Sunday
March 30, 2008
7:00 P.M.
A woodwind quintet made up of Wendy Williams, John Snow, Burt Hara, Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, Jr. Christopher Marshall (and Susan Billmeyer on piano) explore the globe in a program entitled Ports of Call.
Prevailing Winds, consisting of Minnesota Orchestra members, travels to exotic locales in its program of music of Ibert, Villa Lobos, Poulenc and others. Wendy Williams joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1992 and has been featured in performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and numerous chamber works during the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest series. A member of the Orchestra’s oboe section since 1999, John Snow was named associate principal oboe of that ensemble in 2004. He has performed with groups such as the Santa Fe Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Pittsburgh Symphony, and served as principal oboe with the New Zealand Symphony. In sixteen years as the Orchestra’s principal clarinet, Burt Hara has drawn acclaim for his solo appearances—in works of Nielsen, Debussy, Martin, Bernstein and others—and many chamber performances. He next appears with the Orchestra in a February 2008 performance of Messiaen’s Abyss of the Birds from Quartet for the End of Time. Texas native J. Christopher Marshall came to the Minnesota Orchestra in 1999 from Florida’s New World Symphony. Having earned a master’s degree at the New England Conservatory of Music, he has performed with the Boston Pops, the National Symphony, and numerous music festivals. A member of the Minnesota Orchestra since 1993, Ellen Dinwiddie Smith was named third horn in 2000. In demand as a guest soloist, Smith has appeared with the National Repertory Orchestra and the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, and in February 2006 she was the featured soloist with the Kenwood Chamber Orchestra. A dedicated chamber musician, Smith has appeared at the Spoleto, Waterloo, Chautauqua, Keystone, Colorado Philharmonic and Aspen Summer Music festivals.
Sunday, March 30, 2008, 7 p.m.
PORTS OF CALL
Prevailing Winds, woodwind quintet
Wendy Williams, flute
John Snow, oboe
Burt Hara, clarinet
Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, horn
J. Christopher Marshall, bassoon
Susan Billmeyer, piano
LIGETI
Sechs Bagatellen
IBERT Escales No.II from “Ports of Call”
PERSICHETTI Parable for solo bassoo
VINTER Hunter’s Moon
POULENC Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon
FRANCAIX Tema Con Variazioni
BARBER Canzone
VILLA-LOBOS Choro No. 2 for flute and clarinet
TAMUSUZA Abaafa Luli
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