MasterWorks Festival
David Chan, conductor
Concerto Competition Winners
Program to include:
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
David Chan, conductor
Concerto Competition Winners
Program to include:
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter Slowik, artistic director and conductor (Bartók/Holst)
David Chan, conductor (Mahler)
Luna Songeun Park, soprano
featuring Credo faculty members:
David Taylor, Holly Jenkins, Lisa-Beth Lambert and Hanah Stuart, violins
Marlea Simpson and Daniel Orsen, violas
Anne Martindale Williams and Amos Yang, cellos
Andrew Anderson, double bass
Alicia DiDonato Paulsen, flute
Cynthia DeAlmeida, oboe
Benjamin Lulich, clarinet
Anthony Georgeson, bassoon
William Caballero, horn
Steven Franklin, trumpet
Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
David Chan, principal conductor
Leah Hawkins, soprano
Verdi: Prelude to Aida
Verdi: “Ritorna vincitor!” from Aida
Verdi: Ave Maria from Otello
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Verdi: “Pace, pace, mio Dio” from La forza del destino
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64
David Chan, principal conductor
WNO Cafritz Young Artists
Tiffany Choe, soprano
Sahel Salam, tenor
Sergio Martínez, bass
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (complete ballet)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
David Chan, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
David Chan, principal conductor
Wiliam Caballero, horn
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde, D. 644
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
David Chan, conductor
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in e minor, Op. 20
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
Orchestral Performance Program — OPUS130
Daniela Candillari, conductor
featuring MSM faculty members:
David Chan, concertmaster
Cong Wu, viola
Alan Stepansky, cello
Robert Langevin, flute
Pascual Martinez-Forteza, clarinet
Kim Laskowski, bassoon
Thomas Smith, trumpet
George Curran, bass trombone
Kyle Turner, tuba
Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour (2015)
Smetana: Die Moldau
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in e minor, Op. 27
David Chan, principal conductor
Hai-Ye Ni, cello
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
Orchestral Performance Program — OPUS130
David Chan, conductor
Unsuk Chin: subito con forza (2020)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
David Chan, conductor
Sumi Hwang, soprano
Richard Yongjae O’Neill, viola
Mozart: “Deh vieni non tardar” from Le nozze di Figaro
Dvořák: Song of the Moon from Rusalka
Lehar: Vilja-Lied from The Merry Widow
Gounod: “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (Korea premiere)
Peter Slowik, artistic director and conductor (Tchaikovsky)
David Chan, conductor (Mahler)
featuring Credo faculty members:
David Taylor, Holly Jenkins, Lisa-Beth Lambert and Hanah Stuart, violins
Marlea Simpson, Aaron Mossburg, and Daniel Orsen, violas
Anne Martindale Williams and Amos Yang, cellos
Scott Pingel, double bass
Marie Tachouet, flute
Cynthia DeAlmeida, oboe
James Logan, clarinet
Anthony Georgeson, bassoon
William Caballero and Michelle Baker, horns
Steven Franklin, trumpet
Megumi Kanda, trombone
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Major, Op. 48
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major “Titan”
David Chan, conductor
Concerto Competitions Winners
Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 (1st mvt.)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22 (1st mvt.)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 (1st mvt.)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (1st mvt.)
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
David Chan, conductor
Ying Fang, soprano
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
David Chan, conductor
Julie Vidrick Evans, organ
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Albinoni: Adagio in g minor
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major “Pastoral,” Op. 68
David Chan, conductor
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in d minor, Op. 70
David Chan, conductor
Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic” (1878/80 version)
Orchestral Performance Program — OPUS130
David Chan, conductor
Arthur Li, piano
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers (2020)
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings (1979)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major “Italian” Op. 90
David Chan, conductor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Mozart: “Deh vieni non tardar” from Le nozze di Figaro
Rossini: “Non si dà follia maggiore” from Il turco in Italia
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Rossini: “Juste ciel” from Le siège de Corinthe
Rossini: “Una voce poco fa” from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in b minor “Unfinished,” D. 759
Mendelssohn: Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 21
David Chan, conductor
Ben Hong, cello
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major “Titan”
Orchestral Performance Program
David Chan, conductor
featuring MSM faculty members:
Sheryl Staples, concertmaster
Lisa Kim, violin
Shmuel Katz, viola
Alan Stepansky, cello
Orin O’Brien, double bass
Robert Langevin, flute
Pascual Martinez-Forteza, clarinet
Michelle Baker, horn
Mariko Anraku, harp
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Revueltas: Sensemayá (1938)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
David Chan, conductor
Svetoslav Stoyanov, marimba
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2005)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in e minor, Op. 27
David Chan, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Rossini: “Una voce poco fa” from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Mozart: "Voi che sapete” from Le nozze di Figaro
Bizet: Prelude, Habanera, and Séguidille from Carmen
Bizet: Symphony in C
David Chan, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor, Op. 33
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major “Drumroll”
Felicia Moore, soprano
John Brancy, baritone
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor, Op. 33
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Liszt: Les Préludes, S. 97
Meigui Zhang, soprano
Siphokazi Molteno, mezzo-soprano
Alexander McKissick, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass-baritone
Downtown Voices
Stephen Sands, chorus master
Unsuk Chin: subito con forza (2020)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor “Choral,” Op. 125
NYUO2
David Chan, conductor
Kristian de Leon: Damaged Goods (2021)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68
SFCM Chamber Orchestra
David Chan, conductor
Huang Ruo: A Dust in Time (2020)
Haydn: Symphony No. 63 in C Major “La Roxelane”
Florence Price: Andante moderato from String Quartet in G Major
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
David Chan, conductor
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in e minor, Op. 27
Penwah, poetry reader
Mendelssohn: “The Fair Melusina” Overture, Op. 32
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1943 version)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
Leah Hawkins, soprano
Anna Clyne: Sound and Fury (2019)
Cilea: “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Still: “Golden Days” from Costaso
Puccini: “Un bel dì” from Madama Butterfly
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Hans Cutiongco, viola
Debussy: Petite suite (arr. Büsser)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)
Bruch: Romanze for viola and orchestra, Op. 85
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major “Drumroll”