Adam Stern, conductorSandra Saathoff, f lute

J O H A N N S T R AU S S , J R . ( 1825 - 1899 ) Egyptian March

C A M I L L E S A I N T - S A Ë N S ( 1836 - 1921 ) Bacchanale (from the opera Samson et Dali la)

F R A N Z D O P P L E R ( 1821 - 1883 ) Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise Sandra Saathoff, flute

I N T E R M I S S I O N

N I KO L A I R I M S K Y - KO R S A KO V ( 1844 - 1908 ) Scheherazade (Symphonic Suite in Four Par ts, Op. 35) I . The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship I I . The Kalandar Prince I I I . The Young Prince and The Young Princess IV. Festival at Baghdad The Sea The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman Allion Salvador, violin

Thursday, April 27, 2017 7:30 p.m.M E Y D E N B AU E R T H E AT R E

ROMANTIC EXOTICA

A D A M S T E R N , M U S I C D I R E C TO R A N D CO N D U C TO R

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THIS SEASON IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF R. JOSEPH SCOT T R. Joseph Scott possessed a great gift for growing and maturing small community orchestras. He succeeded with his “baby,” the Bellevue

Philharmonic, and then again with the Sammamish Symphony, which began life in a recreation room at Providence Point. Joseph’s passion for music brought out the best in his musicians. His endless drive, vision and hard work created an ensemble that the city of Sammamish is proud to call its own. We move into the future with loyal personnel and a solid foundation which includes the fine music library that Joseph

generously bequeathed to the Symphony. Under the direction of consummately skilled Adam Stern, we have the opportunity to truly blossom.

Thank you, Joseph! You will always be in our hearts.

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TO OUR FRIENDS AND FANS,

In honor of our beloved Maestro R. Joseph Scott’s tremendous achievements, and his ceaseless love and devotion to the orchestra and the community, the SSO players, board and I gratefully dedicate this, our 25th Season, to Joseph’s memory. Nothing would have pleased him more than to know that the standards he set in terms of excellent repertoire and musicianship are being upheld and perpetuated by the musicians to whom he gave his entire self without reservation. Requiescat in pace, Maestro.

Adam SternMusic Director and Conductor Sammamish Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra Management

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Joyce Cunningham

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

Adam Stern

PRESIDENT

Shelby Eaton

TREASURER

Andy Hill

SECRETARY

Fran Pope

CONCERTMASTER

Allion Salvador

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE

Armand BinkhuysenSusan Jacoby

Nels MagelssenHeather Raschko

Linda ThomasMiranda Thorpe

Melissa Underhill

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Don GerendMayor, City of Sammamish

Skip RowleyChairman, Rowley Properties

Nancy WhittenFormer Council Member, City of

Sammamish

PERSONNEL

Kathryn Boudreau, Ensemble Coordinator

Armand Binkhuysen, GrantsAdam Stern and Zylstra Design,

Concert ProgramAndy Hill, Youth Concerto Competition

Elaine Cox, LibrarianBarbara Ethington, Logistics

Sydney Holderness, Concessions Manager

Susan Jacoby, PersonnelGFCW Cascade and Cindy Hamilton,

Lobby ManagementRenee Kuehn, Ticket SalesJayne Marquess, Logistics

Lynne Martinell, Member Communications Liaison

Daphne Robinson, PR & MarketingMark Wiseman, Webmaster

Phillip Chance, Sound Recording

ADAM STERN, Music Director and Conductor of the Sammamish Symphony, is one of the region’s busiest musicians. Since arriving in Seattle in 1992, he has been active as a conductor, composer, pianist, educator and lecturer. He has been leading the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra since 2003, during which tenure he has brought numerous world, U.S., West Coast and Northwest premieres to the Puget Sound community. Stern’s unique programming combines beloved masterworks with must-hear rarities; his programs are not merely concerts, but true musical events.

Stern was born in Hollywood in 1955. He began his musical studies at age five as a piano student, and began flute lessons two years later. At 15, Stern was accepted at California Institute of the Arts, where he initially majored in flute performance, but changed his major to conducting in his second year at the urging of the late Gerhard Samuel, a noted conductor and educator. Stern was graduated in 1977 with an MFA in conducting at 21, the youngest Masters degree recipient in CalArts’ history.

From 1996 until 2001, Stern was the Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony (after having served as Assistant Conductor from 1992-96). He led numerous concerts in all of the orchestra’s series, including the orchestra’s first performances of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 3 and Elgar’s Symphony No. 2. In addition, he led many “pops” concerts and was the happy collaborator of such artists as James Taylor, Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins and Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Stern resides in Seattle with his wife, soprano Kamila Stern, and his children Ella and Oscar.

ADAM STERN

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Orchestra MembersFIRST VIOLINAllion Salvador Concertmaster Tim Strait Associate ConcertmasterKristin EdlundLynne MartinellHeather RaschkoHaley SchaeningKolleen Uppinghouse

SECOND VIOLINShelby Eaton PrincipalBarbara EthingtonMatthew GuentherElizabeth HeitkampNancy JohnsonPaula LibesFran PopeMiranda Thorpe

VIOLAArmand BinkhuysenKathryn BoudreauDennis HelppieDan PopeLoraine TerpeningBarb Thorne

CELLOShiang-Yin Lee PrincipalJuha Niemisto Assistant PrincipalLoryn BortinsHannah CherninAndy HillCatherine LowellMichelle MillerGail RatleyJoyce SanfordJoan SelvigSandra Sultan

BASSJarod Tanneberg PrincipalNatalie Schlichtmann Assistant PrincipalKathleen Anderson

FLUTEMelissa Underhill PrincipalTori BerntsenElana Sabovic-Matt

PICCOLOElana Sabovic-Matt

OBOESusan Jacoby PrincipalDennis CalvinJim Kobe

ENGLISH HORNDennis Calvin

CLARINETJayne Marquess PrincipalKathy Carr

BASS CLARINETLinda Thomas

BASSOONAbigail Heyrich Principal Sarah Peniston FRENCH HORNEvelyn Zeller PrincipalDan CherninCraig KowaldNels Magelssen

TRUMPETPaige Anderson PrincipalOlga Para

TROMBONEJohn Ochsenreiter Principal Rob Birkner

BASS TROMBONEMichael Wennerstrom

TUBAMark Wiseman Principal

TIMPANIEric Daane Principal

PERCUSSIONCraig Wende Principal

HARPBethany Man Principal

Section members are listed in

alphabetical order.

We wish to thank Barbara Ethington for the creation and distribution of beautiful posters. Also, many thanks to Barbara and to Dan Pope for staying after long rehearsals to reset the practice room.

Sandra Saathoff , FluteSandra Saathoff teaches flute and conducts the flute ensemble at Seattle Pacific University, and has served on the executive boards for the National Flute Association, Seattle Flute Society, and Flutewise USA. She enjoys performing with local orchestral, chamber and folk ensembles, directing the flute program of the Bellevue Youth Symphony, and is currently principal flute with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. She has developed a thriving private flute studio, is a highly sought-after clinician, and has made recent guest artist appearances at Delta State University, the University of West Virginia, and the Flutewise summer course in Croatia. She has taken the stage with such flutists as Sir James Galway, Trevor Wye, Ian Clarke, and Ian Anderson and enjoys planning a variety of large scale flute events, including the 2012 NFA Convention (assistant Program Chair), and the 2013 NFA Convention (Convention Director). Recently, she served on the Long-range Strategic Planning Committee for the NFA, and is currently pursuing DMA studies at the University of Nebraska with Dr. John Bailey. Sandra received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington (focusing on flute performance/instrumental conducting) and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education from Pacific Lutheran University. Her teachers include Zart Dombourian-Eby,

Rae Terpenning, and Kim Pineda (baroque flute). Her latest interest in Irish flute includes lessons with Conal O’Grada (Ireland) and Leo Mac Namara (Seattle). In 2016, she helped launched a non-profit foundation for flutists, Silver Flight Ensembles, which presented its first series of workshops and community performances last summer.

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Rehearsals: Thursdays 7:15-9:45 p.m. at Eastlake High School

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Program Notes

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By Adam Stern

stages simultaneously the world over, and their melodies are familiar even to those whose knowledge of classical music is modest in scope. (Do you know anyone who couldn’t join in an impromptu singalong of Offenbach’s “Can-Can”, Strauss’ “Blue Danube” or, only slightly less likely, Sullivan’s “Modern Major General”?)

Strauss was a frequent traveller via his music; a quick perusal of his catalog reveals waltzes, polkas and marches honoring St. Petersburg, Rome, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain and France, to name a few. (I could also mention that his brother Josef, also a composer of waltzes, even left Earthly loci behind on one occasion in his Music of the Spheres waltz.) In the fetching Egyptian March, Strauss uses sinuous melodies, an active percussion section, and one unique stroke of scoring (you can’t miss it) to spirit us away to the Land of the Nile.

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If Camille Saint-Saëns had been born a quarter-century later, he could likely have been a charter member of Mensa. The man was among the most intellectually brilliant of the major composers. In addition to his phenomenal musical gifts – composer, conductor, pianist and organist (Franz Liszt maintained that he had never heard a finer organist than Saint-Saëns) – he had a considerable amount of extra-musical pursuits and attainments to his credit. As summed up in part by Harold C. Schonberg: “He dabbled in astronomy (he was a member of the Astronomical Society of France) and archaeology, looked into the occult sciences, published a volume of poetry, and tried his hand at playwriting.” Schonberg also cites the composer’s interests in botany, lepidoptery and geology, and avers that “if he read a book or heard a piece of music it was forever in his memory.”

To his credit, the vast amount of things in the composer’s head did not cause it to swell; he remained a realistic and humble man throughout his long life; he once described himself as “first among the second-rate composers.” I would offer as evidence to the contrary such works as the Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”), the second and fourth of his piano concertos and the third violin concerto, the symphonic poem Danse macabre and his grand opera Samson and Dalila, from which we will perform the rousing Bacchanale from Act III, a raucous dance by the priests of the Temple of Dagon.

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Like Saint-Saëns, Franz Doppler wore several musical hats; he was renowned in his time as a flute virtuoso, a composer and a conductor. Born in a part of Poland that has since been absorbed into the Ukraine, Doppler had a career that took him all over Europe, although his most important achievements were made in Hungary and Vienna. He was a student of Liszt, who entrusted to Doppler the orchestrations of six of the Hungarian Rhapsodies (originally for piano). It is highly likely that Doppler’s time in Hungary, coupled with his intimate knowledge of Liszt’s Rhapsodies, resulted in two of his most famous pieces of chamber music, the Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise for flute and piano, and the Fantaisie sur des motifs hongrois for two flutes and piano. We present the first of these two bows to Hungary in an arrangement for flute and orchestra.

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Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade, and the Russian Easter Overture – the three orchestral works on which Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s fame securely rests

Classical composers have long had a habit (of which we are the grateful beneficiaries) of evoking lands and cultures other than their own in their music. In some cases, their works are reflections and reminiscenses of places to which they have actually been; such pieces as Mendelssohn’s “Scotch” Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien and Copland’s El Salón México are aural picture-postcards of their creators’ travels, employing tunes, rhythms and sonorities that they heard from local musicians. There are also famous pieces that capture the spirit of a foreign land that the composer hadn’t, or hadn’t yet, visited; witness such beloved masterpieces as Mozart’s “Turkish” Concerto (Violin Concerto No. 5), Verdi’s Aida and Puccini’s Turandot, which show how well a composer can summon up a foreign atmosphere without having to leave their own workroom.

This evening’s concert features four diverse works by Romantic-era composers whose powers of musical suggestion were persuasive and captivating in the extreme. We invite our audience to sit back, relax, and enjoy this mini-tour of Egypt, Gaza, Hungary and Baghdad. (And if you are wondering what to do with the money you’ve saved on ship or airplane travel, please feel free to contact the Sammamish Symphony’s Donations Dept.)

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The three greatest composers of “light” classical music – Jacques Offenbach, Sir Arthur Sullivan and Johann Strauss, Jr. – were born within a quarter-century of one another, and between them wrote a treasure-trove of music that has beguiled audiences from first performances to the present day. There probably hasn’t been a time from 1900 onwards that operettas by all three gentlemen haven’t been on

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– were composed consecutively during the years 1887-88. This is by no means unrepresentative of Rimsky-Korsakov’s productivity, as his career encompassed the writing of works in virtually all forms, a wide variety of teaching duties, performing as a conductor, and the selfless editing and revising of compositions left unfinished by his beloved colleagues Mussorgsky and Borodin, both of whom he outlived by more than two decades.

Scheherazade, long acknowledged as its composer’s masterpiece, is symphonic in scope, although the composer very clearly designated it as a suite in four parts. It is probable that he was influenced by like works; he certainly would have known Tchaikovsky’s Manfred, written three years earlier, which, although called a “symphony” by Tchaikovsky, is really a symphonic poem in four movements (Tchaikovsky did not include it among his numbered symphonies; it falls between his Fourth and Fifth). Rimsky-Korsakov seems to have wanted to entice the listener only so far in terms of the programmatic aspects of the piece; he wrote, “All I desired was that the hearer, if he liked my piece as symphonic music, should carry away the impression that it is beyond a doubt an Oriental narrative of some numerous and varied fairy-tale wonders and not merely four pieces played one after the other and composed on the basis of themes common to all the four movements.” If one really desires something more concrete than this, one can refer to the individual sections’ titles, as well as the short preface that the composer provided in the orchestral score:

The Sultan Schariar, convinced that all women are false and faithless, vowed to put to death each of his wives after the first nuptial night. But the Sultana Sheherazade saved her life by entertaining her lord with fascinating tales, told seriatim (one after the other) for a thousand and one nights. The Sultan, consumed

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Thursday, June 8 7:30 p.m.

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with curiosity, postponed from day to day the execution of his wife, and finally repudiated his bloody vow entirely.

We bid our listeners the happiest and most engaging of listening experiences, whether rooting for the Sultan’s bride,

indulging in visions of princes, princesses, seas and shipwrecks, or simply glorying in one of the most justly venerated gemstones of the symphonic repertoire in all its orchestral splendor.

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ContributorsIn addition to the following donors we gratefully acknowledge those individuals and families who purchased

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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P.O. Box 1173, Issaquah, WA 98027You can now donate via Paypal on our website at www.sammamishsymphony.org.

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The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the generous support of the

Garneau-Nicon Family Foundation.