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25th CONCERT SEASONAlfred Aulwurm, Conductor

8 p.m. Saturday, October 29, 1988.ymphony Mother McAuley High School Auditorium

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Symphony No.5 in C minor Ludwig von BeethovenAllegro con brio; Andante can moto; Allegro; Finale

Overture to Stradella Friedrich von Flotow(Opening selection on the Southwest Symphony's first program, December 4, 1964)

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"Caucasian Sketches," op. 10 Mikhaillppolitov-IvanovIn the Mountain Pass; In the Village;In the Mosque; Procession of the Sardar

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Ralph Matesky

EVERGREEN PLAZAMy Fair Lady - Medley Frederick Loewe

(arranged by Robert Russell Bennett)I Could Have Danced All Night; On the Street Where You Live;Wouldn't it be Loverly? The Embassy Waltz;Get Me to the Church on Time; I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face;With a Little Bit of Luck.(Final selection on Southwest Symphony's first program, December 4, 1964)

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The Southwest Symphony Orchestra is the recipient of a generous bequest from theestate of the late Julia Lorenz. Miss Lorenz was one of the founders of the orchestra,and for twelve years was the president of its Board of Directors. Many in the audiencewill remember her introductory comments at the concerts over the years.

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra's 25th Anniversary season has been underwrittenin part by a special gift from Talman Home Savings and Loan Association.

Programs presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, a member of the IllinoisCouncil of Orchestras, the Chicago Music Alliance, and the Illinois Arts Alliance, are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the NationalFoundation for the Humanities.

Personnel ofTHE SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAAlfred Aulwurm, Oak Lawn, Conductor

Martha Morris, Oak Lawn, Assistant Conductor

Introducing The OrchestraIn the concert program for April 9, 1988, we began a series of thumb-nail sketches, with

pictures, of orchestra members. This evening's program presents ten more of our musicians,and we plan to continue the series in successive program books.

William Porcelli, violinist, studied with Rosalind Wallach of theWomen's Symphony. He joined the Southwest Symphony in 1969,having previously been a member of the Chicago Southside Symphony and its president. At present he plays with the Hyde ParkChamber Orchestra and the Hyde Park Gilbert and Sullivan OperaCompany. An attorney with the Interlake Corporation of Oak Brook,Bill lives with his wife in the Beverly Hills area of Chicago and enjoystennis and painting as leisure-time activities.

Hedie Alt, violinist, joined the orchestra at the beginning of itssecond season, in 1965. She studied piano and violin from the sixthgrade through high school. A registered nurse, she has for the past19 years worked in Labor and Delivery at Little Company of MaryHospital. In what little spare time she has Hedie enjoys such handcrafts as quilting and sewing. Her home is in Calumet City.

Janice Alberts began her study of the flute in the fifth grade withRichard Daugherty, who continued to be her teacher through highschool. She studied towards a degree in music education at RooseveltUniversity but "quit to raise a family." In addition to playing with theSouthwest Symphony for 15 years Janice has frequently been amember of orchestras in various musical productions and has directedmusicals for Showcase Theater in Blue Island, Pitt Players at theBeverly Art Center, and the Oak Lawn Theater Guild. She lives in Alsipwith her husband David and their three children.

Gail Emerick, Jr., of Palos Park, played cello in high school in Buffalo and continued with the Kankakee Symphony. After playing forseveral years in the SSO Training Orchestra, he joined the symphonylast year. He has studied with Aloys Trnka and Cynthia Sulko and hasplayed in the St. Xavier Chamber Orchestra for four years. An experience Gail has recently enjoyed greatly was his participation in theannual chamber music week at Interlochen, Michigan. He has manyhobbies: swimming, skiing, travel, theater, and gardening.

TROMBONES•••• Virginia Wurst, Homeiown

Robert Karpiel, Steger

BASS TROMBONE•• Robert Chasanov, Griffith, Ind.

TUBARalph Colvin, Chicago

FRENCH HORNSCheryl Overton, ChicagoNancy Griffioen, Oak LawnRobert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, Oak Lawn

BASSOONS•• Julie Szymczyk, Palos Park

William Nordstrom, Lombard

TRUMPETSMax Chasanov, Oak ParkNeil Venhuizen, South HollandJohn Pelley, Park Forest

ENGLISH HORNDon Mason, Evanston

CLARINETSTom Hallett, AlsipBeth Strutzenberg, Evergreen Park

OBOES•• Norma Stuart, Oak Lawn

George Jun~er, Chicago

FLUTES•••• Janet Puskar, Hickory Hills• Jan Alberts, Alsip••• Marion Reilly, Blue Island

Tom Zydron, ChicagoVIOLINS••• Hedie Alt, Calumet City

Randy Beckendorf, Chicago RidgeMorton Bloch, Chicago

•••• Frieda Durkin, ChicagoRudy Fous, FrankfortFlorence Gindl, Munster, Ind.Rudolph Kause, Palos Hills

•••• Ann Killelea, MidlothianKaroline Todd, ChicagoJulian Krupa, SummitGeorge Kulles, LockportEdward Langer, ChicagoPenny Lord, ChicagoLinda Horwitz Lager, ChicagoRenette Makowski, Oak LawnLinda Morimoto, Hoffman EstatesMorris Morovitsky, ChicagoSiegfried Moysich, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, South HollandWilliam Porcelli, ChicagoSr. M. Reginald, Chicago

•••• Sera Samson, Oak LawnBarbara Sterba, WillowbrookSteve Sterba, WillowbrookHoward Swanson, ChicagoMark Talent, ChicagoNancy Uyenishi, ChicagoSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights

CONCERTMASTER•••• Daniel Seyman, Oak Lawn

VIOLAS•••• Helen Oppenheim, Oak Lawn

Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestLucy Lyudkovsky, Munster, Ind.Joseph Pilat, ChicagoRichard Sienko, ChicagoVicki Urban, Hazel CrestMary Vandenberg, Oak Park

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, MaywoodGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail S. Emerick, Palos ParkHelen Fruh, FlossmoorRichard Gekler, GlenviewRobert S. Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleRuth Pieper, Orland ParkBarbara Schwimmer, Evanston

STRING BASSESLaura Kelly, Hickory HillsHenrietta Chasanov, HomewoodAlbert Lacey, ChicagoPeter Zaluba, Oak Park

TYMPANIEdward Vondrasek, Chicago

PERCUSSIONTherese Lenz, ChicagoKen Kazin, Oak LawnCarrie Biolo, Marquette, Mich.James A. Ciametti, Oak Lawn

PIANOTherese Lenz, Chicago

•••• Charter Members20 years or more15 years or more10 years or more

Marion Reilly of Blue Island joined the orchestra in its secondyear. Although flute is her principal instrument, her musical trainingbegan with piano lessons from her accomplished mother, Emily Mick.When Marion was 15, she began studying flute, using a Germanmilitary instrument made of wood and having six finger holes andeight keys. She has studied with various teachers, including Emil Eck,formerly of the Chicago Symphony. Marion's family shares herenthusiasm for music: her husband Dan was a member of theorchestra board for five years, a granddaughter is a ballet dancer, twoother grandchildren are members of the SSO Training Orchestra, andher son Patrick is a well-known tenor.

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Program NotesVariations on a Theme of Paganini Ralph Matesky

Overture to Stradella Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)

Ale.ssandro Stradella (1644-1682), Italian singer, conductor, and composer of operasand varrous other works, died under mysterious circumstances, and was presumablymurdered. Although little is actually known about his life, it became the subject of severallegends and operas, including one by von Flotow.

This set of ingenious variations was dedicated at a concert of the American YouthSymphony in Carnegie Hall, New York, inaugurating their 1972 European tour. Itscomposer is a professor of music at Utah State University at Logan and conducts boththe university symphony and the Utah State Symphony orchestras.

Flotow, whose father was a landed nobleman of the Archduchy of Mecklenburg,was educated for the diplomatic service. But when he went to Paris in 1827, he realizedthat music ":,,as his true vocation, and he took a course of study under Reicha. Duringthe Revolution of 1830 he was forced to leave Paris but soon returned and lived thereuntil the Revolution of 1848. Many of his stage pieces and operas, however, wereproduced in other cities, Martha, his best-known work, for example, in Vienna in 1847.

Symphony No.5 in C minor Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)

My Fair Lady - medley Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)I Could Have Danced All Night; On the Street Where You Live;Wouldn't It Be Loverly?; The Embassy Waltz; Get Me to the Church on Time;I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face; With a Little Bit of Luck

In the Gilbert-Sullivan and Rodgers-Hammerstein tradition, the Lerner-Loewepartnership has become legendary in the field of musical theater. The two firstcollaborated in a musical What's Up? in 1943, but their first real success was Brigadoonin 1947. My Fair Lady (1956), their crowning achievement, remains the most popular oftheir works and was the longest-running musical of its era.

~ritics seeking to explain Beethoven's greatness have agreed that Schubert wasa greater melodist, Berlioz a greater master of orchestration, and so on; but that in form- the fullest development of a simple musical idea - he has never been surpassed.A supreme example is the "Fifth," possibly the best-known symphony in the literature.The opening four-note theme is repeated one note lower as an initial announcement·then this brief subject, with a contrasting counter-subject, becomes'the building materiaifor a movement of compelling urgency and overpowering strength.

In the second movement a beautiful melodic subject introduced by the cellos andviolas furnishes the theme for a set of variations. The third movement, a scherzo, retainsthe "Fate" theme of the first movement, with an altered rhythmic treatment.

If we accept the idea that the entire symphony was an expression of Beethoven'sstruggle against a fate which had condemned him to deafness, then the triumphant finalmovement must be interpreted as an affirmation of acceptance and challenge. But ifthe listener chooses to reject such a subjective interpretation, the symphony still standsas a testimony to the strength of the human spirit to survive doubt and struggle - andto fulfill itself in the end.

"Caucasian Sketches," op. 10 Mikhaillppolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)In the Mountain Pass; In the Village: In the Mosque; Procession of the Sardar

Pupil of Rimsky-Korsakoff and associate of Arensky and Gretchaninov, MikhailIppolitov-Ivanov began teaching at the Moscow Conservatory in 1893 and became itsdirector in 1906, continuing in this position until 1922. From 1925 until his death ten yearslater he was conductor of opera at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

In his compositions, which include several operas, orchestral and choral works, andnumerous songs, he followed the aims of the Russian nationalist school. The"Caucasian Sketches," composed in 1895, suggest the Oriental atmosphere of life inthe Central Asian part of Russia.

Loewe grew up in the romantic world of Viennese operatta, his father having playedPrince Danilo in the original production of The Merry Widow in Berlin. The Lerner-Loewecollaboration, however, continued the direction that Rodgers and Hammerstein hadgiven the musical by avoiding the Viennese Operettas' flimsy plots and integrating themusic with a story of some substance. In My Fair Lady their choice of Shaw's story aboutthe transformation of a cockney flower seller into a lady by teaching her to speakcorrectly achieved a perfect blending of story and music - so much so that when onesees a performance of Pygmalion, one almost expects the actors to burst into song nowand then. Loewe's unforgettable melodies combine with Lerner's witty and evocativelyrics to create a magical evening whenever one is lucky enough to see, as this writerdid recently, a topnotch performance of My Fair Lady.

Helen A. Oppenheim

The next concert of the Southwest Symphony Orchestra will be presented on Saturday,January 21,1989. Featured soloists will be Alfred Aulwurm, conductor, and Dan Seyman,concertmaster, in the Bach Concerto in 0 minor for two violins and orchestra.

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra Contributors List

GUARANTOR

First Evergreen Corporation3101 West 95th StreetEvergreen Park, IL 60642

Sage Investments, Inc.5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn,lL 60453

Emma Mae AndersonElsie AulwurmMr. and Mrs. William J. CummensMr. and Mrs. George W. EngelmannDon and Beverly ErmlerFirst National Bank of Blue Island

13057 S. Western Ave.Blue Island, IL 60406

Dr. and Mrs. Ted GasteyerTom and Juli Hallett

Thomas AitkenMr. and Mrs. Arthur J. AndersonDr. and Mrs. John L. ArchibaldDonald M. AulwurmBarbara BevanVincent E. Biank, D.D.S.

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Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. BogathyMr. and Mrs. Gerrit BosJ. Buschbach Insurance Agency, Inc.

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Robert M. ChasanovMr. and Mrs. Daniel M. CiamettiSister Rita Corkery, RSMMr. and Mrs. L. M. G. DangremondCora E. DossFrieda B. DurkinMr. and Mrs. Robert EckhardtGail S. Emerick, Jr.

HedieAltMrs. Roland J. BeckleyMarcella P. BeckmanSister Pauline Fields, RSM

Ford Motor Company1000 East Lincoln HighwayChicago Heights, IL 60411

Seyman, Seyman, & Troemel5164 West 95th StreetOak Lawn, IL 60453

Dr.and Mrs. Robert HeckJosephine HedgesLoren JahnHerman KammererMyung Ho Kim, M.D.

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Angela LoritzMr. and Mrs. Howard MecherBruce and Diane Millar

ESCO Insurance Agency, Inc.9937 Southwest HighwayOak Lawn, IL 60453

Mr. and Mrs. Rollo EverettRuth and Chas. FordMr. and Mrs. Edward A. FruthMr. and Mrs. Theodore GawMr. and Mrs. R. GroundwaterMr. and Mrs. Charles HardyEdward and Genevieve HawkerDavid A. Hennessy, Jr.Heritage Bank, Blue Island

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Mrs. Audrey HiryakDoris and Franklin HuddlestonMargaret L. JonesNicole and Theresa PaulatosKillelea Jewelers

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Larry and Lucy NelsonOak Lawn Trust & Savings Bank

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Louis and Margaret OlsonTed and Helen OppenheimPalos Park Fine Arts Association

Palos Park, IL 60464Palos Park Women's ClubBill and Jane Passaglia

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. KlingerRobert C. KonenRose KrcJean and George N. Kulles •Karl and Lee LandgrebeDr. and Mrs. W. C. LipinskiMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireRichard and Renette MakowskiMrs. Edward MarsanGene MaureyMargaret G. MayMr. and Mrs. Nicholas MeekmaMr. and Mrs. Holger F. MorchWright and Joan MortimerCharles and Lenore MuellerEleanor S. MurdockPalos Bank & Trust

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Mr. and Mrs. R. D. LekbergMary MeanyHarriet MurphyJulie PaukstisAdeline T. Pesek

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Lynn E. Martino-PeterMr. and Mrs. Raymond W. PieperMary Jane and Bill PorcelliJohn M. Puskar IIIQuintin and Jane ReinheimerJohn and Wanda SeymanRalph and Florence SchmidtMr. and Mrs. Raymond A. VogelCynthia and Jack WeglarzLois Wiles

Seraphine A. SamsonMrs. Rose SeebeckMr. and Mrs. Stanley W. SimsSouthwest Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n.

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Mr. and Mrs. Roy StuartEdward and Cynthia VondrasekMr. and Mrs. LaurenceW. WalesMr. and Mrs. Robert G. WalesWalter M. Wales FamilyMr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Wasserman, Sr.Mrs. Jane H. Young

Saint Xavier College Music Department3700 West 103rd StreetChicago, IL 60655

Kathryne SavickSister Mary Venardine, RSM

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Martin ChasanovMarguerite GaynorGeorge JohnsonLouise JohnsonEloise MacDonaldHelen MakowskiLarwrence RadeloffLeslie Wiles

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Beth Strutzenberg, student at Evergreen Park High School, hasbeen playing the clarinet for seven years. Last year she moved fromthe training orchestra to the symphony - which she had conductedin a selection the previous spring as winner of an orchestra-sponsoredessay contest. She also plays in the St. Xavier Chamber Orchestra.Beth participated in the 1987 Illinois Young Performers' Competition,is an honor student, and last summer spent ten weeks in Indonesiaas a foreign exchange student. Beth also likes to play the piano, read,shop, and travel., and she keeps in condition by running.

Laura Kelly, string bass player, studied her instrument in highschool. She joined the Orchestra in 1976 and has also played with thePitt Players at the Beverly Art Center. Laura, who makes her home inHickory Hills, has been employed for 15 years at 3M National Advertising, where she is now an analyst in the data processing department.

Lynn Larsen of Riverdale is a music educator and a member ofseveral professional music organizations, both national and local. Shebegan studying piano at age nine, took up the cello four years later,and continued with both instruments through college. Lynn is agraduate of the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University andhas pursued graduate study at the University of Wisconsin and at theUniversity of Oslo, Norway. When she is not busy making and teachingmusic, Lynn enjoys photography, travel, gardening, bowling, and cats.

Memorial FundAmong the compositions performed by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra each year are

scores purchased for the permanent library with contributions made to the Memorial Fund. Friendsand relatives of a deceased loved one may find special satisfaction in knowing that music addedto the orchestral library as a memorial tribute will continue to enrich the lives of performers andlisteners for years to come. The names of newly memorialized persons appear in three successiveconcert programs and are inscribed in a permanent roster.

For further information, please call 448-2662.

THE ORCHESTRA GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGESTHE FOLLOWING RECENT GIFTS:

Given by:

Helen and Ted Oppenheim, Sr. Mary Venardine,Les and Lois WilesRobert ChasanovJean and George KullesMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireAlice MaguireRenette Makowski, Sr. Mary VenardineJean and George KullesLillian B. Anderson, Ruth Ford, Joyce J. Gorman, Robert S. Heck,Kaye Kendall Krapil, Alice Maguire, Renette Makowski, Ted and HelenOppenheim, Lea E. Orth, Grace R. Pieper, Anna Powell, Dan Seyman,Hilda Slivinskas, Ruth Sundstrom, Ruth Sundstrom {Birthday Group},Sr. Mary Venardine

Board of DirectorsSr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen Park PresidentGrace Pieper, Orland Park Vice PresidentRenette Makowski, Oak Lawn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Recording SecretaryKaren Everett, Worth Corresponding SecretaryLois Wiles, Palos Park Treasurer

Thomas M. Aitken, Palos Hills David Keeney, Oak LawnRobert M. Chasanov, Griffith, Ind. Helen Oppenheim, Oak LawnWilliam Cummens, Oak Lawn Ted Oppenheim, Oak LawnThomas Hallett, Orland Park Raymond Pieper, Orland ParkJulie Heck, Oak Lawn Ron Rehfeldt, Chicago

Daniel Seyman, Oak LawnAlfred Aulwurm, Oak Lawn ConductorMartha Morris, Oak Lawn Assistant to ConductorAlice Maguire, Oak Lawn Guild President

Louis Olson, Merrionette Park Past President

Training OrchestraThe Southwest Symphony "Training Orchestra provides experience in ensemble playing,

development of performance Skills, and expansion of musical horizons for instrumentalists ofall .a~es and levels of competency. Rehearsals are held at Richards High School CampusBUlldmg, 107th and Central, Oak Lawn, at 6:00 p.m. on Mondays. For further information callMartha Morris, 779-3300, Ext. 295.

George Kulles studied violin with Paul Stassevitch at De PaulUniversity, where he earned a Master of Music degree, havingobtained a B.A. from Augustana College two years earlier. He hasbeen concertmaster of several orchestras, including the Ernie PyleSymphony in Tokyo, Japan, when he was in military service. Nowretired from the principalship of a school in the Chicago system,George collects and restores glass paperweights and has written twobeautifUlly-illustrated bOQks and has lectured on the subject. He is firstviolin in the Allegro String Quartet, does watercolor painting, and pur-sues an interest in astronomy. He and his wife Jean enjoy bird-watching and raising flowers at their home in the Lockport area.

Ed Vondrasek of Chicago has been the orchestra's principal percussionist since 1971, responsible chiefly for the tympani. He startedhis musical study with keyboard instruments in elementary school butlater on specialized in percussion. Besides the Southwest Symphony,he has played with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and his involvement with music has included several years' service as a volunteerwith the Lyric Opera Guild. Ed describes himself as a "home handyman" who also enjoys golf and bridge. His five children, widelyscattered now, are a central interest in his life. His eldest daughter iscurrently a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire, Africa.

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Helen Oppenheim of Oak Lawn is also a charter member of the SSO. Afterstudying piano for several years, Helen took up the violin in high school. AtDoane College, in Nebraska, she majored in violin and music education andlater earned an M.A. in English at the University of Colorado. She has taughtmusic and English in public schools in Nebraska and Illinois. In the SSO Helenhas always played viola instead of violin because of a chronic shortage ofviolas. She also plays in chamber music groups every chance she gets. Asidefrom music, Helen enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, traveling with her husband Ted, and visiting with their two sons and their families.

Seraphine (Sera) Samson is a charter member of the Southwest Symphony. Born in Italy, she studied both violin and piano early in her career. Fora number of years she taught special education in District 123, Oak Lawn, andnow in retirement teaches violin privately, both Suzuki and traditional methods.Three of her students, Kevin Daley, Jennifer Stoit, and Jessica Stachura playin the SSO Training Orchestra, and Kevin and his teacher play in the St. XavierCommunity Chamber Orchestra. Sera lives in Oak Lawn but frequently visitsher two sons and their families in Florida and California.

Janet Puskar, flutist, is another charter member of the SSO.ln the secondgrade she started studying the accordion, but as a student in Oak Lawn HighSchool she took up the flute, which has been her principal instrument eversince. She received a B.M. degree at De Paul University, where she was a student of Emil Eck, and she has recently received an M.B.A. from St. Xavier.Twice, in 1972 and 1981, Janet appeared as soloist with the SSO. Janet worksas a systems analyst for the Rheem Manufacturing Company. She and her husband John and a daughter, Susan, live in Hickory Hills, and they also have twoother children and two grandchildren.

Alfred A. Aulwurm, of Oak Lawn, conductor of the SSO since its inception 25 years ago, has had wide and varied experience as violinist, conductor, and teacher. Born in Chicago, he studied violin from the age of 9 at theAmerican Conservatory of Music with Herbert Butler and John Weicher, concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony, giving his first recital at 14. During WorldWar /I he became a violinist in Glenn Miller's Army Air Force orchestra, taking part in weekly broadcasts for NBC in New York and bond drive performances there and elsewhere in the United States. Later he went overseas tothe China-Burma-India theatre of operations with Andre Kostelanetz'sorchestra, playing at GI hospitals. Soon after his discharge from the Army hejoined the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and later was a member of theMilwaukee Symphony. Since organizing the SSO in 1964 he has continuedto teach and to perform in the Chicago area, and he has recently been appointed conductor of the City Symphony of Chicago. He and his wife Helenmade a recording called Violin Favorites, available at the Oak Lawn library.

Introducing The Orchestra

Daniel J. Seyman, concertmaster and charter member of the SSO, beganplaying the violin at age seven and studied with Edward Gradman and LouisCharbenau of the Chicago Symphony. Turning professional at an early age,he was assigned to play with various bands during the "Big Band" era of the1940's. Dan's classical musical experience includes serving as concertmasterof orchestras at Sherwood, Gage Park High School, Wilson Junior College,Northwestern University, and Kenosha, before his long association with theSSO. A graduate of Northwestern University, Dan is currently a senior partner in the accounting firm of Seyman, Seyman &Troemel and is the presidentand chief executive officer of Sage Investments, Inc. The Seymans make theirhome in Oak Lawn.

Continuing our series of thumb-nail sketches of orchestra members, our spotlight this evening isupon our two soloists, founders of the orchestra and for its entire 25 years its conductor andconcertmaster.


TROMBONES•••• Virginia Wurst, Hometown



TRUMPETSMark Bailey, Palos HeightsMax Chasanov, Oak ParkJohn Pelley, Park ForestNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

FRENCH HORNSCheryl Overton, ChicagoJames A. Ciametti, Oak LawnRobert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, Oak Lawn


PERCUSSIONTherese Lenz, ChicagoKen Kazin, Oak LawnCarrie Biolo, Marquette, Mich.

TUBARalph Colvin, Chicago

BASSOONSJulie Szymczyk, Palos ParkWilliam Nordstrom, Lombard

•••• Charter Members20 years or more15 years or more10 years or more

CLARINETSTom Hallett, Orland ParkBeth Strutzenberg, Evergreen Park

OBOESNorma Stuart, Oak LawnGeorge Junker, Chicago

FLUTES•••• Janet Puskar, Hickory Hills

Jan Alberts, AlsipMarion Reilly, Blue IslandTom Zydron, Chicago


Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestLucy Lyudkovsky, Munster, Ind.Joseph Pilat, ChicagoRichard Sienko, ChicagoVicki Urban, Hazel CrestMary Vandenberg, Oak Park

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, MaywoodGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail S. Emerick, Palos ParkHelen Fruh, FlossmoorRichard Gekler, GlenviewRobert S. Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleRuth Pieper, Orland ParkBarbara Schwimmer, Evanston

STRING BASSESLaura Kelly, Hickory HillsHenrietta Chasanov, HomewoodAlbert Lacey, ChicagoPeter zaluba, Oak Park

VIOLINS••• Hedie Alt, Calumet City

Randy Beckendorf, Chicago RidgeMorton Bloch, Chicago

•••• Frieda Durkin, ChicagoRudy Fous, FrankfortFlorence Gindl, Munster, Ind.Rudolph Kause, Palos Hills

•••• Ann Killelea, MidlothianKaroline Todd, ChicagoJulian Krupa, SummitGeorge Kulles, LockportEdward Langer, ChicagoPenny Lord, ChicagoLinda Horwitz Lager, ChicagoRenette Makowski, Oak LawnLinda Morimoto, Hoffman EstatesMorris Morovitsky, ChicagoSiegfried Moysich, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, South HollandWilliam Porcelli, ChicagoSr. M. Reginald, Chicago

•••• Sera Samson, Oak LawnBarbara Sterba, WillowbrookSteve Sterba, WillowbrookHoward Swanson, ChicagoMark Talent, ChicagoNancy Uyenishi, ChicagoSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights




Program Notes Symphony No.4 in F minor Peter lIytch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Andante; Andantino; Scherzo; Allegro

The story of the opera concerns a marksman using seven charmed bullets givenhim by the devil. In return, the marksman promises to give the devil his soul on a certain date unless he can find a substitute. Six bullets could be fired freely-hence thetitle-but the seventh will be guided by the devil. .

The overture, considered one of the finest in operatic literature, opens with amajestic theme in the horns, suggesting the calm of the forest. Turning suddenly to thesinister theme of the Black Huntsman, heard later in an aria in the first act, the musicthen rises to the wild incantation scene in the second act, succeeded by a sustainedmelody from Agathe's aria in the second act. These themes are heard in various formsin the remainder of the overture.

Called "the most German of all German operas," Der Freischutz (roughly translatedas "The Free-Shooter") combines a romantic Teutonic legend with music in thenationalistic spirit of German folk songs. First performed in Berlin in 1821, the opera wasrecognized as a departure from the pervasively Italian style which had characterizedGerman opera. The use of the feit-motif, or symbolic theme, later developed so extensively by Wagner, had its beginnings in Weber's operatic music.

Frescobaldi studied at the Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome, finishing in 1604. Aftersome additional study in Belgium in 1607-8, he spent the rest of his life as organist atSt. Peter's in Rome, except for six years as court organist in Florence, 1628-34. All hislife huge crowds came to hear him play and improvise. His pupil, Froberger, carried hisstyle to Germany, where his technique of improvisation and nobility of thought influencedGerman organ style through the time of J. S. Bach. His compositions include manyworks for organ, also some for harpsichord and other instruments, and vocal works, bothsacred and secular.

The composer's own program for the symphony describes the introduction as "thechief thought of the whole symphony. This Fate, the fatal power which hinders one inthe pursuit of happiness from gaining the goal ... It is better to turn from the realitiesand to lull one's-self in dreams."

Helen A. Oppenheim

After the arresting introduction, with its powerful "Fate" motif, a light-hearted yetsomewhat melancholy solo for the clarinet becomes the principal theme of the firstmovement, indicated by the composer as "in the manner of a waltz." It is in 9f8 time,however, not the lilting "three-quarters" of the Viennese waltz. A few times it is interrupted by the "Fate" theme. The second movement expresses a gentler sort of melancholy: "It is all so sad and yet so sweet to muse over the past." The third movement,in which the strings play pizzicato throughout, is playful, sometimes gay, sometimesmournful- "capricious arabesques, vague figures which slip into the imagination whenone has taken wine and is slightly intoxicated." The last movement emerges into thesunlight. It is in the key of F major and suggests the simple happiness and gaiety of afolk holiday. After the bustling opening, however, another melancholy theme in the minorkey is introduced, based on a Russian folk song "In the field there stands a birch tree."This theme occurs repeatedly in the movement, developed and tossed back and forthamong the various choirs of the orchestra. Once more the "Fate" theme is heard briefly,then in a burst of energy and excitement, the symphony ends with a rousing finale.

Composed in 1877, the Fourth Symphony was the composer's favorite. He wroteit for his "beloved friend" and patroness, Nadejda Filaretovna von Meck, with whomhe kept up an extensive correspondence for years, even though they never met. In theirletters, the two frequently referred to the work as "our symphony" and Madame vonMeck admired it extravagantly.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Overture to Der Freischutz

Toccata

Concerto in 0 minorfor two violins and orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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The term "concerto" to most concert-goers means a solo work of extreme difficulty,intended to display virtuosic technique. The Baroque concerto of Bach's time, however,was considered rather a vehicle for a group of performers to make music together ina concerted effort, as in the concertos by Vivaldi, whose music greatly influenced Bach.While Bach's concertos are far from easy, they should not be considered chieflyoportunities for technical display.

Like the well-known "Brandenburg" concertos, the concerto for two violins is adialog or colloquy for the two solo instruments and the accompanying orchestra,sometimes serious and strenuous, sometimes lyrical and meditative, sometimes wittyand jovial. The concerto treats the two solo instruments as independent and equalvoices. The writing is contrapuntal, the slow movement being an especially eloquent

.example of the emotional possibilities in mathematically exact counterpoint.


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Memorial Fund

In memory of:

Neil J. AndersonMartin ChasanovThomas D. HallettGeorge JohnsonLouise JohnsonEloise MacDonaldHelen MakowskiMargit A. PaulikLawrence RadeloffLeslie Wiles

Robert J. Lekberg, violist, joined the SSO in 1970 and has also beena mem?er of !'everal other orchestras in the Chicago area. A chemist byprofeSSIon, With degrees from North Park College and Lewis Institute, Bobhas worked for anul1)ber of industries in northern Illinois and Indiana andhas long been owner and president of the Chemlek Laboratories. Althoughmusic is an,avocation for him, he is an enthusiastic chamber musician andowns an extensive library of chamber music which he generously shareswith friends. Boband his wife Sandy make their home in Oak Forest andsometimes, on their boat. '

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Richard J. Sienko of Chicago is a graduate of the Vandercook Collegeof Music. He teaches general music in the Chicago schools and has someprivate students at one of the Chicago parks. Although Rich has played,viola in the SSO since joining in 1976, he didn't begin stUdying the instrument until age 16, after several years with accordion and drums. (He saysthe string teacher at Curie High School considered him a "natural" for~iola because of his size!) He has continued with the accordion, playingIn polka bands and for the past two years in Jonathan Brandmeier's LeisureSuits. Rich is currently president of the Polish Musicians' Alliance ofAmerica, and also belongs to the International Polka Association, TheMusic Educators' National Conference, and the American String Teachers'Association. For recreation, Rich likes such outdoor diversions ashorseback riding and scuba diving, but also - what else - polka dancing.

Among the compositions performed by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra each year arescores purchased for the permanent library with contributions made to the Memorial Fund. Friendsand relatives of a deceased loved one may find special satisfaction in knowing that music addedto the orchestral library as a memorial tribute will continue to enrich the lives of performers andlisteners for years to come. The names of newly memorialized persons appear in three successiveconcert programs and are inscribed in a permanent roster.



Given by:

Les and Lois WilesRobert ChasanovThomas W. and Julianne Hallet, Sr. Mary VenardineMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireAlice MaguireRenette Makowski, Sr. Mary VenardineSr. Mary VenardineJean and George KullesLillian B. Anderson, Ruth Ford, Joyce J. Gorman, Robert S. Heck;Kaye Kendall Krapil, Alice Maguire, Renette Makowski, Ted and HelenOppenheim, Lea E. Orth, Grace and Raymond Pieper, Anna Powell,Dan Seyman, Hilda Slivinskas, Ruth Sundstrom, Ruth Sundstrom(Birthday Group), Sr. Mary Venardine

Robert M. Chasanov, bass trombonist, began studying trombone atage 11 and continued through high school. He has played in school andcommunity groups as widely separated as Corvallis, Oregon, andBinghamton, New York. In addition to music, Bob enjoys cabinet making,golf, cross-country skiing, nature photography, and reading. An accountant for the Ford Motor Company, with a B.S. from Roosevelt University,Bob also uses his expertise by serving on the Board of Directors of theSSO. The Chasanovs make their home in Griffith, Indiana.

Robert J. Karpiel, trombonist, is a pharmacy manager for Walgreen's.He played in the St. Rita High School band for four years and for four yearsmore in the University of Illinois (Chicago) band. Music is a family affairwith the Karpiels, for Bob's wife Renee formerly played French horn in theSSO and her father, Ron Sauter, is a regular member of the French hornsection. Bob likes to garden, golf, and swim. He and his wife and their twosmall children live in Burbank.

Robert S. Heck is a physician by profession, but musichas alwaysbeen important in his life. At least four generations of his family were choraldirectors and Violinists, and his mother and his aunt were his first teachersin violin and piano. At the University of South Dakota he limited himselfto piano. In 1972 he was piano soloist with the SSO, playing Gershwin'sRhapsody in Blue. After his wife Julie began to study violin and joined theSSO Training Orchestra, Bob decided to join her and in 1985 started,studying cello with Cynthia Sulko, then principal cellist with the SSO. Thisyear he joined our cello section, and both the Hecks play in the St. XavierChamber Orchestra. Dr. Heck is Professor of Family Practice at RushMedical College as well as maintaining his private practice in Chicago.Their four children are now grown up, but the Hecks still live in Oak Lawn,occasionally finding time to travel, play tennis and golf, and raise orchids.

Board of Directors

Training OrchestraThe Southwest Symphony Training Orchestra provides experience in ensemble playing,

development of performance skills, and expansion of musical horizons for instrumentalists ofall ages and levels of competency. Rehearsals are held at Richards High School Campus'Building, 107th and Central, Oak Lawn, at 6:00 p.m. on Mondays. For further information callMartha Morris, 779-3300, Ext. 295.


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8 p.m. Saturday, April 15, 1989Mother McAuley High School Auditorium

with the Voices of the ValleyAlice Maguire, Director

25th CONCERT SEASONAlfred Aulwurm, Conductor

"Achieved is the Glorious Work" from The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

"Fanfare for a Festival" Ron Nelson (b. 1929)Voices of the Valley, brass and tympani

Symphony NO.1 - "Spring" Robert Schumann (1810-1856)Andante un poco maestoso - allegro molto vivace;

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EVERGREEN PLAZA

GloriaLaudamus Te (We praise Thee. We bless Thee. We adore Thee.

We glorify Thee.)Propter magnam gloriam (We give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory)Domine Deus (0 Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty)Domine Fili Unigenite (0 Lord, the Only-Begotten Son, Jesus Christ)Domine Deus,Agnus Dei (0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the

Father, have mercy upon us)Qui sedes ad dexteram (Who sittest at the right hand of the Father,

have mercy upon us)Cum Sancto Spiritu (With the Holy Ghost in the glory of God the

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Orchestra Arranged by Lucien Caillet

Festal March from Tannhauser Richard Wagner (1813-1883)Voices of the Valley, Orchestra

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra is the recipient of a generous bequest from the estate of thelate Julia Lorenz. Miss Lorenz was one of the founders of the orchestra, and for twelve years wasthe president of its Board of Directors. Many in the audience will remember her introductory comments at the concerts over the years.

The Southwest Symphony Orchestra's 25th Anniversary season has been underwritten in part bya special gift from Talman Home Savings and Loan Association.

Programs presented by the Southwest Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Illinois Council ofOrchestras, the Chicago Music Alliance, and the Illinois Arts Alliance, are partially supported bygrants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Foundation for the Humanities.



PERSONNEL, THE VOICES OF THE VALLEY

Alice Maguire, Oak Lawn, DirectorMarilyn Sobbe, Evergreen Park, Accompanist

The Voices of the Valley

TENORSThaddeus Bojanowski, SummitGeorge De Loriea, BurbankPeter Gesell, Oak LawnLarry Lafaiver, Oak ForestLinda Maguire, ChicagoClarence Riley, ChicagoGaile Sprissler, Chicago

ALTOSBonnie Althuis, Oak LawnLinda Bensen, Oak LawnSharon Butler, WorthHelene De Loriea, BurbankEileen Ingersoll, CrestwoodLouAnn Kremer, WorthJanice La Fortune, Hickory HillsLois McNerney, Oak LawnBarbara Popiolek, Oak LawnBarbara Rehnquist, CrestwoodMargaret Sauter, Oak LawnBarbara Schapiro, HometownMarilyn Sobbe, Evergreen ParkJoan Sweeney, Burbank

BASSESJack Althuis, Oak LawnHarold Bell, Tinley ParkGeorge Bolls, Palos ParkJim Buchmann, Orland ParkRichard Dyott, Oak LawnBill Gould, Oak LawnWalter Kosche, Palos HillsRonald Rusnak, Oak LawnJohn Schneider, Chicago

SECOND SOPRANOSRoseanne Arnold, Palos HillsCindy Beberman, Orland ParkHarriet Bennett, HodgkinsNellie Botts, Palos ParkRebecca Foyle, Palos HillsRose Reddish, WorthFrances Riley, ChicagoBelly Witte, WorthJanet Wohlgemuth, Oak LawnTess Xydakis, Palos Heights

FIRST SOPRANOSBarbara Correll, Palos HillsArlene Cygan, Oak ForestMarilyn Keblusek, Oak ForestBetty Massoth, Oak LawnSue Myers, Orland ParkFlorence Sklenar, BurbankJean Smoots, Oak LawnEuridice Zimmer, Palos Hills

The Voices of the Valley, a semi-professional community chorus representing16 communities, is an outreach of the Continuing Education Department of the MoraineValley Community College. Founded and nurtured by Ralph Arnold twenty years a~o,

it continues to offer fine choral music programs throughout the Southwest area. AliceMaguire, its present directOl; is a graduate ofTemple University and taught choral musicat Calumet High School, Chicago, for 24 years. She also was organisUchoir director atSeventh Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and now serves in the same capacity at theChurch of the Annunciation, Episcopal, in Bridgeview. Mrs. Maguire is president of theSouthwest Symphony Guild.

TRUMPETSMark Bailey, Palos HeightsJohn Pelley, Park ForestNeil Venhuizen, South Holland

TROMBONES•••• Virginia Wurst, Hometown


FRENCH HORNSCheryl Overton, ChicagoJames A. Ciametti, Oak LawnRobert Guenzler, Palos HeightsRonald Sauter, Oak Lawn

FLUTES•••• Janet Puskar, Hickory Hills• Jan Alberts, Alsip

Marion Reilly, Blue IslandTom Zydron, Chicago

CLARINETSTom Hallett, Orland ParkBeth Strutzenberg, Evergreen Park

OBOESNorma Stuart, Oak LawnGeorge Junker, Chicago

BASSOONSJulie Szymczyk, Palos ParkWilliam Nordstrom, Lombard



PERCUSSIONTherese Lenz, ChicagoKen Kazin, Oak Lawn



Philip L. Coon, ChicagoRobert Lekberg, Oak ForestLucy Lyudkovsky, Munster, Ind.Harry Myers, ChicagoJoseph Pilat, ChicagoNorman Schoer, Evergreen ParkRichard Sienko, ChicagoVicki Urban, Hazel CrestMary Vandenberg, Oak Park


VIOLINSHedie Alt, Calumet CityRandy Beckendorf, Chicago RidgeMorton Bloch, ChicagoFaye Christensen, Itasca

•••• Frieda Durkin, ChicagoRudy Fous, FrankfortRudolph Kause, Palos Hills

•••• Ann Killelea, MidlothianBetty Hatfield, Portage, Ind.Julian Krupa, SummitGeorge Kulles, LockportEdward Langer, ChicagoPenny Lord, ChicagoLinda Horwitz Lager, ChicagoRenelle Makowski, Oak LawnLinda Morimoto, Hoffman EstatesMorris Morovitsky, ChicagoSiegfried Moysich, ChicagoMarion Nicholson, South HollandWilliam Porcelli, ChicagoSr. M. Reginald, Chicago

•••• Sera Samson, Oak LawnBarbara Sterba, WillowbrookSteve Sterba, WillowbrookHoward Swanson, ChicagoMark Talent, ChicagoKaroline Todd, Evergreen ParkSuzanne Wales, Palos Heights

CELLOSKathleen Czoski, MaywoodGlenn Brown, Park ForestGail S. Emerick, Palos ParkHelen Fruh, FlossmoorRichard Gekler, GlenviewRobert S. Heck, Oak LawnLynn Larsen, RiverdaleRuth Pieper, Orland ParkBarbara Schwimmer; Evanston

STRING BASSESLaura Kelly, Hickory HillsHenrietta Chasanov, HomewoodAlbert Lacey, ChicagoPeter zaluba, Oak Park

"1' Charter Members20 years or more15 years or more10 years or more

The Voices of the Valley will present its Spring Concert on Saturday, May 13, at7:30 p.m. at the Moraine Community Church, 8601 W. 107th Street.

Program Notes"Achieved is the Glorious Work"

from The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Ron Nelson, born in Joliet, Illinois, studied at Eastman School (1947"1956) and atthe Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Since 1963 Nelson has taught at BrownUniversity and has been active as choral conductor and composer. One of his principalcompositions is the Fanfare for a Festival, arranged for chorus, brass, and timpani.

Nelson's music, both sacred and secu"lar, utilizes modal and expanded diatonicscales, occasional chromaticism, and chordal movement in seconds and thirds. Hissacred works include the Birthday of the Infanta, an opera (1956), and the Triumphal TeDeum for double chorus, brass, and percussion (1962).

Fanfare Ron Nelson (b. 1929) Haydn is remembered chiefly for his instrumental compositions, as well as for someexceptionally fine choral music, written in his later years, which includes his highlyexpressive Seven Words on the Cross, six Masses, and two great oratorios, The Creationand The Seasons..Once, when the composer was asked why it took him almost two yearsto complete The Creation, he replied, "Because I intended it to last for a long time." WhenHaydn began this oratorio he was 63 years old. Of this period he wrote:"I was never so religious as during the composition of The Creation. Daily I fell on myknees and asked God for strength."

The text of Haydn's oratorio, based upon the book of Genesis, is divided into threeparts: the creation during the first four days; the happenings of the fifth and sixth days;and a final part, reflective in nature.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

This Toccata and Fugue was composed during the period when Bach was chambermusician and court organist at Weimar. Its popularity has been extended throughtranscriptions such as this Stokowski arrangement, considered by some critics to bepartially the work of the orchestra's bass clarinetist, Lucien Caillet. Although sucharrangements generated controversy, Stokowski felt - as did other composers - thatthey were justifiable in order to introduce Bach's works to a wider audience.

Born in Venice, Vivaldi died a pauper in Vienna, but left a wealth of music to theworld. He was the most influential and original Italian composer of his generation,making substantial contributions to musical style, violin technique, and orchestration.Vivaldi's music strongly influenced Johann Sebastian Bach.

The selections heard on this program, in the key of D major, are noteworthy in thatthe principal melodic interest is frequently allotted to the violins, thus anticipating thesymphonic Mass of Haydn's generation. The last movement is arranged from Ruggieri'sGloria (1708).

Wagner may have been the single most important phenomenon in the artistic lifeof the latter half of the 19th century. Born in Leipzig and self-taught in music, he producedhis first operas between 1834 and 1836. By writing his own librettos he was able toachieve a unity of the musical-dramatic conception beyond anything that had beenknown before, and therefore gave shape to the desire of the romantic era for the closestpossible connection between music and dramatic expression. Wagner maintained that"every bar of dramatic music is justified only by the fact that it explains something inthe action or in the character of the actor." The orchestra is the focal point of Wagnerianmusic drama.

The story of Tannhauser, subtitled "The Singers' Contest at the Wartburg," wasWagner's own libretto, based on a medieval legend. The plot centers around theminnesaenger, Tannhauser, who is invited by Landgrave Hermann and his knights toaccompany them to the Singers' Contest. In the Festal March heard on this evening'sprogram the Landgrave welcomes the guests to the singing contest, and the trumpetsherald the arrival of the nobles who take their places and hail their host.

S. Margaret Ann Willging

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)Symphony No.1 ("Spring")

Robert Schumann was introspective, idealistic, and closely allied with the literaryaspects of the age. As co-founder-critic of a music review publication, he made hisunique contribution to world culture and especially promoted the contributions of theyoung musically talented,including Grieg and Brahms.

Schumann's music combines songlike melody with complex rhythms. What keepshis symphonies alive is their special glow - the high quality of the musical ideas.

Even had Schumann not named his First Symphony the "Spring" Symphony, wewould still sense the vernal note in its sunny cheer and buoyancy. It grew out of a moodof springtime rapture. He pleaded with Wilhelm Taubert who was rehearsing thesymphony for Berlin "to infuse into your orchestra, while playing it, a sort of longing forthe spring which I had chiefly in mind when I wrote it." While this symphony is theapotheosis of spring and all that it symbolizes in philosophy and life, Schumann was"not trying to be a landscape artist in tone." All he could mirror was his own ecstasybefore the miracle of spring.

As the composer suggested, in the first movement "the first entrance of thetrumpets should sound as though it were from high above, like a call to awaker)ing." Likea fanfare it is both announcement and welcome. What could be closer to the essenceof German Romanticism than the 'Nature sound' of the horns and trumpets at the opening. The instrumentation is clear and open and full of color.

The tautly harmonic structure and small 'tessitura' of the second movement suggests "how everywhere it begins to grow green, how a butterfly takes wing, how littleby little everything appears that in any way belongs to spring."

The composer conceived the finale as the "good-bye of spring." Its dance-like,unconstrained activity ends in a finality of triumph.

The "Spring" Symphony is a work firmly entrenched in the repertoire and it willremain so, unquestionably, for as long as romantic German music is played, for it is amodel of its kind - the fresh, spontaneous creation of a young poet and a genius.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)March and Chorus from Tannhauser

Selections from Gloria


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Glenn Brown of Park Forest grew up in the Chicago area. He started hismusical training with the trombone at age 9 but shifted to cello when he was14. He has studied at the American Conservatory and at Roosevelt University, first with Rosalie Ernest and later with Karl Fruh. Glenn joined the SSO lastyear and also plays in the orchestra's Allegro quarteUtrio. Besides the SSO,Glenn plays in the Kankakee Valley Symphony and the Olivet Nazarene University orchestra. He teaches privately and "free-lances" in the Chicago area.His hobbies include Hi·Fi and record collecting.

John Pelley, another pupil of Dr. Fabish, studied at Quigley and DePaul.Although he put the trumpet aside for 20 years, he has recently gone back tohis "first love" after playing piano and guitar. In addition to the SSO, John isprincipal trumpeter at St. Ireneaus Church on Sundays and plays in the Governors' State Symphonic Band. A central planner for Roadway Express, Johnlives with his wife and seven children in Park Forest. His interests include racquetball and other sports, reading, traveling, and encouraging his daughterswith their musical studies.

Norma Stuart began studying piano at the age of 7 in her home town,Toledo, Illinois, and in the fourth grade joined the school band. She has playedseveral instruments, but at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, her major instruments were piano and oboe. She is currently studying oboe withGladys Elliot in Chicago. Since joining the SSO in 1971, Norma has been oneof its most dependable and musicianly members, always there to sound the"A:' For 22 years Norma has been a music teacher in School District 122, OakLawn, and organist for 8 years at Faith United Methodist, also in Oak Lawn.She comes from a very musical family, five of whom a"re music teachers, andher three children have also studied piano and other instruments. Norma andher husband Roy, a teacher at Reavis High School, make their home inOak Lawn.

Trumpeter Cornelius "Neil" Venhuizen was born in the Netherlands, andhe and his wife Joanne now live, appropriately, in South Holland. As a youthhe started in his village's "oompah" band, and soon joined a band in the nexttown. From his father he learned to play the fluegel horn and the tuba. Aftercoming to the U.S. in 1955, Neil served two years in the U.S. Army. Eventually settling in the Chicago area, he studied trumpet with Perry Friedman atThornton Community College and played in several community bands andorchestras, including 26 years in the South Holland band and 10 years participation in the "Do-it-yourself" Messiah. Neil joined the SSO 12years ago.He also plays the bagpipe in the Stockyard Kiltie Band and, in full regalia, hasentertained at two of the fund-raisers sponsored by the SSO Guild in additionto serving as auctioneer.

Introducing The Orchestra

Our roster for tonight also includes two trumpeters, three cellists, two violinists, a trombonist, anda flutist - ending with "Z" even if we didn't start with "A":

George Junker began studying oboe in grammar school with Dr. ThomasFabish and continued in later years with such well-known teachers as SamuelScharn and Carl Sonick. He loves to play and has enjoyed participating inseveral orchestras and bands in and near Chicago, including 10 years in theChicago Business Men's Orchestra and 5 years participation in the OrchestraHall "Do-it-yourself" Messiah. By profession a petroleum chemist, George,with his wife Jeanne, a Chicago school principal, enjoy the Lyric Opera, theCSO, Music of the Baroque, SteppenwolfTheater, long walks, bicycling, tennis, and reading. The Junkers, whose son studies at Georgetown University'sSchool of Foreign Service, live in the Beverly area of Chicago.

We begin tonight's "know your orchestra" feature with our two oboists, indispensable members oftheSSO.

Emma PetersonLawrence RadeloffJohn Samson, Jr.Sr. Mary SimeonEthel SpiersElfrieda SweeneyVelma SwiftRuth VailDr. ValentineDr. and Mrs. Paul H. WezemanLeslie WilesAubrey WillsEdnaC. WoodLeila Yates

Thomas D. HallettHoward HansenGeorge JohnsonLouise JohnsonElsie LindholmJulia LorenzEloise MacdonaldHelen MakowskiDianne MastersEdward MateckiLucille MinersLucille NissenPorter OrrMargit A. PaulikM. Pavlik

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Martin ChasanovMabel HallettThomas D. HallettGeorge HansGeorge JohnsonHelen MakowskiMargit A. PaulikLawrence RadeloffLeslie Wiles

Memorial Fund

Below is a list of all those for whom memorial gifts have been given to the Southwest SymphonyOrchestra since the beginning of the Memorial Fund in 1986:

Among the compositions performed by the Southwest Symph·ony Orchestra each year arescores purchased for the permanent library with contribuiions made to the Memorial Fund. Friendsand relatives of a deceased loved one may find special satisfaction in knowing that music addedto the orchestral library as a memorial tribute will continue to enrich the lives of performers andlisteners for years to come. The names of newly memorialized persons appear in three successiveconcert programs and are inscribed in a permanent roster.



Given by:

Hedie Alt, Gloria Anderson, Donald and Robert Aulwurm, Jan Bickel,Helen Cann, William and Elaine De Young, Edwin K. and Mary S.Duckwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Everett, Mr. and Mr.s. Erneso Galvez,Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heck, TolT' and Barb Jennings, Edwin and MarthaKapchinski, Ann Killelea, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maguire, Richard andRenette Makowski, Martha Morris, Marion Nicholson, Ted and HelenOppenheim, Raymond and Grace Pieper, Ruth Pieper, Norman andLaVerne Schoer, Daniel and Evelyn Seyman, Mr. and Mrs. StanleySims, Southwest Symphony Orchestra Guild, Linda Tuttle, Sr. MaryVenardine, Suzanne Wales, Cynthia C. Weglarz, Edna Wendt andLucille Ellendt, Lois Wiles, Virginia WurstRobert ChasanovAnonymous, Charles R. and June A. Hardy, Tom W. HallettThomas W. and Julianne Hallett, Sr. Mary VenardineRichard and RenetteMakowskiMr. and Mrs. Richard MaguireRenette Makowski, Sr. Mary VenardineSr. Mary VenardineJean and George KullesLillian B. Anderson, Ruth Ford, Joyce J. Gorman, Robert S. Heck,Kaye Kendall Krapil, Alice Maguire, Renette Makowski, Ted and HelenOppenheim, Lea E. Orth, Grace and Raymond Pieper, Anna Powell,Dan Seyman, Hilda Slivinskas, Ruth Sundstrom, Ruth Sundstrom(Birthday Group), Sr. Mary Venardine

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Helen Fruh, originally from Pittsburgh, now lives in Flossmoor. Her musical trainingbegan in grade school with piano lessons, but in high school she began to play the celloin the orchestra and the horn in band. In Chicago Musical College she majored in both instruments besides continuing with ballet, which she had started at age 11. After receiving acertificate in dance, Helen for atime operated her own dance school until acceptedto dance throughout Europe under the auspices of the U.S. Army, Europe Special Services.In this country she danced in many industrial shows and toured with her own show in easternU.S. and Canada. After some years, Helen wanted to get back to music and reregisteredwith the Chicago Musical College to study cello with Karl Fruh, who is now her husband.

Virginia Wurst, trombonist and charter member of the SSO, had someearly instruction in violin and piano but took up the trombone in Morgan ParkHigh School and later studied with William T. Moore of Blue Island. She playedin several all-girl groups in theaters and eventually in her own group with a"package" show and several movie stars, playing the USO circuit of V.A.hospitals and Army, Navy, and Marine camps throughout the country. Latershe traveled with the Hormel Girls Caravan presenting a two-hour show andbroadcasting weekly over CBS and NBC. After her days on the road Virginiawas a member of Lillian Poenisch's Women's Symphony and other orchestrasand bands in the Chicago area. A resident of Hometown, Virginia works as aSpecialty Advertising Counselor for Leshore Calgift Corporation and likesgardening and outdoor sports.

Violinist Renette Makowski is a Chicagoan, beginning her musical studiesat age 7 with Sr. Lumerva of St. Xavier Academy and later continuing withCharlotte Chambers at Chicago Musical College. She is a graduate of St.Xavier College and has taken graduate courses at Chicago Teachers' College.In addition to SSO, which she joined in 1975, Renette has had much experiencein school and community orchestras and church groups and often plays solosin church. Employed as teacher of English and science on the junior highschool level in the Chicago schools, she also directs the Lee school chorus,serves as secretary of the SSO Board of Directors, and likes to travel, read,cook, participate in dramatics, and spend time with her three children andfour grandchildren.

Ruth Pieper, now living in Orland Park, grew up in Blue Island and received her firstmusical training in the public school program there. She later studied with Alfred Aulwurmand played cello in the Metropolitan Youth Symphony before joining the SSO in 1969. Ruthis employed as a legal secretary downtown and remarks that daily commuting providesher with lots of time for reading and needlework - but not much opportunityfor aerobics, another of her pastimes, or for cello practice.

Another Chicago-born violinist, Rudolph Kause grew up during theDepression. He couldn't afford lessons, but when he was about 12 his fatherexplained some of the rudiments of violin-playing to him. On his own he boughta book of violin studies and "practiced, practiced:' but his working schedulekept him for many years from doing much with the instrument. After retiringin 1980 he began studying with Alfred Aulwurm, who after 4 lessons suggestedhe audition for the SSO. He was accepted and has been playing ever since.Rudy also plays in the St. Xavier chamber orchestra and a string quartet andwas for 30 years in a barber-shop quartet called the "Shy-Guys."

Tom Zydron, flutist, is founder-member of the south Side M.I.D.1. Consortium, acomputer music group under the aegis ofthe Prometheus B.B.S. (I.B.M.Computer Bulletin Board System). He has had wide and varied experienceplaying several instruments, chiefly reeds, ranging from school and concertbands - St. Richard's, St. Laurence, University of Illinois Chicago - to jazzbands, including Wilson College, Carey Bell Blues (which has recorded a German Blues album "Goin' Up Main Street"), High Times, and Byzantine.

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Sr. Mary Venardine, Evergreen Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . PresidentGrace Pieper, Orland Park Vice PresidentRenette Makowski, Oak Lawn Recording SecretaryKaren Everett, Worth Corresponding SecretaryThomas Hallett, Orland Park Treasurer

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Alfred Aulwurm, Oak Lawn ConductorMartha Morris, Oak Lawn Assistant to ConductorAlice Maguire, Oak Lawn : Guild President

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