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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ~ MITCHELL AUDITORIUM Tuesday February 9th, 2016—7 PM
P PS CONCERT
Featuring Gary Sanders on Piano
Patrick Clark, Conductor
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Program
Richard Rodgers in Concert, Words and Music by Richard Rodgers, Choral
Arrangement by Mac Huff, Instrumental Arrangement by Paul Murtha (2002)
Vocal soloist: Nancy Luehrman
When You Believe, Words by Stephen Schwartz, Choral Arrangement by
Audrey Snyder, Instrumental Arrangement by John Moss (1997)
Vocal soloists: Kristin Van De Velde, Bill Stine, Elizabeth Hedrick
Showboat: A Choral Montage, Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by
Jerome Kern, Choral Arrangement by Hawley Ades (1979), Instrumental
Arrangement by Earl Braun (1983)
Vocal soloists: Lacey Williams, Tom Steever
Porgy and Bess: Medley from the Broadway Musical, Music by George
Gershwin, Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, Arranged by Ed
Lojeski (1984)
Vocal soloists: Sylvia Morris Ferguson, Carl Beach
INTERMISSION
Stage Fright Rhapsody (from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Stage Fright) (1950/1994)
Leighton Lucas (1903-1982), arr./orch. by Philip Lane (b. 1950)
Forrest Gump - Main Title “Feather Theme” (1984/1995)
Alan Silvestri (b. 1950), ed. By Paul Lavender (1937)
Warsaw Concerto (1941)Richard Addinsell (1904–1997)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 18th Variation, op. 43 (1934)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Somewhere in Time (From “Somewhere in Time”) (1980/1994)
John Barry (1933-2011), arr. by Calvin Custer (1939-1998)
Stolen Face Ballade for Piano and Orchestra (1952/1999)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006), arr. by Philip Lane (b. 1950)
VIOLIN I Cheryl Nield**
Sarah Acree
Julie Carr
Xiao Xiao Du
Kelby Kornrumpf
Crystal Remmel
Hannah Tabor
Sierra Tackett
Janna Volmert
VIOLIN II Susan Wallace*
Marty Gardner
Tayla Hughes
Kristi Langendoerfer
McKayla Porter
Esuga
Emily Schweiss
Rebecca Talbert
Madjid Vasseghi
Parker Watkins
Evan Wilde
VIOLA
E. F. Braun*
Laura Eggeman
Elijah Hiltey
Hannah Keeley
Janet Mengwasser
Catherine Roehl
Kirsten Schwandtner
Warren Solomon
CELLO
Scott Major*
Nathan Erickson
Patricia Koonce
Jonathan Satterfield
Greg Spillman
Brahm Treiman
Rachel Ulm
Aimee M. Veile
BASS
Bonnie Verdot*
Izzak Green
Alison Riggs
Leah Stock
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Tisha Celada*
Susan Capehart
OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Andrew Marjamaa*
Mary Stahlhuth
CLARINET
Steven Houser*
Earl Kliethermes
BASS CLARINET
David Heise
BASSOON
Karel Lowery*
Andrew Bell
FRENCH HORN
Molly White*
Kyla McDonald
Charles Turner
TRUMPET
Barry Sanders*
Liam Reagan
Heath Thomure
TROMBONE
T.J. Higgins*
Karen Kramer
Max Mollencamp
BASS TROMBONE
Jim Merciel
BARITONE
William Mollencamp
TUBA
Bruce G. Connor
PERCUSSION
Samantha Gierer
Matt Musselman
Eric Veile
Dalton Wright
TIMPANI
Tom Higgins***
HARP
Janna Volmert
PIANO
Jimmie Kay Sanders
CONDUCTOR
Patrick Clark
***JCSO President **Concertmaster *Principal Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass performers, except for the principal, are listed in alphabetical order.
Personnel
Patrick David Clark (b. 1967, St. Louis, MO) is a
composer and conductor, recently having completed a Masters degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Missouri where he studied with Edward Dolbashian. Most recently Patrick has been commissioned to write an orchestral work for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in celebration of their 20th anniversary.
Patrick holds his Bachelors degree in composition, also from MU where he studied with Thomas McKenney and John Cheetham. Patrick earned his Master’s degree from the University of Arizona, studying with Dan Asia, and his DMA in composition from the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University studying with Arthur Gottschalk, Paul Cooper and Ellsworth Milburn. Patrick is a Tanglewood Fellow (1997), participated as a composer at June in Buffalo (1996) and studied with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague in Holland on a Netherlands-America Foundation Grant (1999-2001). Patrick has worked since as a composer, writer for Andante.com, and teacher in Holland, Los Angeles and Albuquerque, NM. Orchestral works by Patrick have been programmed by the Seattle Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and the Nederlands Ballet Orkst Various mixed ensemble works have been performed by the Tel-Aviv-based Kaprizma ensemble, New York-based Dogs of Desire, and Harvey Sollberger’s ensemble Sirius. Saxophonist Leo Saguiguit programmed two of Patrick’s, Departure/Train and Attila, at the International Saxophone Conference in Scotland in July 2012. Patrick’s original composition for big band, After Hours, has been recently recorded by the MU Concert Jazz Band and released on their 2011 CD of new music, Tunnel Vision. Patrick is the recipient of the 2011 Sinquefield Prize in music composition at the University of Missouri, and conducted his own commissioned work, A Fantasy on Themes of Mussorgsky, with the University Philharmonic Orchestra at the March 14, 2011 Chancellor’s Concert, Jesse Auditorium. Patrick was one of eight composers selected to write a work for Alarm Will Sound, performed in July of 2011. The resulting composition, Ptolemy’s Carousel, and many other works by the composer can be heard at http://soundcloud.com/patrick-david-clark.
Our Conductor
Gary Sanders—A
native of Jefferson City, Mr. Sanders is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Music with a B.M. in Piano Performance, Magna Cum
Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi Kappa Lambda. His teachers have included Anne Manahan, Santiago Rodriguez, and William Koehler. A self-taught pianist prior to receiving a full scholarship at the UMC School of Music, the piano and its repertoire have been a life-long passion. Having played professionally for many years, this is his first performance with the JCSO. His identical twin, Barry, plays 1st trumpet with the JCSO.
A fervent collector of obscure, 19th century out-of-print piano music, Mr. Sanders maintains an enormous library of rare music scores. Most recently he has been invited by the Chairman of the Liberace Foundation for the Creative and Performing Arts to play on one of Liberace’s pianos in Las Vegas. When not playing or teaching the piano, he spends his time with his wife, Melinda, and their two, very spoiled Boston Terriers, Molly and Rosie. He is an avid gardener of tropical plants and an employee of the Missouri Department of Ele-mentary and Secondary Education in Jefferson City.
Our Soloist
Sopranos Kelly Copeland Maggie George Liz Hedrick Jeanne Johnston Shirley Klein Pauline Kuntz Nancy Luehrman Ruth Robertson Cindy Wilkins Lacey Williams Altos Betsy Bax Sylvia Morris Ferguson Margaret Jenkins Fritz Susie Haeffner Julie Heise Cheryl Hickman Lu Lockwood Nancy Ellis-Ordway Charlotte Parsons Patt Perkins Anne Riggs Kristin Van De Velde
JCSO Choir Personnel
Tenors Pat Behler Jim Borgwald William A. Bryant Earl Friedmeyer Joyce Henderson Art Wilkins Bass Carl Beach John Finley Stephen Hall Jon Hanson Steve Inglish Steve Price Rich Reinwald Gregory Schildmeyer Tom Steever Bill Stine
Jimmy Kay Sanders, rehearsal and performance pianist Patrick Clark, chorus director
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Music Notes from the Pianist
By Gary Sanders
When Dr. Patrick Clark asked me to write some program notes about
the pieces I am playing tonight, I felt a twinge of dread. I am not a
writer, an English scholar, a film buff, nor an historian. I am simply a
pianist – a pianist who loves the literature of the piano and music itself.
I’ve researched this particular genre (I call it the Hollywood Piano
Concerto as have others) for over four decades after first hearing
Liberace’s version of the ―Warsaw Concerto‖ on an old LP my parents
owned. It was that piece that prompted me to teach myself how to play
the piano. I wanted to play THAT piece! The recording became
completely unplayable after wearing deep grooves in the vinyl from
listening to it over and over while trying to emulate what Liberace was
doing. I felt that if he could play arpeggios so could I. To this day, the
―Warsaw Concerto‖ is my favorite piece of music in the entire music
repertoire.
There have been thousands of compositions written for piano and
orchestra since Bartolomeo Cristofori de Francesco invented and first
exhibited his keyboard instrument in Florence, Italy. Presented in 1709,
the instrument was first named ―gravicembalo col piano e forte‖ (soft
and loud instrument) but was thankfully shortened to fortepiano and
finally truncated to piano. From Bach to the present day, most every
composer, still known or now forgotten, whether a pianist or not,
contributed something to the genre of piano and orchestra. The piano
alone has always been integral to the film industry as an expressive,
emotional outlet since the days of the silent movies where a ―house‖
pianist or organist played the background music using varying degrees
of volume and tempo combined with major, minor, diminished chords,
and intervals to heighten the movie’s action. Today’s film music is
filled with a multiplicity of instruments yet the piano still rises and
shines above them when given a good tune.
The ―Hollywood Piano Concerto‖ was born in 1940 as a result of Rich-
ard Addinsell’s ―Warsaw Concerto.‖ As movies with sound evolved so
did the music that accompanied them. Renowned composers of the day
were asked to write movie themes including Rachmaninoff,
Shostakovich, Addinsell, Charles Williams, Charles Wildman (Willy
Mattes), Kabalevsky, Copland, etc.
The tense war period during the 1940’s spawned this highly charged
genre and many pianists were playing the themes in living room
concerts across the world. These works, particularly those from the
1940’s and 1950’s, have a Rachmaninoff flair to them in both melodic
and harmonic treatment in addition to being a virtuosic display for the
soloist. Many of the movie plots revolve around the life of a concert
pianist. The concertos are still popular to this day which attest to their
timelessness. For me, these works are quite simply some of the most
savory tidbits found in music literature – full of spice that delights the
senses. They are to be indulged and relished little by little, piece by
piece. I scoured the Internet to purchase all of the movies that
tonight’s piano music comes from. It was necessary for me to
experience how and where this music originated. It was not an easy
task as some of the films are completely unknown today. Thank good-
ness for Amazon.Com and E-Bay!! Get your popcorn, and let’s go to
the movies:
Stage Fright (1950)
Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, and Richard Todd star in this Alfred
Hitchcock directed movie. An aspiring actress tries to help a friend
who is suspected of killing his lover’s husband, a high society
entertainer. The female investigator falls in love with the suspect and
a blackmail plot ensues. Themusic is composed by Leighton Lucas
(1903 – 1982), a former ballet dancer turned composer and conductor
by the time he was 19. He later was a professor at the Royal Academy
of music. His music to ―Stage Fright‖ was well praised and accepted.
The score is a new and very welcome discovery for me, and I chose it
at the first piece to play because of the title.
“The Warsaw Concerto” Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
Also known as ―Suicide Squadron‖, this British movie features Anton
Walbrook and Sally Gray. Quite honestly, the greatest gift from this
film is the music itself as the plot weakly revolves around an
American, female journalist who falls in love with a tired, worn, shell
shocked, Polish concert pianist who is fighting as an airman during the
Nazi invasion of Poland.
Because of this film’s music alone, I believe the genre of the
―Hollywood Piano Concerto‖ was born. Richard Addinsell (1904 –
1977), a former law student turned composer, provided the music.
Initially composed many years before this movie (Rachmaninoff
turned down the original invitation to score the film), the theme started
life as a simple rumba.
Music Notes
Warsaw cont:
Both Addinsell and his musical partner, Roy Douglas, poured through
multiple scores of Rachmaninoff’s music for inspiration. The rumba,
with its distinctive and piquant harmony, was transformed into an
overwhelming success as one of the most popular pieces of music ever
written. It is still the most recognized, performed, and recorded
―Hollywood Piano Concerto‖ of its kind, suis generis, and by far the
most emulated - a well synthesized and seductively beautiful work of
art. Until his death, Addinsell continued to provide a prolific amount of
the highest quality entertainment music. Liberace championed his own
arrangement of this piece in the late 1940’s and used it throughout his
entire career as one of his stage entrance and exit pieces.
Forrest Gump (1994)
Tom Hanks, Rebecca Williams, and Sally field star in this Robert
Zemeckis directed film about a man with a below average I.Q. who
accomplishes great things during his life. Despite childhood repetitive
hearings of ―stupid is as stupid does‖, Forrest manages to overcome his
challenges resulting in incredible, historical experiences with the likes
of Elvis Presley, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, etc.
The film begins with a feather gracefully falling to the feet of Forrest
Gump while he is sitting at a bus top in Savannah, Georgia, - hence the
name of the music ―Feather Theme.‖ The film’s composer is Alan
Silvestri (born 1950) - a prolific composer of film music for over 30
years. He is known for his musical collaboration on ―Back to the
Future‖, ―Who Framed Roger Rabbit‖, ―Contact‖, ―Cast Away‖, and
―The Polar Express‖. Silvestri is a Grammy Award winner.
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour star in this Jeannot Szwarc
directed film. Considered a ―sleeper‖ movie by many critics, it is a
beautifully crafted film about a young man haunted by a brief and
unusual encounter. Years before taking a break as a successful
playwright, Christopher Reeve is approached by an old woman who
gives him a pocket watch and whispers ―come back to me.‖ The incident
is tucked away. While on break at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island,
he sees a glorious portrait of a young and beautiful woman (Jane Sey-
mour). He can’t stop staring at it. Intrigued and enamored he discovers
who she was.
Using self hypnosis, he travels back in time to 1912 – the time period
of the portrait. The story follows their meeting and subsequent love
affair which ends, quite innocently, because of a simple glimpse at a
penny dated from his time which he accidentally carried in his
pocket. He finds himself thrust back to the present. Grief-stricken, he
dies and is happily reunited with Jane Seymour. The main theme mu-
sic is by John Barry (1933-2011) – a highly gifted composer of beau-
tifully crafted film music which earned him five Oscars. ―Somewhere
In Time‖ was Barry’s best selling score, outselling all his other
soundtracks put together. Barry collaborated on ―Body Heat‖, ―Out of
Africa‖, ―The Cotton Club‖, and scored eleven films in the James
Bond theme series.
Rachmaninoff’s 18th Variation from his ―Rhapsody on a Theme of
Paganini‖ for piano and orchestra is used extensively during this
movie. The piece needs no introduction as it is one of the most
beloved tunes of all time. Based on a set of Paganini’s variations for
violin, Rachmaninoff took the main musical motif and literally turned
it upside down and backwards to arrive at one of the most recogniz-
able and luscious melodies ever. It is this tune that Jane Seymour
hears Christopher Reeve humming and inquires about it. He,
however, can’t really say much about the music as it hadn’t been
written yet. A musically enjoyable twist!
Stolen Face (1952)
Paul Henried and Lizabeth Scott star in this black and white film
noir. A forgotten, suspenseful movie, its plot revolves around a heart-
broken, jilted doctor who repairs an escaped female inmate’s highly
disfigured face to match the face of the woman (a concert pianist)
who has left him. He is devastated and marries the inmate in hopes of
recapturing his lost love only to suffer even more from an abusive
relationship. The music is by the prolific and noted composer Mal-
com Arnold (1921 – 2006). Arnold enjoyed the music of jazz which
later led to him being a member of the London Philharmonic Orches-
tra as a trumpet player. Much of his work was light, entertainment
music which brought him much acclaim. He was a well-respected
composer in his own right.
Nicole B. Fekaris
I want to close my program notes by dedicating my performance
tonight to those who have been so influential and generous throughout my
life. My heart is full because of them.
* To the memory of my parents, Carl and Nadine Sanders, who did the
best they could with what we had. Their support of my ―living room con-
certs‖ was sincere, inspirational, and most rewarding. You are deeply
missed!
* To Melinda, my wife and best friend of 35 years, you’ve listened to it
all, supported it all, and still won’t put in ear plugs. Now that’s an audi-
ence!! I couldn’t have done this without you Mel!
* To Anne F. Manahan, a Juilliard Master’s Graduate, and my first, most
beloved piano teacher extraordinaire. For your willingness and eagerness
to accept an undisciplined, ―green‖, completely self-taught pianist as your
student at the UMC School of Music and helping to secure my full schol-
arship, I am eternally grateful. Your best advice to me was to ―keep an
open mind….something just MIGHT drop in.‖ You are the rock my entire
musical foundation is built on. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
* To concert pianist Stephen Hough – your profound musical insight and
years of friendship opened the heavens to me. I’ve never listened to music
the same way since I first heard you play, and I’ve never played the same
since we became friends. I am indebted to you. You have set the bar for all
pianists.
A big thank you to Willie Beatty, overseer of Mitchell Auditorium, for
allowing me to choose the piano I wanted to use for this concert, for
giving Dr. Clark and me the time to compare the two concert grands, for
your dedication to Mitchell Auditorium and Lincoln University, and for
supporting the JCSO and its endeavors. Your commitment and
professionalism is greatly appreciated and most admirable.
In closing, I want to extend a most sincere and heartfelt thank you to the
JCSO Board of Directors, Dr. Patrick Clark, and the members of the
JCSO. Your graciousness, enthusiasm, sense of humor, and kindness in
welcoming me to perform with your organization have allowed me to
cross off a VERY big item from my bucket list – something I’ve dreamed
about doing for many decades. Dr. Clark has been the most amiable and
generous musician that I have ever collaborated with. We are so fortunate
to have a conductor of his caliber. It has been my utmost honor and
privilege to work with each and every one of you as a musical partner.
What a joyful and rewarding ride - I hope we can do this again someday.
I’ll buy the gas. ♫
Gary Sanders
Congratulations to the Jefferson City
Symphony for bringing the Best of
Music to the Mid-Missouri community.
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Porgy and Bess
DuBose Heyward’s novel, Porgy, was originally published in 1925. It
tells the story of a crippled beggar—Porgy—living in the fictional
community of ―Catfish Row‖ in Charleston, South Carolina; and his
newfound love—Bess. As Porgy manages to tame the wild-spirited
Bess through love, he also attempts to protect her from her monstrous,
murderous lover, Crown, and the tricky drug-dealer, Sporting Life.
Ultimately, in saving her from Crown, Porgy loses Bess to Sporting
Life, who steals her away to New York City.
George Gershwin composed what he called a ―folk opera‖ nine years
later, the libretto being written in part by Heyward himself, along with
Ira Gershwin, and from that opera, Porgy and Bess, comes tonight’s
medley. It begins with the haunting melody of the classic
―Summertime,‖ praising the beauty and life of the Charleston streets.
―My Man’s Gone Now‖ begins the opera’s plot, a song of mourning
for the old man Robbins, killed by Crown. The music picks up with
the happy tune of ―I’ve Got Plenty o’ Nuttin,‖ as Porgy, happy to have
taken in Bess, gleefully exclaims that he has everything he needs.
Next is Sporting Life’s ―It Ain’t Necessarily So,‖ a song of trickery,
preaching to the people of Catfish Row not to trust everything they
read in the Bible. The love story reaches its peak with Porgy’s declara-
tion, ―Bess, You is My Woman,‖ to which Bess replies in kind. The
finale, ―Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way,‖ would not seem out of place in a
southern gospel choir, as Porgy and the whole community cry out to
God in a triumphant chorus.
When you Believe
―When You Believe,‖ was composed by prolific Hollywood composer
Stephen Schwartz, who is also known for his work in musicals includ-
ing Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. Schwartz has won three Grammy
Awards, three Academy Awards, including one for his work on The
Prince of Egypt, and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He re-
ceived the 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award, a special Tony Award, for
his commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent.
Music Notes
In addition to being the theme of The Prince of Egypt, ―When You
Believe‖ was released as a hit single, featuring a unique duet be-
tween singers Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. It peaked at 15
on the Billboard Hot 100. It won the 1999 Academy Award for Best
Original Song.
―When You Believe‖ is a song of hope, with lyrics describing the
everlasting hope that all people can feel, and the ability each person
has to achieve miracles when they reach out to God and believe.
Richard Rogers
One of the greatest American composers, Richard Rodgers has
composed music for over 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals.
Rodgers is well known for his work with lyricists Lorenz Hart and
Oscar Hammerstein II.
Rodgers began his career in 1919, while still attending Columbia
University, alongside Hart, with amateur work appearing in several
Broadway comedies. Rodger’s and Hart’s first big hit, ―Manhattan,‖
appeared in a benefit show for the Theater’s Guild in 1925, after
which the two became a well-known songwriting duo on Broadway.
Together with Hart, Rodgers composed for shows throughout the
depression, including On Your Toes and Babes in Arms, from which
selections are included in this medley.
Following Hart’s death in 1943, Rodgers teamed up with Hammer-
stein, another fellow Columbia alum. Their first musical, the
unforgettable Oklahoma! clearly marked their talent, as well as the
beginning of their success. The two composed for some of the most
popular musicals of all time, such as South Pacific, The King and I,
and The Sound of Music.
The composer left a powerful legacy for all songwriters to come. He
was the first person to ever complete an EGOT—winning an Emmy,
a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony—and also won a Pulitzer to round
things out. His music has become nearly ubiquitous among both
musical and American culture: ―Do-Re-Mi‖ is taught in
elementary music classes to children nationwide, ―Oh,
What a Beautiful Morning,‖ is often mistaken for a folk
song, and 99.9% of all tourists to the state of Oklahoma
cross the state lines with the line ―Oooooooo-klahoma
where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.‖
Showboat
Show Boat is a 1927 musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern
and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It follows the lives of
workers on the Cotton Blossom a Mississippi show boat over a
period of forty years, as American culture shifts and changes
especially with regards to race-relations.
The show was quickly praised for its then-unique approach to
musical storytelling, in which serious themes are portrayed in lavish
musical displays; as well as for its departure from the trend of
relatively lighthearted and whimsical musicals and operettas on
Broadway at the time. Critics immediately recognized both the
quality of the storytelling and the Americana music of the show, and
it is often cited as a turning point for American musical theatre.
The musical boasts classic American music, with many of note
appearing in tonight’s medley. The medley includes the songs ―Why
Do I Love You?‖ ―Make Believe,‖ You are Love,‖ and ―Ol’ Man
River.‖ The arrangement for the Jefferson City Symphony is partially
by Hawley Ades and partially by our very own violist E.F. Braun,
who will probably be recognized for it at some point tonight.
Music Notes
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