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PROGRAM

INTERMISSION

8 p.m. Saturday, October 25, 1980Mother McAuley High School Auditorium---·outhwesf

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17th CONCERT SEASONAlfred Aulwurm, Conductor

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois ArtsCouncil, a state agency.

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra will present its next concert at 8 p.m.Saturday, January 24, 1981. The program will feature four members ofthe orchestra: Daniel Seyman, violinist; Janet Puskar and Janice Albertsflutists, and Mary Ann Krupa, harpsichordist They will perform the BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major. .

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra is a member of the Illinois Council ofOrchestras.

OVERTURE - "POET AND PEASANT" Von Suppe

OVERTURE - "LIGHT CAVALRY" Von Suppe

SYMPHONY NO. 100 IN G ("Military") HaydnAdagio; Allegro; Allegretto; Minuetto; Finale

VOCALISE Rachmaninoff

TOSCA - "E lucevan Ie stelle" PucciniLA BOHEME - "Che gelida manina" Puccini

Joseph Wolverton, Tenor

PAGLIACCI - Duet LeoncavalloMary Anne Barcellona, Soprano; Tom Orf, Baritone

RIGOLETTO - "La donna e mobile" VerdiJoseph Wolverton, Tenor

JEWELS OF THE MADONNA - Intermezzo Wolf-Ferrari

PERPETUUM MOBILE Strauss

TRITSCH TRATSCH POLKA Strauss

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17th Season

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Please send the following season tickets for the 1979-80 SouthwestSymphony Orchestra's three-concert series. I enclose (1) payment infull, and (2) (if ordering subsequent to the 1979 spring concert) a selfaddressed, stamped envelope. I understand the tickets are to be mailedin October.

(The Southwest Symphony Orchestra season includes three concerts fall, winter, and spring.* Exact dates can be determined only duringsummer after Mother McAuley's own auditorium dates have been set.)

Board of DirectorsJulia Lorenz, President

9627 Kedvale, Oak Lawn Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAAlfred Aulwurm, ConductorG. Richard Deal, Jr., substitute forMary Ann Krupa, Assistant to the Conductor

Raymond W. Pieper1st Vice President8533 Golfview Dr., Orland Park

Mrs. George H. Winslow2nd Vice President; PUblicity Chm.4124 W. 100th St., Oak Lawn

Miles Meyerson3rd Vice President8541 Hillcrest, Orland Park

Sr. Mary Venardine, RSMRecording SecretarySt. Xavier College, Chicago

Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannCorresponding Secretary13253 Ridge Tr., Palos Heights

Theodore S. OppenheimTreasurer and Tickets5836 Lynwood Dr., Oak Lawn

* Neil J. Anderson12202 89th AvenuePalos Park

Alfred Aulwurm9533 Minnick AvenueOak Lawn

Robert M. Chasanov839 E. Woodside DriveGriffith, Indiana

Mrs. Theodore M. Gasteyer9325 53rd CourtOak Lawn

Rose Anne Godbold6809 Maplewood AvenueChicago

Meralyn Johnson13309 Ann StreetBlue Island

Julian Krupa6024 S. 74th AvenueSummit

James LeBloch9121 S. 88th AvenueHickory Hills

* Louis Olson3199 Park Lane Dr.Merrionette Park

Mrs. Theodore S. Oppenheim5836 Lynwood DriveOak Lawn

Mrs. Raymond W. Pieper8533 Golfview DriveOrland Park

Dan Reilly, III2745 John StreetBlue Island

Daniel J. Seyman5166 W. 95th StreetOak Lawn

Mary Ann Krupa StIckier1050 AltgeldChicago

Leslie Wiles8625 W. 123rd StreetPalos Park

Edward R. Winkless, Jr.7301 W. 80th StreetBridgeview

(*) Past President)

CONCERTMASTER• Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

VIOUNSJulian Krupa, SummitHedie All, Calumet CityMichael Chiaramonte, ChicagoFrieda Durkin, Oak LawnFlorence Gindl, Munster, Ind.Rose Anne Godbold, ChicagoAlana Gralen, ChicagoJim Griffioen, Oak LawnJosephine Hedges, ChicagoDolores Hogan, WorthPhyllis Karge, BurbankRudolph Kause, Palos HillsAnn Killelea, MidlothianLeo Klee, Park Forest SouthEdward Langer, CiceroRenette Makowski, Oak LawnStanley Moll, ChicagoMorris Morovitzky, ChicagoMarion Nichoison, RiverdaleWilliam Porcelli, Chicago

• Sera Samson, Oak LawnGeorge Sieffert, ChicagoDanilo Soriano, Palos ParkDebbie Stryzewski, CrestwoodMark Talent, ChicagoSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights

VIOLAS• Helen Oppenheim, Oak Lawn

Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRichard Fagin, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestNorman Schaer, Evergreen ParkRichard Sienko, ChicagoGeorge Swigert, Evanston

CELLOSVernon Ehlers, HomewoodDavid Bartus, Richton ParkAnn Buettner, CrestwoodRichard Gekler, ChicagoRuth Pieper, Orland ParkJohn Shaffer, ChicagoCindy Sulko, Worth

FLUTES• Janet Puskar, Hickory Hills

Jan Alberts, AlsipMarion Reilly, Blue IslandAudrey Thomas, Burbank

OBOESNorma Stuart, Oak LawnJim Thoensen, Des Plaines

CLARINErSRuth Rhodes, ChicagoShirley Babb, Blue IslandTom Hallet, Alsip

BASSOONSJulie SzYmczyk, Palos ParkKathy Caddigan; Chicago

FRENCH HORNSJohn Durachta, Palos HeightsCathy Gorman, ChicagoKim Patterson, ElmhurstJill Zaug, Oak Lawn

TRUMPErSDiane Winkless, BridgeviewNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

TROMBONES• Virginia Wurst, Hometown

Robert Chasanov, Griffith, Ind.Susan Mikicic, Burbank

PERCUSSIONEdward Vondrasek, ChicagoSteve Adamonis, Oak LawnTherese Lenz, ChicagoBrian Oriente, Blue Island

PIANOG. Richard Deal, Jr., Evergreen Park

Volunteers are needed to assist with mailings and clerical tasks for the orchestra.Those wishing to help should-phone Mrs. George H. Winslow, GA 2-3822.

STRING BASSESVirginia Andersen, BensenvilleHenrietta Chasanov, HomewoodAI De Marco, Chicago

• Charter members.

Herman KammererMr. and Mrs. Franklin W. KleinJulia LorenzMount Greenwood BankOak Lawn Trust and Savings BankMr. and Mrs. Theodore S. OppenheimOrland State BankOzinga Brothers, Inc.Palos Bank and Trust CompanyPalos Park Woman's ClubMr. and Mrs. Raymond W. PieperRunnion Equipment Company

Alliance Savings and Loan

Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannAmity Federal Savings and LoanAnonymous (2)Elsie AulwurmI.N.A. Beatty Lumber CompanyBell Federal Savings and LoanBevel Granite Company, Inc.Mrs. Robert B. BoyceBelva O. BrownChesterfield Federal Savings and LoanChicago Cemetery CorporationCoe Laboratories, Inc.

The Southwest SymphonyiOrchestra Contributors ListGUARANTOR MEMBERS

First National Bank of Evergreen Park Marquette National Bank

SUSTAINING MEMBERSFirst National Bank of Blue IslandFirst National Bank of Oak LawnJames w. Green and AssociatesWm. C. Groebe and Company, RealtorsMr. and Mrs. Charles HatstatDr. and Mrs. Robert S.HeckJosephine HedgesHeritage Bank of Oak LawnHeritage County Bank and Trust CompanyHeritage Standard Bank and Trust CompanyHighview Mobile Estates, Inc.Interlake Foundation

Talman Federal Savings and Loan

Sage Investments, Inc.St. Paul Federal SaVings and LoanSeyman and SeymanAJ. Smith Federal Savings and LoanDanilo B. Soriano, M.D., FAC.S.Summit First Federal Savings and LoanJack Thompson OldsmobileWiles Prescriptions, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. George H. WinslowWorth Bank and TrustWorth Federal Savings and Loan

Quality Stationers and PrintersF. J. Randin, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Reilly IIIRossi MusicRutledge Printing ,CompanySt. Xavier College Music DepartmentMr. and Mrs. John W. SeymanMr. and Mrs. James W. SimonMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsMr. and Mrs. 'Les SkubalMr. and Mrs. Kenneth SoleckiSouthwest Auto Glass & Trim Co.Southwest Federal SavingsMr. and Mrs. Henry E. StantonMr. and Mrs. James H. SticklerMr. and Mrs. E. Gordon StubbeMrs. W. G. SuthersMr. and Mrs. John TeuneMr. and Mrs. Norman L. TroemelDr. Thomas A TufoMayor Anthony VaccoJoanne and Cornelius J. VenhuizenJames and Marilyn J. VirtueMr. and Mrs. Raymond A VogelMr. and Mrs. Nellis J. WagnerMr. and Mrs. Walter M. WalesDr. and Mrs. Kenneth WangGeorge Washington Savings and LoanEmanuel C. Wilhelm, M.D.Wolf's BakeryMr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. YoungJ. & K. Ziebart, Inc.

PATRON MEMBERSAlice Joy and Thomas MachtemesMr. and Mrs. Richard G. MaguireMr. and Mrs. Richard MakowskiMaim Flower ShopMr. and Mrs. A Thomas MarasMarquette Federal SavingsMr. and Mrs. William C. MartschinkeMr. and Mrs. Edward F. MayMargaret G. MayMother McAuley High SchoolMrs. Robert E. MeanyMensing Piano ServiceMidland Savings and LoanGeorge and Mary Kay MorrisseyMount Greenwood Cemetery AssociationMount Greenwood HardwareMr. and Mrs. Lawrence NelsonNorthern Indiana Bank and TrustMr. and Mrs. James M. O'BrienMr. and Mrs. Paul A. OppenheimSenator Frank M. OZingaRonna PagePalos Heights Woman's ClubPalos Savings and Loan AssociationMr. and Mrs. Clarence PearsonMr. and Mrs. Richard E. PetersenPi Alpha Chapter of Phi BetaMrs. Arthur P.C. PiersonProspero Pilar, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Poe, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A PolekMary Jane and Bill PorcelliJohn M. Puskar, III

Bruno H. DuckwitzMrs. J. W. DurkinMr. and Mrs. Norman EricksonEsco General Insurance Agency, Inc.Evergreen Plaza BankMr. and Mrs. Lewis FieldingMr. and Mrs. A Charles FordFred James BuickMr. and Mrs. Edward A FruthDr. and Mrs. T. H. Gasteyer, IITheodore and Irene GawMr. and Mrs. Andrew GillisMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. GochJanet D. GormanMr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. GriffinMr. and Mrs. John GrzeczkaMary Lou GustafsonMary Ann HansenRobert P. HattanMr. and Mrs. John J. HoganThe House of MaryMrs. Mary E. HoweMr. and Mrs. Franklin G. HuddlestonKenneth O. HumpfInterstate Bank of Oak ForestMeralyn JohnsonJolly Joe EnsembleRobert E. Kenny, Jr., P.C.Kiljelea JewelersJulian and Lillian KrupaJames P. and Dorothy LeBlochJames A. Lemons, M.D.Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan

Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. AndersonAnonymousDr. and Mrs. John L. ArchibaldArgo State BankDonald Max AulwurmMrs. Roland J. BeckleyMr. and Mrs. Lawrence BennettBergman Paint and Wallpaper StoresBeverly BankBeverly Woods RestaurantBlake-Lamb Funeral HomesRealtor and Mrs. Frank J. BoblakDavid A and Ann BochnowskiDavid C. BornemanMr. and Mrs. Richard BrinnehlMr. and Mrs. Henry BuikemaBurbank State BankBusch Brothers, RealtorsGlenn H. BusheeCapitol Federal Savings and LoanMr. and Mrs. John A Carlson, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Michael CarrollMr. and Mrs. Deo F. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Donald E. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Robert M. ChasanovChemlek Laboratories, Inc.Clearing BankConcordia Federal Savings and LoanMrs. Ruth Ellen ConnerCrawford Savings and LoanPercy W. Cump and CompanyMr. and Mrs. L. M. G. DangremondDeniston Company

DONOR MEMBERS

Hedie AltBank of Hickory HillsCoghlan, Joyce and NellisRichard D. Corzatt, M.D.Durka's Liquors, SummitElliott Esses, D.D.S.

Ford City Bank and Trust CompanyKral - State Farm Insurance AgencyRose KrcLoomis Savings and LoanMal's Men's ShopFrank L. McGinnis

Overdale CorporationJerry PechMaureen ReillyW. C. Richards CompanyRupich's PharmacyMr. and Mrs. J. Savick

Frank Shirey Cadillac, Inc.South Shore Music ClubLydia Smutny Sterba, Concert PianistTrainor Glass CompanyRobert L. Turner & AssociatesVanderbilt Flour Company

Symphony No. 100 in G ("Military")

Vocalise

Duet from Pag/iacci

Program NotesSoloists for this evening's concert are winners of the Southwest

Symphony Young Artists Competition: Tenor Joseph Wolverton of StonePark, Soprano Mary Anne Barcellona of Wheeling and Baritone Tom Orf ofChicago.

Wolverton, a student at the American Conservatory, is a soloist atFirst United Church, Oak Park, and sings at Del Rio's restaurant inHighwood.

Miss Barcellona, also a student at the American Conservatory,studied last summer with Tito Gobbi in Florence, Italy. She has been asoloist with the William Ferris Chorale and with the Park Ridge Gilbert andSullivan Society.

Orf holds a music education degree from Drake University and isstudying with Hermanus Baer in Wilmette. A former cantor at St. ChrysostomChurch, he now sings at Church of the Ascension, Chicago.

Overture - "Poet and Peasant" Franz von SuppeOverture - "Light Cavalry" (1819-1895)

Although Franz von Suppe is known today chiefly because of thetwo overtures on tonight's program, his Viennese operattas ranked amongthe best of the many produced in the late nineteenth century by such menas Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) in Vienna, Jacques Offenbach (18191880) in Paris, Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) in England, and, a bit later,Victor Herbert (1859-1924) in America and Franz Lehar (1870-1948) inVienna. With Friml and Romberg in the early twentieth century, the romantic operetta's great popularity ebbed in this country, giving way to themusical comedies of Cohan, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, and many others.

Franz Joseph Haydn(1732-1809)

For twenty-five years Haydn served as Kapellmeister to PrinceEsterhazy at Eisenstadt, composing music and directing concerts for thePrince and his numerous guests. In 1790, after the Prince's death, theviolinist and impresario Johann Peter Salomon invited Haydn to London,where he composed the last twelve of his 104 symphonies for the concertsSalomon was managing.

These symphonies were strongly influenced by the works of Mozart,whose death in 1791 ended a warm friendship from which both men hadbenefited. Salomon had also invited Mozart to London, but Mozart, evidently with a premonition of his own death, had refused. The day beforeHaydn's departure they spent together, playing sonatas and talking intimately. As Haydn took his leave, Mozart burst into tears, saying "We aretaking our last farewell in this world."

The so-called "military" symphony derives its title from its use ofpercussion instruments at that time usually associated with military music.Otherwise the symphony has nothing particularly military about it.

"E lucevan Ie stelle" from Tosca Giacomo PuccinI("The stars are shining") (1858-1924)

In the final act of Tosca, Cavaradossi, in prison and condemned todie for aiding a political fugitive during the Napoleonic wars, is writing afarewell letter to Tasca. Laying down his pen, he sings of his formerhappiness with her, and is overcome with grief and despair.

"Che gelida manina" from La Boheme Puccini("Your hand is cold")

In the first act of La Boheme, Rodolpho, a poet and one of thepoverty-stricken "bohemians" living in an attic studio in Paris, is writing, histhree friends having gone out on an errand. Mimi, a little seamstress onanother floor, comes to the door seeking a light for her candle. A draft fromthe door blows out both candles as she starts back to her room, and shedrops her key. As they both search for it, Rodolpho touches her cold littlehand and asks permission to warm it, beginning the aria in which he singsto Mimi of his life as a poet and his love of beauty.

Ruggiero Leoncavallo(1858-1919)

Strolling mimes and comedians of sixteenth-century Italy were called"pagliacci." The plot of this short opera follows the play-within-a-playpattern, in which the actors' roles suddenly become real. In the composer'sboyhood, his father was judge at the trial of an actor who had killed his wifeafter a performance, and the event made such a deep impression onLeoncavallo that it became the basis of his opera many years later.

Nedda, the "Columbine" of the players, is the wife of the jealousCanio, leader of the troupe. Another of the players, Tonia, the hunchbackedclown, forces his attentions on her so insistently that she slashes him with awhip. He limps away, vowing revenge. Just after this episode, Silvio, avillager who loves Nedda, appears and implores her to run away with him.The two sing a moving duet, which ends with Nedda's promise to meetSilvio that night. As they sing, Tonia steals in for a moment.

"La donna e mobile" from Riga/etta Giuseppe Verdi("Woman is fickle") (1813-1901)

In Act Three of the opera, the dissolute Duke of Mantua has come toSparafucile's inn on the outskirts of the town for a rendezvous withMeddalena. As Gilda, whom he has betrayed, and her father, the 90urtjester Rigoletto, peer through a chink in the wall, the Duke sings of thefickleness of women which justifies his own philandering, unaware that hehas been enticed there to be slain by Sparafucile, in the pay of Rigoletto.

Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873-1943)

A vocalise is an exercise for the voice, a long melody· sung on avowel sound, without text. This particular wordless melody, however, safartranscends the concept of a "vocal exercise" that it has been widelytranscribed for solo instruments as well as for orchestra.

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Memorial Trust FundMemorial gifts to the orchestra are being deposited by the Board of Directors in aMusic Acquisition Trust Fund, the income from which will De used to add to theorchestra's music library, while the principal will remain intact. Checks may be madeout to Southwest Symphony Orchestra and mailed to 5836 Lynwood Drive, OakLawn, IL 60453.

Contributors NeededWOULD YOU like to become an active supporter of the Southwest SymphonyOrchestra?

The Orchestra provides an opportunity for adults with musical training to keep theirproficiency on their instruments, meets the needs of gifted young musicians whorequire a challenge beyond that offered by their school groups, and gives musiclovers a welcome chance to hear "live" music performed by members of their owncommunities.

The orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following gifts during the current year:

In memory of:

Raymond J. Ackermann


Given by:

Anonymous

Julia Lorenz

Orchestras cost money, however, and no orchestra in this country can meet itsexpenses from the sale of concert tickets alone. In order, therefore, for the orchestrato meet costs of rentals, professional services, music, postage, printing, advertising,and insurance, it must depend on the generosity of its contributors.

If you would like to be one of them, please complete the following form and send itwith your check to:

SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA5836 Lynwood Drive

Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453

Guild Welcomes New MembersAs an auxiliary of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, the Guild has supported

the orchestra by providing concert-night snacks for the musicians, selling tickets, andraising funds. Guild members also serve as ushers at concerts and arrange socialevents.

Those interested in joining the Guild are urged to contact President GracePieper, 349-7867.

If you want notices of future concerts mailed to you, please fill out this formand leave it with an usher or mail it to Mrs. George H. Winslow, 4124 West100th St., Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453.

I wish to become:

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Enclosed is a check for (The Internal Revenue Service hasruled (67-246) that the tax deductible portion of a contribution is that over andabove the value of tickets given in return for the contribution.)

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PROGRAM

CHORALE FUGUE BachDedicated to the memory of Edward Matecki, violinist with theSouthwest Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 1980. (No applause,please.)

CANZONA NO. 12 GabrielliDirected by G. Richard Deal, Jr., substitute for Mary Ann Krupa,assistant to the conductor

PRELUDE, CHORALE AND FUGUE Bach-Abert

MUSIC FROM THEODORA HandelMaestoso Allegro - Larghetto - Courante

BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO.4 J. S. BachAllegro - Andante - PrestoDaniel Seyman, Violinist; Janet Puskar, Flutist;Janice Alberts, Flutist, and G. Richard Deal, Jr., Cembalo

INTERMISSION

WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE Rossini

SELECTIONS FROM "THE MIKADO" Sullivan

PIZZICATO POLKA Strauss

OVERTURE - "ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD" Offenbach

SELECTIONS FROM "PORGY AND BESS" Gershwin(Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett)

Clara - A Woman Is a Sometime Thing - I Got Plenty of Nothin Bess, You Is My Woman - Oh, I Can't Sit Down - There's a BoatOat's Leavin' Soon for New York - It Ain't Necessarily So Oh Lord, I'm On My Way

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra will present its next concert at 8 p.m.Saturday, March 21, 1981. The program will feature the combinedchoruses of Moraine Valley Community College (Ralph Arnold, director)and St. Xavier College (Greg Schmit, director).




9627 Kedvale, Oak Lawn

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA


Mrs. George H. Winslow2nd Vice President; Publicity Chm.4124 W. 100th St., Oak Lawn

Mary Ann Hansen90th Avenue and 126th StreetPalos Park


Alfred Aulwurm, ConductorG. Richard Deal, Jr., substitute forMary Ann Krupa, Assistant to the Conductor




Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannCorresponding Secretary13253 Oak Ridge Tr., Palos Heights





G. Richard Deal, Jr.3751 W. 95th StreetEvergreen Park










Mary Ann Krupa Stickler1050 AltgeldChicago



(.) Past President

VIOLINSJulian Krupa, SummitHedie Alt, Calumet CityFrieda Durkin, Oak LawnFlorence Gindl, Munster, Ind.Rose Anne Godbold, ChicagoJim Griffioen, Oak LawnJosephine Hedges, ChicagoDolores Hogan, WorthPhyllis Karge, BurbankRudolph Kause, Palos HillsAnn Killelea, MidlothianLeo Klee, Park Forest SouthEdward Langer, CiceroRenette Makowski, Oak LawnStanley Moll, ChicagoMorris Morovilzky, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, RiverdaleWilliam Porcelli, Chicago

• Sera Samson, Oak LawnGeorge Sieffert, ChicagoHerbert Silberstein, ChicagoDanilo Soriano, Palos ParkSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights


Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRichard Fagin, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestNorman Schoer, Evergreen ParkRichard Sienko, ChicagoGeorge Swigert, Evanston

CELLOSVernon Ehlers, HomewoodDavid Bartus, Richton ParkAnn Buettner, CrestwoodRichard Gekler, ChicagoRuth Pieper, Orland ParkJohn Shaffer, ChicagoCindy Sulko, Worth





CLARINETSShirley Babb, Blue IslandTom Hallet, Alsip

BASSOONSJulie Szymczyk, Palos ParkKathy Caddigan, Chicago

FRENCH HORNSJohn Durachta, Palos HeightsCathy Gorman, ChicagoKim Patterson, ElmhurstJill Zaug, Oak Lawn

TRUMPETSDiane Winkless, BridgeViewNeil Venhuizen, South HollandJohn Wesley, Park ForestGreg Zaborniak, Willowbrook






The Southwest Symphony needs volunteers to conduct its publicity program.Those who want to promote interest in the orchestra are invited to call Mrs. GeorgeH. Winslow, GA 2-3822.


The Southwest Symphony Orchestra Contributors ListGUARANTOR MEMBERS


SUSTAINING MEMBERS


Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannAnonymous (2)Elsie AulwurmI.N.R. Beatty Lumber CompanyBell Federal Savings and LoanBevel Granite Company, Inc.David and Ann BochnowskiMr. and Mrs. David C. BornemanMrs. Robert B. BoyceBelva O. BrownChesterfield Federal Savings and Loan

Chicago Cemetery CorporationCoe Laboratories, Inc.First National Bank of Blue IslandFirst National Bank of Oak LawnWm. C. Groebe and Company, RealtorsMr. and Mrs. Charles HatstatDr. and Mrs. Robert S. HeckJosephine HedgesHeritage County Bank and Trust CompanyHeritage Standard Bank and Trust CompanyHighview Mobile Estates, Inc.

Interlake FoundationHerman KammererMr. and Mrs. Franklin W. KleinJulia LorenzMount Greenwood BankOak Lawn Trust and Savings BankMr. and Mrs. Theodore S. OppenheimOrland State BankOzinga Brothers, Inc.Palos Bank and Trust CompanyPalos Park Woman's Club

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. PieperRunnion Equipment CompanySage Investments, Inc.St. Paul Federal Savings and LoanSeyman and SeymanA.J. Smith Federal Savings and LoanDanilo B. Soriano, M.D., F.A.C.S.Summit First Federal Savings and LoanJack Thompson OldsmobileWiles Prescriptions, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. George H. Winslow

PATRON MEMBERS

Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. AndersonAnonymousDr. and Mrs. John L. ArchibaldArgo State BankDonald Max AulwurmWarren J. AxelsonMrs. Roland J. BeckleyMr. and Mrs. Lawrence BennettBergrnan Paint and Wallpaper StoresBeverly BankBeverly Woods RestaurantBlake-Lamb Funeral HomesRealtor and Mrs. Frank J. BoblakMr. and Mrs. Richard BrinnehlMr. and Mrs. Henry BuikemaBurbank State BankBusch Brothers, RealtorsCapitol Federal Savings and LoanMr. and Mrs. John A. Carlson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. C. CarstensMr. and Mrs. Deo F. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Donald E. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Robert M. ChasanovChemlek Laboratories, Inc.Clearing BankConcordia Federal SaVings and LoanMrs. Ruth Ellen Conner

Percy W. Cump and CompanyMr. and Mrs. L. M. G. DangremondBruno H. DuckwitzMrs. J. W. DurkinMr. and Mrs. Norman EricksonEsco General Insurance Agency, Inc.Evergreen Plaza BankMr. and Mrs. Lewis FieldingMr. and Mrs. A. Charles FordFred James BuickMr. and Mrs. Edward A. FruthDr. and Mrs. T. H. Gasteyer, IITheodore and Irene GawMr. and Mrs. Andrew GillisMr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. GriffinRobert P. HattanMr. and Mrs. John J. HoganThe House of MaryMr. and Mrs. Franklin G. HuddlestonInterstate Bank of Oak ForestMeralyn JohnsonKillelea JewelersJulian and Lillian KrupaJames P. and Dorothy LeBlochJames A. Lemons, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. John LoweryAlice Joy and Thomas Machtemes

Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. MaguireMr. and Mrs. Richard MakowskiMr. and Mrs. A. Thomas MarasMr. and Mrs. William C. MartschinkeMr. and Mrs. Edward F. MayMargaret G. MayMother McAuley High SchoolMrs. Robert E. MeanyMensing Piano ServiceMr. and Mrs. Holger F. MorchCarl F. MorrisGeorge and Mary Kay MorrisseyMount Greenwood Cemetery AssociationMount Greenwood HardwareMr. and Mrs. Lawrence NelsonMr. and Mrs. Paul R. OppenheimSenator Frank M. OzingaRonna PagePalos Savings and Loan AssociationMr. and Mrs. Richard E. PetersenMrs. Arthur P.C. PiersonProspero Pilar, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A. PolekMary Jane and Bill PorcelliMr. and Mrs. Dan J. Reilly IIIRossi MusicRutledge Printing Company

St. Xavier College Humanities Dept.St. Xavier College Music DepartmentMr. and Mrs. John W. SeymanMr. and Mrs. James W. SimonMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsMr. and Mrs. Les SkubalSouthwest Federal SavingsMr. and Mrs. Henry E. StantonMr. and Mrs. James H. SticklerMr. and Mrs. Roy StuartMr. and Mrs. E. Gordon StubbeMrs. W. G. SuthersMr. and Mrs. John TeuneTrainor Glass CompanyMr. and Mrs. Norman L. TroemelDr. Thomas A. TufoJoanne and Cornelius J. VenhuizenJames and Marilyn J. VirtueMr. and Mrs. Raymond A. VogelMr. and Mrs. Nellis J. WagnerMr. and Mrs. Walter M. WalesGeorge Washington Savings and LoanWolf's BakeryWilliam H. Wood Overhead Door Service Co.Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. YoungJ. & K. Ziebart, Inc.

DONOR MEMBERS

Mrs. H. E. AllisonHedie AltArquilla, DeHaan & Triezenberg RealtorsBank of Hickory HillsCoghlan, Joyce and NellisRichard D. Corzatt, M.D.

Durka's Liquors, SummitElliott Esses, D.D.S.Hall, Hodgson & Co.Rose KrcLoomis Savings and LoanGeorge McKeown, State Farm Insurance

Northern Indiana Bank and TrustOverdale CorporationJerry PechMaureen ReillyW. C. Richards CompanyRupich's Pharmacy

South Shore Music ClubLydia Smutny Sterba, Concert PianistMrs. R. A. StuckerRobert L. Turner & AssociatesVanderbilt Flour CompanyMr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Yukich

Prog ram Notes

Soloists for this evening's concert are members of the South- .west Symphony Orchestra: Daniel J. Seyman.. violinist; JanetPuskar and Janice Alberts, flutists, and G. Richard Deal, Jr.,cembalo.

Seyman, a founder of the orchestra, has been .its .concertmasterand served on its board of directors from the beginning. He has anaccounting business in Oak Lawn.

Mrs. Puskar, a charter member of the orchestra, has taught inelementary school and has given private flute lessons in her ho~eand at Oak Lawn High School. She is a graduate of Oak Lawn HighSchool and DePaul University. She and her husband and threechildren live in Hickory Hills.

Mrs. Alberts has been a member of the orchestra since 1974. Shestudied music at Roosevelt University and formerly directed the pitorchestra for shows at the Beverly Art Center. She sings in achurch choir and plays flute and cello. She and her husband live inAlsip. They have a year-old son.

Deal a student at the American Conservatory of Music, lives inEvergreen Park. He has studied with Sr. Venardine at St. XavierCollege and with William Browning at the Conservatory.

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From Bach to Offenbach - or, What Is "PopUlar" Music?

The average American, if asked to classify music, wou~d pr?bably respond with "popular," meaning "what teenagers are hstenl.ngto now" and "classical," meaning "long-hair stuff" (a term whichpersists, despite the hair-styles of today's "popular" musicians). InRing Lardner's story, "The Golden Honeymoon," the nar~,ator t~lIs

of the wonderful St. Petersburg band, which could play anythingfrom 'Dixie' up to classical pieces like 'Hearts and Flowers.''' And ahigh-school girl, after devoting nine-tenths of an essay to popularmusic, vaguely described classical music as "sort of soft and slow- the kind of music older people enjoy."

Tonight's program may look "classical," but I co~si~er it"popular" in a vertical as well as a horizontal sense - that IS, It haslasted through mom than one generation, in some cases more thanone century. Even the person who claims total ignorance of "classical" music knows more than he thinks he does. Thanks to therecording industry, our lives are more filled with music than perhaps

we want them to be, and the tune you listened to while the dentistfilled your molars may be played this evening.

Just as a man who has never read Shakespeare will remarksagely about "something rotten in the state of Denmark" in connection with the latest political scandal, or comment "sweets to thesweet" when someone gives him a box of nuts, so thousands humthe "can-can" or "I-wonder-what-will-William-tell" without ever having heard' of Offenbach or Rossini. These musical cliches havebecome as much a part of our cultural milieu as have.Shakespeare's phrases and are truly "popular."

Even such giants of serious music as Bach and Handel seemundiminished by time. Bach, born almost three centuries ago, in1685, grows in popularity each year - even to the extent of beingparodied by "p.D.a. Bach" and others. Many of his organ workshave been transcribed for orchestra, and arrangements and adaptations by a host of composers fill the pages of music catalogs.Bach's exact contemporary, Handel, is also one of music's immortals, as attested by hundreds of Messiah performances all over thecountry during the holiday season just past. Is there anyone whodoesn't know the Hallelujah Chorus? A friend recently asked mewhether in Handel's day there were "popular" musical groupscomparable to the Beatles. I couldn't tell him; but if there were, theyare long forgotten, while the Messiah becomes more durable everyyear.

Strauss, Offenbach, and Sullivan were all enormously successful during the nineteenth century, rewarded with wealth, fame, and,in Sullivan's case, a knighthood. Although we don't often havechances to hear performances of Strauss's and Offenbach'soperettas, we all know the "Blue Danube" and the aforementioned "can-can," if nothing else. It is almost a century sinceGilbert and Sullivan first delighted audiences on both sides ofthe Atlantic, yet it seems "The Mikado" or "Pinafore" is alwaysbeing produced by some high school, college, or community grouprediscovering Sullivan's lilting tunes. Gershwin wrote in the"popular" jazz idiom, but since his works often appear on programswith Beethoven or Mozart, some people today might call him"classical" - and here again are those two words! Everyoneknows "Summertime" and dozens of other Gershwin tunes, eventhough their composer died more than forty years ago.

So enjoy the familiar "popular" music on tonight's program.Maybe you'll discover the source of that tune you heard in thegrocery store today!

HAO.

Memorial Trust FundContributors Needed

Memorial gifts to the orchestra are being deposited by the Board of Directors in aMusic Acquisition Trust Fund, the income from which will be used to add to theorchestra's music library, while the principal will remain intact. Checks may be madeout to Southwest Symphony Orchestra and mailed to 5836 Lynwood Drive, Oak

Lawn, IL 60453.

WOULD YOU like to become an active supporter cf the Southwest SymphonyOrchestra?

The Orchestra provides an opportunity for adults with musical training to keep theirproficiency on their instruments, meets the needs of gifted young musicians whorequire a challenge beyond that offered by their school groups, and gives musiclovers a welcome chance to hear "live" music performed by members of their owncommunities.


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If you would like to be one of them, please complete the following form and send itwith your check to:



Guild Welcomes New Members I wish to become:

As an auxiliary of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, the Guild has supportedthe orchestra by providing concert-night snacks for the musicians, selling tickets, a~draising funds. Guild members also serve as ushers at concerts and arrange social

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Those interested in joining the Guild are urged to contact President Grace

Pieper, 349-7867.

If you want notices of future concerts mailed to you, plea~e fill out this formand leave it with an usher or mail it to Mrs. George H. Winslow, 4124 West100th St., Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453.


Enclosed is a check for (The Internal Revenue Service hasruled (67-246) that the tax deductible portion of a contribution is that over andabove the value of tickets given in return for the contribution.)


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The Training Orchestra will begin its second term onJanuary 26, 1981 as a branch of the SouthwestSymphony Orchestra. Rehearsals are held on Monday from 6 to 7 or 7:15 at Richards High School, EastBuilding, 4625 W. 107th S1. Tuition is $15 per term.

Those Interested in joining the Training Orchestrashould complete this form and give it to Mrs. Karge.

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3 P.M. Sunday, January 25, 1981

Oak Lawn Library9427 Raymond

Oak Lawn, Illinois

Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra

PROGRAM·

Personnel ofSOUTHWEST SYMPHONY TRAINING ORCHESTRA

Phyllis Karge, Conductor

Diane Winkless, Assistant Conductor and Brass Coach

Ruth Rhodes, Woodwind Coach

I. The OrchestraTeleman Overture in A Minor from first suite

scored by C. Barnes

Emperor Waltz Johann Strauss

II. Suzuki ViolinsTheme from Witches Dance Paganini

The Two Grenadiers R. Schumann

Chorus from "Judas Maccabaeus Handel

Perpetual Motion Suzuki

Allegro Suzuki

Long, Long Ago T. Bayly

Lightly Row

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

See Saw

III. The OrchestraThe Wedding of Lt. Kije S. Prokofieff

William Tell Overture Rossini

Guest Artist

Hungarian Rhapsody #2 in C Sharp Minor

Dr. Robert Heck

IV. The OrchestraFifth Symphony - First and Third Movements

Beethoven

VIOLINSBeatrice ComparettoJulie HeckMichele KairiesKathy LachKyra MartinAiko Westley

VIOLAMarianne Bembenek

CELLOBeverly Shultz

FLUTESFrances BembenekTracy Kelly

OBOEGail Saxton

SUZUKI PLAYERSChung SungPerry SorianoVishal GoyalPeter Stephan

Yung ChungLee CuasayGigi CuasayJennifer SorianoJoshua Stachura

CLARINETSDaryl KimFemando GarciaKurt Wilde

TRUMPETSJohn WestleyGregory Zaborniak

CORNETMichael Kim

PERCUSSIONDon CaddiganRick JanickiTheresa Lenz

PIANOLinda Kim

Denise SaundersGail AhernTommy HallDeitrich Haas

Accompanist - Lydia Soriano

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8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 1981Mother McAuley High School Auditorium

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor NicolaiSymphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter" Mozart

Allegro Vivace - Andante Minuetto - Finale

INTERMISSION

Incidental Music to A Midsummer Nights' Dream MendelssohnOverture Wedding March

Excerpts from Gloria in D major Vivaldi

"Pilgrims' Chorus" from Tannhauser Wagner

Choral Fantasy in C major Beethoven

The combined choruses ofSt. Xavier College

Greg Schmit, Directorand

Moraine Valley Community CollegeRalph Arnold, Director

Mary Ann Krupa, Piano Soloist

A free concert will be presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra at7:30 P.M. Sunday, April 26, 1981 at Trinity Lutheran Church Hall, 97thStreet and Brandt Avenue, Oak Lawn. The Southwest Symphony TrainingOrchestra also will perform in the program. You and your friends arecordially invited.



The Spring Recital of the Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra will beMay 10th, at 3 o'clock at the Oak Lawn Library Community Room.


9627 Kedvale, Oak Lawn


Mary Ann Hansen90th Avenue and 126th StreetPalos Park

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAAlfred Aulwurm, Conductor

G. Richard Deal, Jr., Acting Assistant to the Conductor

(for Mary Ann Krupa)

Mrs. George H. Winslow2nd Vice President; Publicity Chm.4124 W. 100th St., Oak Lawn



Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannCorresponding Secretary13253 Oak Ridge Tr., Palos Heights





G. Richard Deal, Jr.3751 W. 95th StreetEvergreen Park











Mary Ann Krupa Stickler1050 AltgeldChicago



(*) Past President


VlOUNSJulian Krupa, SummitHedie Alt, Calumet CityGlenn Bushee, Calumet CityThomas Daniels, GlenviewFrieda Durkin, Oak LawnFlorence Gindl, Munster, Ind.Rose Anne Godbold, ChicagoJim Griffioen, Oak LawnJosephine Hedges, ChicagoDolores Hogan, WorthPhyllis Karge, BurbankRudolph Kause, Palos HillsAnn Killelea, MidlothianLeo Klee, Park Forest SouthEdward Langer, CiceroRenette Makowski, Oak LawnStanley Moll, ChicagoMorris Morovitzky, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, RiverdaleWilliam Porcelli, Chicago

• Sera Samson, Oak LawnGeorge Sieffert, ChicagoDanilo Soriano, Palos ParkHoward Swanson, ChicagoMark Talent, ChicagoSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights


Philip L Coon, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestHarry Myers, ChicagoNorman Schoer, Eve'rgreen ParkRichard Sienko, ChicagoGeorge Swigert, Evanston

CELLOSCindy Sulko, WorthVernon Ehlers, HomewoodDavid Bartus, Richton ParkAnn Buettner, CrestwoodRichard Gekler, ChicagoMargaret McLeod, Downers GroveRuth Pieper, Orland ParkJohn Shaffer, ChicagoRoger Sutton, Downers Grove





CLARINETSShirley Babb, Blue IslandTom Hallett, AlsipRuth Rhodes, Chicago


FRENCH HORNSCathy Gorman, ChicagoKim Patterson, ElmhurstJill zaug, Oak Lawn

TRUMPETSDiane Winkless, BridgeviewNeil Venhuizen, South HollandJohn Wesley, Park Forest






The Southwest Symphony needs volunteers to conduct its publicity program.Those who want to promote interest in the orchestra are invited to call Mrs. GeorgeH. Winslow, GA 2-3822.


The SouthwestSymphony~iOrchestra Contributors ListGUARANTOR MEMBERS


SUSTAINING MEMBERS


Mrs. Raymond J. AckermannAnonymous (2)Elsie AulwurmI.N.R. Beatty Lumber CompanyBell Federal Savings and LoanBevel Granite Company, Inc.David and Ann BochnowskiMr. and Mrs. David C. BornemanMrs. Robert B. BoyceBelva O. BrownChesterfield Federal Savings and Loan

Chicago Cemetery CorporationCoe Laboratories, Inc.First National Bank of Blue IslandFirst National Bank of Oak LawnWm. C. Groebe and Company, RealtorsMr. and Mrs. Charles HatstatDr. and Mrs. Robert S. HeckJosephine HedgesHeritage County Bank and Trust CompanyHeritage Standard Bank and Trust CompanyHighview Mobile Estates, Inc.

Interlake FoundationHerman KammererMr. and Mrs. Franklin W. KleinJulia LorenzMount Greenwood BankOak Lawn Trust and Savings BankMr. and Mrs. Theodore S. OppenheimOrland State BankOzinga Brothers, Inc.Palos Bank and Trust CompanyPalos Park Woman's Club

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. PieperRunnion Equipment CompanySage Investments, Inc.St. Paul Federal Savings and LoanSeyman and SeymanAJ. Smith Federal Savings and LoanDanilo B. Soriano, M.D., FAC.S.Summit First Federal Savings and LoanJack Thompson OldsmobileWiles Prescriptions, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. George H. Winslow

PATRON MEMBERS

Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. AndersonAnonymousDr. and Mrs. John L. ArchibaldArgo State BankDonald Max AulwurrnWarren J. AxelsonMrs. Roland J. BeckleyMr. and Mrs. Lawrence BennettBergman Paint and Wallpaper StoresBeverly BankBeverly Woods RestaurantBlake-Lamb Funeral HomesRealtor and Mrs. Frank J. BoblakMr. and Mrs. Richard BrinnehlMr. and Mrs. Henry BuikemaBurbank State BankBusch Brothers, RealtorsCapitol Federal Savings and LoanMr. and Mrs. John A Carlson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. C. CarstensMr. and Mrs. Deo F. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Donald E. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Robert M. ChasanovChernlek Laboratories, Inc.Clearing BankConcordia Federal Savings and LoanMrs. Ruth Ellen Conner

Percy W. Cump and CompanyMr. and Mrs. L. M. G. DangremondDeniston CompanyBruno H. DuckwitzMrs. J. W. DurkinMr. and Mrs. Norman EricksonDonald L ErmlerEsco General Insurance Agency, Inc.Evergreen Plaza BankMr. and Mrs. A Charles FordFred James BuickMr. and Mrs. Edward A FruthDr. and Mrs. T. H. Gasteyer, IITheodore and Irene GawMr. and Mrs. Andrew GillisMr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. GriffinRobert P. HattanMr. and Mrs. John J. HoganThe House of MaryMr. and Mrs. Franklin G. HuddlestonInterstate Bank of Oak ForestMeralyn JohnsonKillelea JewelersJulian and Lillian KrupaJames P. and Dorothy LeBlochJames A. Lemons, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. John Lowery

Alice Joy and Thomas MachtemesMr. and Mrs. Richard G. MaguireMr. and Mrs. Richard MakowskiMr. and Mrs. A Thomas MarasMr. and Mrs. William C. MartschinkeMr. and Mrs. Edward F. MayMargaret G. MayMother McAuley High SchoolMrs. Robert E. MeanyMensing Piano ServiceMr. and Mrs. Holger F. MorchCarl F. MorrisGeorge and Mary Kay MorrisseyMount Greenwood Cemetery AssociationMount Greenwood HardwareMr. and Mrs. Lawrence NelsonMr. and Mrs. Paul R. OppenheimSenator Frank M. OzingaRonna PagePalos Savings and Loan AssociationMr. and Mrs. Richard E. PetersenMrs. Arthur P.C. PiersonProspero Pilar, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A PolekMary Jane and Bill PorcelliMr. and Mrs. Dan J. Reilly IIIRossi Music

Rutledge Printing CompanySt. Xavier College Humanities Dept.St. Xavier College Music DepartmentMr. and Mrs. John W. SeymanMr. and Mrs. James W. SimonMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsMr. and Mrs. Les SkubalSouthwest Federal SaVingsMr. and Mrs. Henry E. StantonMr. and Mrs. James H. SticklerMr. and Mrs. Roy StuartMr. and Mrs. E. Gordon StubbeMrs. W. G. SuthersMr. and Mrs. John TeuneTrainor Glass CompanyMr. and Mrs. Norman L. TroemelDr. Thomas A TufoJoanne and Cornelius J. VenhuizenJames and Marilyn J. VirtueMr. and Mrs. Raymond A VogelMr. and Mrs. Nellis J. WagnerMr. and Mrs. Walter M. WalesGeorge Washington Savings and LoanWolfs BakeryWilliam H. Wood Overhead Door Service Co.Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. YoungJ. & K. Ziebart, Inc.

DONOR MEMBERS

Mrs. H. E. AllisonHedie AltArquilla, DeHaan & Triezenberg RealtorsBank of Hickory HillsCoghlan, Joyce and NellisRichard D. Corzatt, M.D.Durka's Liquors, Summit

Elliott Esses, D.D.S.Mr. and Mrs. Lewis FieldingHall, Hodgson & Co.Rose KrcLoomis Savings and LoanGeorge McKeown, State Farm Insurance

Northern Indiana Bank and TrustOverdale CorporationJerry PechMaureen ReillyW. C. Richards CompanyRupich's Pharmacy

Frank Shirey CadillacLydia Smutny Sterba, Concert PianistMrs. R. A. StuckerRobert L. Turner & AssociatesVanderbilt Flour CompanyMr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Yukich

Program Notes

Overture to The Merry Wives of WindsorOtto Nicolai (1810-1849)

Like Mendelssohn, Nicolai was a pupil of Carl Zeiter (17581832), who was an associate of Goethe, a composer, and ateacher at Berlin's Academy of Fine Arts. As organist and conductor, Nicolai held several responsible positions in Rome, Vienna,and Berlin, where he was director of the royal opera at the time ofhis death. He composed orchestra, chamber, piano, and vocalmusic as well as operas, but is remembered chiefly today for histuneful setting of Shakespeare's comedy about the practical jokesplayed by Mistress Page and Mistress Ford upon the amorousFalstaff.

Symphony No. 41 in C major ("Jupiter")Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Mozart's three last and greatest symphonies were all composed in less than seven weeks in the summer of 1788. Of themGrieg wrote, "They show the master at the height of his power ...In the Jupiter Symphony we are astounded, above all, by theplayful ease with which the greatest problems of art are treated. Noone who is not initiated suspects in the finale, amid the humoroustome gambols, what an amazing contrapuntal knowledge andsuperiority Mozart manifests. And then this ocean of euphony!Mozart's sense of euphony was, indeed, so absolute that it isimpossible, in all his works, to find a single bar wherein it issacrificed to other considerations." And in the words of DonaldTovey "the C major ends his symphonic career with the youthfulmajesty of a Greek god."

The name "Jupiter" has designated the symphony since1821, when the critic J.B. Cramer used it in the program of a RoyalPhilharmonic concert in London to suggest its "godlike perfection."Mozart himself gave the work no such name. Like everything elsethat he wrote, the act of composition consisted merely of puttingonto paper an idea that came to him fully formed, needing noediting nor revision. As Marcia Davenport has said, "He wrote ... inpure creative power and mental delight."

Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's DreamOverture Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)Wedding March

One of the most remarkable of musical child prodigies,Mendelssohn had composed several symphonies and concertos bythe time he was fourteen. In 1826, when he was seventeen, hewrote the overture to Shakespeare's play, which he loved, and it

soon became a concert favorite. The additional .twelve numbers,however, were not completed until 1843. Of these the most familiarare the Nocturne, the Scherzo, and the Wedding March.

In George Marek's words, the music is "as refreshing as thesmile of a child. Mendelssohn succeeded in expressing both worldsof the play, the elfin world and the world of the hempen homespun."And of course the third world of the play, that of Theseus, D.uke ofAth~ns, and h'is Amazonian bride Hippolyta, is celebrated in thefamiliar Wedding March, described by Tovey as "festive and regal";he also remarks "Neither the greatest music nor the greatest poetryin the world was ever meant to stand the strain that custom has puton The Wedding March. It has stood the strain remarkably well ...It precisely suits Duke Theseus and his Hippolyta."

Selections from Gloria in D majorAntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

An incredibly prolific composer, Vivaldi - known as the "RedPriest" (because of his hair, not his politics!) - for more th~n ~5

years was musical director at a famous school for orphan girls InVenice. For his talented pupils he wrote 447 concertos, the mostcelebrated of which is The Seasons. He also wrote 40 operas,forgotten today, and much church music, of which the Gloria is anoften-performed example.

"Pilgrims' Chorus" from TannhauserRichard Wagner (1813-1883)

This familiar chorus is heard in Act I, Scene 2, of the opera.Tannhauser, having at last torn himself away from the seductivespell of Venus, stands in a peaceful valley, near a shrine to theVirgin. In the distance he hears a company of pilgrims singing. Theydraw nearer, and as they pass him on their journey to Rome, hefalls to his knees in prayer.

Choral Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestraLudwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)

Finale

The term "fantasia" designates a work in which the composer gives his imagination free play, unrestricted by any rules ofstructure or form. Often it seems almost improvisatory. The ChoralFantasia might almost be described as a concerto for piano, whichchorus added; but here Beethoven's use of his material does notadhere strictly to the sonata form of classical concertos. Themelody of the Finale sounds like a foreshadowing of the "Ode toJoy" which ends the Ninth Symphony, written some years later.

HAO.

Memorial Trust FundMemorial gifts to the orchestra are being deposited by the Board of Directors in aMusic Acquisition Trust Fund, the income from which will be used to add to theorchestra's music library, while the principal will remain intact. Checks may be madeout to Southwest Symphony Orchestra and mailed to 5836 Lynwood Drive, OakLawn, IL 60453.


In memory of: Given by:

Raymond Ackerman Anonymous

Raymond Ackerman Julia Lorenz

Edward Matecki Lorraine Larson andAnna Matecki

Guild Welcomes New MembersAs an auxiliary of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, the Guild has supported

the orchestra by providing concert-night snacks for the musicians, selling tickets, andraising funds. Guild members also serve as ushers at concerts and arrange socialevents.

Those interested in joining the Guild are urged to contact President GracePieper, 349-7867.

If you want notices of future concerts mailed to you, please fill out this formand leave it with an usher or mail it to Mrs. George H. Winslow, 4124 West100th St., Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453.

Contributors NeededWOULD YOU like to become an active supporter of the Southwest Symphony

Orchestra?

The Orchestra provides an opportunity for adults with musical training to keep theirproficiency on their instruments, meets the needs of gifted young musicians whorequire a challenge beyond that offered by their school groups, and gives musiclovers a welcome chance to hear "live" music performed by members of their own

communities.


If you would like to be one of them, please complete the following form and send it

with your check to:



I wish to become:

a GUARANTOR, giving $250 or more, receiving six season tickets.

__ a SUSTAINING MEMBER, giving $100 or more, receiving four seasontickets.

__ a PATRON MEMBER, giving $35 or more, receiving two season tickets.


Enclosed is a check for (The Internal Revenue Service hasruled (67-246) that the tax deductible portion of a contribution is that over andabove the value of tickets given in retum for the contribution.)


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ALFRED AULWURM Conductor

April 26, 1981

The Training Orchestra of the Southwest Symphony will present afree concert at 3 P.M. Sunday, May 10th, 1981, in the CommunityRoom of the Oak Lawn Library, 9440 Cook Avenue at 95th Street.

OVERTURE TO "EGMONT" ;..... . BEETHOVEN

SYMPHONY NO.8 in B MINOR (UNFINISHED) .. SCHUBERTAllegro Moderato -- (Andante con Moto)


PROGRAM


SAXOPHONEWm. Lee, Chicago


FRENCH HORNSCathy Gorman, ChicagoKim Patterson, ElmhurstRon Sauter, Oak LawnJill Zaug, Oak Lawn


TRUMPETSTim Siayrnan, Blue IslandNeil Venhuizen, South HollandJohn Wesley, Park Forest



CLARINETSShirley Babb, Blue IslandTom Hallett, AlsipRuth Rhodes, Chicago






Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestHarry Myers, ChicagoNorman Schoer, Evergreen ParkRichard Sienko, Chicago

CELLOSCindy Sulko, WorthVernon Ehlers, HomewoodDavid Bartus, Richton ParkAnn Buettner, CrestwoodRichard Gekler, ChicagoMargaret McLeod, Downers GroveRuth Pieper, Orland ParkJohn Shaffer, ChicagoRoger Sutton, Downers Grove

VIOUNSJulian Krupa, SummitHedie Alt, Calumet CityGlenn Bushee, Calumet CityFaye Christiansen, ItascaThomas Daniels, GlenviewFrieda Durkin, Oak LawnRose Anne Godbold, ChicagoJim Griffioen, Oak LawnBarbara Hauser, ChicagoJosephine Hedges, ChicagoDolores Hogan, WorthPhyllis Karge, BurbankRudolph Kause, Palos HillsAnn Killelea, MidlothianLeo Klee, Park Forest SouthEdward Langer, CiceroRenette Makowski, Oak LawnStanley Moll, ChicagoMorris Morovitzky, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, RiverdaleWilliam Porcelli, Chicago

• Sera Samson, Oak LawnGeorge Sieffert, ChicagoDanilo Soriano, Palos ParkHoward Swanson, ChicagoMark Talent, ChicagoJudith Vessely, BerwynSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights


Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAAlfred Aulwurm, ConductorG. Richard Deal, Jr., Acting Assistant to the Conductor

(for Mary Ann Krupa)

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INTERMISSION

Themes from ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

GYPSY LIFE . .•.•.•.•. HERBERTThe Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra

Phyllis Karge, Director

VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY PAGANINI MATESKY

NATCHEZ ON THE HILL. .. POWELL

DANCE OF THE HOURS from GIOCONDA PONCHIELLI

THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER> ; /.. SOUSA

U. S. Recording Companies fund in whole or in part theinstrumental music for -this performance, as arranged byLocal 10-208 American Federation of Musicians.


Personnel ofSOUTHWEST SYMPHONY TRAINING ORCHESTRA

Phyllis Karge, Conductor

Diane Winkless, Assistant Conductor and Brass Coach

Ruth Rhodes, Woodwind Coach

VIOLINSBeatrice ComparettoJulie HeckMichele KairiesKathy LachKyra MartynPeggy MooneyIra SilvermanAiko Westley

VIOLACraig Dzik

CELLOTom Krajewski

FLUTESTracy KellyLaura Kus

OBOEJane Gabka

CLARINETSBarbara FechnerFernando GarciaKurt Wilde

BASSOONMike Hughes

CORNETMichael Kim

TRUMPETSJohn WestleyGregory Zaborniak

TROMBONECharles Berg

PERCUSSIONDon CaddiganRick Janicki

PIANOLinda Kim

STRING BASSEddie Felton

Information on tickets for the 1981-82 season of the Southwest Symphony Orchestramay obtained by calling 422-2949.

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