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I'm Lori Skelton. I am honored today to take part
in another concert honoring some of either Wisconsin-born or
Wisconsin-nurtured young talent in the field of chamber music.
Once again, you are tuned into
Competition Winner's Recital. thYou're going to be hearings'
amazing music from amazing
The wonderful thing is, this is probably not going to be
the only time you're hearing
They're going to be around, enriching our lives for years
to come.
concert, I would like to welcome Before we begin the actual
for the Neale-Silva Competition, to the stage, our coordinator
Ruthanne Bessman Wisconsin Public Radio's
Thank you. [applause]
and welcome to the Winner's Recital of Wisconsin Public
Radio's 2012 Neale-Silva
This afternoon, we recognize Young Artist Competition.
musicians who demonstrate an outstanding young Wisconsin
artistry. eAuditions were open to all
instrumentalists and vocal
Participants had to be between performers.
and residents of Wisconsin the ages of 17 and 26,
or university. or attend a Wisconsin college
by a grant from the estate of the late University of Wisconsin
Madison professor,
Neale-Silva was a classical music enthusiast who was born
in Talca, Chile, and came to the
A Professor in the Department of United States in 1925.
dedicated listener to Wisconsin Public Radio, he left a portion
of his estate to help fund our
Once again, we were greatly cimpressed with the talents.
this year.
perform this afternoon and each will receive a $400 honorarium.
Congratulations to all the
They are wonderful musicians. Wisconsin Public Radio wishes to
thank the three final judges: Ian Nie, Professor of Piano
at Beloit College;
a member of the KAT Trio; and violinist Victoria Gorbich,
also a member of the KAT Trio;
Tom Buchhauser, WYSO Conductor and our two preliminary judges,
and Dan Lyons, Principal Pianist of the Philharmonia Orchestra;
Orchestra; and of the Madison Symphony
Claire Mallory. For their generous contributions
our gratitude to: the Wisconsin Union Theater;
the University
School of Music; of Wisconsin-Madison
HotelRED; the GreeDavid R. Beachestival;
and Carmen Mercedes Rigau;
and Ward-Brodt. Now back to Lori Skelton, our
host for this special program,
of the 2012 Neale-Silva Young Artists' Competition.
[applause]
Thank you, Ruthann Bessman, and thank you for a year's worth
of hard work in bringing us yet another amazing competition
and concert.
pianist Cameron John Pieper, who We'll begin this afternoon with
He is taking a double degree is originally from Fond du Lac.
He is a piano student of at Lawrence University.
And he recently had surgery on Catherine Kautsky.
injury from playing on the his right wrist because of an
So his performance this Lawrafternoon will focus onteam.
the left hand.
professor at a conservatory and teach both hands of piano.
But today, we will hear first from Scriabin, the "Prelude
in c# minor for the Left Hand," his "Op. 9, No. 1,"
and the "Nocturne in D-flat major for the Left Hand,"
the "Op. 9, No. 2." Some say Scriabin wrote works
for the left hand when a
as a teenager would occasionally shoulder injury he had sustained
We'll also hear "Hungary's God," flare up and bother him.
This was originally a song from Franz Liszt.
It happens to be the only piece for piano, left hand,
that Liszt ever wrote.
Young Artists' Competition To begin this year's Neale-Silva
Cameron John Pieper. Winners' Recital, please welcome
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[applause]
Pianist Cameron John Pieper,
our first winner for this year's our first performer,
Young Artists' Competition, music for piano, left hand,
by Franz Liszt
Next, we'll meet cellist and Alexander Scriabin.
a musical family Chris Peck, who was born into
He's currently an undergraduate at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, pursuing
as well as cello performance majors in mathematics,
He performed Hayden's as"C major Cello Concerto".
as soloist with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra
when he was all of 17 years old.
cellist of the UW-Madison He isSymphony Orchestra,cipal
and is in the cello section of
He brings us this afternoon the Maexcerpts from Bach'sstra.
"Solo Cello Suite VI,"
We'll hear the "Gavotte" in the joyful key of D major.
over a ground bass. withIt almost resembleslody
a hurdy-gurdy playing at a
And also, the "Gigue," which peasant celebration.
for the solist. actuInterlocking voices willuet
gradually climb the scale and then sweep us back down.
Please welcome cellist
C[applause]
[applause]
With portions of Johann Sebastian Bach's
"Solo Cello Suite VI,"
The Neale-Silva Young Artists' cellist Chris Peck.
accolade for our next performer. Competition is just the latest
soprano Rachel Eve Holmes made her Carnegie Hall debut,
sponsored by the Associated Music Teachers League,
with pianist Jonathan Ware. She received her bachelor
of music from the New England Conservatory and was
an Apprentice Artist with Opera Fort Collins while
completing her master's of music
She has also sung in China, at CoItaly, and Belgium.sity.
She now resides in Madison, Wisconsin, and studies with
Julia Faulkner. Upcoming engagements
include her singing the role
in Fresco Opera Theater's new pastiche-style opera
"The Good, the Bad, and the Divas."
You'll hear this at Overture Center this September.
She brings us four examples of the soprano's art this
afternoon, beginning with "Batti, batti o bel Masetto"
from Mozart's "Don Giovanni," where Zerlina has to charm her
way back into the good graces of a jealous boyfriend.
Next, "Saper Vorreste"
where Oscar the page is being pressured to reveal Riccardo's
costume for the ball, pressured by the man who plans
to murder Riccardo. We turn next to Douglas Moore,
"Dearest Mama," from his
as Elizabeth Doe is writing her mother about her emotional
turmoil and that she's fallen in love with a married man.
And then "Donizetti," from his "Daughter
of the Regiment Chacun le Sait,"
who has been raised by soldiers, as the daughter in question,
saying that everyone knows sings proudly of these soldiers,
most charming men oof the handsome 21st.,
Please welcome soprano
Rach[applause]mes.
[applause]
With pianist Claire Mallory,
Our next winner in this year's soprano Rachel Eve Holmes.
Competition is horn soloist, Neale-Silva Young Artists'
from Neenah High School Austin Larin 2009. graduated
He's performed with the Fox Valley, Green Bay,
and Oshkosh Symphonies, and is currently
a third-year undergraduate
at the Cincinnati College hConservatory of Music,t
studying with Randy Garnder,
and Duane Dugger. He's received top honors
in many competitions, most notably First Place in both
the International Horn Society
and the International Horn Competition of America.
He's also involved
which is a charity organization in that brings horn playerss,"
together to play holiday music
horn player scholarships. aWhat we'll hear this afternoon
is the first movment
for Horn and Orchestra." of the "Gliere Concerto
Russian Romantic tradition. It's full of long, big, rich,
juicy melodies. It's one of the most difficult
of all horn concertos.
the fiendishly difficult Gliere modeled it after
Please welcome horn soloist TchaikovAustin Larson.ncerto."
[applause]
With pianist Claire Mallory,
Our final winners of the horn soloist Austin Larson.
Competition are the five Neale-Silva Young Artists'
a wind quintet musicians that make up
Originally from Springfield, from Lawrence University.
has a flute performance and Gender Studies major,
from Lawrence University, or will, when he graduates.
His principal teachers
and Erin Lesser. have been Ernestine Whitman
of the Lawrence Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition,
Sam will perform Carl Reinecke's
the Wind Ensemble on May 19. "Flute Concerto" with
native, is currently pursuing Ka Bachelor of Music degrees
in clarinet performance,
education. and instrumental and general
have been David Bell Her primary teachers
In addition to being principal and Dr. Kelly Johnson.
Symphony and the Wind Ensemble, she also teaches part-time
for the Lawrence Academy
Kelsey Burk is a senior majoring in oboe performance
and mathematics.
has performed as principal oboe for the Lawrence Wind Ensemble.,
She's currently principal oboist
Symphony Orchestra with the Lawrence
raised in Olympia, Washington, Emma Jane Richart was born and
loving bassoon-playing parents, bexcept she chose to play,
the horn when she was in fifth
In high school, she was the principle horn
of the All-Northwest Orchestra. She's been studying with
James DeCorsey since 2008.
radio station, and plans She is a DJ at Lawrence's
Library Science following her to pugraduation.ee in
And finally, our horn player
who grew up in Lake Forest, in this quiIllinois--ke Fisher,
I'm sorry, not horn, bassoon. Here's my bassoonist.
He's a fifth-year student majoring in bassoon performance
and also minoring in Russian. He's played with many of the
large ensembles,
and was recently Grand Master iof the 47th Great Midweste,
Trivia Contest. What we'll hear from the quintet
this afternoon, first is
for Wind Quintet," a work from 1942, which the composer
describes as "free, nostalgic and happy,"
and then Elliot Carter's
which was written in 1948, "Woodwind Quintet,"
We find the composer at tail end the first movement.
looking to bring out individual ofcharacteristics of eachd,
instrument. We'll have some of
that pastorale feeling, of the "Persichetti"
in that first movement, although with Carter,
the flowing melody is going to be interrupted
with some strong outbursts. The second movement has touches
of ragtime playfulness. Please welcome
our final winners,
Woodwind Quintet. the Lawr[applause]rvatory
[tuning instruments]
[applause]
Our Wind Quintet
Samuel Golter, Kinsey Fournier, Kelsey Burk, Emma Richart,
and Jake Fisher.
[applause]