincipalRandall R. Rakosnik, Burr Ridge

ENGLISH HORNRandall R. Ritkosnik, Burr Ridge

BASSOONS••• Julie Szymczyk, Palos Park

PrincipalJennifer Shoemaker, WorthFrances Smet-Mehrer, Chebanse

FRENCH HORNSDonna Briggs, Chicago Heights

PrincipalRObert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, AlsipNancy Griffioen, Oak ForestAmanda Sehor, Chicago

TRUMPETSMark Bailey, Palos Park

PrincipalTerry Melbourn, Oak ForestJohn Pelley, Park ForestNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

TROMBONESBrian Byrne, Chicago

PrincipalMichael Blomarz, Frankfort

•• Robert Chasanov, Griffith, INPhil Enns, BerwynRobert Karpiel, BurbankTodd Taylor, Bridgeview

TUBAPete Craven, Chicago

Principal

PERCUSSION• Ken Kazin, Oak Lawn

PrincipalJoe Arteaga, Evergreen ParkPeggy Casey, Evergreen ParkTeresa Lenz, Chicago

TYMPANI•• Edward Vondrasek, Chicago

Principal

HARPKara Bershad

Principal

Martha Morris holds the Master's Degree in Music .Performance from theAmerican Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education fromSaint Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ms. Morris has beenconducting professionally since 1980, studying conducting under the mentorshipof Peter Lipari, now conductor of his own Symphony Orchestra in London,England. In 1981, she was appointed Assistant to the Conductor of the SouthwestSymphony Orchestra, remaining in that position until 1990 when the Board ofDirectors appointed her Co-Conductor of the Orchestra. Ms. Morris is also theConductor/ Director of the Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra, a positionshe has held since 1982. .

Ms. Morris' conducting activities extend to her work at Saint Xavier College whereshe founded, in 1983 and continues to direct, the Saint Xavier College ChamberOrchestra. Her conducting credits also in~lude operettas and musicals both atSaint Xavier and as part of community events for such organizations as the 99thStreet Summer Theatre and Theatre II. She has been guest conductor of the PalosHills Fine Arts Orchestra for two seasons. During the Fall of 1991, she coordinateda series of concerts in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the death of Mozartculminating in an all Mozart Orchestra/Choral concert which she conducted anda two evening celebration entitled "Mozart in Vienna;" a three hour 18th Centurydinner enter:tainment complete with music of Mozart and his contemporaries,given in period costume.

, .In addition to her work as a conductor, Ms. Morris is also a professional flutist,performing recitals and chamber conceits atSaint Xavier as well as in the Chi<;agparea. SD.e has appeared as flute soloist with tp.e Southwest Symphony Orch~sttaas has one of her flute students who was selected as a winner in the Symphony'sconcert9 competition. Teaching the flute majors and directing the college fluteensemble at Saint Xavier is one of her many activities. She is Associate Professorof Music at Saint Xavier and Chair of the Music Department; a position she hasheld for the last seven of her fourteen year tenure at the college. Her teachingspecialties include Music History, Chamber Music, Conducting, Orchestration andMusic Education.

Ms. Morris is a member of the American Conductors Guild, the Music EducatorsNational Conference and the National Flute Association.

PROGRAM NOTES

Festival Overture, Opus 96,

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) is regarded by many as the greatest symphonistof the mid-twentieth century and by 1953, following the death of Prokofiev, hehad attained the position of "unofficial" Grand Master of Soviet Music.

Born at a crucial time in Russian history (one year prior to his birth the worldwitnessed the bloody January 1905 uprising, and twelve years later the 1917October Revolution), Shostakovich's professional career paralleled much of thehistorical and political strife of this n~w: so\(~et .state. Significantly, the mostimportant part of his creative profIle maybe his career-long effort to accommodatethe extramusical political phenomenon witl1in his music. At times Shostakovichexperienced severe reprimands due to the "official artistic doctrines" of the state,while at other times he appeared to heed and accommodate the fluctuating sovietattitudes about music. Nevertheless,Shostakovich maintained his integrity andindividuality as an artist and composer to the very end of his life.

The Festival Overture was composed in 1954 for the thirty-seventh anniversarycelebration of the October revolution. Although the composition was written forthis very specific celebration, its bright and upbeat character make it ideal for anyfestival occasion. The overture opens with a brilliant brass fanfare which is almostimmediately taken up by the full orchestra. Church bells seem to be ringing, call­ing us to the celebration, although no chimes are actually scored in the music; theeffect is actually achieved through the violin section. This exciting openingculminates in eight colorful chords which move us quickly into a fast paced dance­like section in which the upper woodwinds execute rapid scale passages. Suddenly,the French Horn and Cello interrupt this playful music with a vibrant, patrioticsolo; quickly passed on to the strings. .

The excitement and tension relax for a few brief measures and in the distance canbe heard the military drum cadence. Accompanied by pizzicato strings, the cadencegradually gains in strength as once again the whirlwind scales appear; first in theclarinets, then in the full woodwind section and finally, in the upper strings as themotive gains power and momentum. At the height of all this activity, the patriotictheme again bursts forth; this time from the full orchestra. The fervor of thecelebation has nearly reached its climax when it is interrupted again by the stringsection with sequences of ascending scale passages; these answered by the quietflutes' and clarinets in short melodic turns. The return of the military fanfareannounces the real climax of the work; the presence of the martial brass to remindus of the political c~lebration for which the work was composed. The overturecloses with a joyous mood of victory.

London Everyday Suite (1933)

Eric Coates (1886-1957) was born in Nottingharnshire and became one of the mostdistinguished viola players of his time. For a number of years he was principal

violist in Sir Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra. In 1919; however, his contractwas not renewed. Actually he was dismissed for his "light" approach to music,occasionally missing rehearsals to work on his compositions. After his dismissal,Coates never played the viola again and spent his time composing and conductinghis own works. In the early 1930's the popularity of his music actually took holdwith the success of his Waltz-Serenade "By the Sleepy Lagoon:' a pictorial piece,and following the adoption of the march "Knightsbridge" from the LondonEveryday Suite as a radio signature for the BBC program In TownTo-Night, Coates became one of London's favorite composers.

Coates imaginative orchestration and unique craftsmanship serve well his love for"agreeable light music." He has composed a number of other programmatic suites,most notably The Three Elizabeths (1943), a ballet suite entitled Snow White andthe Seven Dwarfs (1930), revised in 1938 as The Enchanted Garden; the phantasyThe Three Bears, written for his four year old son; two symphonic rhapsodies, thefilm score for The Dam Busters (1955) and approximately one hundred songs.

The London Everyday Suite composed in 1933, is a three movement composition,each movement carrying a descriptive title which Coates aptly depicts through hisimaginative use of the various tone colors of the orchestra. The first movement- Covent Garden - depicts in a tarantella the mayhem of confusion and excitementof the fruit market, appropriately using the old English tune Cherry-ripe as partof the thematic material.

As the title of the second movement suggests, Westminster makes use of bell­chimes although our attention is quickly drawn away to a wonderful cello solo.A second theme follows closely, introduced first in the upper strings, oboe andFrench horn and then given over to a rich and full orchestration. Throughout thiswhole process, the harp provides an arpeggiated figure accentuating the harmonicflow of the piece. The lyrical cello theme returns, this time played by the full stringfamily over a pensive pulsating in the woodwinds and french horns. Finally, wehear again the bell-chimes of Westminster now from the French horns as the move­ment closes in a quiet, pensive thought.

The concluding Knightsbridge march, for which the suite is mosf oftenremembered, has a lively and rhythmic opening theme suggesting Coates' greatlove and enthusiasm for his London home. Passed from instrument to instrumentand finally bursting into tremolos, trills and a brass-like fanfare, the theme marcheson only to be interrupted with short fanfare-like phrases from the French hornsand trumpets until it is spent. Now, Coates provides us with a new theme, energeticand playful, which he alternates with the first theme. The energy and momentumof the intermingling of these themes grows continuously and there seems no stop­ping to this celebration until a grandiose and majestic section featuring the secondtheme halts the fury of activity. The orchestra must sustain a massive fortissimothroughout this final section until one last burst of trills and tremolos lead to fivedramatic chords of compelling strength. Coates' feeling for the magnificence ofhis London is totally uncontested in this powerfully picturesque work.

Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)

The opera Das Rheingold from Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is the first of fouroperas which relates the mythological story of the hero Siegfried. The world ofDas Rheingold is one of treachery and trickery in which gods, dwarfs and giantsstruggle for possession of the 'ring' which represents great power.

Musically, The Entrance ofthe Gods into Valhalla from the first opera, acts as anexposition to a symphony; introducing a number of themes or leitmotifs whichrepresent various elements and characters within the opera. The first theme, nature,is the fundamental symbol of the entire Ring Cycle and is played in this arrange­ment by the brass section (in the opera, eight french horns. present this theme).Underneath the nature theme is heard the flowing river RhIne; waves of soundfrom the strings flow on to the point at which the thunder-god, Donner, summonshis elements to clear the mist which hovers over the new stronghold of the gods- the castle Valhalla. There is a tremendous thunderclap which gradually diesaway, the mist clears, and we hear the leitmotif (shimmering strings, woodwinds,and harp) of the Rainbow Bridge which arches across the Rhine valley to theValhalla Castle.

With quiet grandeur, the brass and lower strings sound the Valhalla theme. Wotan,chief of the gods, salutes the noble castle with a heroic trumpet motive of the .'Swor~l.' As the gods begin to cross over the bridge, the sad song of theRhinemaidens lamenting their lost gold rises from the depth of the valley. Finally,the gods enter Valhalla to a dramatic postlude of the combined Rainbow andValhalla music.

Symphony in D minor

For many historians and connoisseurs of music, it seemed that after the perfor­mance and publication of Brahms' four symphonies, nothing worthwhile couldbe composed in the symphonic genre. But as late as 1889 one further great sym­phony needed to be ranked with the masterpieces of Brahms and considered as asignificant bridge between the classic and the modern symphony; this is CesarFranck's Symphony in D minor. And although the opening performance wastainted by criticism as well as objection to its even being performed, the work soontook its place as one of the great symphonies. Franck dedicated the symphony' 'tomy friend Henri Duparc."

Franck is a Belgian born composer who spent the majority of his adult life in Pariswhere he studied and then taught at the Paris Conservatoire. His life was fairlyuneventful, although he counts among his students Debussy andD'Indy and hiscompositions in addition to this symphony include five oratorios, choral works,several smaller orchestral works, including four symphonic poems, a quintet anda violin sonata, three operas, twenty songs and quite a significant number of organand piano works.

In listening to Franck we naturally find, in his combinations of Classic andRomantic tendencies, similarities to Brahms but Franck takes the listener a bitfurther in his use of modern harmony and freedom of structure. The FranckSymphony in D minor has only three movements instead of the conventional fourand like Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms makes use of the cyclic concept;carrying themes from one movement to the next for the sake of unit, but in a muchmore elaborate and daring manner.

The opening theme is based primarily on a three-note motive strikingly similar tothe opening passage of Franz Liszt's Les Preludes. This is a very slow andponderous opening, marked Lento, but these same three notes soon become a fastfull-sized melody creating an exciting and dramatic new idea. Quite unexpectedly,at the close of the Allegro section, Franck plunges the listener back into a repetitionof the two opening sections firmly implanting the struggle between darknessand light.

A short two measure chromatic passage heard in the woodwinds and repeated fourtimes draws us into an entirely new third theme which enters in a somewhat sub­dued, plaintive fashion; chromatic intervals are again used to extend the theme.Soon we are aware of a virile and syncopated melodic passage which becomes afourth theme; providing us with a sense of strength-and power almost heroic incharacter. However, in time this theme too is given a plaintive setting sung by thehorns and woodwinds and leading us into a traditional development section inwhich Franck employs quick snatches of the first theme.

Franck provides us with a fairly classically structured recapitulation bringing usback to the slow-fast alternation of the three-note motive as heard at the outsetof the work. The melodic and harmonic scheme does possess some originality ascompared to a purely classically composed recapitulation, including an unusualseries of harmonies which introduce the coda. The coda in itself indulges in moresurprising modulations until the three-note motive returns at a fortissimo dynamiclevel; the work finally cadences on a D Major chord with a sense of affirmation.

The second movement, a slow movement containing a scherzo, continues a senseof growing affirmation. After the battle between the somber and somewhat darkLento and the spirited Allegro of the first movement, the battle seemingly won bythe latter, Franck continues to reassure us. At the outset of the movement pizzicatostrings and harp provide a long introduction in which harmonies suggest thebeautiful, sustained melody which the English horn soon introduces.

(Note: Pedagogues of the day scoffed at Franck's use of the English horn and oneprofess()r at the Paris Conservatoire is quoted as asking in a rather contemptuoustone; "...who ever heard of writing for the English horn in a symphony? Justmention a single symphony by Haydn or Beethoven introducing the English horn."Obviously the good professor had forgotten Haydn's Twenty-second Symphonywhich uses pairs of English horns!)

There is a second broad singing melody, to which the strings play an accompani­ment providing a new effect. This is extended and modified in various ways untilthe English horn picks up the original tune again. Quite unexpectedly, the stringsin a soft almost whispering way give a new treatment of the main melody. A"nimble scherzo" at the heart ofthe movement further amazes the listeners, withits rocking clarinets in a dotted rhythmic figure over smooth cellos and nervoussounding violins. Interestingly, the scherzo proceeds at exactly three times thespeed of the slow first part, so that no change of tempo or meter needs to benotated. In the coda, scherzo material alternates with the second melody, onceagain demonstrating the originality of the movement.

Memorial FundAmong the compositions performed by the Southwest Symphony Orchestraeach year are scores purchased for the permanent library with contributionsmade to the Memorial Fund. Friends and relatives of a deceased loved. onemay find special satisfaction in knowing that music added to the orchestrallibrary as a memorial tribute will continue to enrich the lives of performers andlisteners for years to come.

We are looking to purchase for the Southwest Symphony Orchestra Library thefollowing pieces:

Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, $50.00

Symphony No.5 by Beethoven, $150.00

Symphony No.9, From the New World by Dvorak, $200.00

The names of newly memorialized persons appear in three successive concertprograms and are inscribed in a permanent roster. Minimum contribution is $10.

For further information, please call Janice Alberts at (708) 396-2975.

THE ORCHESTRA GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGESTHE FOLLOWING RECENT GIFTS:

The Finale provides an exciting conclusion to the conflict of darkness and life. Toemphasize the wholeness of the work, Franck quotes very prominently from thefirst two movements. Following a brief introduction, the finale moves into a livelysyncopated theme first announced in the cellos but quickly taken up by the entireorchestra in a beautiful and rich orchestration. The second theme hints at"modern" popular music of the time and was literally borrowed from the song"Mardigras." Instead of a traditional development section, the main theme of theslow movement is briefly reprised by the controversial English horn with whisper­ing comments from the violins. This theme will appear again later with interrup­tions and decided rhythmic changes; the coda, too, begins with a full orchestralstatement of the same theme. Then, a complete reminder of the syncopated heroictheme of the first movement is heard twice, each time in a different key. The firstmovement three-note motive is newly presented here, completing the unity of thework and binding all three movements together. The work closes in total affirma­tion, vanquishing darkness and celebrating life.

Program Notes by Martha M. Morris

Training Orchestra

In memory of:

Jack AlthuisElsie AulwurmHelen AulwurmMrs. Emily CobleSylvia EverettPeter MurphyGertrude PieperNaomi West Smith

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The Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra provides experience in ensembleplaying, development of performance skills, and expansion of musical horizonsfor instrumentalists of all ages and levels of competence. Rehearsals are held atOak Lawn High School Campus Building, 95th and Southwest Highway, OakLawn, at 6:00 p.m. on Mpndays. For further information call Martha Morris,(312) 779-3300, Ext. 385.

Special ThanksThe orchestra wishes to express its graditude to the Oak Lawn Park District

for making a meeting room available each month for the Board of Directors, andto the management of Mother McAuley High School for its efficient handlingof the details on concert nights, and to both Mother McAuley and St. XavierCollege for donating the use of musical instruments and equipment. Thanks toChristine L. Hawley for designing the program cover.

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observed. It is customary to applaud when the concertmaster (the first chairviolinist) enters the stage, and applaud again as the conductor makes herappearance. Because the concerts are taped, audiences are requested to be as quietas possible. Show your appreciation by applause only after the conductor dropsher arms at the end of the piece (and never between movements).

Late arrivals will be seated at the end of the first piece. Please remember toturn off your watch alarms and to bring cough lozenges for those annoying tickles.However, we won't stop the music if someone coughs the way Leopold Stowkowskiwas known to do!

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Salutes theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra

andMartha Morris

on their1991-92 season

• Associate Professor of Music and chair ofthe Music Department at

Saint Xavier College

• Guest Conductor and finalist forconductorship of the

Southwest Symphony Orchestra

• Director of the Southwest SymphonyTraining Orchestra