Tuesday, April 16, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.
Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH
CONDUCTOR
Miriam Burns, director of orchestras
STUDENT CONDUCTOR
Malik Khalfani, DMA candidate
STUDENT SOLOIST
Dana Carlson-Kottke, soprano
PROGRAM
Firebird Suite (1919)
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
i. Introduction—The Firebird and its Dance—Variation of the Firebird
ii. The Princesses' Khorovod (Rondo)
iii. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
iv. Lullaby
v. Finale
Malik Khalfani, conductor
“Klänge der Heimat” from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss (1825–1899)
Dana Carlson-Kottke, soprano — winner, DMA competition
German Text
Klänge der Heimat, ihr weckt mir das Sehnen,
rufet die Tränen ins Auge mir!
Wenn ich euch höre, ihr heimischen Lieder,
zieht mich's wieder, mein Ungarland, zu dir!
O Heimat so wunderbar,
wie strahlt dort die Sonne so klar,
wie grün deine Wälder, wie lachend die Felder,
o Land wo so glücklich ich war!
Ja, dein geliebtes Bild
Meine Seele so ganz erfüllt,
dein geliebtes Bild!
Und bin ich auch von dir weit, ach weit,
ach, dir bleibt in Ewigkeit
doch mein Sinn immerdar ganz allein geweiht!
O Heimat so wunderbar,
wie strahlt dort die Sonne so klar,
wie grün deine Wälder, wie lachend die Felder,
o Land, wo so glücklich ich war!
Feuer, Lebenslust, schwellt echte Ungarbrust,
hei! Zum Tanze schnell! Czárdás tönt so hell!
Braunes Mägdelein, musst meine Tänz'rin sein;
Reich den Arm geschwind, dunkeläugig Kind!
Durst'ge Zecher greift zum Becher,
lasst ihn kreisen, lasst ihn kreisen
schnell von Hand zu Hand!
Schlürft das Feuer im Tokayer!
Bringt ein Hoch aus dem Vaterland!
Feuer, Lebenslust schwellt echte Ungarbrust,
hei! Zum Tanze schnell! Czárdás tönt so hell!
English Translation
Sounds of my home country, you revive the yearning,
Let the tears brim in my eyes!
Hearing the old-time songs,
Draws me back, my Hungary, to you!
Oh homeland so beautiful,
With the sun gleaming so bright,
How green are your forests, how lush your fields,
Oh countryside, where I once was happily at home!
Yes, those cherished memories
Fill my heart to bursting,
Those cherished memories!
But though I am far from you now, so far,
ah, eternally consecrated to you
is the yearning of my heart!
Oh homeland so beautiful,
With the sun gleaming so bright,
How green are your forests, how lush your fields,
Oh my country, where once I was happily at home!
Fire, zest for life, fills the real Hungarians chest,
Hey! Hurry to the dancefloor! Czárdàs can be heard!
Suntaned maiden, come and dance with me;
Take my arm, you dark eyed child!
Let the tankards go round faster and faster
From hand to hand!
Relish the fire in the Tokay wine!
A toast to our nation!
Fire, zest for life, fills the real Hungarians chest,
Hey! Hurry to the dancefloor! Czárdàs can be heard!
— Translation by Linda Godry via lieder.net
— INTERMISSION —
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
II. The Story of the Kalendar Prince
III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff
Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman.
Student Soloist
Dana Carlson-Kottke, soprano, is a graduate teaching associate studying with Laura Portune, assistant professor of practice and area head of voice. Dana has sung with opera companies and academic institutions in Ohio, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Texas and Alabama in roles such as Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Kate (Sweets by Kate), Dew Fairy and Sandman (Hansel and Gretel), First Lady (Queen of the Night, world premiere), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore). Other operatic experience includes scene work as Cunégonde (Candide), Blanche (A Streetcar Named Desire), both First and Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte), and Beth (Little Women).
Dana previously held teaching engagements at the University of South Dakota as visiting assistant professor of voice, at Beliot College as adjunct instructor of voice, and in Milwaukee at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Working with a variety of genres at all ages, levels and learning contexts, Dana strives to create a learning environment that is positive, individualized, challenging and engaging.
Personnel
VIOLIN I
Nathan Jeoung, concertmaster
Yiyi Suo, associate concertmaster
Sam Golik
Myra Stewart
Timothy Liou
D.
Zoe Wolfe
Clara Rudy
VIOLIN II
Siddharth Figurov, principal
Anastasia Anikina
Melanie Owen
Lauren Bess
Chuyang Deng
Adam Whitman
Declan Alford
Owen Waller
VIOLA
Nicolo Moulthrop, principal
Aaron Pearson
Mitchell Likovetz
Avery Temple
Brandon Waite
Jade Diaz Nolasco
CELLO
Rosa Balderrama, principal
Lucy Reed, assistant
Owen Summers
Jacob Schwengler
Eden Davis
Anne Bartos
Anyu Gu
Aidan Dever
Nathaniel Tyler
DOUBLE BASS
Saoirse Hurley, principal
Owen Lutz
Carson Wolf
Jacqueline Marshall
Samantha Marcrum
James Ballard
FLUTE
Meagan Gaskill
Katie Sharp
Sofia Geelhood
OBOE
Briele Vollmuth
Lauren Kowal
Laura Pitner
Maddie Wittman
ENGLISH HORN
Laura Pitner
CLARINET
Louis Maligaya
Kayleigh McGee
Destiny Malave
BASSOON
Brandon Golpe
Laila Elhamri
Bobby Schwartz
HORN
Annie Moon
John McLaughlin
Andrew Waite
Cheng Peng
Theresa Deevers
TRUMPET
Ben Guegold
Matt Pileski
Luke Bingham
Nick Schnitzspahn
TROMBONE
Charlotte Stefani
Alex Myers
Zach Irwin, bass trombone
TUBA
Lucas Snouffer
TIMPANI / PERCUSSION
Tres Perkins
Kalie Dawson
Brody Fogle
Adam Quinn
Kye Pyeatt
Erin Rybinski
HARP
Jeanne Norton
PIANO / CELESTA
Conor Smyth-Small
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