2008 Lakeside Symphony Concert Programs

THE LAKESIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Robert L. Cronquist, Music Director and Conductor

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1. WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2008

A PROGRAM OF LIGHT CLASSICS

Light Cavalry Overture-------------------------------------von Suppe

Ballet Music from William Tell------------------------------Rossini

Music of Leroy Anderson

...Fiddle Faddle

...Blue Tango

...A Trumpeter’s Lullaby

...Bugler’s Holiday

Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah--------------Saint-Saens

INTERMISSION

King Cotton March----------------------------------------------Sousa

Intermezzo from Hary Janos--------------------------------Kodaly

Hungarian Dances No. 5 & 6--------------------------------Brahms

1812 Overture, op. 49-----------------------------------Tchaikovsky

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

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2. SATURDAY, August 2, 2008

IVA M. CLARK MEMORIAL CONCERT

POINTE OF DEPARTURE BALLET COMPANY

Karen Gabay and Raymond Rodriguez, Directors

Festival Overture-----------------------------------------Shostakovich

Children’s Games--------------------------------------------------Bizet

...March

...The Doll

...The Top

...Little Boy, Little Girl

...The Ball

Intermezzo from Pagliacci-------------------------------Leoncavello

Grand Pas de Quatre---------------------------------------------Pugni

INTERMISSION

Flower Festival pas de deux-----------------------------------Helsted

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from

The Nutcracker--------------------------------------------Tchaikovsky

Pas de Deux from Coppelia------------------------------------Delibes

Le Corsaire variation---------------------------------------------Drigo

Nutcracker Pas de Deux---------------------------------Tchaikovsky

Finale from Raymonda--------------------------------------Glazanov

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.

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3. TUESDAY, August 5, 2008

THE REVEREND TOM SNYDER, NARRATOR

Roman Carnival Overture-----------------------------------Berlioz

Peter & the Wolf-------------------------------------------Prokofieff

...(An Orchestral Fairy Tale)

INTERMISSION

Russian Sailor’s Dance

from the Red Poppy--------------------------------------------Gliere

Slavonic Dance No. 8, op. 46--------------------------------Dvorak

Selections from L’Arlesienne----------------------------------Bizet

...Pastorale

...Menuetto

...Carillon

...Menuetto

...Farandole

Rakoczy March from the

Damnation of Faust--------------------------------------------Berlioz

THE REV. TOM SNYDER is Co-Director of Religious Life at the Lakeside Association and adjunct faculty at Ashland Theological Seminary. Tom and his wife, Kitty, have two grown sons, Andrew (married to Jill) and Peter and are the proud grandparents of baby Zoe and Thomas.

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4. FRIDAY, August 8, 2008

DANIEL WANG, PIANO

Symphonic Poem, the Fountains of Rome---------------Respighi

Concerto for Piano & Orchestra

In D Flat Major, op. 10 --------------------------------------Prokofieff

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 104 in D Major--------------------------------Haydn

...Adagio; Allegro

...Andante

...Menuetto; Allegro

...Finale: Spiritoso

DANIEL WANG is a 9th grader at Orange High School. He has studied with Ella Karasik at the Cleveland Music School Settlement since 2004. Daniel plays in both his school orchestra and the CIM Preparatory Orchestra and was a winner of several piano competitions. He also plays cello, is a competitive swimmer and a member of the Orange Speech and Debate Team.

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5. WEDNESDAY, August 13, 2008

JAMES BRAID, VIOLIN

Overture to William Tell --------------------------------------Rossini

Concerto for Violin & Orchestra

In D minor, BWV 1052------------------------------------------Bach

...Allegro

...Adagio

...Allegro

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 2, in C minor, op. 17------------------Tchaikovsky

...Andante sostenuto: allegro vivo

...Andantino marziale, quasi moderato

...Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace

...Finale: Moderato assai, allegro vivo

JAMES BRAID, one of three family members in the Lakeside Symphony, is celebrating his 23rd year as Concertmaster. Over the years he has performed most of the major violin concertos with the Lakeside Smphony 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. Mr. Braid is also a longtime member of the Cincinnati Symphony.

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6. SATURDAY, August 16, 2008

“AT THE PROMS” WITH FRED REEDER, BARITONE & THE FESTIVAL CHOIR; Craig Dieterich, Conductor

Overture to the Yoeman of the Guard---------------------------Sullivan

Coronation Anthem No. 1-------------------------------------------Handel

Gilbert and Sullivan Selections:

...When Britain Really Ruled the Waves

...Our Great Mikado is a Virtuous Man

...I’ve Got a Little List

Royal Fireworks Music----------------------------------------------Handel

...Overture

...Alla Siciliana

...Bouree

...Menuetto

INTERMISSION

Colonel Bogey March-------------------------------------------------Alford

Gilbert and Sullivan Selections:

...When I was a Lad

...Nightmare Song

...I am the Model of a Modern Major General

London Suite-----------------------------------------------------------Coates

...Covent Garden

...Westminster

...Knightsbridge March

...Land of Hope and Glory---------------------------------------------Elgar

FRED REEDER is nationally recognized as a Gilbert & Sullivan artist performing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the country. He resides in Ashland, Ohio.

CRAIG DIETERICH, Director of the Chautauqua Chorale, is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace and the University of Michigan. He is the former Director of Choirs at Interlochen Arts Academy.

The FESTIVAL CHOIR members come from many Ohio communities to participate in this special concert.

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7. TUESDAY, August 19, 2008

JAEWON LEE, PIANO

Concerto No. 2, in C minor, op 18

for Piano and Orchestra ---------------------------------Rachmaninoff

...Moderato

...Adagio sostenueto

...Allegro Scherzando

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 1, in E minor, op.39---------------------------Sibelius

...Andante ma non troppo, Allegro energico

...Andante ma non troppo lento

...Allegro

...Finale: Andante, Allegro molto

JAEWON LEE holds an Artist Diploma degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was awarded the William Kurzban Prize for excellence. After teaching at the Cleveland Music School Settlement for 14 years, Jaewon is currently on the piano faculty at Washington Conservatory of Music. As an active performer, she has performed with many orchestras. This is her third appearance with the Lakeside Symphony. (www.jaewonpiano.com)

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8. FRIDAY, August 22, 2008

CAROLINE GOULDING, VIOLIN; REGINA MUSHABAC, VIOLONCELLO; EMANUAELA FRISCIONI, PIANO

Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Orchestra in

C Major, op. 56---------------------------------------------Beethoven

...Allegro

...Largo

...Finale: Rondo alla Polacca

INTERMISSION

Symphony in D minor------------------------------------------Franck

...Lento: Allegro non troppo

...Allegretto

...Allegro non troppo

CAROLINE GOULDING is a 15 year old veteran violinist— appearing with many orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra. She is performing on the ex Lobkowicz by A&H Amati, 1617 Cremona Violin, through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago. She studies with Paul Kantor at the Cleveland Institite of Music. (www.carolinegoulding.com)

ENAMUELA FRISCIONI is the Director of the Classical Piano Performance Academy at Tri-C East in Cleveland and is on the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has won numerous piano competitions and has performed as soloist and in ensembles extensively throughout Italy and the United States. (www.cim.edu/colFaculty.php)

Award winning REGINA MUSHABAC is on demand as recitalist and soloist with orchestra in this country and abroad. She is professor of cello at the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. She has won numerous awards and can be heard in solo recordings on the GM Recording Label and Trumedia Records. (www.reginamushabac.com)
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ROBERT L. CRONQUIST

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra and the 38th year for Music Director, Robert L. Cronquist. During his 37 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 performed with the orchestra as well as international celebrities including “Doc” Severinsen, 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 that Mr. Cronquist has presented include Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Lucia de Lammermoor, Cosi fan Tutti and Tosca. This season will feature an evening “At the Proms” with the Lakeside Chorale and Gilbert & Sullivan specialist, Fred Reeder.

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 18th 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 18 years as Music Director, he has expanded the orchestra’s concert season and established an endowment to ensure the future of this unique ensemble.
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PRE-CONCERT TALKS

Dr. Jay Mann will present three pre-concert talks during the 2008 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 5th

...~Saturday, August 16th

...~Tuesday, August 19th

Dr. Mann is Professor Emeritus of Music at Heidelberg College in Tiffin. Dr. Mann earned his Masters in Music from Indiana University and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
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Programs Paid in Part by THE LAKESIDE WOMEN’S CLUB