Program
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) arr. Solomon
Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104
Adagio-Allegro
The Band*
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Seek Not to Know from The Indian Queen Z.630
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
—Seek Not to Know—
Seek not to know, what must not be reveal'd,
Joys only flow when hate is most conceal'd.
Too busy man would find his sorrows more
If future fortunes he should know before;
For by that knowledge of his destiny
He would not live at all but always die.
Enquire not then who shall from bonds be freed,
Who'tis shall wear a crown and who shall bleed.
All must submit to their appointed doom,
Fate and misfortune will too quickly come.
Let me no more with powerful charms be press'd
I am forbid by fate to tell the rest.
Lyrics By John Dryden
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) arr. Jascha Heifetz
Estrellita
Livia Sohn, violin
Bernadene Blaha, piano
Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
The Fire Outlives the Spark (World Premiere)
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
& The Band
—The Fire Outlives the Spark—
Peace, peace! He is not dead, he doth not sleep,
He hath awaken'd from the dream of life;
He has outsoar'd the shadow of our night;
He lives, he wakes--'tis Death is dead, not he.
He is made one with Nature:
His voice in all her music, from the moan
Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird;
He is a presence to be felt and known.
He is a portion of the loveliness
Which once he made more lovely;
And bursting in its beauty and its might
From trees and beasts and men into Heaven's Light.
Lines excerpted from Shelley’s Adonais
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) arr. Paul Wiancko
Sarabande from Suite #6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Christopher Costanza, Michael Kannen, Nina Lee, and Paul Wiancko, cello
Vienna Teng (b. 1978)
Level Up
Vienna Teng, vocals and piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19
Andante
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Inon Barnatan, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
John McCormack (1884-1945)
“When the Night Descends,” Op. 4, No. 3
Paul Groves, tenor
Scott St. John, violin
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
—In the silence of the secret night—
Oh, long will I, in the silence of the mysterious night,
Chase from my thoughts and then call up again
Your artful chatter, your smile, your casual glance,
The thick tresses of your hair, so pliant in my fingers;
Breathing fitfully, alone, unseen by anybody else,
Burning with the glow of vexation and of shame,
I shall seek out the slightest hint of mystery
In the words you uttered;
I shall whisper and improve upon the past expressions
Of things I once said to you, things full of bashfulness,
And intoxicated, against all reason,
I shall wake
night’s darkness with your cherished name.
English Translation © Philip Ross Bullock
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) arr. Todd Palmer
Overture to the “Marriage of Figaro,” K. 492
The Band
Journey
Don’t Stop Believing
Paul Groves, tenor
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) arr. Solomon
Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104
Finale: Spiritoso
The Big Band**
*The Band:
violin: Livia Sohn, Owen Dalby, Barry Shiffman, Scott St. John, Daniel Phillips, Martin Beaver, Christine Choi
viola: Lesley Robertson, Ayane Kozasa, Maria Lambros, Masumi Per Rostad
cello: Christopher Costanza, Paul Wiancko, Nina Lee, Michael Kannen, Marina Hoover
double bass: Anthony Manzo
flute: Tara Helen O’Connor
clarinet: Todd Palmer
piano: Pedja Muzijevic
**The Big Band:
Martin Beaver violin
Christine Choi violin
Elan Dagenais violin
Owen Dalby violin
Audrey Kim violin
Leyan Lo violin
Greg Lopez violin
Raymond Mak violin
Iris Otani violin
Daniel Phillips violin
Misha Raffiee violin
Barry Shiffman violin
Livia Sohn violin
Scott St John violin
Alison Wong violin
Bruce Yu violin
Tessera Chin viola
Ayane Kozasa viola
Maria Lambros viola
Alex Li viola
Ben Parks viola
Lesley Robertson viola
Masumi Per Rostad viola
James Welch viola
Eric Cheng cello
Chris Costanza cello
Persis Drell cello
Marina Hoover cello
Naoya Kanai cello
Michael Kannen cello
Stephanie Lai-Wu cello
Nina Lee cello
Ilya Levtov cello
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Paul Wiancko cello
Ed Wu cello
Warren Wu cello
Jim Zehnder cello
Todd Palmer clarinet
Tara O'Connor flute
Sheila Chan piano
Pedja Muzijevic piano/harpsichord