Chicago Philharmonic 2021-2022

THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY | 2021-2022 SEASON 13 Chicago Philharmonic 2021 2022 SEASON Fanfare Chicago Sunday, March 27, 3:00pm Harris eater for Music and Dance Scott Speck conductor Avi Avital mandolin NICHOLAS HUBBELL Chicago Fanfare (2019) WORLD PREMIERE OTTORINO RESPIGHI Gli uccelli (1928) I. Prelude II. La colomba III. La gallina IV. L'usignuolo V. Il cucù REINALDO MOYA WORLD PREMIERE (2021) Intermission OTTORINO RESPIGHI Trittico botticelliano (1927) I. Primavera II. L’adorazione dei Magi III. La nascita di Venere JENNIFER HIGDON Mandolin Concerto (2020) AMERICAN PREMIERE I. First II. Last Performance time is approximately 2 hours T H T M D . OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Gli uccelli (1928) It can be tempting to view the history of classical music as a linear progression, with cut and clean eras of music (Classical, Romantic, Modern, etc.) ese labels are a wonderful starting point for understanding a piece or composer. But look closer, and any given moment in classical music history can be understood more deeply as a complex network of artists splintering o in di erent directions. Take, for example, the 1920s. Just one decade spawned Berg's Wozzeck , Stravinsky's Pulcinella , Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue , and Shostakovich's rst symphony. During this time, Ottorino Respighi, an Italian orchestral composer deeply rooted in Romanticism, looked to Baroque music written half a millenium prior for inspiration. Respighi, once a student of Rimsky- Korsakov, was a masterful orchestrator in both grand tone poems such as Pines of Rome and in more delicate pieces such as Gli uccelli (the birds). For Gli uccelli , Respighi cleverly re-imagined Baroque pieces for pared down chamber orchestra. e Prelude opens with a tune by Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710) and features a section of bird-like calls; next is the tranquil, cooing La colomba (the dove), transcribed from a piece by 17th century lutenist Jacques Gallot. A er the unmistakable sounds of La gallina (the hen) and L'usignuolo (the nightingale) in the third and fourth movements, the piece ends with an increasingly energetic movement inspired by the cuckoo. NICHOLAS HUBBELL (b. 1951) Chicago Fanfare (2019) In celebration of its 30th anniversary in 2019-2020, Chicago Philharmonic celebrated composers from around the nation with the organization's rst-ever Composition Fanfare Competition. A er a year of cancelled events, Chicago Philharmonic now proudly presents the winner of the 23-and-over category of the competition, composer and electronic musician Nicholas Hubbell. Hubbell was involved in some of the earliest computer-generated music on the now-iconic IBM 360. A er graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory and studying with Randolph Coleman and Gary Nelson, Hubbell immersed himself in the jazz fusion and experimental music scene in New York City. Hubbell established Just Music , a music production house where he produced hundreds of soundtracks for lm, television, and radio. He has also composed for a number of documentariesincluding eMenWhoBroughttheDawn ,featuredinthe SmithsonianMuseum, and PitchingMan , featured in the Baseball House of Fame. Hubbell has provided the following notes on Chicago Fanfare: "What better way to celebrate the beauty and vibrancy of the city of Chicago than with a fanfare for orchestra—and what a wonderful opportunity to compose one for the Chicago Philharmonic. In this work, I tried to give each instrument section a representation, however brief. But the real focus is the whole ensemble as an instrument. As I wrote this piece, I had a large panoramic photo of the Chicago cityscape at night, taken o shore from Lake Michigan."