Atlanta Music Scene

Southeast Region Final Auditions

Recorded at Spivey Hall January 25, 2009

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Fyodor Cherniavsky, conductor
Anthony S. Tricoli, narrator

• Verdi: Overture to Nabucco.
• Copland: Lincoln Portrait
• Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major “London”

Jupiter String Quartet

• Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings, Op. 11
• Ruth Crawford Seeger: Quartet for Strings

LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, Patricio Cobos, conductor

• Douglas Hooker: Sinai Symphony

• Giuseppi Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 10
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Sonata VI in C minor
• Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in A Major, Op. 5, No. 6
• J. S. Bach’s Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017

Sinisa Ciric & Mirna Ogrizovic-Ciric, violins Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi, viola & Martin Gueorguiev, cello

• Aleksander Glazunov: Quartet No. 3, Op. 26 “Slave”
• Brian Mitchell: Wishing, Wanting, Waiting
• Aleksandar Vrebalov: Pannonia
• Milos Simic: Zikino Kolo, Konstantin Blagojevic
• Sinisa Ciric: Folk Suite
• Aleksandar Gajic’s Souvenir from the Marinko’s Pond

• Katherine Hoover: Caprice
• Antonio Ruiz-Pipo: Jarcias
• Radames Gnattali: Cantanda con simplicidade from Sonatina
• Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
• Brian Luckett: West End Funk
• Roberto Sierra: Primera Crónicas del Descubrimiento
• Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
• Michael Daughtery: I Loved Lucy

David Hancock and Alan Raines, conductors

• Gabriel Pierné: Serenade, Op. 7
• Jules Massenet: Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge
• Ernest Gillet: Loin Du Bal
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Prelude from Le Deluge
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48

Jennifer Aylmer, soprano / Marie Lenormand, mezzo-soprano
Brian Stucki, tenor / Jason Hardy, bass / Kathleen Kelly, piano
Wes Yoakam, guitar / with the Atlanta Boy Choir

• The Great Escape — The Open Road
  • Ralph Vaughan-Williams: The Vagabond
  • Gabriel Fauré: Je me suis embarque’
  • Franz Schubert: Das Wandern
  • Randall Thompson: Road Not Taken
• Hitchhikers & Scenic Routes
  • Robert Schumann: Aus alten Märchen
  • Maurice Ravel: La Flûte Enchantée
  • Robert Schumann: Waldesgespräch
  • Gipsy Davy
• Dead End Signs & Shortcuts
  • Kurt Weill: Je ne t’aime pas
  • Pierre Certon: La la la je ne l’ose dire
  • Paul Simon: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
  • Johnny Mercer: Sleep Peaceful
• Pit Stops & Flat Tires
  • Charles Gounod: La Siesta
  • Frances Poulenc: Hôtel
  • Libby Larson: Lift Me into Heaven Slowly
• Mile Markers & The Rear View Mirror
  • Gabriel Fauré: Reflets dan l’eau
  • Robert Schumann: Frühlingsnacht
  • Nick Drake’s Time of No Reply
• Are We There Yet?
  • Leiber & Stroller: Is That All There Is?
  • Franz Schubert: Das Wirtshaus
  • Bruce Springsteen’s State Trooper
• Left Exit Styx, Right Exit Jordan
  • Gregg Kallor: What Inn Is this?
  • Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Tired
  • Hugo Wolf: Wenn du, mein Liebster
  • ENCORE: I’ll Fly Away

• Michael O’Neal Singers, Michael O’Neal, conductor
• Our Song-
  • John Rutter’s arrangement: Deck the Hall
  • Alice Parker and Robert Shaw’s arrangement: Lo, How a Rose
  • Lloyd Larson’s arrangement: Breath of Heaven
  • Herbert Fromm: Hanukkah Madrigal
  • John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth
  • Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
• The Michael O’Neal Chamber Singers-
  • Charles Wood’s arrangement: King Jesus Hath a Garden
  • John Rutter’s arrangement: Cradle Song
  • Alfred Burt: Caroling, Caroling.
• The Michael O’Neal Singers-
  • Stephen Paulus’ arrangement: Angels We Have Heard on High
  • Mark Wilberg’s arrangements: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The First Nowell and O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres from Hodie

• Christmas Songs from Catalonia arranged by Goff Richards:
  
  • La Filadora
  • El niño querido
  • Claro abril resplandecio
  • Villancico catalan
  • La Pastoreta—Maria Rosa—La Caterineta.
• Christmas Renaissance Music from Germany:
  
  • Heinrich Schütz: Das ist je gewißlich wahr
  • Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern / Psallite unigenite /
    Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
  • Orlando di Lassus: Resonet in laudibus
• Peter Maxwell Davies: House of Winter
• Camille Saint-Saëns’ Sérénade d’Hiver
• Works in Close Harmony
  
  • Down to the River to Pray
  • Gaudete
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
  • Simple Gifts
  • Jingle Bells
  • Deck the Halls

• John Rutter: Angel’s Carol and Donkey Carol
• French carol: La Bonne Nouvelle
• Bob Chilcott: This Joy
• Michael Neaum’s arrangement: Gaudete!
• Bob Chilcott: Mid-Winter
• Claude Debussy: Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons
• Austrian carol: Still, Still, Still
• Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
• John Rutter’s arrangement: Deck the Hall
• Judy Mason’s arrangement: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Caldwell & Ivory’s arrangement: Go Where I Send Thee!
• Harri Wessman: Water Under Snow Is Weary
• David Elliott: Jingle Bell Swing
• Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
• Harris Wheeler’s arrangement: Christmas Waltz Montage

• Vittorio Rieti: Three Vaudeville Marches
• Frances Poulenc: Élégie
• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 and Russian Rhapsody
• Louis Vierne: Toccata from Pièces de Fantasie, Op. 53.
• Marcel Dupré: Sinfonia, Op. 42
• Mozart: Andante movement from Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
• Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
• Johnny Costa: Flying Fingers

• Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du soldat a Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
  (Beth Newdome—violin, Laura Ardan—clarinet and guest pianist Orion Weiss)
• Franz Schubert: Quintet in C Major for two violins, viola and two cellos, D. 956, (Op. Posth. 163)
  (Beth Newdome and Helen Nightengale—violins, Reid Harris—viola and Christopher Rex and Lynn Harrell—cellos)

Michael O’Neal, conductor / Tom Alderman, accompanist

• Music by John Rutter
  
  • Te Deum
  • Five Childhood Lyrics
  • Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
  • What Sweeter Music
  • Requiem

• J. S. Bach: Concerto in G Major, BWV 592 (Daniel Razionale, organ)
• Naji Hakim: Te Deum (Joshua Stafford, organ)
• Charles Ives: Variations on America (Stephanie Liem, organ)
• Joseph Jongen: Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94 (Nathan Laube, organ)
• Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to William Tell (Nathan Laube, organ)
• Leo Sowerby: Pageant (Alan Morrison, organ)

Mei-Ann Chen, guest conductor

• George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
• Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 64
  (Emily Jackson, violin soloist)
• Emmanuel Chabrier: España, Rhapsody for Orchestra
• Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra
  (Alice Hong, violin soloist)
• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Op. 49

• J. S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1043, for two violins, strings and bass continuo
• J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050, for flute, violin, harpsichord continuo and strings
• J. S. Bach: Cantata No. 82 “Ich habe genug”
• J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048, for three violins, three violas, three cellos, violone and harpsichord

• Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonietta in A Major, “London” No. 1 / Sinfonietta in D Major, “London” No. 2
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonie in G Major / Sinfonie in B-Flat Major
• Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonie No. 12 in G Minor

• Marin Marais: Suite II in G Minor, from Pièces en trio
• Jean-Marie Le Clair: Deuxième Recreation de musique, oeuvre VIII for two flutes and bass-continuo
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Sonata à Huit Instruments for two flutes, two violins, viole de gambe, basse de violon, theorbo and harpsichord

• George Philipp Telemann: Concerto in G Minor for three oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo
• Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major, Op.10, No. 3 for flute, strings and continuo / Concerto in C Major for two flutes, strings and continuo
• Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto Grosso, Op. 5, No. 6 for strings and continuo
• Pietro Locatelli: Concerto a quattro in E-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 6, “Lament of Arianna,” for 2 violins, viola, cello and strings

• Mozart: Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for Piano and Strings, K. 478 [Beth Newdome—violin, Reid Harris—viola, Christopher Rex—cello with guest pianist Robert Spano]
• Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48 [Reid Harris, viola and Robert Spano, piano]
• Johannes Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 8 [Beth Newdome­—violin, Christopher Rex—cello and guest pianist Robert Spano]

• Antonín Dvorák: Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74, for Two Violins and Viola [Reid Harris—viola with guest violinists Elmar Oliveira and Amy Schwartz Moretti]
• Johannes Brahms’ Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, for Strings [Beth Newdome and Elmar Oliveira—violins, Reid Harris and Paul Murphy—violas and Christopher Rex and Daniel Laufer—cellos]

• Anton Arensky: Suite No. 1 in F Major for Two Pianos, Op. 15 [Valentina Lisitsa & Alexei Kuznetsoff, pianos]
• Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 [Valentina Lisitsa & Alexei Kuznetsoff, pianos]
• Johannes Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25 [Beth Newdome—violin, Reid Harris—viola, Christopher Rex—cello and pianist Valentina Lisitsa]

• Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 [Beth Newdome—violin, Reid Harris—viola, Christopher Rex—cello and guest pianist Orion Weiss]
• Johannes Brahms’ Sextet No. 2 in G Minor for Strings, Op. 36. [Beth Newdome and Helen Nightengale—violins, Reid Harris and Paul Murphy—violas and Christopher Rex and Lynn Harrell—cellos]

• J. S. Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C Minor
• Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata in E Minor
• Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
• Brahms: Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4; Ballade in G Minor, Op. 118, No. 3
• Debussy: Arabesque Nos. 1 & 2; Two Preludes from Book Two; No. 6 (General Levine—excentric); No. 3 (La puerta del vino); Ballade

• Franz Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude; Funérailles
• Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 42
• Chopin: Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60; Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57; Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52.

• J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Paul Brittan—flute, Ted Gurch—clarinet, Jun-Ching Lin—violin, Brad Ritchie—cello, Peggy Benkeser—percussion, Steven Everett—steel drum & conductor

• Elliott Carter: Two Diversions
• Elliott Carter: Triple Duo
• Frederic Rzewski: Spots No. 6 / The Days Fly By / Spots No. 13 / Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

Musique De Salon

• Gabriel-Marie: Playful Serenade
• Benhard Wolff: Salon Piece, Op. 8, No. 1
• Bachmann: Omphale (Spinster’s Song)
• Albert Jungmann: Sympathy, Op. 205
• Schmitt: A Rose
• Sartorio: Song Without Words, Op. 201
• Finocchi: Albert Polka-Mazurka, Op. 38
• Chateau: Dinner (Waltz).
• Lutz’s Pas De Quatre
• Durand: Pomponnette, Op. 80
• Ernst von Dohnanyi: Two Valses by Strauss-The Treasure and You and You
• Meltzer: Rural Tune, Op. 81
• Fritz Spindler: Styrian Idylle, Op. 291, No. 5
• Kuhe: Bohemian Song, Op. 138
• Albert Jungmann: Desire, Op. 96
• Lange: Edelweiss, Op. 31
• Rodolphe Berger: Woman in Love
• Labadie: My Darling

Helene Pohl & Douglas Beilman—violins; Gillian Ansell—viola & Rolf Gjelsten—cello

• Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1
• The American String Quartet
• Peter Winograd & Laurie Carney—violins;
• Daniel Avshalomov—viola and Wolfram Koessel—cello
• Johannes Brahms: Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1

• David Garrett, violin soloist
• Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

• Anthea Kreston — violin, Jason Duckles — cello and Rieko Aizawa — piano
• John Harbison: Trio, “Short Stories”
• Rachmaninoff: Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9

• Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
• Bela Bartók: Piano Sonata
• Franz Liszt: St. Françoise de Paule marchant sur les flots
• Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

• J. S. Bach/Busoni: Chaconne
• Beethoven: Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
• Alban Berg: Sonata Op. 1
• Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

• Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas in C Major and F Minor
• Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach: Sonata in G Major
• Albert Zabel: Fantasy on Gounod’s Faust
• Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Harp
• Marcel Tournier: Sonatine, Op. 30
• Ekaterina Walter-Küne: Fantasy on Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

• Ted Gurch, clarinet soloist & William Pu, violin soloist
• Carl Maria von Weber: Concertino for Clarinet, Op. 26
• Jean Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9.
• Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles from Mlada
• Benjamin Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchetsra,” Op. 34 with narrators Margeaux Maloney and Sarah Ryu
• Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
• Geoff Knorr: Majestic Whispers
• Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber