Columbia Festival Orchestra
Gwen Gould, conductor

with
Amanda Boyd, soprano
Mary Deyerle Hack, mezzo-soprano
Alan Schneider, tenor

PROGRAM

Overture to Candide

Orchestral Suite from Candide

You Were Dead You Know (Allegretto poco agitato)
Paris Waltz (Tempo di Waltzer)
Bon Voyage (Allegretto molto vivace)
Drowing Music and the King’s Barcarolle (Io stesso tempo)
Ballad of Eldorado (Allegretto)
I Am Easily Assimilated (Moderato)
The Best of All Possible Worlds (Allegretto, ma con brio)
Make Our Garden Grow (Andante molto moderato)

Three Songs from Candide:
Amanda Boyd, Conegunde
Alan Schneider, Candide
Mary Deyerle Hack, The Old Lady

Make Our Garden Grow
I Am Easily Assimilated
Glitter and Be Gay

Vocal Ensemble Members: Barbara Eckhaus, mezzo-soprano; John Davey, tenor; Steven Marking, baritone; Steve Dahlin, bass-bariton

INTERMISSION

Concert Suite from West Side Story
Amanda Boyd, Maria
Alan Schneider, Tony

Maria
One Hand, One Heart
Somewhere
Balcony Scene

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Prologue (Allegro moderato)
The growing rivalry between two teenage gangs, the Jets and the Sharks

Somewhere (Adagio)
In a dream ballet, the two gangs are united in friendship.

Scherzo (Vivace e leggiero)
In the same dream, the gangs break away from the city walls, suddenly finding themselves in a playful world of space, air and sun.

Mambo (Meno Presto)
In the real world again, the competitive dance at the gym between the gangs.

Cha-cha (Andantino con grazia)
The star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria see each other for the first time; they dance together.

Meeting Scene (Meno mosso)
Music accompanies their first words spoken to one another

Cool Fugue (Allegretto)
An elaborate dance sequence in which Riff leads the Jets in harnessing their impulsive hostility, figuratively “cooling their jets.”

Rumble (Molto allegro)
Climactic gang battle; the two gang leaders, Riff and Bernardo, are killed.

Finale (Adagio)
Maria’s “I have a Love” develops into a procession, which recalls the vision of “Somewhere.”

Notes by Jack Gottlieb

The appearance of  Amanda Boyd and Mary Deyerle Hack is funded (in part) by Diamond Opera Theater through a grant from the Decentralization Program of NYSCA, administered through the Twin Counties Cultural Fund in Columbia County by CCCA.

Columbia Festival Orchestra

Violin I
Renee Jolles, Concertmaster
Kevin Bushee
Ann Gillette
Leah Nelson
Sheila Reinhold
Lu Sun
Patrick Wood
Masako Yanagita

Violin II
Michael Gillette, Principal
Andrea Andros
Rachel Golub
Jonathan Kass
Rachel Maria Petite
Miriam Shapiro

Viola
Ron Gorevic, Principal
Patricia Daly
Peggy Mc Adams
Susan St. Amour
Judy Witmer

Cello
Lucy Bardo, Principal
Steven Ballou
Petia Kassarova
Erica Pickhardt

Bass
Peter Weitzner, Principal
Kageki Nagao
Anne Trout

Flute
Laura Gilbert, Principal
Theresa Norris
Karen Bogardus, Piccolo

Oboe
Stephen Hammer, Principal
Sara Davol
Bob Ingliss, English Horn

Clarinet
Michael Sussman, Principal
Lyn Sussman
Monte Morgenstern, Bass Clarinet

Alto Sax
Larry Harms

Bassoon
Andrew Cordle, Principal
Paul Stebbins
Gilbert Dejean, Contrabassoon

Trumpet
Alan Dean, Principal
Frank Hosticka
James Hamlin

Horn
R.J. Kelley, Principal
Janet Lantz
Peter Reit
Lauren Hosford

Trombone
Larry Witmer, Principal
Gary Capetandes
Jonathan Greenberg, Bass Trombone

Tuba
Dale Turk

Timpani
Ben Harms

Percussion
Frank Cassara, Principal
Scott Simpson
Andrew Blanco
Jeffrey Irving

Harp
Victoria Drake

Piano
Lincoln Mayorga

Personnel Manager
Ben Harms

Librarian
Dale Turk

Sponsors (list in preparation)
JSL Computer Services, Inc.

Thanks to… (list in preparation)

• Roberta Reynes for arranging housing for musicians & Jill Salerno for backing her up
• Housing Hosts: Judy Grunberg, Karen Malina & David Levow, Tom & Nancy Clark, Bill & Ingrid Greenfield, Mary Gail Biebel, Cathy & Al Stumpf, Stan & Carol Finkelstein, Jill & Jim Salerno, and many friends and relatives of the orchestra members
• Christine Wopat and the Copake Theater Company for help with lighting
• J. Patrick Doyle for help with lighting and loan of chairs for the orchestra
• The Chatham Middle School for loan of music stands and bass drum