FACULTY OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

(Concert Band

WAYNE JEFFREY & STEPHEN CHENETTE

conductors

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MacMILLAN THEATRE

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PROGRAM

Wayne Jeffrey, conductor

Overture to Candide LEONARD BERNSTEIN arr. W. Beeler Ballo del Granduca, K. 65 JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK trans. M. Walters Second Suite in F Major for Military Band GUSTAV HOLST Op. 28, No. 2 1. March 2. Song Without Words "I'll Love My Love" 3. Song of the Blacksmith 4. Fantasia on the "“Dargason" _ Metamorphoses EDWARD GREGSON Little English Girl D. DELLE CESE

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Stephen Chenette, conductor Music with a Latin Flavour

Fiesta del Pacifico ROGER NIXON Two Symphonic Dances in Latin Rhythm for TIBOR POLGAR Trumpet Solo and Concert Band 1. Habanera 2. Fandango Norman Engel, trumpet Guaracha MORTON GOULD Third Movement from Latin- arr. David Bennett

American Symphonette

Canto Yoruba’ PEDRO SANJUAN Dance (Mindinho) HEITOR VILLA LOBOS Fourth Movement from Bachianas arr. Alfred Reed

Brasileras No. 4

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NOTES

Overture to Candide (1956) LEONARD BERNSTEIN (pb. 1918)

Markedly eclectic, Leonard Bernstein's well-publicized career as composer/conductor documents his brilliant assimilation of jazz, 'classic', and popular idioms into both concert hall and Broadway theatre. His religious works display a humanism rare in modern composition, while he brings to the popular stage an unprecedented rhythmic and melodic sophistication.

The musical comedy Candide, based on its literary namesake, contains those elements of discontinuity that reflect Bernstein's ‘catholic taste' (noted in the Oxford music.dictionary) -- a Singular style that blends other styles. Here, Bernstein's musical playfulness approaches near-parody. Combined elements of polymeter, neo-classicism, and 'swing' result in an imaginative and often giddying display of orchestral virtuosity. The Overture recapitulation is of particular interest, as melodic and accompanying figures are metrically disjointed.

Ballo del Granduca, K. 65 JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562-1621)

Jan Sweelinck had a dual career as church (Oude Kerk) instrumentalist and pedagogue. His compositional importance is undisputed. for although not especially innovative, he refined early Baroque keyboard technique and advanced fugue, toccata, and chorale prelude forms. His independent pedal scoring and mathematically precise counterpoint similarly led the way for J.S. Bach's innovations.

Sweelinck's five variations on Emilio Cavalieri's ‘Grand Duke's Ballet' (from La Pellegrina) may have been written for solely educational purposes. Walter's adaptation of the cycle ascribes to Sweelinck's own interest in free musical transcription. Each of the variations forms an ordered unit where ae particular musical principle and multiplicity of voicings are _ explored, readily demonstrating both timbral variety and thematic continuity.

Second Suite in F Major for Military Band, GUSTAV HOLST Op. 28, No. 2 (1874-1934)

‘Like Bernstein, Holst's specifically 'English' musical style is an amalgamation of the lyric and prosaic features of earlier composers. His vision, however, has deep attachments to England's early madrigalian (Weelkes, Byrd) and folk traditions, and differs from his counterpart Vaughan Williams in terms of sonic austerity and technical precision. The two suites for band are studied displays of metric clarity and thematic richness. The Second Suite, a varied panorama of folk lifestyle, appears dedicated to the spirit of community music-making. While all four movements are constructed from folk musics, the second and third movements are particularly notable for their respective poignancy and joviality. ‘I'll Love my Love' is coloured by a warm oboe solo, while ‘Song of the Blacksmith' pays homage to English tradesmanship with a variety of percussive effects.

Metamorphoses (1979) EDWARD GREGSON | (b. 1945)

Metamorphoses, commissioned by the University of London Goldsmith's College, combines Gregson's penchant for. brass composition with spacial electronic effects. The work emerges as a study of both time and the volatility of change, and the timbral possibilities of electronic and instrumental combinations. Gregson notes that the most important feature of the work is the contrast between pulsed and non-pulsed sound. The opening dissonances, ad lib and senza tempo sections illustrate both the inconstancy of change and the necessity of control to avoid confusion. Thus, the composer appears to examine modern compositional process anda larger social theme: the problems inherent in the glut of 20th century communication and _ the adaptability of a given set of artistic and social elements to change.

Little English Girl D. DELLE CESE

The final piece in this half of the program is a witty and colourful symphonic march by the relatively unknown Italian composer Delle Cese. As the other works each embody a foreign idiom (whether folk, popular, or electronic) within a symphonic context, L'Inglesina assimilates both character and folksong into the march medium. The sprite theme is buoyed by a rhythmically concise and propulsive accompaniment, depicting both human spirit and individual character.

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Fiesta del Pacifico ROGER NIXON

Roger Nixon was born in Tulare, California, in 1921, and studied composition with Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Sir Arthur Bliss and Ernest Bloch. At present, Nixon is a Professor of Music at San Francisco State University. Fiesta del Pacifico was composed in 1960.

The title, according to the composer, refers to "one of several festivals held annually in various communities in California which celebrate the Old Spanish Days of the State. The particular festival is held in San Diego for twelve days in the summer and features a play on the history of the area with a cast of over a thousand, a parade, a rodeo, and street dances."

Nixon has suggested "tonal fresco" as a description for this evocative music, describing the concept as “similar to that of a tone poem, or that of the music drama, in that some of the musical ideas have extra-musical connotations. It is impressionistic in that the aim is to create descriptive impressions rather than to tell a_ story. The work is a large dance movement which makes frequent use of Spanish-—Mexican idioms, and a detailed knowledge of the musical imagery is not requisite to its enjoyment."

Two Symphonic Dances in Latin Rhythm for TIBOR POLGAR Trumpet Solo and Concert Band

Born in Budapest in 1908, Tibor Polgar studied at the Liszt Academy where he was a student of Zoltan Kodaly. He is a prolific composer whose works include film and radio scores, chamber music, vocal and orchestral writing as well as solo pieces. His one act opera, The Glove has had over one hundred performances in Ontario schools.

Mr. Polgar has always been drawn to the music of Spain and his Two Symphonic Dances in Latin Rhythm for Trumpet Solo and Concert Band is one fruit of this interest. Using the forms of two old Spanish dances, Mr. Polgar has adapted his own style to the Spanish idiom. The first dance is slow and is grounded on a Single rhythm which is heard throughout. The second is faster and ends with a flourish. The work was commissioned by the University of Toronto Concert Band with a grant from the Ontario Arts Council, and is dedicated to Stephen Chenette, who conducted the first performance in 1979.

,Guaracha MORTON GOULD

Morton Gould was born in New York City in 1913. His music is a combination of classical training with the idioms of Broadway, folk tunes, and jazz. Latin-American Symphonette was completed in 1940, and the movements are idealizations of four typical dances from Latin America. The name of the third movement, Guaracha, has two implications: a drinking song, and a dance pattern. Mr. Gould has incorporated both ideas, and the movement is a development rather than a literal interpretation of the original form.

Canto Yaruba’ PEDRO SANJUAN

Pedro SanJuan _ (1886-1976) was born in San Sebastian, Spain and studied with Turina. After conducting in Europe, he organized and conducted the Havana Philharmonic in 1926. In 1942, he became professor of composition at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Canto Yoruba’ (Yoruba’ Song) was composed in 1945. The Yoruba’ are the people of Southwestern Nigeria.

Dance (Mindinho) HEITOR VILLA LOBOS

Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959) was born and died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was largely self taught, and had no formal musical education. As a youth, he played in dance and theatre orchestras, and later was a cellist in the Rio de Janeiro symphony and opera orchestras. He developed a unique style based on Brazilian idioms, and composed about one thousand works. In Bachianas Brasileras, Villa Lobos applied Bach's compositional techniques to musical material with a Brazilian flavour. The Mindinho is a Brazilian dance in 2/4 time.

Notes compiled by STEPHEN CHENETTE

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TODAY'S CONDUCTORS

WAYNE JEFFREY is presently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor (on leave 1987-88) and resident conductor of the Hannaford Street Silver Band. He is active as a guest conductor at several music camps, and has been invited to direct many community orchestras throughout Ontario. In addition, he is a brass coach and teaching member of the Orchestral Training Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music this season.

A music educator who has taught at the elementary, secondary and university levels in Canada and England, Wayne Jeffrey also appears as a clinician and adjudicator across the country. He has also commissioned and premiered many Canadian works for chamber ensembles and has been active in "Composer in the Classroom" projects with students at all levels.

STEPHEN CHENETTE became a_ professor at the Faculty of Music in 1972. He teaches the trumpet, orchestral repertoire for winds, brass chamber music, is a conductor of the Wind Symphony and Concert Band, and is Co-ordinator of the Performance Division. His is a faculty member at the National Music Camp of Canada, and has been a visiting teacher of wind repertoire and conducting at the University of Calgary. He was recently elected Secretary of the International Trumpet Guild. In December, he conducted eight concerts with the Hannaford Street Silver Band, including their tour of the Maritime Provinces.

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NORMAN ENGEL is currently in his third year of study leading to a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance. He is a_e student of Barton Woomert.

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONCERT BAND

, FLUTE

Jennifer Hellen * Toronto, Ontario Gillian Johnson Montreal, Quebec

Lori Le Clair Charlottetown, P.E.1. Allison Lupton

Embro, Ontario

Tanis McNeely (piccolo) Mississauga, Ontario Grazyna Melech

Toronto, Ontario Chiyoko Szlavnics Toronto, Ontario

Troy Whynot Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

OBOE Carroll Kim

Toronto, Ontario

Pippa Williams

Vancouver, British Columbia

ENGLISH HORN Lawrence Charge Toronto, Ontario

E-FLAT CLARINET Arthur Luck Toronto, Ontario

B-FLAT CLARINET Lorraine Adams Bramalea, Ontario Lori Kernohan Agincourt, Ontario Bernadette Ko Willowdale, Ontario Joanne Kryszkowski Toronto, Ontario

Arthur Luck

Toronto, Ontario Samina Malik Bowmanville, Ontario Janet Pelletier * Winnipeg, Manitoba Janine Short Vineland, Ontario Filomena Silva Toronto, Ontario

E-FLAT ALTO CLARINET Lorraine Adams Bramalea. Ontario

B-FLAT BASS CLARINET Stephanie Conn Downsview, Ontario

BASSOON

Geoffrey Burke Oakville, Ontario Catherine MacDonnell #* Stoney Creek, Ontario

CONTRABASSOON Darrell Steele Winnipeg, Manitoba

SAXOPHONE

David McTavish (Alto) #* Mississauga, Ontario Keith Reid (Alto) Toronto, Ontario Katherine Rea (Tenor) Willowdale, Ontario

Gabor Vaski (Tenor) Kelowna, British Columbia Margaret Johnston (Baritone) St. Thomas, Ontario

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TRUMPET

Scott Bauer

Guelph, Ontario

James Duncan Scarborough, Ontario Tim Hamel

Toronto, Ontario

Paul Kemerer

Toronto, Ontario David Malysh

Copper Cliff, Ontario Robert Pearce Bowmanville, Ontario Peter Posocco Downsview, Ontario Ihor Sywanyk * Toronto, Ontario Brian Wookey

Richmond Hill, Ontario

HORN

Keith Bohlender Toronto, Ontario Sharon Fisher Clifford, Ontario Sam King

Aurora, Ontario George Nicholson Oakville. Ontario Julia Yang * Scarborough, Ontario

TROMBONE

Patrick Brown North York, Ontario Lyle Corrigan Agincourt, Ontario Tony Gomes Toronto, Ontaric Emily Harris Toronto, Ontario Ross Harwell Toronto, Ontario Paul Van Der Bank Toronto, Ontario

EUPHONIUM

Tyrus Watson Mississauga, Ontario Cynthia Young Brampton, Ontario

TUBA

Nicola Irwin-Childs West Hill. Ontario David Lum * Toronto, Ontario

PERCUSSION

Anne Marie Borth Kitchener, Ontario Chris Braun Toronto, Ontario John La Porte Windsor, Ontario Donna Lum

Toronto, Ontario Andrew Morris Toronto, Ontario Susanne Seinader Scarborough, Ontario Cathy Jo Thompson Toronto, Ontario

STRING BASS

Robert Clutton Burlington, Ontario Steven Haynes Toronto, Ontario Stefan Valentyne Toronto, Ontario

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UPCOMING EVENTS

_ MARCH 20 U OF T CHAMBER STRINGS

David Zafer, conductor . Works by Corelli, Stamitz and Bartok Walter Hall 8:00 pm

MARCH 22 U OF T CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE Robin Engelman, conductor Works by Chan, Crumb. Sessions and Milhaud Music Gallery 8:00 pm $3. G.A. 1087 Queen Street West

MARCH 23 FACULTY OF MUSIC WOMEN'S CHORUS Michael Coghlan, conductor Works by Verdi, Coghlan, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Joplin

Walter Hall 8:00 pm $3: G.A. MARCH 24 THURSDAY NOON SERIES

Recital

Program featuring student chamber ensembles

Walter Hall 12:10 pm FREE MARCH 25 U OF T GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Eli Kassner, director;

Timothy Phelan, conductor

Romantic, impressionist and modern masterpieces Walter Hall 8:00 pm $3. G.4.

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