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BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2013-2014 62nd SEASON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 7PM JoAnn Falletta,

60 Allegro non tanto Adagio Scherzo (Furiant): Presto Finale: Allegro con spirito Intermission

30 Allegro ma non tanto Intermezzo Finale Philippe Bianconi, Piano Season Sponsor: Symphony

of Daytona Beach Bill & Ginny Phillips Yolanda Reilly Contributing Sponsor: Cherie Keemar

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The Daytona Beach Symphony Society s 2013-2014 Season is sponsored in part by grants from

1 BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA nd SEASON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 7PM JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Philippe Bianconi, Piano Program Dvořák Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 Allegro non tanto Adagio Scherzo (Furiant): Presto Finale: Allegro con spirito Intermission Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30 Allegro ma non tanto Intermezzo Finale Philippe Bianconi, Piano Season Sponsor: Symphony Guild of Daytona Beach Associate Sponsors: The Daytona Beach News-Journal Orthopaedic Clinic of Daytona Beach Bill & Ginny Phillips Yolanda Reilly Contributing Sponsor: Cherie Keemar Hospitality Sponsor: Carefree Catering Media Sponsors: AM1230 AM1490 WSBB Bright House Networks Halifax Magazine Hometown News Our Florida Magazine Our Florida Magazine WROD Radio 104.7FM YAMAHA is the official piano of the Daytona Beach Symphony Society Tour Direction: ARTS MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. 37 West 26th Street New York, NY Program Subject to Change Foundation and Public Support The Daytona Beach Symphony Society s Season is sponsored in part by grants from Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; County of Volusia; City of Daytona Beach; Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities District. The photographing, video or sound recording of this concert is prohibited.

permanent title Treasures of the University upon their departure from the institution.

2 Pre-Concert Talk Rose Room, 6 pm Dr. Dallas Weekley was an honor graduate of the Indiana University School of Music, taught for 28 years at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, and he and his wife Nancy Arganbright were given the permanent title Treasures of the University upon their departure from the institution. Weekley & Arganbright are largely responsible for the revival of interest in one-piano, four-hand performance, an art which began in the eighteenth century and flourished in the Romanic era, the nineteenth century. Largely ignored as a concert medium in the early twentieth century, it was revived in great part by Weekley & Arganbright, who made concert tours throughout the United States and the world from 1960 to Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra As Buffalo s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) under Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth Concerts each year. After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma. During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 27 new CDs. The BPO s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, won two Grammys. Their recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide. Visit for the roster of the orchestra members. Program Notes Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op.60 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK ( ) After the success of his Serenade for Strings of 1875 and the first set of Slavonic Dances of 1878, Dvořák received a lot of attention from high places. Johannes Brahms had become an admirer and mentor, a new concerto was scheduled for the great violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim, and the esteemed maestro Hans Richter received Dvořák's promise of a new symphony. The moment was auspicious, in that Op.60 would establish Dvořák's credentials as a major symphonist. Influenced initially by Beethoven and Schubert, and later by Wagner and Liszt, Dvořák combined his own interests in Bohemian folk idioms into the lyrical freedoms of the Romantic era. Completed in 1880 and dedicated to the legendary Viennese maestro Hans Richter, Symphony No.6 offers a lush and lyrical canvas framed by the tradition of classical form. With zero introduction Dvořák opens with a rich tonal scenario that might have been framed by Beethoven or Brahms. In fact, historians are quick to highlight momentary tributes to those Viennese masters. But this is not to suggest the music is derivative of anything but the heart and hearth of Dvořák's Czech homeland - note in particular the folk-like theme heard at the very opening. In turn a second, more formal idea is latticed by articulate strings, swinging through B minor and B major. The movement then develops a long but alternating arch between both moods, incorporating tuneful inversions and an equal measure of classical-sounding counterpoint, with a gentle tip-of-the-hat to Brahms' Symphony No.1. In contrast, the second movement Adagio offers an exquisite escape via long lines in the woodwinds, strings and horn. Beginning with a solo oboe, echoed in the flute, the tender cantilena (song-like melody) is first heard in the violins. The B-flat major ambiance floats with harmonic inflection through several tonalities, blending into minor here - back to major there - like the flow of an idyllic poem.

3 At the opening of the third movement, hold on to our hats and brace for the feisty wind of a sassy Scherzo. Here Dvořák employs a Czech "furiant" (a bright dance step in duple/triple time) which had never before been utilized in a symphony. The rhythmic pulse might be recognized by listeners who recall the composer's Slavonic Dances of which No.8 in G Minor, Op.46, is another example. The intoxicating swagger is interrupted mid-way by pastoral pan-pipes in the high winds and piccolo. Dark, gypsy-like colors are then added by beguiling strings - barely a moment before the brash kick of the furiant returns for a final charge. At first, the Finale teases the air with an intermezzo of winding figures in the strings and woodwinds. But in a moment Dvořák lets fly a quiver of contrapuntal arrows and chimes from the orchestra in full voice. The dressed-up, folksy momentum is topped at the mid-way point with gusty statements from the brass choir. Stand-by for a perpetual motion rush near the close, followed again by a big chorale in the brass through to the closing curtain in brazen D major. Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 SERGEY RACHMANINOFF ( ) All of the great piano concertos have been scored by composers who were also brilliant pianists. With regard Rachmaninoff's opus 30 of 1909, the story is even better: after over one hundred years of recorded sound many piano buffs speculate that the composer may have been the greatest pianist ever recorded on disk. To the point, everything Rachmaninoff ever recorded is now available on CDs, including his magnificent recording of Piano Concerto No.3 with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. Despite some remaining surface noise from the original 78s, Rachmaninoff's sublime artistry is preserved. Not to be missed..! Including the popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninoff composed five major works for piano and orchestra. Concerto No.3 was completed in 1909; and, with the first concerto of 1891, it forms a great suspension bridge - as if providing safe passage for the Romantic Age concerto into the 20th Century. Resting at the mid-way point at the peak of the arch is Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.2, which was completed in Opus 30 was premiered in 1909 with the composer as soloist and Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony Orchestra. But perhaps an even more distinguished performance took place a few months later at Carnegie Hall on January, 16, 1910 with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Gustav Mahler, again with Rachmaninoff at the keyboard - what a night 'On the Town' that must have been. With barely nine beats of introduction the music opens to reveal a canvas of somber but trusting innocence. Note the mysterious lyric heard at the entrance of the soloist. The inscrutable timbre of this phrase prompted many inquiries to which Rachmaninoff replied: "It is borrowed neither from folk song forms nor from church sources. It simply wrote itself - I wanted to 'sing' the melody on the piano, as a singer would sing it." Progressing in gentle steps, the movement transposes from demure simplicity into a vast chromatic escape. Complete with a breathtaking cadenza, the music resounds in the Romantic winds of the 19th century. Titled Intermezzo, the second movement begins with a lush and extended symphonic introduction. From the depths of tonal intrigue, the piano emerges to unravel a harmonic mystery with an exquisite theme in D-flat major. In turn follows a fantasy in several variations - now in retreat, now daring - but ever on the wing worthy of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Like hues and harmonies of evening Like clouds in starlight widely spread Like memory of music fled Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery. Ode to Intellectual Beauty Guided by Rachmaninoff's harmonic legerdemain, the expansive tour suddenly becomes frenetic, as the Intermezzo closes with a segue of three power chords which also mark the beginning of the third movement. The zest and virtuoso drama which follows offer a rhapsody with soaring themes and lush harmonies, all highlighted by spectacular pyrotechnics from the soloist. Edward Yadzinski

4 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Few artists are as important to the fabric of their communities as JoAnn Falletta. An effervescent and exuberant figure on the podium, she has been praised by The Washington Post as having Toscanini s tight control over ensemble, Walter s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein. Both on and off the podium, she is a vibrant ambassador for music and an inspiring artistic leader. Acclaimed by The New York Times as one of the finest conductors of her generation, she serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Principal Guest Conductor of both the Phoenix Symphony and the Brevard Music Center. Ms. Falletta received her undergraduate degree from the Mannes School of Music in New York, and her master s and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School. Visit for the full bio of JoAnn Felletta. Philippe Bianconi, Pianist Since winning at the Van Cliburn International Competition in the 1980s, Philippe Bianconi has been leading an international career, pursuing his musical itinerary and patiently carving out his path far from the media hype. French pianist Philippe Bianconi has been described as an artist whose playing is always close to the soul of the music, filling the space with poetry and life Washington Post, an extraordinary exhibition of musicianship, technical control and good taste which lent the music a freshness, immediacy and conviction one all too seldom encounters The London Times. After winning the Silver Medal in the Seventh Van Cliburn International Competition, Bianconi made an acclaimed recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 1987 and, since then, has enthralled audiences and critics throughout the world. Philippe Bianconi is the new director of the American Conservatory, located in the Palais de Fontainebleau. Founded in 1921 to introduce the best American music students to the French musical tradition of teaching, composing and performing, it has included on its faculty the most prestigious names: Maurice Ravel, Marcel Dupré, Robert, Gaby and Jean Casadesus, Jean Francaix, Henri Dutilleux, Betsy Jolas, Leonard Bernstein... From the first, Nadia Boulanger devoted her talent, energy, knowledge, and influence to the American Conservatory of which she was Director from 1949 to Visit for the full bio of Philippe Bianconi. Wine & Food Pairing Friday, March 28, :30 pm 8:00pm Peter s Wine Shop 1655 Dunlawton Avenue Port Orange, FL Join Daytona Beach Symphony Society for an evening of wonderful wine and great company! Come and enjoy 5 selected wines each paired expertly with delicious appetizers. $40 per person Purchase tickets: or dbss.org

Seychelles Spring Soiree Saturday, March 15, 2014 6 pm 3855 S. Atlantic Ave.

recital in the home of Dr. Dallas and Nancy Weekley. Salon recital followed by a 3-course dinner (beef tenderloin/seafood), wine and bar included.

Julius and Becky Erlenbach, Mahyar and Shirley Okhovatian & Dr.

Daytona Beach Symphony Society and Symphony Guild.

5 Seychelles Spring Soiree Saturday, March 15, pm 3855 S. Atlantic Ave., #104, Daytona Beach Shores Back by popular request, Barry Snyder, world renowned concert pianist and Professor of Piano, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, will perform an intimate recital in the home of Dr. Dallas and Nancy Weekley. Salon recital followed by a 3-course dinner (beef tenderloin/seafood), wine and bar included. $100 per person for Guild members or season ticket holders, $125 for all others. Purchase tickets: or dbss.org Hosted by: Catherine Bauerle, Dr. Julius and Becky Erlenbach, Mahyar and Shirley Okhovatian & Dr. Dallas and Nancy Weekley CLASSICAL GEM RAFFLE John Dees, master jeweler and owner of Mainly Gold, has most generously created and donated The Soloists violinist pin, valued at $4,500, 0, to the Daytona Beach Symphony Society and Symphony Guild. All proceeds benefit the Symphony Society s community outreach programs John Dees The 14kt yellow gold pin is inspired by the works of Picasso, Matisse and September McGee. The Soloists violinist pin is set with one 18mm by 12mm pear-shape black bolder opal, two triangle-shape Madeira sapphires totaling 1.5 carats, and four round brilliant cut diamonds totaling.75 carats. $10 per ticket / $20 for 3 tickets Drawing held at: Symphony Guild Annual Spring Luncheon & Fashion Show Saturday, April 12, 2014 Purchase tickets at: Symphony Society Concerts Symphony Guild Events Daytona Beach Symphony Society nd SEASON February 9 Moiseyev Siberian Dancers February 28 Don Quixote Moscow Festival Ballet For information, call:

62nd SEASON SPONSORS Season Sponsor Symphony Guild of Daytona Beach Concert Grand Presenters Compu Sys Shirley & Mahyar Okhovatian Dr. & Mrs.

Gordon & Gina Millar Speedway Custom Photo Lab Lou & Marj Fiore Weekley & Arganbright Associate Sponsors Catherine Bauerle Carrabba s Italian Grill The

Duckett Fields BMW of Daytona Warren & Mary Ann Hoffner Edward & Patricia Jackson Orthopaedic Clinic of Daytona Beach Bill & Ginny Phillips PNC Bank Yolanda

Carefree Catering Encore Catering Media Sponsors AM 1230 AM 1490 WSBB Bright House Networks Halifax Magazine Hometown News Our Florida Magazine WROD Radio

thanks its corporate members and asks you to patronize these businesses.

6 62nd SEASON SPONSORS Season Sponsor Symphony Guild of Daytona Beach Concert Grand Presenters Compu Sys Shirley & Mahyar Okhovatian Dr. & Mrs. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Concert Sponsors Barbara & Buzzy Glickstein Dr. Gordon & Gina Millar Speedway Custom Photo Lab Lou & Marj Fiore Weekley & Arganbright Associate Sponsors Catherine Bauerle Carrabba s Italian Grill The Daytona Beach News-Journal Mary E. Duckett Fields BMW of Daytona Warren & Mary Ann Hoffner Edward & Patricia Jackson Orthopaedic Clinic of Daytona Beach Bill & Ginny Phillips PNC Bank Yolanda Reilly Ron & Evelyn Shapiro Contributing Sponsors Cherie Keemar Radiology Associates Imaging Centers Co-Sponsors Marina Marza Gallery Hospitality Sponsors Carefree Catering Encore Catering Media Sponsors AM 1230 AM 1490 WSBB Bright House Networks Halifax Magazine Hometown News Our Florida Magazine WROD Radio FM YES Sponsors Allstate Insurance - Nanette Rosevear Chick-fil-A Florida Power & Light Food Brings Hope Giles Electric Company The Symphony Guild thanks its corporate members and asks you to patronize these businesses. SYMPHONY LEVEL Chapel & Tavern In The Garden Compu Sys Dunn s Attic & Auction House Frame of Mind Susan B. Glass, CPA Mainly Gold Interiors Marketplace Paper Dance Symphony Boutique Unity Church of Daytona Beach SONATA LEVEL Central Florida Lyric Opera The Cutting Cove Dillard s Chanel Beaute Makeup Artist Flagler Dental Associates, PA The Flower Market Debbie Kruck s Fitness & Pilates Studio Virginia Renzi Minutolo, Pianist Sister Cities of Volusia Co., Inc. Thrivent Financial

CONTRIBUTORS Conductor Circle Catherine Bauerle Compu Sys Staff Otto Fowich & Jonathan Childress Martin Cone Richard & Bunnell Graham Shirley & Mahyar Okhovatian Audrey Dillard Ottenstein Grand

Richard & Sandra Gosch Edward & Patricia Jackson Hon. Michael & Eileen McDermott Dr. Gordon & Gina Millar John & Sharon Phelps Jaclyn Rector Ian & Tina Ross Foundation Ron & Evelyn Shapiro Judith M.

7 CONTRIBUTORS Conductor Circle Catherine Bauerle Compu Sys Staff Otto Fowich & Jonathan Childress Martin Cone Richard & Bunnell Graham Shirley & Mahyar Okhovatian Audrey Dillard Ottenstein Grand Maestro Circle Dr. & Mrs. Edward Kupic Maestro Circle Anonymous Tensy DiGioia Mary E. Duckett Julius & Becky Erlenbach Dr. & Mrs. Thurman Gillespy, Jr. Richard & Sandra Gosch Edward & Patricia Jackson Hon. Michael & Eileen McDermott Dr. Gordon & Gina Millar John & Sharon Phelps Jaclyn Rector Ian & Tina Ross Foundation Ron & Evelyn Shapiro Judith M. Shinn Constance Treloar Jim & Denise Watson Weekley & Arganbright Ted & Margaret Yaeger Virtuoso Circle Anonymous Roy & Carolyn Brewer Mr. & Mrs. J. Hyatt Brown Eleanor Callon Audrey E. Dando Dr. & Mrs. Victor F. Doig Anne Maze Jim & Helen Moseley Evelyn & Stewart Pinsof Concertmaster Circle Alice & Stanley Brittingham Mary Lou Deeley Bill & Mary Deininger Bill & Mary Lenssen Richard & Lois Loesch Ray & Carol Lively Platig H. Gunter & Emily Seydel Lydia M. Simko Dennis Sobeck Mrs. Ashton M. Tenney Lamar Thomas 62nd SEASON Principal Circle Barbara & Richard Alfes Mr. & Mrs. John E. Allaben Jay & Kathaleen Bond Dorothy Bradley Ron & Nancy Brown James & Frances Carson Mr. & Mrs. James A. Dent, Jr. Madeline Dwyer Philip H. Elliott, Jr. Robert F. Evans Mrs. Arthur F. Jones Warren & Prudie Kerry Leonard & Lynn Lempel Estelle Lingenfelser Mary & Charles McDaniel George R. Menkart Paul & Linda Mescher Joseph & Marian O Donnell-Kelly Bill Rispoli-Belco Electric Co. Diane Rogers Elizabeth Ruddock Mrs. Richard H. Schermer Michael & Beverly Senko Dr. Beatrice T. Silverman, MD Stuart Sixma-Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Eva Stefanszky Mr. & Mrs. Paul Stevens Sy Weiner Soloist Circle Chris & Ginny Billingsley William J. Braun Mr. & Mrs. John Cantalupo Mary Ann Clark Elizabeth Hurtibise Mr. & Mrs. Herman Joerger Michelle Leigh Walter & Helen Mack Linda Matkovich Angela & Sandor Nagy Angelika Schlieper Karen Wolford George & Ann Yates In Memory of Ian Ross Klaus D. Bowers Dennice & Raymond Carey, Jr. Annie P. Jordahn John & Lucille Mayo Joan B. Snow In Memory of Bernard Tinkoff Norma Tinkoff

Haifa Symphony Orchestra

Direct from Haifa, Israel 2013-2014 62nd SEASON Haifa Symphony Orchestra SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 3PM Boguslaw Dawidow, Principal Guest Conductor Roman Rabinovich, Piano C.M. von Weber Program Overture to Euryanthe