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Cache Symphony Orchestra

Emile, Mark

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Music Department Programs The Caine College of the Arts Music Program Archives 11-18-2017 Cache Symphony Orchestra Mark Emile Utah State University Cache Symphony Orchestra Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs  Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Emile, Mark and Cache Symphony Orchestra, "Cache Symphony Orchestra" (2017). All Music Department Programs. 145. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/music_programs/145 This Cache Symphony Orchestra is brought to you for free and open access by the The Caine College of the Arts Music Program Archives at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Music Department Programs by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact rebecca.nelson@usu.edu. X:aine CACHE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NOVEMBER 18, 2017 7:30 P.M. DAINES CONCERT HALL DR. MARK EMILE CONDUCTOR C A I N E COLLEGE oftheARTS UtahStataUniversity Program Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis .............. Ralph Vaughan Williams Finale to Symphony No. 5 ...... ......... ..... ... Dmitri Shostakovich I. Moderate-Allegro non troppo II. Allegretto Ill. Largo IV. Allegro no troppo Program Notes Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Ta//is .... Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of Britain's best-known composers , had a musical career that spanned over fifty years . He began studying piano at age five, then switched to violin a year later. At age 18, Vaughan Williams began his musical studies at Royal College of Music, in London. After two years he transferred to King's College at Cambridge , where received a BS degree in music in 1894, and a BA degree a year later. In 1899 he was awarded the Doctor of Music degree from Cambridge. In 1907, he studied for a brief period with Maurice Ravel. During World War I he served in the British army. In 1919, Vaughan Williams returned to the Royal College of Music, where he taught music composition for 20 years. Vaughan Williams was a prolific composer and his works were broad ranging. They included ballets, eight operas, chamber music, and both secular and religious vocal pieces. The last of his nine symphonies was composed just months before his death at age 85. One of his best-known pieces was the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. This work was premiered in September 191 O at the Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral. Vaughan Williams revised the work in 1913, and again in 1919. The work takes its name and theme from a 1576 English Renaissance melody by Thomas Tallis, composed in Phrygian Mode. The British music critic Samuel Langford wrote the following about the fantasia: "The work is wonderful because it seems to lift one into some unknown region of musical thought and feeling . Throughout its course one is never sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new ' Symphony No. 5 .... ~ ....................................... Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Dmitri Shostakovich was born into a musical family, and showed great musical promise at an early age. He entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory at~age 13, and at age 19 received international acclaim with his Symphony No.1. In the 1930's, the Soviet Union was reeling under the "Great Terror" of Joseph Stalin's purges. Shostakovich 's successful opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District , was banned after Stalin saw it and was offended by its veiled satire of the government. It was critiqued in Pravda , the state newspaper , as "chaos instead of music." Shostakovich felt the threat of arrest and imprisonment , and in an effort to please authorities , wrote his Fifth Symphony subtitled , "A Soviet Artist 's Practical Creative Reply to Just Criticism. " The Fifth Symphony was composed between April and July of 1937, and premiered in Leningrad on November 21, 1937. The premier was a huge success , with an ovation that lasted for over a half hour. The government was pleased that the rebel composer had been "rehabilitated", while the people understood the truth behind the fac;ade; they heard it as an expression of the oppression felt under Stalin's regime. Shostakovich later wrote in his memoirs ," ... I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth. The rejoicing is forced , created under threat. .. " Program Notes by Randall Thunell If you enjoy the music you hear tonight please consider donating to Cache Symphony Orchestra . We are a community orchestra , made up of your neighbors, friends and students who want to share great music. We welcome tax-deductible donations of any amount. Donations can be sent to Caine College of the Arts and designated for the Cache Symphony Orchestra . The address is 4060 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322. Any questions , please contact Ann Bailey at jc-bailey@comcast.net. Cache Symphony Orchestra-Fall 2017 Violin I Viola Horns Sylvia Pack Jayme McKenna Becky Berger Sharon Kline Gary Pack Sarah Bytheway Will Shackelton Clay Johnson Nadine Edwards Janice McAllister Vivian Gates Valerie Neslen Rachel Wheeler Nicole Kissell Laura Santos Kathleen Lloyd Melanie Fowler Trombones Laura Morgan Minette Morris Trina Dayley Christine Hanks Donna Nielson Heldee Spencer Jim Peterson Annette Bryner Cello Andrea Thompson Shallce Clarke David Stuart Tuba Michael Hendricks Dirk Pace Robert Heaton Lincoln Neilson Deidre Newman Taylor Petit Joel Cardon Anny Chung Savannah Miller Ashley Butikofer TrumRets Lauren Draney Holly Trafelet James Champagne Melany Johnson Aaron Blanchard Nathan Hult Emilee Beus Jessica Russell Trevor Teuscher Kristen Buhler Camille Cardon Brianna Richins Paul Cardon HarR Michael Jenkinson Christine Altom Violin II Erin Butlkofer Piano Boyd Edwards Bass Karla Axtell Ann Austin Ric Kline Claire Cardon Debbie Monday Percussion John Knudson Tom Dixon Randall Thune!! Courtney Goodin Andrew Reich Mikkel Skinner Sara Howard Rachel Ramsten Patricia Moore Flute/Piccolo Julie Gardner Emili Culp Allyson Balley Margie Anderson Kassi Brandow Wendy Ward Anna Lisa Davidson Allie Franz Oboe Brook Kendrick Charla Horrocks Alisa Staley Alicia Tingey Ann Bailey Kaeli Silva Clarinet Melanie Checketts Eric Hatch RaeAnn Bell Jenellle Tams Alissa Thornock Daleen Butikofer Kristin Taylor Bassoon Alex Ward Derek Steadman Sarah Stevenson Tavlor Sorensen Karlee Thomsen Lizzie Briscoe C A I N E COLLEGE of theARTS UtahStateUniverslty 

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