Program Notes
Mother Lode Youth Symphony
Hank King, conductor
John Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music from Star Wars
- Dual of the Fates, from Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Across the Stars, from Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Revenge of the Sith, from Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Princess Leia's Theme, from Episode IV: A New Hope
- The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)/The Forest Battle,
from Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars (Main Theme), from Episodes I-VI
Clare Grundman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Second American Folk Rhapsody
Elena Roussanova Lucas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tatarian Dances
Intermission
Winners of the 2008 Regional Competition of Young Musicians
sponsored by the Mother Lode Friends of Music
I. Junior Division
Alessandro Stradella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Pieta signore"
Karly Workman, mezzo
(second place)
Ron Brickman, piano
Giuseppi Giordani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Cara mio ben"
Alison Pelfrey, mezzo
(first place)
Ron Brickman, piano
II. Ensemble Division
Gerald Finzi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Bagatelle
Dennis Dunnigan, clarinet & Katie Tanner, piano
(honorable mention)
César Franck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonata in A minor, fourth movement
Sam Price, violin & Kevin Mainville, piano
(first place)
III. Senior Division
W. A. Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rondo all Turca
Justin Kolas, piano
(honorable mention)
G. F. Handel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Sei mia gioia" from Parthenope
Celeste E. Wychopen, soprano
(honorable mention)
Ron Brickman, piano
Gustav Mahler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adagietto, from Symphony No. 4
Corey Harkins, trombone
(third place)
Ron Brickman, piano
Robert Schumann/Franz Liszt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Liebeslied-Widmung
Kevin Mainville, piano
(third place)
Claude Debussy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arabseque No. 1
Tessa Myers, piano
(third place)
W. A. Mozart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Concerto No. 3 in E flat, first movement
Kennedy Youmans, French horn
(third place)
Ron Brickman, piano
Jean-Baptiste Accolay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Concerto No, 1 in A minor
J. Martin Jones, violin
(second place)
Beverly Coke, piano
Charles-Auguste de Bériot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scène de Ballet
Sam Price, violin
(first place)
Ron Brickman, piano
The Mother Lode Friends of Music expresses its gratitude to the Amador Community Foundation, the El Dorado Community Foundation and the Sonora Area Foundation for their generous support of the 2008 Young Musicians' Competition
For more information, call 209-293-4227.
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