theme can't decide whether it's in major or mi nor; and the recapitulation almost immediately or escape the consequences of his depredations. Later, at the now-defunct Illinois Slag and Bal Bluegrass Beginnings Notes by Mark Arnest and George Lewis last Company, where Lonnie and Lonie were takes off in an unexpected direction. supervisors, they got me a job cleaning out rail road cars during a particularly intense Chicago some of the lessons Mozart learned in Mann- winter The enchanting second movement shows off This concert's theme is youth: sometimes the composers, sometimes the music. Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Montgomery were respectively 16, 24, and 31 when they composed their contribu heim about gradual changes in dynamics and Lonnie and Lonie expressed both comple- treating the woodwinds with greater freedom. The finale is a brilliant gigue. Given by Doug and Dianne Herzberg tions to this program. George Lewis and Mi- mentary and contrasting views of the world, a circumstance that, in line with the importance of depiction in American music (Ives, Ellington, chael Torke are older, but their works are brand new: Lewis' Lonnie and Lonie is a world premiere Torke's Sky was premiered early this year; and three of this concert's works were composed in the last seven years and Carter, for example), is perfectly suited to Scherzo from Octet, Op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) the concerto form, which composers have used to give both drama and cooperation to the dia logue among soloists and orchestra. I'd like to provide this small hint to automobile buffs as to which soloist represents "Lonnie and which "Lonie": I remember when both were driving "muscle cars a Dodge Charger (Lonnie) and an ss396 Chevrolet Chevelle (Lonie). In the con Musicologist Charles Rosen called Mendelssohn "the greatest child prodigy the history of West- ern music has ever known. Not even Mozart or Starburst (2012) Jessie Montgomery (1981-) Chopin before the age of nineteen could equal the mastery that Mendelssohn already pos Jessie Montgomery is a com poser and violinist whose cluding double cadenza, the soloists, driving sessed when he was only 16. Rosen chose the age of 16 deliberately: it was the year that Mendelssohn composed his first mature masterpiece, the Octet from which this movement comes. Its textures are light, buoy- ant, and energetic; Mendelssohn thought highly enough of this movement that he later scored it for full orchestra to use as an alternate scherzo of his Symphony No. 1. It is this later version that is being performed in concert today. Given by Doug and Dianne Herzberg work blends classical and pop music. She is com poser-in-residence for the fast and noisily through the narrower streets of Chicago's Englewood district, head each other off at the pass before the work's emphatic, but Sphinx Virtuosi, a touring somehow pensive conclusion. group affiliated with the Sphinx Organization, which supports young African-American and Latinx string players. A violinist with a degree from the Juilliard School, Montgomery's string writing is incisive and energetic, reminiscent of Stravin Dedicated to Lonnie Griffith (1947-) and to the memory of Lonie Griffith (1947-20oz). Presented in partnership with uccs and Colorado College Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K 338 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) sky-with the cobwebs dusted off Montgomery writes, "This brief one-move- ment work for string orchestra is a play on imag- ery of rapidly changing musical colors. Explod Sky: a Bluegrass Concerto (2018) Michael Torke (1961-) On January 15, 1779, a dejected Mozart -a few ing gestures are juxtaposed with gentle fleeting days shy of his 23rd birthday-returned to Salz- melodies in an attempt to create a multidimen burg after a 16-month trip that had taken him to Paris via Mannheim. He had grown artistically "The inspiration for this con certo came from Tessa Lark, a unique artist who is deep- ly immersed in the classical field but comes from Ken- sional soundscape. A common definition of a starburst: 'the rapid formation of large numbers but failed in his objective of finding a perma- of new stars in a galaxy at a rate high enough nent post away from the archbishop of Salz- to alter the structure of the galaxy significantly burg. Hieronymus von Colloredo; and to make lends itself almost literally to the nature of the things worse, his mother had died in Paris. He performing ensemble who premieres the work, Was returning to a job he hated under a boss he the Sphinx Virtuosi, and I wrote the piece with despised. "To waste one's youth in inactivity in such a hole is really very sad- and such a loss, tucky, with a father who is a bluegrass musician. Tessa and I worked together on Spoon Bread- a duo for violin and piano com their dynamic in mind. missioned by Carnegie Hall-and got the idea to he wrote. Sponsored by Charlease Elzenga-Bobo write a concerto for her. But Mozart's malaise didn't show in his mu sic. This symphony, completed the following year, pulses with energy and inspiration. Like its partners, the symphonies K 318 and K 319, there is no minuet, creating an unusual three-move- ment structure; also unusually, there is no re- peat of the first movement's exposition. All three "Banjo picking was the idea for the first move- ment. For the second movement my source was Lonnie and Lonie (2019) George Lewis (1952-) Trish reels, the forerunner of bluegrass. The template for the third movement was fiddle licks with a triplet feel. In each case I wrote themes of my own in these styles, and developed the ideas into a standard, 'composed' violin concerto. Ev- erything is written out, nothing improvised. This work was inspired by my twin uncles Lonnie and Lonie Griffith, who as teen- agers were frequently tasked movements are in sonata form. Mozart scholar Hermann Abert called this with watching me while my symphony one of Mozart's most Romantic works, not in its expression but in its musical Just as when one looks up and sees the open expanse of the sky, I felt an openness when writ technique. The sweep of the main theme is im- ing this piece, a renewed freshness to putting parents were at work on weekends. We would go to notes together. horror movies like Mr. Sarpeded by numerous interruptionns; the second donicus, where the director himself calls for a Sponsored anonymously by a Chamber Orchestra Musician theme group is highly varied and more than vote on whether the title character should suffer twice the length of the main theme; the closing theme can't decide whether it's in major or mi nor; and the recapitulation almost immediately or escape the consequences of his depredations. Later, at the now-defunct Illinois Slag and Bal Bluegrass Beginnings Notes by Mark Arnest and George Lewis last Company, where Lonnie and Lonie were takes off in an unexpected direction. supervisors, they got me a job cleaning out rail road cars during a particularly intense Chicago some of the lessons Mozart learned in Mann- winter The enchanting second movement shows off This concert's theme is youth: sometimes the composers, sometimes the music. Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Montgomery were respectively 16, 24, and 31 when they composed their contribu heim about gradual changes in dynamics and Lonnie and Lonie expressed both comple- treating the woodwinds with greater freedom. The finale is a brilliant gigue. Given by Doug and Dianne Herzberg tions to this program. George Lewis and Mi- mentary and contrasting views of the world, a circumstance that, in line with the importance of depiction in American music (Ives, Ellington, chael Torke are older, but their works are brand new: Lewis' Lonnie and Lonie is a world premiere Torke's Sky was premiered early this year; and three of this concert's works were composed in the last seven years and Carter, for example), is perfectly suited to Scherzo from Octet, Op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) the concerto form, which composers have used to give both drama and cooperation to the dia logue among soloists and orchestra. I'd like to provide this small hint to automobile buffs as to which soloist represents "Lonnie and which "Lonie": I remember when both were driving "muscle cars a Dodge Charger (Lonnie) and an ss396 Chevrolet Chevelle (Lonie). In the con Musicologist Charles Rosen called Mendelssohn "the greatest child prodigy the history of West- ern music has ever known. Not even Mozart or Starburst (2012) Jessie Montgomery (1981-) Chopin before the age of nineteen could equal the mastery that Mendelssohn already pos Jessie Montgomery is a com poser and violinist whose cluding double cadenza, the soloists, driving sessed when he was only 16. Rosen chose the age of 16 deliberately: it was the year that Mendelssohn composed his first mature masterpiece, the Octet from which this movement comes. Its textures are light, buoy- ant, and energetic; Mendelssohn thought highly enough of this movement that he later scored it for full orchestra to use as an alternate scherzo of his Symphony No. 1. It is this later version that is being performed in concert today. Given by Doug and Dianne Herzberg work blends classical and pop music. She is com poser-in-residence for the fast and noisily through the narrower streets of Chicago's Englewood district, head each other off at the pass before the work's emphatic, but Sphinx Virtuosi, a touring somehow pensive conclusion. group affiliated with the Sphinx Organization, which supports young African-American and Latinx string players. A violinist with a degree from the Juilliard School, Montgomery's string writing is incisive and energetic, reminiscent of Stravin Dedicated to Lonnie Griffith (1947-) and to the memory of Lonie Griffith (1947-20oz). Presented in partnership with uccs and Colorado College Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K 338 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) sky-with the cobwebs dusted off Montgomery writes, "This brief one-move- ment work for string orchestra is a play on imag- ery of rapidly changing musical colors. Explod Sky: a Bluegrass Concerto (2018) Michael Torke (1961-) On January 15, 1779, a dejected Mozart -a few ing gestures are juxtaposed with gentle fleeting days shy of his 23rd birthday-returned to Salz- melodies in an attempt to create a multidimen burg after a 16-month trip that had taken him to Paris via Mannheim. He had grown artistically "The inspiration for this con certo came from Tessa Lark, a unique artist who is deep- ly immersed in the classical field but comes from Ken- sional soundscape. A common definition of a starburst: 'the rapid formation of large numbers but failed in his objective of finding a perma- of new stars in a galaxy at a rate high enough nent post away from the archbishop of Salz- to alter the structure of the galaxy significantly burg. Hieronymus von Colloredo; and to make lends itself almost literally to the nature of the things worse, his mother had died in Paris. He performing ensemble who premieres the work, Was returning to a job he hated under a boss he the Sphinx Virtuosi, and I wrote the piece with despised. "To waste one's youth in inactivity in such a hole is really very sad- and such a loss, tucky, with a father who is a bluegrass musician. Tessa and I worked together on Spoon Bread- a duo for violin and piano com their dynamic in mind. missioned by Carnegie Hall-and got the idea to he wrote. Sponsored by Charlease Elzenga-Bobo write a concerto for her. But Mozart's malaise didn't show in his mu sic. This symphony, completed the following year, pulses with energy and inspiration. Like its partners, the symphonies K 318 and K 319, there is no minuet, creating an unusual three-move- ment structure; also unusually, there is no re- peat of the first movement's exposition. All three "Banjo picking was the idea for the first move- ment. For the second movement my source was Lonnie and Lonie (2019) George Lewis (1952-) Trish reels, the forerunner of bluegrass. The template for the third movement was fiddle licks with a triplet feel. In each case I wrote themes of my own in these styles, and developed the ideas into a standard, 'composed' violin concerto. Ev- erything is written out, nothing improvised. This work was inspired by my twin uncles Lonnie and Lonie Griffith, who as teen- agers were frequently tasked movements are in sonata form. Mozart scholar Hermann Abert called this with watching me while my symphony one of Mozart's most Romantic works, not in its expression but in its musical Just as when one looks up and sees the open expanse of the sky, I felt an openness when writ technique. The sweep of the main theme is im- ing this piece, a renewed freshness to putting parents were at work on weekends. We would go to notes together. horror movies like Mr. Sarpeded by numerous interruptionns; the second donicus, where the director himself calls for a Sponsored anonymously by a Chamber Orchestra Musician theme group is highly varied and more than vote on whether the title character should suffer twice the length of the main theme; the closing