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THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY | FALL 2019 9 Anna Clyne (b. 1980) Masquerade (2013) London-born Anna Clyne is a Grammy- nominated composer of acoustic and electro- acoustic music. Described as a "composer of uncommon gi s and unusual methods" by e New York Times , Clyne’s work o en includes collaborations with cutting-edge choreographers, visual artists, lmmakers, and musicians worldwide. She has been the composer-in- residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, and the Berkeley Symphony. Clyne has provided the following notes on Masquerade: “ Masquerade draws inspiration from the original mid-eighteenth century promenade concerts held in London’s pleasure gardens. As is true today, these concerts were a place where people from all walks of lifemingled to enjoy awide arrayofmusic.Other forms of entertainment ranged from the sedate to the salacious with acrobatics, exotic street entertainers, dancers, reworks, and masquerades. I am fascinated by the historic and sociological courtship between music and dance. Combined with costumes, masked guises, and elaborate settings, masquerades created an exciting, yet controlled, sense of occasion and celebration. It is this that I wish to evoke in Masquerade . “ e work derives its material from two melodies. For the main theme, I imagined a chorus welcoming the audience and inviting them into their imaginary world. e second theme, “Juice of the Barley,” is an old English country dance melody and drinking song, which rst appeared in John Playford’s 1695 edition of e English Dancing Master . It is an honor to compose music for the Last Night of the Proms and I dedicate Masquerade to the Prommers.” Ferdinand David (1810 -1873) Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra (1837) Ferdinand David’s name is o en linked closely with the famous Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn. In 1837, both David and Mendelssohn were young (ages 27 and 28, respectively), successful, and esteemed musicians and composers. David was a violin virtuoso and concertmaster of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, which was directed and conducted by Mendelssohn. e two had a close professional relationship; in fact, Mendelssohn wrote his much- revered Violin Concerto for David and the two worked together extensively to prepare the piece. In 1835, Mendelssohn promised Gewandhaus trombonist Karl Traugott Queisser that he would compose a concerto for him, but soon found he did not have the time (he was busy with work and a new lover) and asked David to compose the concerto instead. Some musicologists have suggested that Mendelssohn may have revised or even composed parts of David’s concertino, and the piece does certainly sound similar to his compositional style. Nevertheless, David’s Concertino is a delightful, compact concerto that shows o the full timbral and expressive range of the o en overlooked solo trombone. Following the standard style of early Romantic concerti, David allows the trombone to shine boldly in both solo passages and cadenzas. Life: Tchaikovsky 6 Sunday, October 6 2019, 3pm Pick-Staiger Hall, Evanston Scott Speck conductor Jeremy Moeller trombone Harrison Collins (b. 1999) Young Voices Anna Clyne (b. 1980) Masquerade Ferdinand David (1810 – 1873) Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 4 I. Allegro maestoso II. Marcia funebre (Andante) III. Allegro maestoso Intermission Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo II. Allegro con grazia III. Allegro molto vivace IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso Performance time approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes NEXT! In the Foyer Merit School of Music Ensemble: The Bone Rangers e Bone Rangers is a chamber ensemble comprised of high school musicians from the acclaimed trombone studio of the Merit School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. e Bone Rangers trombone quartet is coached by Timothy Riordan. Learn more at www.meritmusic.org . 2019 2020 SEASON: LIFE