Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra Peter Wilson, Music Director

G“Spring into Spring”

Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3:00 PMWaynesboro, VA

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A Note from the Music DirectorIt is my great pleasure to welcome you It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this third chamber concert of 2021 brought to you by the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra, celebrating the conclusion of its 25th Anniversary Season. This is my 14th season as WSO Music Director, and since stepping on the podium in 2007, I have had the pleasure of witnessing a remarkable evolution in this wonderful organization,

artistically, administratively, and in its audience. I am so very proud of all we have accomplished together as an ensemble and equally motivated about our future. It is such a privilege to be part of this community that has such giving musicians as well as patrons who are so dedicated and appreciative of the arts. Since 1996, the WSO has had a rich history of serving the Waynesboro, Staunton, and greater Shenandoah Valley communities and providing opportunities for local musicians to collaborate while adding cultural vitality to the region.

In this surreal time of a pandemic, we all have had our lifestyles turned upside down. As musicians, we long to perform together again as a full symphony orchestra, but we must act responsibly to protect each other as well as our patrons. We mourn the loss of life and empathize with the hardships so many have faced during this challenging time. Still, in the spirit of music being a powerful tool for comforting and healing, we felt it important to try and provide a musical offering of some kind. First, we came together

for a virtual performance of the Allegretto from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, which is available to experience on the WSO YouTube Channel. In lieu of our orchestral season opener for 2020-21, we presented our very first concert as “A Chamber Music Offering,” featuring several of the leaders from within your Waynesboro Symphony. Little did we know that our concert on March 1, 2020 would be our final orchestral performance of last season combined with an unknown future. It was a fantastic “Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Bash” featuring the symphonic master’s “Triple” Concerto performed by violinist Ertan Torgul, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, and pianist Robert Koenig. It was thrilling to be able to reunite with those soloists over a livestreaming Zoom chat during the week of Beethoven’s birthday in December, complete with a replay of the “Triple” performance and Q&A with the artists and viewers. In January, we presented “The American Spirit” featuring music composed by Americans or inspired by the American experience, and during February in honor of Black History Month, we presented a concert entitled “A Concert Celebrating Black Lives,” which featured music exclusively written by Black composers. This season closer, “Spring into Spring,” features works officially or unofficially given the nickname “Spring.”

We are hopeful and optimistic that we will be returning this fall for our 26th season with live, in-person concerts. We appreciate your patience and ask that you please continue to visit our website at wsomusic.org for updates. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our program today, offered via Livestreaming on our YouTube Channel. As always, I would like to extend a hearty thank you to the WSO musicians, staff, board of directors, and all of you for your continued support and the opportunity to join with you in another great season of music making – albeit presented a bit differently! Best wishes to each of you, and we look forward to seeing you in person, hopefully very soon! – PW

Program

“Spring into Spring”

Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Piano and Violin, Op. 24 “Spring” Beethoven

(1770-1827)

I. AllegroII. Adagio molto espressivoIII. Scherzo: Allegro molto; TrioIV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Russell Wilson, pianoPeter Wilson, violin

String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 “Spring” Mozart (1756-1791)

I. Allegro vivace assaiII. Menuetto; TrioIII. Andante cantabileIV. Molto allegro

Jacob Roege & Lianne Campbell, violinsStanley Beckwith, viola

Beth Cantrell, cello

Concerto in E Major for Violin, Op. 8, No. 1 Vivaldi(from Le Quattro Stagioni “The Four Seasons”) (1678-1741)

1. La Primavera, RV 269 “Spring”

Allegro Spring has arrived, merrily—Song of the birds— Trickling of the springs—Thunder—Song of the birds

Largo e pianissimo Murmuring of leaves and plants—The barking dog— The sleeping goatherd

Allegro Country dance

Peter Wilson, conductor and violin soloist

Jacob Roege, Eleanor Wilson, Lianne Campbell, Kelly Donato, violinsStanley Beckwith, Bob DuCharme, violas

Beth Cantrell, Brian Helmke, cellosLindsay Lam, double bass

Program Notes

BEETHOVEN: “Spring” Sonata in F Major for Piano and Violin

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is one of the most renowned and important composers of all time. Along with his significant body of works for orchestra, piano, and chamber ensembles, Beethoven importantly contributed to the development of the genre of works for piano and violin. The Sonata in F major, Opus 24 was an early work, completed in 1801. Its nickname “Spring Sonata” was not bestowed upon the work until after Beethoven’s death; however, it is indicative of the beauty in the work and perhaps the feeling of spring that can be heard in the music. It is perhaps the most popular of Beethoven’s 10 sonatas for piano and violin, and it is characterized by a special warmth and serenity throughout its four movements. Written during 1800-01 together with the more tempestuous Sonata in A minor, Op. 23, it was published—like its companion piece—with a dedication to one of Beethoven’s patrons, Count Moritz von Fries.

The first movement opens with one of Beethoven’s most endearing lyrical melodies. Subsequent themes show more dynamic energy, but they are more like gentle breezes. The second-movement Adagio is based on a single melody of rare delicacy, played in turn by both instruments. Beethoven’s shortest sonata movement, the Scherzo, grows from a simple rhythmic idea, repeated constantly by the piano, with an off-beat response from the violin. The Trio section, which takes only about twenty seconds to play, is a continuous rush up and down a scale in the form of two highly condensed musical phrases. The final Rondo opens with a melodious theme followed by a slightly more rhythmical first episode. The second episode provides contrast by switching to the minor mode, syncopations in the rhythm, and chromatic half- steps in the melody. However, these tensions prove to be only temporary, and the peaceful rondo theme soon returns, confirming the joyful and sunny atmosphere that has dominated the entire composition.

MOZART: “Spring” String Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) composed 23 string quartets during his short and remarkable life. He wrote his String Quartet No. 14 in G Major in 1782 while he was visiting Vienna. It was the first quartet of a set of six he wrote in honor of Franz Joseph Haydn, who is traditionally considered the “Father of the String Quartet.” These “Haydn Quartets” were published in 1785 as Mozart’s Op. 10 and contain some of his most memorable melodic writing and refined compositional thought. During this time, Haydn and Mozart became friends and often played quartets together in Mozart’s apartment with Mozart playing viola and Haydn playing violin. Haydn first heard the six quartets composed in his honor during two gatherings at Mozart’s home – January 15 and February 12, 1785. Apparently, Haydn elected to listen only and not play during these occasions. After hearing all the quartets, Haydn made the now-famous statement to Mozart’s father Leopold, who was visiting from Salzburg: “Before God, and as an honest man, I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name. He has taste, and what is more, the most profound knowledge of composition.” This comment was preserved in a letter Leopold wrote to his daughter Nannerl just a few days after the gathering. Later that year, Mozart included a dedication page that was published with the six quartets:

To my dear friend Haydn,

A father who had resolved to send his children out into the great world took it to be his duty to confide them to the protection and guidance of a very celebrated Man, especially when the latter by good fortune was at the same time his best Friend. Here they are then, O great Man and dearest Friend, these six children of mine. They are, it is true, the fruit of a long and laborious endeavor, yet the hope inspired in me by several Friends that it may be at least partly compensated encourages me, and I flatter myself that this offspring will serve to afford me solace one day. You, yourself, dearest friend, told me of your satisfaction with them during your last Visit to this Capital. It is this indulgence

above all which urges me to commend them to you and encourages me to hope that they will not seem to you altogether unworthy of your favour. May it therefore please you to receive them kindly and to be their Father, Guide and Friend! From this moment I resign to you all my rights in them, begging you however to look indulgently upon the defects which the partiality of a Father’s eye may have concealed from me, and in spite of them to continue in your generous Friendship for him who so greatly values it, in expectation of which I am, with all of my Heart, my dearest Friend, your most Sincere Friend,

W. A. Mozart – 1 September 1785

VIVALDI: “Spring” from The Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) composed over 550 concertos during his life, but none more famous than Le Quattro Stagioni “The Four Seasons.” Vivaldi established the Baroque solo concerto himself around 1710 and many German composers copied his original three-movement (fast-slow-fast) format. “The Four Seasons” were first published in Amsterdam in 1725 as nos. 1-4 in a collection of 12 concertos entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (“The Contest of Harmony and Invention”) op. 8, dedicated to the Bohemian Count Venceslaw von Morzin. Accompanying these concertos were four descriptive sonnets, likely written by Vivaldi, which provide a guide to this very programmatic work. Vivaldi is remarkably detailed in his programmatic techniques throughout the solo and tutti parts—all while maintaining the traditional form of the Baroque concerto. Vivaldi was equally careful regarding his choice of keys for his op. 8 concertos – No. 1 “Spring” is in the appropriately bright key of E major, which embraces the highest of open strings on the violin. Throughout “The Four Seasons” Vivaldi has skillfully written for the strings, giving them the ability to mimic the sounds of nature and even everyday life. Such sounds to listen for include birds singing, rain showers, thunder and lightning, leaves blowing in gentle breezes, a barking dog, and bagpipes—to name but a few!

Spring (from “The Four Seasons” sonnets attributed to Vivaldi)

A Spring has arrived merrily

B the birds hail her with happy song

C and, meanwhile, at the breath of the Zephyrs, the streams flow with a sweet murmur:

D thunder and lightning, chosen to proclaim her, come covering the sky with a black mantle,

E and then, when these fall silent, the little birds return once more to their melodious incantation:

F and so, on the pleasant, flowery meadow, to the welcome murmuring of fronds and trees, the goatherd sleeps with his trusty dog beside him.

G To the festive sound of a shepherd’s bagpipe, nymphs and shepherds dance beneath the beloved roof at the joyful appearance of spring.

The MusiciansStanley Beckwith (WSO Principal Viola) is a full-time violist and teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has worked with numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles including the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington, the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Chamber Orchestra, and the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra. He is also the violist of the Triforce Quartet, a string quartet that performs video game music for audiences both nationally and internationally. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Stanley studied with George Taylor and Helen Fall.

Lianne Campbell (WSO Principal 2nd Violin) studied with Estella Frankel, Sylvia Ahramjian, Barbara Westphal and Dr. Benson Headley at Wichita State University. A native of Delaware, she was on the faculty of the Wilmington Music School for ten years along with having her own studio. She moved to the Charlottesville area in 1997, and in addition to soloing with a number of orchestras, Ms. Campbell possesses extensive orchestral and chamber music experience and performs with the Virginia Consort, the Oratorio Society and other local orchestras. A strings teacher at the Field School of Charlottesville, she is also a certified Suzuki teacher, having taught for over 33 years through a violin studio within her home in Crozet, Virginia.

Elizabeth Cantrell (WSO Principal Cello) teaches children and adults at Suzuki Institutes and workshops in the United States and the United Kingdom. A registered teacher trainer, she currently serves as Chair-Elect of the Board of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and is a member of its Cello Committee. She maintains an active private studio at Crozet Arts in Crozet, Virginia. In addition to teaching, Dr. Beth has performed with many groups in Central Virginia including the Afton String Quartet, the Richmond Symphony, and Wintergreen Festival. Prior to moving to Virginia with her family in 2001, she was principal cellist for the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, on the faculty of Kennesaw State University, and active in the Atlanta area as a teacher, chamber and orchestral performer, adjudicator, and recording studio musician. She can be heard as soloist on the best-selling album Orinoco Flow by The Taliesin Orchestra. Dr. Beth earned degrees in cello performance and

music history from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Florida State University, and the University of Georgia.

Kelly Donato (WSO violinist) grew up in Crozet, Virginia. She began playing violin at age 12 as a student of Betty Gross and enjoyed playing with the Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville/Albemarle in both the Evans Ensemble and the Youth Symphony. She studied English and Environmental Science at James Madison University during which time she was an active member of the JMU Symphony under the direction of Richard Castiglione. She has continued to pursue her love of music and has played with many local groups including the Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra, the University-Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra, and the Crozet Community Orchestra. She has been an active member of the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra since 1996 and is grateful to have experienced the growth of the WSO and the tremendous support of its members and the community. Kelly is a paralegal with the law firm of MichieHamlett PLLC in Charlottesville. She enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, extended family and friends.

Bob DuCharme (WSO violist) joined the WSO bass section in 2011 and then, after taking up the viola in 2017, joined the viola section in 2019. Before that he played loud rock guitar in his youth in New York City and then jazz bass after moving to Charlottesville, recording the album “Gin & Heptatonic” with his group The Heptatonic Jazz Quintet. He has also played with and written for the University of Virginia New Music Ensemble under the leadership of I-Jen Fang since 2019. Bob has most recently studied viola with Lianne Campbell. He is employed as a technical writer at CCRi, a Charlottesville company that does geospatial and machine learning research.

Brian Helmke (WSO Assistant Principal Cello) is Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Recently, he has performed with the Heritage Theater Festival and UVA Drama productions. He is the former Principal Cellist of the University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Northbrook (IL) Symphony Orchestra, the Racine (WI) Symphony Orchestra, and the Kenosha (WI) Symphony Orchestra. Brian studied cello with Harry Sturm and was a winner of the Kenosha Music Teachers Association Chopin Piano Competition.

Lindsay Lam (WSO Assistant Principal Bass) hails from Denver, Colorado and started playing double bass at the age of 8. She attended Denver School of the Arts, where she earned her Arts Endorsed Diploma. While beginning her college studies in Denver, she served as Section Bass with the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, also performing with the Cheyenne (WY) Symphony. After transferring to the University of Maryland, she was a finalist in the UMD Symphony Orchestra’s 2009 Concerto Competition before graduating with her Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance in 2011. She also served as the double bass instructor at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. Currently, she enjoys playing with local folk bands, teaching private lessons, music classes for babies and toddlers, and performing with the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra. Her primary teachers include the late Kenneth Harper, Susan Cahill, Ali Yazdanfar, and Robert Oppelt. She also enjoys sewing and quilting, and theatrical costuming at Wolf Trap Opera, Livermore Shakespeare Festival, and James Madison University.

Jacob Roege (WSO Associate Concertmaster) has built a versatile career as a performer, teacher, and administrator in the arts. He has worked in a wide variety of genres from Baroque and Classical to contemporary video game music, as well as musicals, opera, and rock shows. In addition to his work with the WSO, Jake has performed with the Roanoke, Lansing, Jackson, Fairfax, and UNISA Orchestras. As a violinist with the Triforce Quartet, he has performed internationally to sold out crowds, recorded three albums, and collaborated with Japanese composer, Saori Kobayashi. Jake teaches violin at James Madison University as well as Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was honored to join the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival in 2018, continuing this year as Principal 2nd Violin. Jake received a Bachelor of Music in Music Industry from James Madison University, where he studied violin with Dr. Wanchi Huang and a Master of Music in Violin Performance from Michigan State University, studying with violinist I-Fu Wang. Additionally, he has worked with violinists Elisabeth Adkins and Ilya Kaler, as well as the Cypress and Shanghai String Quartets.

Eleanor Wilson (WSO violinist) Ellie is a life-long violinist and has played in several community orchestras and chamber music groups over the past several years. She studies violin with WSO founder Susan Black. She has played with the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra for the past 10 years. Ellie is a professor on the faculty of the School of Education at the University of Virginia teaching curriculum courses and working with elementary preservice students.

Peter Wilson (WSO Music Director) is an engaging and multifaceted violinist, conductor, arranger, composer, and ambassador of music whose artistry has been noted as “first-class” by The Washington Post. He serves as Music Director of the Waynesboro Symphony and Richmond Philharmonic Orchestras in Virginia and Concertmaster of the American Festival Pops Orchestra in the National Capital Region. Peter is the former senior enlisted musical advisor to The White House, where he performed for three decades as a violinist in support of countless dignitaries and celebrities during five Presidential administrations. He served as String Section Commander for “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band and upon retiring was awarded the Legion of Merit. Peter has conducted the National Symphony and National Gallery of Art Orchestras, is a faculty member at George Mason University, and holds music degrees from Northwestern University and The Catholic University of America, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts.

Peter began his career as Concertmaster of the Walt Disney World Orchestra and has soloed in many unique venues including the American Embassy in Paris, the Presidential Retreat at Camp David, and the Vatican before Pope John Paul II. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2015 and has appeared as soloist with such legends as Rosemary Clooney, Renée Fleming, Bernadette Peters, Randy Travis, and Trisha Yearwood. He performed Theme from “Schindler’s List” at The Kennedy Center under the baton of Academy Award-winning film composer John Williams, who wrote of the occasion, “[Peter’s] poignant, tender and highly personal reading of the music made clear to all that we were in the presence of a brilliant musical artist.” The Washington Post additionally praised his “impassioned violin solo.” He also performed at the Library of Congress with Gershwin Prize recipient Stevie Wonder in the world premiere of Wonder’s “Sketches of a Life.” Peter is frequently invited to perform his moving violin

solo arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner for high-profile events including Major League Baseball games. In addition, Peter is cofounder of the acclaimed string duo “Bridging the Gap” (with bassist Aaron Clay), which has been hailed by The Washington Post for “superior arrangements and uncommon musicianship.”

A Cleveland native, Peter began studying violin at age two, later moving to Morgantown, West Virginia, where he became the first musician ever to receive the Governor’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Arts. He studied conducting with Victor Yampolsky, trained with Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier, and worked with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute, an intensive leadership training program for rising music directors. ClevelandClassical.com reviewed a live concert recording at the National Gallery of Art, stating it was “…beautifully performed by the National Gallery Chamber Players under the direction of conductor Peter Wilson.” Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national music fraternity honored Peter with the prestigious “Signature Sinfonian” award for his “outstanding commitment and dedication to the performing arts while serving as a successful role model.” The Strad magazine encapsulated his performances best when it stated, “[Wilson] made music that had the stamp of quality.”

Russell Wilson of Clinton, MD began piano lessons at age 7 and began playing hymns for his church at age 12. He earned a bachelor’s degree in classical piano performance and a master’s degree in jazz, both from the University of Maryland in College Park. In 2002, while a junior in college, he joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band where he plays a wide variety of music styles on the piano, harpsichord, accordion, and electric keyboards in public concerts and private events at The White House and throughout the National Capital Region. In 2010, Russell won the Carolina Ragtime Competition, and in 2013 he won the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing contest in Peoria, Illinois. Russell and his wife Elizabeth live in College Park, Maryland with their four home-schooled children, Barnabas (7), Naomi (4), and Mary & Lydia (2-year-old twins). Russell has frequently collaborated with the Waynesboro Symphony including a performance at The Paramount Theatre in Charlottesville in 2016 of Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” for Piano and Orchestra.

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Music in this concert is sponsored by:

Waynesboro Symphony Donors 2020-2021

Legacy Society WSO patrons who have remembered the Symphony in their Estate Planning

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Mrs. Virginia H. Ross

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Ms. Ann Weiland

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Jeane CustinAssoc. Concertmaster, Jacob Roege

Mrs. Beverly BrownSecond Violin, Lianne Campbell

Bill and Anne AlexanderViola, Stanley Beckwith

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