presents

Fin-de-siècle in Paris

Jan Wagner, artistic director and conductor
Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila, assistant conductor 

Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

D’un matin de printemps (Of a spring morning)

Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

- intermission -

Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

PART I
L'Adoration de la terre (Adoration of the Earth)

I. Introduction
II. Les Augures printaniers (Augurs of Spring)
III. Jeu du rapt (Ritual of Abduction)
IV. Rondes printanières (Spring Rounds)
V. Jeux des cités rivales (Ritual of the Rival Tribes)
VI. Cortège du sage: Le Sage (Procession of the Sage: The Sage)
VII. Embrasse de la terre (Kiss of the Earth)
VIII. Danse de la terre (Dance of the Earth)

PART II
Le sacrifice (The Sacrifice)

IX. Introduction
X. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes (Mystic Circles of the Young Girls)
XI. Glorification de l'élue (Glorification of the Chosen One)
XII. Évocation des ancêtres (Evocation of the Ancestors)
XIII. Action rituelle des ancêtres (Ritual Action of the Ancestors)
XIV. Danse sacrale (L'Élue) (Sacrificial Dance)

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

FLUTE

Dane Frandsen*
Sheila DuMont+^
Shiyu Chen, alto flute
Anna Railsback
Katarina Sams

OBOE

Zachary Gnall*
Mathuin Smith+
Lillian Mathews^, also English horn
Alicia Gomez
Emilie Ticer

CLARINET

Jalen Mims*, also bass clarinet
Yu Wang+^
Yannick Joseph
Ada Rexrode
Joshua Lewis, also bass clarinet
Sara McMichen, E-flat clarinet

BASSOON

Kaelin Watson*^
Megan Frederick
Emma Shockey
Clair Cangialosi+, also contrabassoon
Megan Cassada>, contrabassoon

HORN

Addison Ashley*+
Ethan Hahn^
Nicholas Peretti
Phoebe O’Kelly
Maxwell Arceneaux
Juli Bish
Evan Joyce
Sarah Berry

TRUMPET

Jacob Ford^
Zoe Mark*
Samuel White, piccolo trumpet
Noah Van Deventer
Jaya Dickson
Taylor Losey

TROMBONE

Talbot Jennings^
Maggie Plosch*
Zachary Sliter
Gabriel Stachour

TUBA

Erik Ruane^
Aaron Reid*

HARP

Danielle Caldwell
Brynn Olden

PIANO/CELESTA

Szymon Czerniak

PERCUSSION

Ben Millesen^
Annaliese Walrath*
Alex Gamboa+
Austin Dettor
Chance Morris
Marlena Shinego

VIOLIN I

Emily Ilyes, concertmaster
Ethan Hemmings
Nicholas Whitley
Elena Ross
Kyrie Beiler
Danielle Lopez
Meredith Kennedy
Kailbeth Chacin#
Marjory Serrano-Coyer#

VIOLIN II

Ashley Crawford*+^
Tajai Shorter
Katherine Job
Emily Mullen
Douglas Brown
Gracie Elswick
Benjamin Bleam
Raquel Anongos
Bryan Pabellon
Chris Tillman#

VIOLA

Jacob Adamson^
Yisong Yang*+
Jaylon Hayes-Keller
Steven Gestrich
Alyssa Cabassa
Gavin Barricklow
Charles Robertello
Hannah Hill
Eli Torre
Katherine Hicks
Franchezka Lynn Matundan
Niyah Gransbury

CELLO

Isabel Dimoff^
John Keane*+
Matthew Reffner
Madeline Southall
Joe Klinger
Kristian Dillon
Alex Corley
Bethany Hovermale
Sophia Alvini-Moore
Benjamin Figgs
Emma Scofield
Josh Pryor
Jake Tuttle

DOUBLE BASS

Zachary Smith, principal
Logan Unger
Yevgeny Dodzin
Raegan Fisher
Jack Penland
Alex Kimble

* Principal Boulanger
+ Principal Debussy
^ Principal Stravinsky
# Shenandoah University Alumnus
> Visiting Artist

SCSO Staff

Gonzalo Hidalgo, assistant conductor
Tajai Shorter, orchestra librarian
Kyrie Beiler, orchestra librarian
Megan Frederick, orchestra librarian
Matthew Reffner, orchestra librarian

Orchestra Set-up Crew

Danielle Lopez
Logan Unger
Emma Scofield
Yevgeny Dodzin
Raegan Fisher

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