Lakeside Symphony Orchestra

44^th Season

Continuing the tradition on a high note

2007 Season

Robert L. Cronquist

Music Director and Conductor

Hoover Auditorium

8:15 p.m.

Lakeside, Ohio

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

A PROGRAM OF LIGHT CLASSICS

Overture to Die Fledermaus…Strauss

Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda…Ponchielli

Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens…Beethoven

A Night in Mexico…Creston

March, Pomp and Circumstance, No. 4…Elgar

Intermission

Selections from Carmen…Bizet

Prelude and Aragonaise

Intermezzo

Le dragons d’Aleala

Chanson du Toreador

Gypsy Dance

Waltz, Voices of Spring…Strauss

March Slav…Tchaikovsky

The audience is invited to a reception for the orchestra in the lobby of Hoover immediately following the concert.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

IVA M. CLARK MEMORIAL CONCERT

POINTE OF DEPARTURE BALLET COMPANY

Karen Gabay and Raymond Rodriguez, Directors

Divertimento…Bernstein

Waltz from Eugene Onegin…Tchaikovsky

Esprit de Paris…Offenbach

Intermission

Everything is Beautiful at the Ballet

Excerpts from The Nutcracker…Tchaikovsky

Snow Pas de Deux

Spanish Dance (Chocolat)

Trepak

Sugar Plum Fairy

Waltz from les Sylphides…Chopin

Waltz from Swan Lake…Tchaikovsky

Tea for Two…Youmans

POINTE OF DEPARTURE is a summer ballet company based in Cleveland. During the rest of the year, Karen Gabay and Raymond Rodriguez are principal dancers with the San Jose Ballet. These world class artists return to northern Ohio each summer to present a ballet series.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

ELLA KARASIK-JAEWON LEE, Duo Pianists

Narration by LINDA ALLEN

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld…Offenbach

The Carnival of the Animals…Saint-Saëns

Introduction and March of the Lion

Cocks and Hens

Wild Jackass

Turtles

The Elephant

Kangaroos

Aquarium

Mules

Cuckoo in the Woods

The Birds

The Pianists

The Fossils

The Swan

Grand Finale

Intermission

Water Music…Handel

Allegro

Andante un poco allegretto

Bourree and Hornpipe

Allegro deceso

Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel…Humperdinck

Polonaise Militaire…Chopin

Sabre Dance from Gayne…Khachaturian

ELLA KARASIK came to the United States from Russia 18 years ago. She is on the faculty of the Cleveland Music School Settlement as a Master Teacher of piano. In addition to teaching piano, she also prepares advanced students for national and international competitions. Her students have gone on to appear at Carnegie Hall and other concert venues throughout the country. Ms. Karasik has performed with Guiseppe D’Stefano, Cleveland Orchestra members, PAND and others.

JAEWON LEE holds an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland institute of Music where she was awarded the William Kurzban Prize for excellence. Currently, Jaewon is on the piano faculty at the Cleveland Music School Settlement and directs the CMSS piano camp. As an active performer, she has performed with many orchestras including the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra. This is her second appearance with the Lakeside Symphony.

Friday, August 10, 2007

BROADWAY LIGHTS

SELECTIONS FROM:

The Merry Widow…Lehar

The Student Prince in Heidelberg…Romberg

Oklahoma…Rogers

Intermission

SELECTIONS FROM:

The Sound of Music…Rogers

Fiddler on the Roof…Bock

Phantom of the Opera…Webber

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

JAMES BRAID, VIOLIN

Rapsodie Espagnole…Ravel

Prelude à la nuit

Malagueña

Habañera

Feria

Meditation from Thaïs…Massenet

Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (L’Estate)…Vivaldi

Allegro non molto

Adagio

Presto

Intermission

Suite from The Firebird…Stravinsky

Introduction and Dance of the Firebird

Rondo of the Princess

Infernal Dance of King Kastchei

Berceuse and Finale

Overture to Die Meistersinger…Wagner

JAMES BRAID, one of three family members in the Lakeside Symphony, is celebrating his 22^nd year as Concertmaster. Over the years he has performed most of the major violin concertos with the Lakeside Symphony including the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms as well as some outstanding works outside the standard repertoire.

He has also collaborated with other members of the orchestra as soloists – notably with his wife, Colleen (principal violist) in performances of compositions for violin and viola. He and his family always perform as a group for the Candlelight Showcase home tours to benefit the Lakeside Symphony which, this year, will be held on August 13^th.

Mr. Braid is also a longtime member of the Cincinnati Symphony.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

DIANA CATALDI, Soprano

TODD RANNEY, Baritone

Master Singers Chorale of Northern Ohio

J. D. Goddard, Conductor

German Requiem…Brahms

1. Blessed are they that mourn

2. For all flesh is as grass

3. Lord, make me to know mine end

4. How lovely is they Dwelling Place

5. And ye now therefore have sorrow

6. For here have we no continuing city

7. Blessed are the Dead

DIANA CATALDI is a native of Dayton and currently teaches voice at Wright State University. She has performed nationally with the Columbus and Whitewater opera companies and internationally in Italy, Switzerland and the former Soviet Union. In addition to her teaching, she is working on her doctoral degree at The Ohio State University.

TODD RANNEY will be making his second appearance at Lakeside. In 2005 he performed the bass solos in the orchestra’s performance of Haydn’s Creation. Mr. Ranney has performed over 35 roles with opera companies in the Midwest including performances with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has also served on the faculties of Heidelberg College, the College of Wooster and the University of Akron, and has been an Associate Artist with the Cleveland Opera for many years.

MASTER SINGERS, INC., CHORALE OF NORTHEAST OHIO WAS FOUNDED BY Dr. J. D. Goddard. Dr. Goddard has a rich background as a singer and conductor and has performed throughout the United States and Europe. In addition he was recognized twice as a regional finalist for the Metropolitan Opera.

The Master Singers Chorale is made up of devoted and enthusiastic choral singers dedicated to the highest performance standards.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

CAROLINE GOULDING, VIOLIN

Overture to Euryanthe…Weber

Symphony No. 36 in C major, K 425 (Linz)…Mozart

Adagio: Allegro spiritoso

Poco adagio

Menuetto

Presto

Intermission

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major…Tchaikovsky

Allegro Moderato

Andante

Allegro vivacissimo

Miss Goulding’s performance this evening has been sponsored by a generous gift from Dr. Jim and Betty Jane Young.

CAROLINE GOULDING, barely 14, is already a veteran soloist – appearing with such prestigious orchestras as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Michigan and Ontario. Last summer she won First Place at the Aspen Music Festival’s Violin Concerto Competition – at 13 she was the youngest musician to compete. She has entranced national television audiences with appearances on Martha, the Today Show and PBS’s From the Top – Live from Carnegie Hall.

She is performing on an ex Lobkowicz by A and H Amati, 1617 Cremona Violin, through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago. She studies with Paul Kantor at the Cleveland Institute of Music. www.carolinegoulding.com

Friday, August 24, 2007

ALISON CHIANG, PIANO

Overture to Mignon…Thomas

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 19…Beethoven

Allegro conbrio

Adagio

Rondo: Molto allegro

Intermission

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43…Sibelius

Allegretto

Tempo Andante, ma rubato

Vivacissimo

Finale; Allegretto moderato

ALISON CHIANG was born in Rochester, New York and began playing piano at age 5. At age 7 she won first prize in the 1999 Illinois State Music Competition. She and her family moved to Cleveland in 2000 for Alison to study piano with Olga Radosavljevich and music theory with Adeline Huss at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2002, Alison won first prize in the Northeast Ohio Piano Competition for the age group 9 to 12. She has been the recipient of the Olga Radosasvljevich Scholarship from the Cleveland Institute of Music for the last 6 years. This is her second appearance with the Lakeside Symphony. She has performed with a number of orchestras including a recent appearance this past spring with the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra, conducted by Robert Cronquist.

In addition to her many musical accomplishments, she received a second place award in biology at the 2006 Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair.

ROBERT L. CRONQUIST

MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR

This year marks the 44^th anniversary of the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra and the 37^th year for Music Director, Robert L. Cronquist.

During his 36 years as Music Director, Mr. Cronquist has endeavored to bring outstanding artists to Lakeside to appear with the orchestra including Metropolitan Opera stars Jerome Hines, Frank Guarrera and Patrice Munsel. Well known Cleveland artists Eunice Podis, Jean Geis, Clive Lythgoe and Joela Jones have also performed with the orchestra as well as international celebrities including “Doc” Severinson, Ferrante and Teicher, Florian Zabach, Carlos Montoya and George Shearing.

Ballet performances have been a regular feature at Lakeside with appearances of the Indianapolis Ballet, the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet and recently the Pointe of Departure Ballet Co. Fully staged operas Mr. Cronquist has presented include Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Lucia de Lammermoor, Cosi fan Tutti and Tosca. This season will feature a performance of the Brahms Requiem with the Master Singers of Northern Ohio.

Before becoming the Music Director at Lakeside, Mr. Cronquist conducted the Mansfield Symphony for 22 years. During his tenure in Mansfield he brought many world famous artists to perform with the symphony including Jose Iturbi, Itzak Perlman, Robert Merrill, Joseph Fuchs, Leonard Rose, Joseph Gingold, Eugene Istomin, John Browning and Blanche Thebom.

In addition to conducting the Lakeside Symphony, Mr. Cronquist just completed his 17^th season conducting the historic Cleveland Women’s Orchestra, the longest continuously performing women’s orchestra in the country. This orchestra performs a variety of special event programs and an annual spring concert at Severance Hall. During his 17 years as Music Director, he has expanded the orchestra’s concert season and established an endowment to ensure the future of this unique ensemble.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS

Dr. Jay Mann will present three pre-concert talks during the 2007 season. The pre-concert talks will focus on preparing listeners to understand and enjoy the repertoire which the Symphony will perform on that evening. Emphasis will be placed on historical settings of the work, style analysis of the music and text when used and the composers’ intentions for writing the music.

Pre-concert talks will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Fountain Inn Green Room on:

• Tuesday, August 7^th
• Saturday, August 18^th
• Tuesday, August 21^st

Dr. Mann is Professor Emeritus of Music at Heidelberg College in Tiffin. Dr. Mann earned his Master of Music degree from Indiana University and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati.

The expenditure for the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra series is over $115,000. Part of this amount is covered by the Iva M. Clark Endowment and gifts from generous Lakesiders who care about the symphony. As you enjoy the program, please consider a gift to benefit our symphony by giving to the Annual Fund. Information is available at the back of the auditorium or at the Association office.

Thank you!

In order for all patrons to enjoy the full benefit of Symphony concerts, we ask that you observe the following theater etiquette during the performance:

Patrons needing to leave during the performances should do so during intermission or breaks in the program.

Small children should remain seated with adult supervision.

Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.

Flash photography is not permitted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Programs Paid in Part by

THE LAKESIDE WOMEN’S CLUB