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Artistic Directors, VentiCordi Chamber Music
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Greetings from Kookie and Dean 3
We welcome you to our 11th Season. Where has the time gone?
10 years have passed and we look forward to the next 10 (and a
lot more). Last season we got to celebrate this special milestone
with you and we are grateful you choose to share in our musical
journey.
We are delighted to announce that VentiCordi is preparing to
make its first recording. Many of the pieces we perform this
summer will be on that recording, including gems such as the
Trio of Hans Gál, ‘Pas de Trois’ by Ned Rorem and a work
especially written for us, ‘Three Duos for VentiCordi’ by Bill
Matthews.
This leads us right in to our first concert, appropriately titled, For
the Record. In addition to the Gál and Rorem, we are exploring
the music of contemporary composer Boris Blacher for the first
time, and a great chamber work of the early Romantic era by
Carl Maria von Weber.
Our second program, Mimi’s Song, is titled for one of the duos of
Bill Matthews, where he sets the nature of our cat Mimi into
music, even asking us to supply a “cat-like” cadenza. VentiCordi
will then travel the globe, with music of Brazil, England, Poland,
Austria, and from right here in Maine.
The addition of voice makes a return on concert three, with
Hindemith’s Die Serenaden and Sharon Davis’ ‘Three Moods of
Emily Dickenson’. We love exploring music that is new to us.
Indeed, all of the music on this program will be played by
VentiCordi for the first time. The opening work by Georges
Migot, the lengthy title of which belies the brevity of the music,
inspired our program title The Song of the Nightingale. The
highly dramatic and Romantic quintet of Dubois will make an
energetic finale to our season’s offerings.
We will keep you updated on the progress of the recording. We
plan to have CDs ready for you by next season. In the
meantime, enjoy the music!
With best wishes,
Kathleen 'Kookie' McNerney & Dean Stein
Artistic Directors, VentiCordi Chamber Music
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Oboist Kathleen McNerney has been Violinist Dean Stein has performed throughout the
hailed by critics for her ‘rich, full bodied
tone’ and ‘attention to the natural, and
Show
world inyour support
recital, with orchestras, chamber music
ensembles, and as soloist. His performances
enticing timbre of the instrument’. Kathleen frequently garner critical acclaim, as in a recording
Thank you for
of which your
‘The generous
Strad’ gift wrote, “Dean Arthur
magazine
finds chamber music to be the ideal outlet Stein excels in the first violin’s improvisatory
for her music making. The founding of
□ Friend $10 - $99cadenza, his fierce yet luxuriant tone setting the
VentiCordi has fulfilled a lifelong dream. mood...”
□ Sustainer $100 - $249
She currently teaches oboe at Bowdoin A passionate performer and advocate for chamber
□ Patron $250 - $499 music, Mr. Stein was honored to be chosen as first
and Bates Colleges and is the woodwind
□ Leader $500 - $999 violinist of the Portland String Quartet in 2012, the
chamber music coach at Bowdoin. She first change of personnel in the distinguished PSQ’s history since it’s
also teaches at the Portland Conservatory of Music. Kathleen □ Benefactor
formation $1,000 - $2,999
in 1969.
has performed with many New England and Maine based □ President’s Circlehighlights
minimum include
$1,000/year, 3 years The Juliet
Recent performance Elvis Costello's,
performing organizations such as the Portland Symphony, □ Cultural
Letters with Champion $5,000 and
the Rose Quintet, above
string quartet concerts in Budapest and
PortOpera, Bay Chamber Concerts, Portland String Quartet, on the Danube River, a collaboration with Iraqi Oud virtuoso Rahim-al-
□ I and
Haj, wishperforming
to donate securities. Please contact
the 10 Beethoven SonatasVentiCordi.
with pianist Chiharu
Maine Music Society, Maine Chamber Ensemble, New
Hampshire Symphony, New Hampshire Bach Festival and New □ My business/corporation
Naruse at Bates College. will match this gift.
Hampshire Summer Music Festival. Business/Corporation
In 2009, Mr. Stein, togethername__________________
with oboist Kathleen McNerney, created
VentiCordi
□ The Gift of a Lifetime. focusing on combining wind and string
Chamber Music,
Before moving to Maine, Kathleen lived in Los Angeles for instruments, and programming lesser known treasures of the chamber
nineteen years. During those years Kathleen enjoyed a prolific musicIf you would like
repertoire. to make
Their a Specialeach
performances Gift through
summerainwill theorKennebunks
other
and varied playing career, working in many regional orchestras, have estate
beenplan, please contact
enthusiastically VentiCordi
received for more
and critically information.
acclaimed.
playing all positions and appearing as soloist several times. In □ Please
From 2003 list
- 08my giftStein
Mr. anonymously.
directed the Arcady Music Festival in Bar
2004, she premiered a commissioned piece for English horn, Harbor, Maine. At Arcady, he performed in chamber ensembles,
written for her, as a long standing member of the Orchestra of brought internationally renowned artists to perform in Down East
I’d like and
Maine, to help
gave VentiCordi by volunteering
high priority in programs,
to educational the following areas:
bringing
St. Matthews.
musicians to perform directly for Maine schoolchildren.
She was oboist for two woodwind quintets, Imbroglio and Calico □ Housing □ At Concerts □ Mailings □ Benefits □ Publicity
His passion for the solo violin music of Bach has resulted in many
Winds and recorded with both groups. Her recording with Calico □ Meals □ Ad
performances of Sales
Bach’s□masterpieces,
Fundraising □which
Graphic/Web Design
one reviewer acclaimed
Winds was praised in the Los Angeles Times as ‘proceeds from as “a superb and impressive performance of the unaccompanied
Bach to Zappa…projecting solid musical values all the way… Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2...”
Name(s)_________________________________
crossed all the style lines and gotten away with it.’ Additional Chamber music audiences have heard Mr. Stein in performances
Phone __________________________________
playing experience includes opera, ballet, movie soundtracks throughout Maine from Ogunquit to Orono, at Music Mountain, Eastern
and musical theatre. Some of Kathleen's favorite work while in Address
Music _________________________________
Festival, Harvard’s Paine Hall, Bowdoin and Bates Colleges and
Los Angeles was playing for silent movies and with local pop many more venues.
AEmail
highly___________________________________
sought after teacher and clinician, Mr. Stein is on the faculty of
artists. Bowdoin and Bates Colleges, coaches string quartets with the PSQ at
While in California, Kathleen held teaching positions at Azusa Newagen
Please sendSeaside Inn, St.
to: P.O. BoxJoseph’s College ME
95 Kennebunk, and 04043
Sabbathday Lake
or contact
Shaker Village, and has taught at New England Conservatory’s
Pacific University, La Sierra University and Glendale Community us at VentiCordi@gmail.com
Preparatory to donate
Division, and University by credit
of North card.at Greensboro.
Carolina
College.
HeVentiCordi
studied first with Margaret
Chamber Berend
Music is at the
a 501(c) Henry Street
3 non-profit corporation.
Kathleen is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music, where she Settlement, then at the Juilliard School with Lewis Kaplan and Ivan
Our tax EIN is 27-3784054. Gifts to VentiCordi
Galamian, and at University of Maryland, College Park, arewith
tax-Gerald
studied with Humbert Lucarelli, and the University of Southern
deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Fischbach and members of the Guarneri String Quartet.
California. Further studies were with Allan Vogel, former
Principal Oboe with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
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THE
ISLAND INN
Oboist Kathleen McNerney has been Violinist Dean Stein has performed throughout the
hailed by critics for her ‘rich, full bodied
tone’ and ‘attention to the natural, and
Show
world inyour support
recital, with orchestras, chamber music
ensembles, and as soloist. His performances
enticing timbre of the instrument’. Kathleen frequently garner critical acclaim, as in a recording
Thank you for
of which your
‘The generous
Strad’ gift wrote, “Dean Arthur
magazine
finds chamber music to be the ideal outlet Stein excels in the first violin’s improvisatory
for her music making. The founding of
□ Friend $10 - $99cadenza, his fierce yet luxuriant tone setting the
VentiCordi has fulfilled a lifelong dream. mood...”
□ Sustainer $100 - $249
She currently teaches oboe at Bowdoin A passionate performer and advocate for chamber
□ Patron $250 - $499 music, Mr. Stein was honored to be chosen as first
and Bates Colleges and is the woodwind
□ Leader $500 - $999 violinist of the Portland String Quartet in 2012, the
chamber music coach at Bowdoin. She first change of personnel in the distinguished PSQ’s history since it’s
also teaches at the Portland Conservatory of Music. Kathleen □ Benefactor
formation $1,000 - $2,999
in 1969.
has performed with many New England and Maine based □ President’s Circlehighlights
minimum include
$1,000/year, 3 years The Juliet
Recent performance Elvis Costello's,
performing organizations such as the Portland Symphony, □ Cultural
Letters with Champion $5,000 and
the Rose Quintet, above
string quartet concerts in Budapest and
PortOpera, Bay Chamber Concerts, Portland String Quartet, on the Danube River, a collaboration with Iraqi Oud virtuoso Rahim-al-
□ I and
Haj, wishperforming
to donate securities. Please contact
the 10 Beethoven SonatasVentiCordi.
with pianist Chiharu
Maine Music Society, Maine Chamber Ensemble, New
A traditional
Hampshire Symphony, New Hampshire Bach Festival and New □ My business/corporation
Naruse at Bates College. will match this gift.
turn of the century
Hampshire Summer inn
Music Festival. Business/Corporation name__________________
In 2009, Mr. Stein, together with oboist Kathleen McNerney, created
on Maine’s most VentiCordi
majestic island
□ The Gift of a Lifetime. focusing on combining wind and string
Chamber Music,
Before moving to Maine, Kathleen lived in Los Angeles for instruments, and programming lesser known treasures of the chamber
nineteen years. During those years Kathleen enjoyed a prolific musicIf you would like
repertoire. to make
Their a Specialeach
performances Gift through
summerainwill theorKennebunks
other
islandinnmonhegan.com
and varied playing career, working in many regional orchestras, have estate
beenplan, please contact
enthusiastically VentiCordi
received for more
and critically information.
acclaimed.
207-596-0371
playing all positions and appearing as soloist several times. In □ Please
From 2003 list
- 08my giftStein
Mr. anonymously.
directed the Arcady Music Festival in Bar
2004, she premiered a commissioned piece for English horn, Harbor, Maine. At Arcady, he performed in chamber ensembles,
written for her, as a long standing member of the Orchestra of brought internationally renowned artists to perform in Down East
I’d like and
Maine, to help
gave VentiCordi by volunteering
high priority in programs,
to educational the following areas:
bringing
St. Matthews.
musicians to perform directly for Maine schoolchildren.
She was oboist for two woodwind quintets, Imbroglio and Calico □ Housing □ At Concerts □ Mailings □ Benefits □ Publicity
His passion for the solo violin music of Bach has resulted in many
Winds and recorded with both groups. Her recording with Calico □ Meals □ Ad
performances of Sales
Bach’s□masterpieces,
Fundraising □which
Graphic/Web Design
one reviewer acclaimed
Winds was praised in the Los Angeles Times as ‘proceeds from as “a superb and impressive performance of the unaccompanied
Bach to Zappa…projecting solid musical values all the way… Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2...”
Name(s)_________________________________
crossed all the style lines and gotten away with it.’ Additional Chamber music audiences have heard Mr. Stein in performances
Phone __________________________________
playing experience includes opera, ballet, movie soundtracks throughout Maine from Ogunquit to Orono, at Music Mountain, Eastern
and musical theatre. Some of Kathleen's favorite work while in Address
Music _________________________________
Festival, Harvard’s Paine Hall, Bowdoin and Bates Colleges and
Los Angeles was playing for silent movies and with local pop many more venues.
AEmail
highly___________________________________
sought after teacher and clinician, Mr. Stein is on the faculty of
artists. Bowdoin and Bates Colleges, coaches string quartets with the PSQ at
While in California, Kathleen held teaching positions at Azusa Newagen
Please sendSeaside Inn, St.
to: P.O. BoxJoseph’s College ME
95 Kennebunk, and 04043
Sabbathday Lake
or contact
Shaker Village, and has taught at New England Conservatory’s
Pacific University, La Sierra University and Glendale Community us at VentiCordi@gmail.com
Preparatory to donate
Division, and University by credit
of North card.at Greensboro.
Carolina
College.
HeVentiCordi
studied first with Margaret
Chamber Berend
Music is at the
a 501(c) Henry Street
3 non-profit corporation.
Kathleen is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music, where she Settlement, then at the Juilliard School with Lewis Kaplan and Ivan
Our tax EIN is 27-3784054. Gifts to VentiCordi
Galamian, and at University of Maryland, College Park, arewith
tax-Gerald
studied with Humbert Lucarelli, and the University of Southern
deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Fischbach and members of the Guarneri String Quartet.
California. Further studies were with Allan Vogel, former
Principal Oboe with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
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for Reservations
Friday, July 12, 2019, 7:00
First Congregational Church, South Portland

Hans Gál 1890 - 1987

Trio for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Op. 94
Pastorale
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Intermezzo Ad
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Meditation on a Scottish Tune
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expertise in primary Lento
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VentiCordi presents
For the Record
Thursday, July 11, 2019, 7:00
South Congregational Church, Kennebunkport
Friday, July 12, 2019, 7:00
First Congregational Church, South Portland

Hans Gál 1890 - 1987

Trio for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Op. 94
Pastorale
Intermezzo grazioso
Intermezzo agitato
Meditation on a Scottish Tune
Ned Rorem b. 1923
Pas de Trois for Piano, Oboe, Violin
The Palace at Four A.M.
Mechanical
Duet for Three Voices
Pas de Trois
Three Sisters
The Nursery at Four P.M.

-Intermission -
Boris Blacher 1903 - 1975
Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
Lento
Allegro
Moderato (with Variations)
Carl Maria von Weber 1786 - 1826
Trio for Flute, Cello, Piano, Opus 63
Allegro moderato
Scherzo
Shepherd's Lament. Andante espressivo
Finale. Allegro
FLEURANT
Pamela Mia Paul, Piano Erin Lesser, Flute
174 port road
Kathleen kennebunk
McNerney, maine
Oboe (207)
Dean 4242
967Violin
Stein,
Mark Smith, Viola Andrew Mark, Cello
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Program Notes - The Nightingale Sings - Aug. 8 & 9, 2019 Sharon Davis, Three Moods of Emily Dickinson for Soprano,
Thank you to our Supporters Violin,
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truecareer
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This short work of Migot translates roughly as, "In the evening, the take a circuitous route,asfirst
theinterrupted
trios of Charles by theLoefffler
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nightingale will sing, then die in the rising day." Composed in 1910 at the and August Klughardt. Sharon Davis seems
later resumed in Scotland where he would achieve critical success especially enamored of the
and re-
age of 19, this title may reveal a young man’s $10Symbolist written word. Her
side until his death. most well-known works are based on the written word by
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at least as much fame as aAmazonpainter in his lifetime as from his Theafter serving in the German army during World War I Dickinson’s
first movement, ‘I’m Nobody' may be one of Emily he joined themost faculty
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composing, with many showings in the galleries
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of the Vienna was first published
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and the importance of its meaning, God and religion, internment and
Anonymous Lois Lange loneliness, and death. The poem depicts how a
camp in Scotland. At the urging of several well-known British musicians the“certain Slant of light”
mainstream, he did not embrace the 12 tone school, or try to sound like
Ronald Lantz oppresses
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ability toChadima
attract attention, but the genius to express something worthwhile the Edinbugh Music Festival.
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asLex Grapentine
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or Sevens Ann McCutchan like”. 'Wild Nights!' is a sustained exclamation,
Composed in Edinburgh in 1941, the Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola was an extended expression of
Russ & Kathleen Mack agitated yearning for reunion with a lover. Even
one of a number of wartime compositions not widely performed outside of at the time it was
of the road he is following, and if he John Parrette
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anxiety lest unscrupulous minds should read into the daughter,
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Paul Mason Die Serenaden,
Hindemith, Suzanne
Op. 35,Robinson
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in literaturehad intended.
at the University of York and
Jane O'Connor
Viola, Cello honorary president of the Hans Gál Society:
Pamela Mia Paul Théodore Dubois, Quintet
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the 20th century. His early works were considered dissonant in nature, Théodore
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of sonatina form.consists of religious
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purpose and would go on to codify this style in his pre-eminent Music written in 1867.a restless,
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sounds relatively grounded
the final in the French
coda, appearsRomanticmelodically tradition, characterizedlinked
and contrapuntally by fine to melody,
the melody
Thomas & Lindytame Green in comparison to the post-World War II
compositions
Cathy & Neilof serialists, such as Schoenberg.
Lamb drama
of theand refined
opening taste. He
Pastorale. deplored
The Gaelic the tune,new musicalknown
generally style exemplified
as "MacGre- by
OnRobert & Kimberly
May 15th, 1924, Lehmann
Paul Hindemith married singer Gertrud Rottenberg Claude Debussy is
gor's Lament", and forbadestrain
a familiar the students at the conservatory
on the Scottish bagpipes or to hear
harp.
Humbert Lucarelli JENS BERGEN, Debussy’s latest opera, Pelléas et Mélisande. Ravel was a student at the
and they would remain happily married forAnearlyTTORNEY
40 years, until
Gordon & Marilyn Lutz Ned Rorem,
conservatory Pastime,
at that de Troisand brokefor Piano,
that rule, Oboe,
seeingViolin
the opera 14 times
Hindemith’s death in 1963. Die Serenaden was written for Hindemith’s
Hugh Maynard Ned Rorem
during it’s firstwas
run. born into a Quaker
In June,1905 Dubois family
wasinforced
Richmond,
to retire Indiana in 1923,
prematurely,
new bride and premiered by her in April, 1925. It is a secular cantata for
Sheila Meek the ason
after of Rufus
public scandal Rorem caused andby Gladys W. Miller.
the faculty's Nedattempt
blatant Rorem to showed
stop Ravelan ear-
which Hindemith
Antoinette Russin set brief romantic texts, (by largely inconsequential
ly interest
from winninginthe musicPrixand would was
de Rome laterdiscovered.
go on to study at Northwestern Univer-
poets)
Eleanor Sanderson combination of Soprano, Oboe, Viola and Cello.
for the unusual
ThesityQuintet
before was attending
originallythe Curtis
composed Institute
withinthePhiladelphia
oboe in mind andbecause
the Juilliardof its
The
Hankpiece’s
& Sue form consists of 9 sections with only one of the movements
Schmitt School in
haunting New York
timbre. City. is a robust, lush and fully unabashed
The quintet
employing
Ann & Adrianall four musicians. The remainder of the brief movements are
Wallace
Rorem has
Romantic 'tourbeen the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship (1951), a Guggen-
de force'.
for various solo, duo, and trio combinations drawn from the ensemble.
heim Fellowship (1957), and an award from the National Institute of Arts
and Letters (1968).
When VentiCordi first discovered that Ned Rorem had written Pas de Trois
8
20 Program Notes - For the Record - July 11 & 12, 2019 219
Program Notes - The Nightingale Sings - Aug. 8 & 9, 2019 Sharon Davis, Three Moods of Emily Dickinson for Soprano,
Thank you to our Supporters Violin,
Hans Cello, Piano
Gál, Trio for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Op. 64
Georges Migot, Le soirthanks
tombe,tolethe
rossignol va chanter, It Hans
seemsGál thatwasmuch of the music
a prominent that VentiCordi
Austrian-born performs
composer, is often inpired
musicologist and edu-by
We offer our deepest donors and sponsorspuis
below for
mourir autheir
jour financial
naissantsupport
for Oboe, Violin, Piano literary sources. We relish this connection and
cator. His family was of Jewish ancestry and so it would come to pass thatexplore it to its fullest. This
of VentiCordi's artistic vision. is his
truecareer
even would
of music without voice such
This short work of Migot translates roughly as, "In the evening, the take a circuitous route,asfirst
theinterrupted
trios of Charles by theLoefffler
Nazis and
nightingale will sing, then die in the rising day." Composed in 1910 at the and August Klughardt. Sharon Davis seems
later resumed in Scotland where he would achieve critical success especially enamored of the
and re-
age of 19, this title may reveal a young man’s $10Symbolist written word. Her
side until his death. most well-known works are based on the written word by
Sustaining Sponsor Friend - $99 poetic poets such ashis Emily Dickinson, William Blake andUniversity
Oscar Wilde.
inclinations.
Cole Harrison It isInsurance
worth noting that Migot was a multi-talented
John David Adams person who Gál earned doctorate in music in 1913 at the of Vienna and
Kennebunk
achieved Savings
at least as much fame as aAmazonpainter in his lifetime as from his Theafter serving in the German army during World War I Dickinson’s
first movement, ‘I’m Nobody' may be one of Emily he joined themost faculty
Smile
York Hospital
composing, with many showings in the galleries
Delvyn CaseofIIIParis. He also wrote famous poems and
of the Vienna was first published
Conservatory. In 1928, in in 1891.
after many The well iconic
received firstcomposi-
line ‘I’m
Jens Bergen, Attorney Nobody!
tions, he Whowasare you?’director
named as the poemof the suggests, is about theinidea
Mainz Conservatory that
Germany.
poetry,
Normand penning
Method nearly all the words Jennifer
Insurance he set toCaven
music. His writings include
a book on Rameau, and two volumes Stacey
on hisMcGlone Gemmill Essais
musical thoughts, anonymity is preferable to fame.
Gal and his family had to return to Vienna after the invasion of Mainz in
Benefactor
pour une Esthétique $1,000 - $2,999
générale Bernard & Phyllis
and Appogiatures résoluesGivertz
et non 'There’s
March,1933.a certain TheSlantNaziofanchluss
light' hasofseveral
Austriamainin 1938 themes.
forcedThesethem include
to flee
Ann Ertman
résolues. A French nationalist composer who would notKurtz
MaryJo Mclelland follow the nature,
again, this time to Britain. In May,1940 they were sent to analienation
and the importance of its meaning, God and religion, internment and
Anonymous Lois Lange loneliness, and death. The poem depicts how a
camp in Scotland. At the urging of several well-known British musicians the“certain Slant of light”
mainstream, he did not embrace the 12 tone school, or try to sound like
Ronald Lantz oppresses
Gal familythe waslyrical voice.within
released EmilyaDickinson employs
year and settled in dashes
Edinburgh. and slants to
LeaderAs
Debussy. $500early- $999
as 1925, he was described in The Musical
Patricia Manning & Jerry Quarterly
asMary
“oneBergen
of the few music-makers of the time who not only possess the slow the pace of the poetry and the composition
He, along with Rudolf Bing, who also came from Vienna, were founders reflects this slower pace, of
Lieberman with a brief passage being marked as “spoken slowly and somberly, chant
Susan
ability toChadima
attract attention, but the genius to express something worthwhile the Edinbugh Music Festival.
Jessie Meadows
asLex Grapentine
well… Fives, Sixes& Tracy Moore are not his kind. He knows the direction
or Sevens Ann McCutchan like”. 'Wild Nights!' is a sustained exclamation,
Composed in Edinburgh in 1941, the Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola was an extended expression of
Russ & Kathleen Mack agitated yearning for reunion with a lover. Even
one of a number of wartime compositions not widely performed outside of at the time it was
of the road he is following, and if he John Parrette
belongs to any numerical
Patron $250
combination, it is- to
$499the Group of One: Susan Potters
Georges Migot alone.” published,
Scotland Dickinson’s
until the latefriend 1940s. andIt editor,
was notThomaspublished Wentworth
until 1970. Higginson,
Patricia & Larry Keller Carolyn Paulin & Paul Vermel expressed
The following program note by Gál himself was provided by hispoetry
anxiety lest unscrupulous minds should read into the daughter,
Patricia
Paul Mason Die Serenaden,
Hindemith, Suzanne
Op. 35,Robinson
for Soprano, Oboe, more
Eva than the sexually
Fox-Gál, a retiredinnocent
lecturer Dickinson
in literaturehad intended.
at the University of York and
Jane O'Connor
Viola, Cello honorary president of the Hans Gál Society:
Pamela Mia Paul Théodore Dubois, Quintet
The four movements are closely forknit Piano, Oboe,
three-part Violin, Viola,
inventions. Their Cello
essential
Paul Hindemith
Deborah was a Tudhope
& Geoffrey prominent composer in Germany in the first half of
the 20th century. His early works were considered dissonant in nature, Théodore
feature isDuboisa kind was an organist,
of polyphonic composer
layout which, and
using pedagogue.
the individual At characters
the age
Michael Pickel & Doug Watkins ofof24thehethree
was the winner of gives the Grand
but in the mid 1920’s his style began to change. Hindemith would instruments, themPrix equaldeshares
Rome.inHe thewould
thematic then
Sustainer
eventually $100the
eschew - 249
overly romanticized and emotionally wrought style succeed
progress. Camille
The firstSaint-Saëns
movement, in introduced
the post of by maître de chapelle
a bucolic melodyatofthe the oboe,
Anonymous
that had been prevalent, as well as the pure serial system of 12 tone Madeliene.
is shaped in Aa large
kindpart of his output
of sonatina form.consists of religious
The second, with aworks,Trio and theamost“da
Nancy Aldrich notable
capo”,being Les sept paroles
is a light-hearted scherzo.du Christ
In the (The
third,Seven
opened Lastby a Words
duo ofofthe Christ)
string
composition.
Jens BergenHe wanted to write music with clarity of style, focus and
purpose and would go on to codify this style in his pre-eminent Music written in 1867.a restless,
instruments, In 1896 he became the
nightmarish moodDirector of the Paris
is prevalent. TheConservatory
finale is a set
Ariel Fitzgerald where hevariations
ruled withon anairon fist.tune
His own composition styleShruth”)
was firmly
Theory text,
Brenda Frost ‘The CraftSweat
& Gail of Musical Composition’. Today much of his music of free Gaelic (“McGregor o’Ruadh which, in
sounds relatively grounded
the final in the French
coda, appearsRomanticmelodically tradition, characterizedlinked
and contrapuntally by fine to melody,
the melody
Thomas & Lindytame Green in comparison to the post-World War II
compositions
Cathy & Neilof serialists, such as Schoenberg.
Lamb drama
of theand refined
opening taste. He
Pastorale. deplored
The Gaelic the tune,new musicalknown
generally style exemplified
as "MacGre- by
OnRobert & Kimberly
May 15th, 1924, Lehmann
Paul Hindemith married singer Gertrud Rottenberg Claude Debussy is
gor's Lament", and forbadestrain
a familiar the students at the conservatory
on the Scottish bagpipes or to hear
harp.
Humbert Lucarelli JENS BERGEN, Debussy’s latest opera, Pelléas et Mélisande. Ravel was a student at the
and they would remain happily married forAnearlyTTORNEY
40 years, until
Gordon & Marilyn Lutz Ned Rorem,
conservatory Pastime,
at that de Troisand brokefor Piano,
that rule, Oboe,
seeingViolin
the opera 14 times
Hindemith’s death in 1963. Die Serenaden was written for Hindemith’s
Hugh Maynard Ned Rorem
during it’s firstwas
run. born into a Quaker
In June,1905 Dubois family
wasinforced
Richmond,
to retire Indiana in 1923,
prematurely,
new bride and premiered by her in April, 1925. It is a secular cantata for
Sheila Meek the ason
after of Rufus
public scandal Rorem caused andby Gladys W. Miller.
the faculty's Nedattempt
blatant Rorem to showed
stop Ravelan ear-
which Hindemith
Antoinette Russin set brief romantic texts, (by largely inconsequential
ly interest
from winninginthe musicPrixand would was
de Rome laterdiscovered.
go on to study at Northwestern Univer-
poets)
Eleanor Sanderson combination of Soprano, Oboe, Viola and Cello.
for the unusual
ThesityQuintet
before was attending
originallythe Curtis
composed Institute
withinthePhiladelphia
oboe in mind andbecause
the Juilliardof its
The
Hankpiece’s
& Sue form consists of 9 sections with only one of the movements
Schmitt School in
haunting New York
timbre. City. is a robust, lush and fully unabashed
The quintet
employing
Ann & Adrianall four musicians. The remainder of the brief movements are
Wallace
Rorem has
Romantic 'tourbeen the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship (1951), a Guggen-
de force'.
for various solo, duo, and trio combinations drawn from the ensemble.
heim Fellowship (1957), and an award from the National Institute of Arts
and Letters (1968).
When VentiCordi first discovered that Ned Rorem had written Pas de Trois
18
10 11
19
VentiCordi presents
we were excited at the possibility of performing it. We purchased the music
and set about trying to Song
find a recording
of the ofNightingale
it. It is, as of yet, unrecorded, de-
spite being premiered by some extremely preeminent musicians; Chantell
Juliet, violin, RichardThursday,
Woodhams,August
oboe and 8,Lowell
2019,Lieberman,
7:00 piano. We
wrote to Richard
SouthWoodhams, PrincipleChurch,
Congregational Oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
Kennebunkport
regarding the Pas de Trois andAugust
Friday, he was kind enough7:00
9, 2019, to reply. “This is quite a
good piece and it was premiered in Saratoga Springs, NY by Chantal Julliet,
Unitarian Universalist Church, Brunswick
violin, myself (oboe) and Lowell Lieberman, piano. We also rehearsed to per-
form it in Philadelphia at Curtis for Rorem's Birthday a few years later. As I
recall …there was a massive power outage and the concert was cancelled. I
Georges
have Migot
not played it since and don't know of any recordings of it.” 1891 - 1976
Le soir tombe, le rossignol
VentiCordi will be recording the va chanter,
Rorem puis mourir au jour naissant
this year.
for Oboe, Violin, Piano
Boris Blacher, Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
Blacher was a composer, librettist and pedagogue. He was the son of Ger-
PORT WALK, DOCK SQUARE man andHindemith
Paul Estonian parents, and was born in Niuzhuang, China. He 1895was an im-
- 1963
Kennebunkport, ME (207) 967 9989 portant twentieth century cosmopolitan, composer whose best works hover
Die Serenaden, Op. 35 Little Cantata for Soprano, Oboe, Viola, Cello
justBarcarole
on the outside edge of the standard repertory, with his Orchestral Varia-
tions
An on a Theme
Phyllis; by Paganini
Toccata - Corrente being his most well-known composition. The
music from
Nur Mut the first half of his career was tonal and largely approachable,
though in the latter half he
Duett for Viola and Violoncello adopted serial techniques with more emphasis on
atonality. Blacher was prolific in all styles of musical composition but had a
JENS-PETER W. BERGEN Der Abend
great fondness
Der Wurm am Meer for theatrical works.
ATTORNEY Blacher’s
Trio for progress
Oboe, Viola,in German
and Cello musical life faltered during the Second World
War, and
Gute Nachthis music was labeled degenerate by the Nazi regime. He lost his
A steady hand in rough seas... teaching post at the Dresden Conservatorium because of his efforts on behalf
of his colleagues Hindemith, Milhaud - Intermission -
and Schönberg. The quintet is a late
Sage advice and guidance, and zealous work having been written just one year before he died in 1975. His music sad-
representation in the following matters: ly, Sharon
was forgotten
Davis but is now experiencing a much deserved renaissance. b.1937
Three Moods of Emily Dickinson for Soprano, Violin, Cello, Piano
• Real estate disputes CarlI'm Maria
Nobodyvon Weber, Trio for Flute, Cello, Piano, Op. 63
• Accident and injury claims Known
There'smainly for hisSlant
a certain operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon and larg-
of light
• Family matters er Wild
scaleNights!
works for orchestra, Weber was a true leader of the Romantic period
• Contract litigation of music, whose music is still enjoyed today. He had an influence on genera-
• Mediation services are available in any Theodore
tions of composersDubois to follow him. He was the first to systematically 1837 - 1924
use leitmo-
of the foregoing matters. Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano
tivs (musical signature themes) in his operas, paving the way for the stylings
of Allegro
Richard Wagner. In the field of chamber music he is mostly known for his
Jens-Peter W. Bergen, Esq. Canzonetta
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. This fascinating trio, composed in 1818,
Adagio non weaving
troppo a literary theme into his music. While three of the four
Valerio P. Mongillo
79 Portland Road shows Weber
Allegro con fuoco
movements have standard names to explain their tempo and/or character
49 Storer Street ME 04043
Kennebunk,
Kennebunk,207.985.6789
ME 04043 (voice) such as Allegro, or Scherzo, the third movement has the name Schäfers
Klage, or Shephard’s Lament.Soprano
Weber wasKathleen
inspired by two sources for this.
Tel (207) 985-7379
207.985.6163 (fax) Elisabeth Marshall, McNerney, Oboe
The musical theme is borrowed from a song by Wilhelm Ehlers of the same
www.oldmillviolins.com (cell)
207.205.2888 Dean Stein, Violin Michelle LaCourse, Viola Ashima Scripp, Cello
name, and the literary source is a poem by the great German author Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe. Bridget Convey, Piano
18
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19
VentiCordi presents
we were excited at the possibility of performing it. We purchased the music
and set about trying to Song
find a recording
of the ofNightingale
it. It is, as of yet, unrecorded, de-
KE spite being premiered by some extremely preeminent musicians; Chantell
N
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Woodhams,August
oboe and 8,Lowell
2019,Lieberman,
7:00 piano. We

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SouthWoodhams, PrincipleChurch,
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Kennebunkport
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have Migot
not played it since and don't know of any recordings of it.” 1891 - 1976
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VentiCordi will be recording
for Oboe, Violin, Piano
the va chanter,
Rorem puis mourir au jour naissant
this year.

Boris Blacher, Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello

Blacher was a composer, librettist and pedagogue. He was the son of Ger-
PORT WALK, DOCK SQUARE man andHindemith
Paul Estonian parents, and was born in Niuzhuang, China. He 1895was an im-
- 1963
Kennebunkport, ME (207) 967 9989 portant twentieth century cosmopolitan, composer whose best works hover
Die Serenaden, Op. 35 Little Cantata for Soprano, Oboe, Viola, Cello
justBarcarole
on the outside edge of the standard repertory, with his Orchestral Varia-
Tile ♦ Design ♦ Stoneworks tions
An on a Theme
Phyllis; by Paganini
Toccata - Corrente being his most well-known composition. The
music from
Nur Mut the first half of his career was tonal and largely approachable,
DISTINCTIVETILEANDDESIGN.COM though in the latter half he
Duett for Viola and Violoncello adopted serial techniques with more emphasis on
atonality.
Der Abend Blacher was prolific in all styles of musical composition but had a
great fondness
Der Wurm am Meer for theatrical works.
Blacher’s
Trio for progress
Oboe, Viola,in German
and Cello musical life faltered during the Second World
War, and
Gute Nachthis music was labeled degenerate by the Nazi regime. He lost his
teaching post at the Dresden Conservatorium because of his efforts on behalf
of his colleagues Hindemith, Milhaud - Intermission -
and Schönberg. The quintet is a late
work having been written just one year before he died in 1975. His music sad-
ly, Sharon
was forgotten
Davis but is now experiencing a much deserved renaissance. b.1937
Three Moods of Emily Dickinson for Soprano, Violin, Cello, Piano
CarlI'm Maria
Nobodyvon Weber, Trio for Flute, Cello, Piano, Op. 63
Known
There'smainly for hisSlant
a certain operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon and larg-
of light
er Wild
scaleNights!
works for orchestra, Weber was a true leader of the Romantic period
of music, whose music is still enjoyed today. He had an influence on genera-
Theodore
tions of composersDubois to follow him. He was the first to systematically 1837 - 1924
use leitmo-
Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano
tivs (musical signature themes) in his operas, paving the way for the stylings
of Allegro
Richard Wagner. In the field of chamber music he is mostly known for his
Canzonetta
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings. This fascinating trio, composed in 1818,
Adagio non weaving
troppo a literary theme into his music. While three of the four
Valerio P. Mongillo shows Weber
Allegro con fuoco
movements have standard names to explain their tempo and/or character
49 Storer Street
Kennebunk, ME 04043 such as Allegro, or Scherzo, the third movement has the name Schäfers
Klage, or Shephard’s Lament.Soprano
Weber wasKathleen
inspired by two sources for this.
Tel (207) 985-7379 Elisabeth Marshall, McNerney, Oboe
The musical theme is borrowed from a song by Wilhelm Ehlers of the same
www.oldmillviolins.com Dean Stein, Violin Michelle LaCourse, Viola Ashima Scripp, Cello
name, and the literary source is a poem by the great German author Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe. Bridget Convey, Piano
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Program Notes - Mimi's Song - July 24 & 25, 2019 VentiCordi presents
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for Flute Mimi's Song
& Cello Known for infusing his music with folk flavored melodies,
Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos created a tour de force with this Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 7:00
popular duo. The music is divided into three movements, with an Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta
opening energetic movement and a haunting adagio. The music Thursday, July 25, 2019, 7:00
for which the piece is named is in the final movement. Here he St. David's Episcopal Church, Kennebunk
asks the flautist to mimic the sound of a jet plane screaming
overhead by blowing strongly into the mouthpiece, while playing
glissando. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791
Bill Matthews, Three Duos for VentiCordi Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello in D Major, K. 285
Allegro
Bill Matthews studied composition at Oberlin, the University of
Adagio
Iowa, the Institute for Sonologie in Holland, and the Yale School Rondo
of Music. His principal teachers include Richard Hervig, Gottfried
Michael Koenig, and Jacob Druckman. Among his awards and Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969
prizes are three BMI Awards to Student Composers, several Trio for Oboe, Violin, Cello
Adagio. Molto Allegro
grants for study abroad, a Charles E. lves Scholarship from the
Andante
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, two ACA
Vivo
recording awards, and a composer-fellowship from the NEA. He
has composed music in several genres, including solos, Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887 - 1959
orchestral, electronic and chamber music,and music for the Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for Flute, Cello
theater. Teaching at Bates College since 1978, Matthews was Allegro non troppo
Adagio
named the first Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music (now
Vivo
Emeritus) in 1997. We are delighted Bill will introduce his music.
- Intermission -
Malcolm Arnold, Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello
Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, Bill Matthews b. 1950
but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was Three Duos for VentiCordi
grouped with Benjamin Britten and William Walton as one of the Ornithology
most sought-after composers in Britain. His natural melodic gift Promenade
earned him a reputation as a composer of light music such as Mimi's Song
his concert overtures and the sets of Welsh, English, Scottish,

DANNAH
Malcolm Arnold 1921 - 2006
Irish and Cornish Dances. He was also a highly successful
Quartet Op. 61 for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
composer of film music, penning the scores to over a hundred
Allegro non troppo
features and documentaries, including classic titles such as The
Allegretto
Bridge on the River Kwai, Hobson's Choice and the St. Trinian's
Vivace con brio
small important luxuries. . .
series. His nine symphonies are often deeply personal and show
a more serious side to his work, which has P.O.proved
Box 547 • more
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Eileen Holt, Flute Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
CL D ESIGN &L
controversial. Arnold composed his Quartet for Oboe and Strings
ANDSCAPE
in honor of the great English oboist Léon Goossens
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60th birthday,
123 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport • 207-967-8640
Dean Stein, Violin Russell Wilson, Viola
Creating beautiful and sustainable landscapes Ashima Scripp, Cello
in 1957. www.cldesignlandscape.com
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Program Notes - Mimi's Song - July 24 & 25, 2019 VentiCordi presents
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for Flute Mimi's Song
& Cello Known for infusing his music with folk flavored melodies,
Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos created a tour de force with this Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 7:00
popular duo. The music is divided into three movements, with an Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta
opening energetic movement and a haunting adagio. The music Thursday, July 25, 2019, 7:00
for which the piece is named is in the final movement. Here he St. David's Episcopal Church, Kennebunk
asks the flautist to mimic the sound of a jet plane screaming
overhead by blowing strongly into the mouthpiece, while playing
glissando. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791
Bill Matthews, Three Duos for VentiCordi Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello in D Major, K. 285
Allegro
Bill Matthews studied composition at Oberlin, the University of
Adagio
Iowa, the Institute for Sonologie in Holland, and the Yale School Rondo
of Music. His principal teachers include Richard Hervig, Gottfried
Michael Koenig, and Jacob Druckman. Among his awards and Grażyna Bacewicz 1909 - 1969
prizes are three BMI Awards to Student Composers, several Trio for Oboe, Violin, Cello
Adagio. Molto Allegro
grants for study abroad, a Charles E. lves Scholarship from the
Andante
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, two ACA
Vivo
recording awards, and a composer-fellowship from the NEA. He
has composed music in several genres, including solos, Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887 - 1959
orchestral, electronic and chamber music,and music for the Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for Flute, Cello
theater. Teaching at Bates College since 1978, Matthews was Allegro non troppo
Adagio
named the first Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music (now
Vivo
Emeritus) in 1997. We are delighted Bill will introduce his music.
- Intermission -
Malcolm Arnold, Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello
Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, Bill Matthews b. 1950
but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was Three Duos for VentiCordi
grouped with Benjamin Britten and William Walton as one of the Ornithology
most sought-after composers in Britain. His natural melodic gift Promenade
earned him a reputation as a composer of light music such as Mimi's Song
his concert overtures and the sets of Welsh, English, Scottish,
Malcolm Arnold 1921 - 2006
Irish and Cornish Dances. He was also a highly successful
Quartet Op. 61 for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello
composer of film music, penning the scores to over a hundred
Allegro non troppo
features and documentaries, including classic titles such as The
Allegretto
Bridge on the River Kwai, Hobson's Choice and the St. Trinian's
Vivace con brio
series. His nine symphonies are often deeply personal and show
a more serious side to his work, which has proved more
controversial. Arnold composed his Quartet for Oboe and Strings Eileen Holt, Flute Kathleen McNerney, Oboe
in honor of the great English oboist Léon Goossens 60th birthday, Dean Stein, Violin Russell Wilson, Viola
in 1957. Ashima Scripp, Cello
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Program Notes - Mimi's Song - July 24 & 25, 2019
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Mozart was about 20 years old when he visited Mannheim, Germany.
Organic and natural He struck up a friendship with a wealthy amateur flutist Ferdinand De
Jean, who was a surgeon with the Dutch East India Company. De
hand-loomed knitwear Jean commissioned several works by Mozart, and although Mozart
by Jen & Tanya was apparently not paid his full due, we may be thankful he wrote mu-
sic that flutists and audiences have enjoyed ever since. His writing,
particularly in the Adagio, is strikingly vocal in style.
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Grażyna Bacewicz completed her Trio for oboe, violin and cello, begun
Artisan made in the USA during a stay in Paris, in November 1935 in Warsaw. The following
year the work received a second prize (the first was not awarded), pro-
vided by Polish Radio, at a composition competition organized by the
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Polish Music Publishing Society in Warsaw. The Trio was first per-
June - Sept formed by Seweryn Snieckowski (oboe), Lidia Kmitowa (violin) and R.
25 Dock Square, KPT Halber (cello) during a promotional concert of contemporary chamber
www.jakdesigns.com music at the Warsaw Conservatory early in March 1936. The composi-
tion was accepted favourably both by the audience and reviewers. The
work consists of three movements: Molto allegro, preceded by an in-
troductory Adagio, Andante and Vivo. The Trio, stylistically uniform, is
an example of the composer's neoclassicism and constitutes an impor-
tant stage in the evolution and perfection of her compositional skills as
well as the formation of her individual style.
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Lantz-Kargul Duo

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