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January 17, 013
Young violin sensation featured at
Mendelssohn & Mozart concert
Caroline Goulding’s
talent compared to
young Yo Yo Ma
By Charles F. Bennett
Turley Publications Staff Writer
Young violin virtuoso Caroline
Goulding will be the guest artist
at the Springfield Symphony
Orchestra’s “Mendelssohn &
Mozart” concert Saturday, Feb. 2 at 7:30
p.m. in Symphony Hall.
Maestro Kevin Rhodes compares
Goulding’s talent to that of Yo Yo Ma at
that age. Goulding will be soloist in Mendelssohn’s
“Violin Concerto in E minor.”
The Mozart piece is the very popular
“Symphony No. 41, Jupiter” composition.
And, Bach’s “Air from Suite No. 3,” one
of the best known Baroque compositions,
rounds out the program.
“I first heard Caroline Goulding when
I conducted a program at the Traverse
City Symphony Orchestra,” remembered
Rhodes, “and she is one of those musicians
that we will say one day, ‘I heard her
when…’” Rhodes said she is being compared
to the talent level of the young Yo Yo
Ma. “This will be a concert to warm your
mind, mood and heart. It is charming and
romantic,” he said.
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Caroline Goulding began studying the
violin at the age of 3 ½. At 19, Goulding
performed as a soloist with some of North
America’s premier orchestras, including
the Cleveland Orchestra, Toronto Symphony,
National Symphony, Dallas Symphony,
Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony,
and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Currently
she plays the General Kyd Stradivarius
violin (c 1720).
Gramophone magazine lauded Goulding
for her “impressive technical polish and
musical maturity”. In 2011 she was awarded
the Avery Fisher Career Grant. Prior to that,
in 2009 she won the Young Concert Artists
International Auditions and received the
Helen Armstrong Violin Fellowship, then
received a Grammy nomination for her debut
recording on the Telarc label.
In the Mendelssohn composition after
an orchestral fanfare for the winds, Goulding
will enter with a flourish followed by a
delicate, dancing theme that dominates the
movement and recalls the atmosphere of
the composer’s first great hit, the “Overture
to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed
the ““Jupiter” Symphony No. 41” and two
others in the short span of six weeks in June
- August 1788. At that point in his life, despite
the fact that he created two successful
operas, “Don Giovanni” and “The Marriage
of Figaro,” he was desperate for money
and that was probably why he became
so prolific. “Symphony No. 41” debuted
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Rhodes, Music Director
MENDELSSOHN
& MOZART
February 2 at 7:30 pm
Bach’s Air on the G String
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
with CAROLINE GOULDING
Mozart’s Symphony No. 41
Youth Orchestra
6:30pm performance
Tickets available at 413-733-2291
Starting at $22
Youths 4 to 17 half price
in 1790 in Frankfurt. It was nicknamed
“Jupiter” because of the majestic-sounding
first movement. Of particular interest is
Mozart’s use of the four-note opening motive
of the final movement, which he then
develops into a complex fugue.
Bach
According to classical music historians
J. S. Bach wrote his “Air from Suite
No. 3” in 1731. It was not the sort of music
he normally wrote; it is lighter fare than
his usually more rigorous, sacred or fugal
compositions. Suites for orchestras back
then were an all-purpose form of entertainment,
said Rhodes.
This suite uses a rich blend of timbre,
featuring oboes, trumpets, timpani and
strings. Its second movement, known as
“Air on the G String” centers around one
of the most well known melodies he ever
wrote. Bach approaches the music with his
personal instincts intact, and leans on Italian
and French material. Rhodes describes
the Bach piece as “visceral, propulsive,
joyous movements.”
After the performance the audience
is invited to a reception in the Mahogany
Room to meet Maestro Rhodes, Caroline
Goulding and the musicians.
In place of the usual Classical Conversations
before the concert, the Springfield
Youth Orchestra under the direction of
Jonathan Lam will be showcased in a 20minute
performance at 6:30 p.m.
For tickets call 413-733-2291 or go to
Springfield Symphony.org.
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counterpart of
Rhea
7. A numbered mail
compartment
(abbr.)
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parrots
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committees
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lizard
15. Reposes
17. Winglike
structures
18. MacMurray
of “My Three
Sons”
19. Oprah’s
Broadway show
22. Ceaser, egg and
tossed
23. Oarlock
24. Agile, lively
(nautical)
25. Skim or dart
26. And, Latin
27. Embodies
28. Gallivants
30. Hyperbolic
cosecant
32. Rural delivery
33. Atomic #89
34. Opposite of
wealthy
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39. Yellow
ageratum
species
41. Large tropical
Am. lizard
43. Late Show star
46. Armor
breastplate
47. “Death in the
Family” author
48. Liquors from
rice
50. Bread for a
burger
51. Yeast
52. 100 = 1 tala in
W. Samoa
53. Two-year-old
sheep
54. Hyrax or cony
Turley Publications submitted photo
Young violinist Caroline Goulding
will be featured guest artist in
Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” at
the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s
Saturday, Feb. 2 concert at 7:30
p.m. in Symphony Hall led by Maestro
Kevin Rhodes. For tickets go to
SpringfieldSymphony.org.
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CLUES DOWN
1. Danish krone
(abbr.)
2. Insect repellents
3. Move sideways
4. October’s
birthstones
5. __ Alto,
California city
6. Mark of healed
tissue
7. Somewhat purple
8. Egg mixture
cooked until just
set
9. Past tense of bid
11. Ancient stone
slab bearing
markings
13. 9th month
(abbr.)
16. Thrown into a
fright
18. A playful antic
20. “Waiting
for Lefty”
playwright
See crossword answers on page 23.
21. Ultrahigh
frequency
28. Cutting gun
barrel spirals
29. Youth loved by
Aphrodite
30. Get by begging
31. Cleans by
scrubbing
vigorously
34. Bubonic
calamity
35. Radioactivity
unit
37. Bow (Sanskrit)
38. Legless reptiles
40. Thick piece of
something
41. A distinct part
of a list
42. Regarding
(Scottish prep.)
43. Something that
is owed
44. Mild
exclamation
45. River in Spain
49. Variation of 17
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