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Sun. Nov. 3, 2024 2p.m.

Terrace Theater

  • Runtime

    approx. 80 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission

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Program

  • Justin Burgess, baritone

  • Leah Arsenault Barrick, flute

  • Nurit Bar-Josef, violin

  • Marissa Regni, violin

  • Daniel Foster, viola

  • David Hardy, cello

  • Lambert Orkis, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 (14')
  • i. Allegro
  • ii. Adagio
  • iii. Rondo
Samuel Barber
(1910–1981)
Dover Beach for baritone and string quartet (9')
 

Intermission

Johannes Brahms
(1833–1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (43')
  • i. Allegro non troppo
  • ii. Andante, un poco Adagio
  • iii. Scherzo: Allegro
  • iv. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo
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*This work is part of The Cartography Project

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Program Notes

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello in D major, K. 285

During his stay in Mannheim at the end of 1777, Mozart met “a gentleman of means and a lover of all the sciences,” a Dutch surgeon named Ferdinand Dejean, who numbered among his accomplishments a certain ability on the flute. Dejean had heard of the 21-year-old musician’s extraordinary talent for composition from a mutual friend, Johann Baptist Wendling, the flutist with the Mannheim orchestra, and he commissioned Mozart to write three concertos and at least three quartets with strings for his instrument. Since he was, as always, short of money, Mozart accepted the proposal to help finance the swing he was then making through Germany and France in search of a permanent position. The next leg of the journey was to lead from Mannheim to Paris, and these flute pieces would help pay the bills.

Samuel Barber: Dover Beach for Baritone and String Quartet

Two important loves were continually evident in the life and music of Samuel Barber: the love of great literature and the love of the singing voice. Barber was a sensitive, cultured, and discriminating reader (in English, French, German, and Italian) of the best literature throughout his life, and he translated a number of those works into music. The Overture to The School for Scandal, one of his most frequently performed works, was, he noted, “suggested by Sheridan’s comedy.” Knoxville: Summer of 1915 was based on the words of James Agee. Shelley, Emily Dickinson, William Butler Yeats, Matthew Arnold, James Joyce, and A.E. Housman inspired other pieces. Barber came by his love of the human voice almost as part of his birthright. His aunt was the great Metropolitan Opera contralto Louise Homer, a frequent stage partner of Caruso, and her visits to the family home (with her husband, the art song composer Sidney Homer, who strongly encouraged his nephew’s musical interests) and recital performances of some of Barber’s early songs became a lasting influence on the young musician.

Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and String Quartet in F minor, Op. 34

When Brahms ambled into his favorite Viennese café one evening, so the story goes, a friend asked him how he had spent his day. “I was working on my symphony,” he replied. “In the morning I added an eighth note. In the afternoon I took it out.” The anecdote may be apocryphal, but its intent faithfully reflects Brahms’ painstaking process of creation, which is seen better perhaps nowhere than with the F minor Piano Quintet.

Staff

Staff for the National Symphony Orchestra

*Kennedy Center staff who support the NSO

Administration

Executive Director Jean Davidson

Executive Assistant Sabryn McDonald

Executive Team

Vice President, Artistic Planning Nigel Boon

Director of Orchestra Personnel Karyn Garvin

Vice President of Marketing Derek A. Johnson*

Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis Shuda Li*

Director of Finance & Administration Louise Niepoetter

Chief Development Officer Eric Stillman

Director of Music Education Warren G. Williams, III*

Artistic

Assistant Manager, Artistic Planning & Administration  Emma Biggert

Senior Producing Director Justin Ellis

Artistic Assistant Administrator Lucia Lostumbo

Artistic Assistant Nampoina Randrianarivelo

Community Engagement

Manager of Community Engagement Xavier Joseph

Development

Major Gift Officer, NSO Rebin Ali

Senior Manager, Foundation & Government Giving Selena Anguiano*

Special Events Manager Barin Boudreaux*

Assistant Manager, NSO Board & Leadership Campaigns Kate Baker

Manager, Foundation & Government Giving Lauren Breen*

Director of Operations & Stewardship, NSO Jean Campo

Director, Development Systems & Strategies Jenny Flemingloss*

Assistant Manager, Foundation & Government Giving Emiko Fukuda*

Manager, Corporate Relations Nicole Galagan*

Director, Planned Giving Matthew Gardner*

Assistant, NSO Development Helena Hadlock

Assitant Manager, NSO Individual Giving Reema Kattan

Assistant, Stewardship Jordan Lapsley*

Director, Foundation & Government Giving Maryvonne Neptune*

Senior Manager, Corporate Relations Crystal Padley*

Vice President, Corporate Engagment Ellen Palmer*

Assistant Manager, NSO Individual Giving Laney Pleasanton

Manager, NSO Individual Giving Maria Servodidio

Director, Prospect Development, Intelligence, & Analytics Kellyn Smith*

Manager, Stewardship Nora St. Arnold*

Assistant Manager, Foundation & Government Giving Lauren Walker*

Education

Manager of Music Education, Programming and Productions Emily Heckel*

Manager, Career and Development Programs Stephanie Baker*

Human Resources

Director, Total Rewards Tony Amato*

Talent Acquisition Manager Chanel Kemp*

Senior Manager, HRIS & Benefits Aushja (Shay) Mitchell*

HRIS Coordinator Lisa Motti*

Benefits Coordinator Ericka Parham*

Senior Business Partner John Sanford*

Director, HR Operations Mafona Shea*

Marketing & Advertising

Marketing Manager, NSO, Fortas, and New Music Lindsay Sheridan*

Assistant Marketing Manager, NSO, Fortas, and New MusicAbby Berman*

Senior Director, Creative and Brand StrategyScott Bushnell*

Manager, Advertising DesignFreeman Robinson*

Senior Copywriter & Assistant Manager, Advertising CommunicationsLily Maroni

Assistant Manager, Social MediaKyle Russo

Advertising Production & Special Projects Assistant ManagerElizabeth Stoltz*

Director, Sales & Ticketing ServiceDerek Younger*

Orchestra Operations & Concert Production

Assistant Manager, Orchestra Operations Brooke Bartolome

Media & OPAS Support Coordinator Joseph Benitez

Assistant Stage Manager N. Christian Bottorff

Senior Manager, Production & Operations Krysta Cihi

Production Manager Daryl Donley

Production Coordinator Abby Johnson

Stage Manager David Langrell

Public Relations

Senior Press Representative David Hsieh*

Public Relations Coordinator, Classical Kate Wyman*

Kennedy Center Executive Leadership

President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDeborah F. Rutter

Vice President, Public RelationsEileen Andrews

Chief Information Officer Ralph Bellandi

Interim Vice President of Human Resources LaTa'sha M. Bowens

Senior Vice President, MarketingKimberly J. Cooper

Executive Director, National Symphony OrchestraJean Davidson

Senior Vice President, Artistic PlanningMonica Holt

Chief Financial OfficerStacey Johnson

Vice President, EducationJordan LaSalle

Vice President, Government Relations and ProtocolLaurie McKay

Senior Vice President, DevelopmentLeslie Miller

General Director, Washington National OperaTimothy O’Leary

Vice President, FacilitiesMatt Floca

Executive Vice President & General CounselAsh Zachariah

Staff for the Terrace Theater

Theater Manager Xiomara Mercado*

Head Usher Randy Howes

Production Manager Rich Ching

Master Technicians Dustin Dunsmore and Susan Kelleher

Box Office Treasurer  Ron Payne

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Steinway Piano Gallery is the exclusive area representative of Steinway & Sons and Boston pianos, the official pianos of the Kennedy Center.

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Program

  • Justin Burgess, baritone

  • Leah Arsenault Barrick, flute

  • Nurit Bar-Josef, violin

  • Marissa Regni, violin

  • Daniel Foster, viola

  • David Hardy, cello

  • Lambert Orkis, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 (14')
  • i. Allegro
  • ii. Adagio
  • iii. Rondo
Samuel Barber
(1910–1981)
Dover Beach for baritone and string quartet (9')
 

Intermission

Johannes Brahms
(1833–1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (43')
  • i. Allegro non troppo
  • ii. Andante, un poco Adagio
  • iii. Scherzo: Allegro
  • iv. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo
  •  

*This work is part of The Cartography Project

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