Minnesota OrchestraOsmo Vnsk, conductor

Adam Kuenzel, fluteMinnesota Chorale, Kathy Saltzman Romey, artistic director

Students from Concordia University, David Mennicke and Shari Speer, conductors

Thursday, November 2, 2017, 11 am Orchestra HallFriday, November 3, 2017, 8 pm Orchestra Hall

Saturday, November 4, 2017, 8 pm Orchestra Hall

Vnsk Conducts the Reformation Symphony nov 2, 3, 4

Johann Sebastian Bach Suite No. 2 in B minor for Orchestra, BWV 1067 ca. 19OvertureRondeauSarabandeBoures I and IIPolonaise and DoubleMenuetBadinerie

Adam Kuenzel, flute

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D major, Opus 107, Reformation ca. 33Andante Allegro con fuocoAllegro vivaceAndanteChorale: Andante con moto Allegro vivace

Sebastian Currier RE-FORMATION * ca. 30Mendelssohn FragmentsBroken SymphonyFragments of Old TextsA Hidden VoiceChorale: The World[The five parts are played without pause.]

Minnesota ChoraleStudents from Concordia University choral program

* World premiere; Commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra in collaboration with LutheranArts, with generous support from Kathy and Charlie Cunningham.

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Concert Preview with Phillip Gainsley and Sebastian CurrierThursday, November 2, 10:15 am, AuditoriumFriday, November 3, 7:15 pm, Target AtriumConcert Preview with Phillip Gainsley and Adam KuenzelSaturday, November 4, 7:15 pm, N. Bud Grossman Mezzanine

Minnesota Orchestra concerts are broadcast live on Friday evenings on stations of Classical Minnesota Public Radio,including KSJN 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities.

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I N T E R M I S S I O N ca. 20

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Artistsnov 2, 3, 4

Osmo Vnsk, conductor

Profile appears on page 6.

Krin McMillenJessica MehlhoffLinda NeumanAlyssa NorthropKristine Erickson

ParkerElizabeth Pauly *Sara Payne *Polly StregeMaya Tester

altoJudy ArnsteinSara BossDeanne Dohrman *Elisabeth Drost *Marcia K. Evans *Sara Fanucchi *Gloria FredkoveDebra Gilroy *Michelle HackettTricia HansonDee HeinKatherine Scholl

HoliskySue HotzelSuzanne Kennedy *Heather KurtzMaureen LongKatherine MullerCassie NollMolly PalmerChristy Peterson +Barbara S. Prince *Amanda

Samuelson +Kristen SchweilochPatricia SeidlKathleen StuebnerElizabeth Sullivan *Megumi TakenoJena Thormodson +Marcia VanCamp Suzanne WiebuschJoanna Zawislak

tenorEric AlmanSamuel Baker *Charles BarrettMark BergaasJevon BindmanPatrick L. ColemanBen CooperKenneth D. DuvioMaurice Fields III +Peter Frenz *Rich MaierScott D. McKenzieDavid Mennicke *Geoff MichaelKevin NavisJerry D. Nelson *Richard OConnorBill Pederson *Mark PladsonPhilip Reilly

Paul RiedeselPatrick Romey *Scott SandbergDavid W. SchwarzErick SoodChristian

Stromley +Jake ThedeMark L. TreaseAlex Webb

bassDavid Afdahl *Nathan Ausk +Peter BolstadJames BowenScott ChamberlainJames J. DAuroraDavid

Goudzwaard-Vaught *

John R. HenrichJames Hild *Harrison Hintzsche *Steven Hodulik *Thomas HollenhorstStephen HughesAdam IrvingJon C. Lahann *Robert J. MagilJon Nordstrom *Robert OganovicNathan OppedahlBob Peskin *Aaron Rossow +Peter ScholtzEric SeifertChad Shultis *Bob SimonWilliam SmaleReilly TillmanMichael Tomlinson *Russ Vander WielLogan Van Sickle +Stefan Weijola

* MinnesotaChorale sectionleader + ConcordiaUniversity (St. Paul) choral programparticipant

Minnesota Chorale Kathy Saltzman Romey,

artistic directorBarbara Brooks, accompanist

and artistic advisor

The Minnesota Chorale, the MinnesotaOrchestras principal chorus since 2004,is now in its 23rd season under the leadership of Kathy Saltzman Romey.Founded in 1972, the Chorale is thestates preeminent symphonic chorus,performing regularly with both this Orchestra and the Saint Paul ChamberOrchestra. Among the Chorales initiativesare the acclaimed Bridges program, theMinneapolis Youth Chorus, Men in Musicfor high-school boys and InChoir foradults. More: mnchorale.org.

At todays performance, the MinnesotaChorale is joined by students from theConcordia University (St. Paul) choral program. The students are drawn fromtwo Concordia University choirs: Christus Chorus, which is conducted by David Mennicke, and Jubilate, which is conducted by Shari Speer. More:csp.edu.

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Adam Kuenzel, flute

Principal Flute Adam Kuenzel joined theMinnesota Orchestra in 1990. He hasregularly appeared as soloist at OrchestraHall, including for the 2007 world premiereof Stanislaw Skrowaczewskis Fantasiesfor Flute and Orchestra,Il Piffero dellaNotte, with the composer conducting. In recent years he has also performedBernsteins Halil and the premiere ofManuel SosasEloquentia: Espacio paraFlauta y Orquesta; the latter work, whichwas written for Kuenzel, garnered thecomposer a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011. Kuenzel has been aguest artist at the Aspen Music Festival,Grand Teton Music Festival, Spoleto Festival, St. Barts Music Festival in theFrench West Indies and Oregon Bach Festival. He has also appeared as guestprincipal flute with the Boston, Chicagoand Dallas symphony orchestras, andwith the Seattle Opera. More: minnesotaorchestra.org.

sopranoJill AppleKristi Bergland *Ivy S. BernhardsonPenny BonsellAlyssa Breece *Claire CampbellDeborah Carbaugh *Lauren Chorowicz +Charlotte CurrierRachel Daddio *Deyhdra Dennis-

Weiss *

Laurel E. DrevlowAngie Eckel *Kristin ElliottAnne Gifford +Carole Hofstad *Heather Hood *Mikaela Krause +Cheryl F. LeBlancVienna LewinWendy

LukaszewskiPamela MarentetteSommer McInerney

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Program Notes nov 2, 3, 4

e begin todays program with an orchestral suite byBachalthough the composer himself might disagree

with the nomenclature. Bach reserved the name Suite for soloinstrumental works, and his formal title for the four works wecall orchestral suites was actually Ouverture, after the names oftheir first movements, which were patterned after the Frenchoverture.

Regardless of its original title, the B-minor Suite conforms in general terms to the suite as we think of it: a series of dancemovements all in the same key. The conventional pattern forsuites was a French overture followed by an Allemande, Courante,Sarabande and Gigue. This suite expands the norm with the addition of two other short movements, and further charts itsown course by featuring a particularly soloistic role for flute.

overture, then dance music for fluteThe suites opening Overture follows the opera overture style popularized by French Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. Ithas a lengthy slow introduction with pronounced dotted rhythms;following is a faster, contrapuntal middle section, then a return tothe ceremonial introduction at the close.

The balance of the suite consists of a Rondeau (a simple refrainform), Sarabande (a slow dance in triple time), Bourre (lively, in duple meter and binary form, generally featuring four-measurephrases with a quarter-note upbeat), Polonaise (a Polish dance inmoderate triple time, with repeated rhythmic figures), Menuet(similar to what we know from the third movements of symphoniesby Haydn and Mozart) and Badinerie (a playful, coy movement,with no specific rhythmic associations). Bach features the flute ina concertante role in several movements, notably the Overture,Polonaise and concluding Badinerie. In that respect, this work isunique among Bachs orchestral suites: more akin to a flute concerto with numerous short movements. (Perhaps everyone hashad the title wrong!)

Instrumentation: flute, harpsichord continuo and strings

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Johann Sebastian BachBorn: March 21, 1685,

Eisenach, GermanyDied: July 28, 1750,

Leipzig, Germany

Suite No. 2 in B minor forOrchestra, BWV 1067Premiered: ca. 1730

e often hear Mendelssohn compared to Mozart because of his youthful precocity. A work like the

Reformation Symphony persuades us that the analogy is valid.The symphony is numbered the Fifth because it was publishedafter Mendelssohns death, but it actually dates from the winterof 1829-30, when the composer was only 20. For him to have

Felix MendelssohnBorn: February 3, 1809,

Hamburg, GermanyDied: November 4, 1847,

Leipzig, Germany

Symphony No. 5 in D major,Opus 107, ReformationPremiered: November 15, 1832

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Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2The flute player in Bachs Orchestral Suite No. 2 is given the unique challenge of blending with strings while simultaneously standing outas the solo voice in this set of six characteristic dance movements preceded by a French Baroque-style overture.

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, ReformationDevotion and strength are the building blocks of this symphony, composed in 1830 to commemorate the tercentenary of the LutheranChurchs founding doctrines. A reflective opening ultimately leads to a grandiose finale built on Luthers hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.Along the way we hear a lighthearted scherzo and an eloquent slow movement featuring solo violin.

Currier: RE-FORMATIONSebastian Curriers brand-new work RE-FORMATION, commissioned for this performance to mark the 500th anniversary of the ProtestantReformation, draws text from Psalms, Martin Luther and contemporary American writer Sarah Manguso. The music recalls the pastincorporating fragments of Mendelssohns Reformation Symphonywhile also looking forward, ending with a choral hymn that encourages us to protect our natural environment for future generations.

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