Greetings from Los Angeles

GREETINGS FROM LOS ANGELES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023 @ 7:30 PM

POTTER CENTER

Section A: $35
Section B: $30
Section C $20
Student Tickets: $5

Soloist William Hagen visits the JSO for our first of two programs this year featuring American music. Join us as we explore the generations of American music, beginning with John Adams’ most recognizable work – Short Ride in a Fast Machine. We will also hear a violin concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, one of Hollywood’s most influential composers. Then the program will finish with Aaron Copland’s epic Third Symphony, harkening to sounds of Fanfare for the Common Man.

PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION
Join us for a free, interactive lecture before the concert at 6:30pm.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine <1986>
Composed by John Adams in 1986, this piece features a fast and energetic tempo with a prominent rhythm played by the woodblocks, representing the experience of a short and thrilling ride. As a commentary on the title, Adams inquires, “You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?”

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Concerto, Violin, op. 35 major
Composed in 1945 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the soaring lyrical melody from this piece was initially written for the 1937 Warner Brothers film Another Dawn. This concerto was dubbed “The Hollywood Concerto” by New York critics with prejudice against its romantic film music style.

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Aaron Copland
Symphony No.3 <1944–1946>
Composed between 1944 and 1946, this is a large-scale work for orchestra that features themes of American optimism and patriotism. It has been widely regarded as one of Copland’s most important compositions. The work premiered in 1946 and has since become a staple of the orchestral repertoire.

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RUNTIME: 1H 45M

MUSIC PREVIEW


AFTERPARTY

Location: Country Club of Jackson

Keep the celebration going after the baton is down and the instruments are put away. Taking place in various locations around Jackson following Saturday evening concerts, these events are a great opportunity to mingle with musicians, guest artists, composers, other symphony fans, and of course, the Maestro. All are welcome at this event and the $20 ticket buys you entry, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks.

Sponsored by Thomas and Susan Rochester


GUEST ARTIST

William Hagen
Violin

The riveting 30-year-old American violinist William Hagen has appeared as a soloist with many of the world’s great orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, San Francisco Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and many more. Already a seasoned international performer who has won friends around the world, William has been hailed as a “brilliant virtuoso…a standout” (The Dallas Morning News) whose playing is “… captivating, floating delicately above the orchestra” (Chicago Classical Review). He was the third-prize winner of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, one of the highest-ranking Americans ever in the prestigious competition. William performs on the 1732 ‘Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan’ Stradivarius, on generous loan from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.

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Hagen’s recent performances include appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic and Asheville Symphony, and performances at the Ravinia, Grant Park, Sunriver, and Santa Fe Chamber Music festivals and Tippet Rise Art Center. Hagen’s 2023-24 season highlights include performances for the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, Detroit Symphony, a European tour with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and collaborations with cellist Andrei Ioniță and pianists Orion Weiss and Albert Cano-Smit. This season William offers a new community engagement initiative that combines conversations with local gardening experts with an interactive performance and explores the ways in which music and nature are connected.

William has performed with conductor Nicolas McGegan both at the Aspen Music Festival and with the Pasadena Symphony, and made his debut with the Oregon Symphony under Carlos Kalmar, performed with the Brussels Chamber Orchestra in Beijing and at the Aspen Music Festival with conductor Ludovic Morlot, and played recitals in Paris, Brussels, and at the Ravinia Festival. Collaborations include those with Steven Isserlis at the Wigmore Hall, with Tabea Zimmermann at the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, with Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis, and Christian Tetzlaff in Germany, and in New York City with the Jupiter Chamber Players.

Since his debut with the Utah Symphony at age nine, William has performed with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Christian Arming, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Michel Tabachnik, and Hugh Wolff. A native of Salt Lake City, William first heard the violin when he was 3 and began taking lessons at age 4 with Natalie Reed, followed by Deborah Moench. At age 10, he began studying with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he studied until the age of 17.

After studying at the Juilliard School for two years with Itzhak Perlman, William returned to Los Angeles to continue studying with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory. He then went on to study at the Kronberg Academy in Germany with Christian Tetzlaff. William is an alumnus of the Verbier Academy in Switzerland, the Perlman Music Program, and the Aspen Music Festival.

SPONSORED BY

Thomas and Susan Rochester