SEPTEMBER 2014
A
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Fellow MPRO
Members,
Welcome
to our 52nd season!
First
of all, congratulations on a successful Spring Concert! We definitely wound up
last season on a high. Audience response was very positive, and I even had one
lady approach me afterwards to say “Thank you for a very nice afternoon of
music!”
We
didn’t get a chance for an after-party in June, but will be making up for it
with a get-together at Fred’s place on September 7th at 2:00 p.m. Bring something
to grill!
We’re
fortunate to have Fred and Greta leading us together again. They make a great
team and have a wide range of tastes and talents between them. We’ll polish up
the Telemann and the Bach, and learn a wide variety of new pieces from several
periods, from the seriously lush to the whimsical.
Preparations
are well under way for next January’s MPRO Workshop, too. It will feature
another renowned talent, Adam Gilbert of
Ciaramella — one of the finest musicians from one of the most famous early wind
bands around, and a big reason I got back into early music again.
This
promises to be a great year, and I’m very much looking forward to sharing it
with you.
See
you at practice on the 3rd!
Dana
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CONDUCTOR’S CORNER
Dear members of the Mid-Peninsula
Recorder Orchestra,
Welcome back for
another season of fine music making. I am pleased to announce that Adam Gilbert
will be directing a workshop to be presented by MPRO on Saturday, January
31. In addition to being a musicologist,
Adam Gilbert has performed with several outstanding early music ensembles in
the United States, Latin America and Europe on recorder and historical double
reeds and is a founding member of Ciaramella, which specializes in the
performance of 15th-century music.
He is currently on the faculty of the University of Southern California
where he teaches early music performance and is Director of the Early Music
Program. He studied recorder at
Rotterdams Conservatorium and is a recipient of the Fulbright and Belgian American
Education Foundation Grants. He
completed his PhD at Case Western Reserve University in 2003 and taught for two
years as a visiting assistant professor at Stanford University. He can be heard
on the Dorian, Deutsche Grammophon’s Archiv, Passacaille, Musica Americana and
Lyrichord labels. This will be a
wonderful opportunity to work with one of today's leading experts in
renaissance music and its historical performance, and I encourage everyone to
attend what promises to be a stimulating, highly informative and musically
rewarding event. Details concerning the
workshop will appear in future issues of Upbeat. In the meantime, please reserve January 31,
2015 on your calendar for this workshop.
I am also pleased to
announce that Greta Haug-Hryciw will be retuning this season as MPRO’s
Assistant Music Director. For the
orchestra’s holiday concert in December, Greta and I have chosen several
interesting and attractive selections.
These include Spanish and French versions of “Farewell my love” by the two
great renaissance masters, Francisco Guerrero and Josquin des Prés, and on the
lighter side, Greta’s arrangement of the theme song from films based on Astrid
Lindgren’s children’s books and their fictional heroine, Pippi Långstrump. The program will also feature MPRO member
Gregor Dairaghi as bassoon soloist in a hauntingly beautiful early baroque
concerto by the Polish composer, Adam Jarzebski, and a harmonically adventurous
instrumental piece for recorders, krummhorns and basso continuo by the 16th-century
Italian composer, Giorgio Mainerio. In addition, we will be including the
Telemann Concerto in B flat Major and Bach Passepieds I and II from last
season. We will also be welcoming back
Irene Beardsley on keyboard, who will be joining the orchestra for the
performance in December.
Listed
below is the music for the first three meetings of the orchestra. Music can be purchased at these meetings for
those who did not download and print it from the PDF files sent to the
orchestra’s membership in August. Those
returning from last season can use their music for the selections by Telemann
and Bach. Please note that
there
will be sectional seating for the
Telemann Concerto in B flat Major, with those playing Soprano Recorder 1-3,
Alto Recorder 1 and Tenor Recorder 1-2 sitting on the right as they face the
conductor and those playing Alto Recorder 2, Tenor Recorder 3-4 and Bass
Recorder on the left. Please observe
this seating arrangement when you choose your place at the beginning of the
meeting on September 17. Please note as
well that bassoon will be needed at all three meetings, and sopranino, great
bass and contrabass recorders as well as krummhorns will be needed at the
meetings on September 3 and October 1. Finally, Irene Beardsley will be with us
at the September 17 meeting, and since this will be one of the few
opportunities to rehearse the music that calls for keyboard with all forces
present, I encourage everyone to attend that evening.
September 3
Mainerio: Caro
Ortolano
Guerrero: Adiós
mi amor
Josquin: Adieu
mes amors
Elfers and Johansson: Pippi
Långstrump
September 17
Telemann:
Concerto in B flat Major
Bach: Passepied I and II
Jarzebski:
Berlinesa
October 1
Guerrero: Adiós
mi amor
Josquin: Adieu
mes amors
Elfers and Johansson: Pippi
Långstrump
Jarzebski:
Berlinesa
I
look forward to working with you again in September and encourage you to let
any of your friends who play early instruments know about the orchestra's
activities this season and invite them to attend our upcoming meetings,
workshops and concerts.
Sincerely, Fred Palmer
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POTLUCK SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 7
A potluck party marking the start of
MPRO’s 52nd season has been scheduled for Sunday, September 7, from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. at the home of MPRO’s
Music Director, Fred Palmer, in Belmont.
This is a wonderful way to get the orchestra’s upcoming season off to a
congenial start, and all MPRO members, their family and friends are invited to
attend and bring something delicious to share.
For questions and directions
please contact
Fred by telephone at 650-591-3648 or e-mail at <fpalmer1419@yahoo.com>
Non-members are
invited to be our guest at a regular meeting of the Mid-Peninsula Recorder
Orchestra. Bring your instruments or just come and listen.
MPRO 2014-2015 season rehearsals begin Wednesday, September 3, from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M.
at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Room 060; 480 East Meadow Dr., Palo Alto.
The orchestra is open without audition to recorder, early wind and early
string players who are able to read and play the music provided at meetings.
2014-2015 rehearsals: Sep 3, 17; Oct 1, 8, 29; Nov 19; Jan 7, 21; Feb 11,18;
Mar 18, 25; Apr 1, 22, 29. May dates & locations TBD. Concerts: TBD. Concert dates will be posted on our website http://www.mpro-online.org as soon as they are available.
Music
teachers: Please share the information about MPRO with your
students and encourage any who you feel are ready to attend one of the
orchestra's meetings this season. Please
contact Music Director, Fred Palmer, (650) 591-3648.
For more about MPRO, contact President Dana Wagner (650)
312-8443, Music Director Frederic Palmer (650) 591-3648 or our website http://www.mpro-online.org
MPRO is an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music
Society.
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MESSAGES FROM
OUR TREASURERS
Hello
Everyone,
Welcome to our 52nd season! This fall LouAnn Hofmann will be taking over
as MPRO’s new treasurer. I would like to
thank LouAnn for graciously volunteering, and ask that you give her your usual
helpful support. For the last five years
I have had fun being MPRO’s treasurer. Interacting
with orchestra and Board members and SFEMS administration (Dorothy Manly and
Harvey Malloy) has been an enjoyable learning experience for me. I want to thank everyone for his/her kind
assistance.
As a parting shot, I would like to again
urge anyone willing to make a donation to MPRO to do so by writing a check to
SFEMS (noting that the check is for MPRO) and delivering it to LouAnn who will
route it to the right people. In the
past five years we have, with a bit of luck, just been able to keep costs at
about the level of our income, including donations. So, we have managed to maintain the balance
of our General Fund at a reasonable level, but this is not a guaranteed
situation. With costs increasing, any
donation will help us to keep dues constant while paying our bills.
Thank you again for your support, and I
look forward to playing along with you in the future.
Ciao,
Leslie Pont
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Greetings.
Welcome to
MPRO's fifty-second season! As we start the year please give Leslie Pont
lots of thanks and applause. She has been guiding me through the job of
MPRO Treasurer. Leslie has been an exceptional steward of the chapter's
finances. In my opinion, Leslie is well qualified for the Statehouse!
We are starting slightly lower this fiscal year than in our
previous season. Donations have always been an important part of our
budget and help keep dues affordable. Please consider a contribution by
separate check payable to SFEMS and designated for MPRO. Donations are tax
deductible.
Sincerely,
LouAnn Hofmann, Treasurer
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HERE COMES PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
MPRO’s Assistant Music Director, Greta Haug-Hryciw,
arranged the version of “Pippi Långstrump” which the orchestra will play this
season. Greta also provided the lyrics and a translation from Swedish, pointing
out, “The lyrics are just for fun. They will not be sung.” She also provided the
following links to recordings of various versions of the Pippi theme song,
along with her comments.
“Here are two youTube
recordings of the song - one from which I created my arrangement and the other
cute, jazzy and percussive.
“From the
English version opening movie credits, from which I arranged ‘our’ version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYFnBBAm6eU
“Jazzy - the lyrics on the following page match this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFFN7WXFaE
“This video has
an instrumental version (complete with crumhorn!)
that has lots of great still shots from the movies and the little house where
the movies were filmed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN5g49AbJ4c.”
Pippi
is the imaginative and adventuresome creation of Swedish author, Astrid
Lingren. When Pippi is not sailing the South Seas with her buccaneer father,
she is at home in her very own house, Villa Villakulla, where she lives with
her horse and monkey.
Many adjectives are required to describe this
unconventional girl, who was the subject of several series of fictional stories
written by Lingren over the span of years, 1945 to 2000. Pippi is unpredictable, lovable,
assertive, playful, kind, lacking in formal education, untrained in manners,
and a teller of tall tales about her travels with her father.
Lindren’s
Pippi books have been loved by children for several generations, translated
into 64 languages, and produced as movies.
This
music should make us feel young at heart.
Many
thanks to both Fred and Greta, for their amazing, creative arrangements for the
orchestra.
Pippi Långstrump (1970) – Konrad Elfers & Jan Johansson
Refrain
Verse 1
Har du sett min apa, Have
you seen my monkey,
min lilla söta fina apa? my
nice, cute little monkey?
Har du sett herr Nilsson? Have
you seen Mr. Nilsson?
Ja, för han heter faktiskt så. Yes,
that’s really his name.
Har du sett min villa, Have
you seen my house,
min villa villekulla villa? my Villekulla Cottage house?
Vill
å vill du veta Would you like to know
varför villan heter så? why
the house is so called?
Jo, där bor ju Pippi Långstrump Well,
Pippi Longstocking lives there
tjolahopp,
tjolahej, tjolahoppsan sa, tyolahope,
tyolahey, tyolahopsan sa,
där bor ju Pippi Långstrump Pippi
Longstocking lives there
ja, där bor faktiskt jag. (Refrain) yes,
I really live there.
Verse 2
Det är inte illa It’s
not so bad
jag har ju apa häst och villa I’ve
got a monkey, horse and house
en kappsäck full med pengar a
suitcase full of money
är ju också bra att ha. is
also good to have.
Kom nu alla vänner Come
on, all friends
varenda kotte som jag känner everyone
that I know,
nu ska vi leva loppan, now
we live free,
tjolahopp, tjolahej, tjolahoppsan sa. tyolahopp,
tyolahey, tyolahoppsan sa.
Here comes Pippi Longstocking,
Tyolahopp, tyolahey, tyolahoppsan sa,
Here comes Pippi Longstocking,
Yes, this is really me!
MUSIC SALES
If you are unable to download the MPRO music,
Laura Gonsalves will make copies for you. Call her before
September 2 and she will have music for you at our first meeting on September
3.The price is 20 cents a page.
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LOIS ARIO
MPRO member Lois
Ario passed away May 12, 2014, on her 81st birthday. Lois played
a wide range of recorders and krummhorns with MPRO, as well as with other
groups. She joined the orchestra during the 2006/2007 season. We will miss Lois
and her participation.
The Board: President: Dana Wagner; Treasurer: LouAnn Hofmann; Recording Secretary: Helen Shamble; Membership: Chris Flake; Publicity: TBD; Graphics: Mary Ashley; Newsletter Editor: Mary Ann Field; Workshop Coordinator: Laura Gonsalves, Stuart Elliott; Hospitality: Judith Unsicker; Music Sales: Laura Gonsalves; Historian: vacant; Webmaster: Dan Chernikoff; Facilities Mgr: Grace Butler; Music Director: Fred Palmer; Assistant Music Director:Greta Haug-Hryciw. MPRO website: http://www.mpro-online.org
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