ROMANTIC MASTERWORKS RACHMANINOFF AND SAINT-SAËNS
Saturday, May 17, 2025 · 7:30pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025 · 2:30pm
Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center
Robert Moody, conductor | Sheng Cai, piano
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
(1551 - 1612)
Canzon Septimi Toni a 8
KARENA INGRAM
RAINN*
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
(1835 - 1921)
Concerto No. 5 in F major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 103, “Egyptian”
I. Allegro animato
II. Andante
III. Molto allegro
Sheng Cai, piano
INTERMISSION
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
(1873 - 1943)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Opus 27
I. Largo - Allegro moderato
II. Allegro molto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro vivace
*RAINN was commissioned by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, an initiative of the League of American Orchestras in partnership with the American Composers Orchestra.
Program Notes
by Michelle Pellay-Walker
Giovanni Gabrieli (1551—1612): Canzon Septimi Toni a 8
Giovanni Gabrieli was an important composer and organist in what came to be known as the Venetian School of musical style; its primary influence eventually led from the Renaissance to the beginnings of what we now know as the Baroque era. Gabrieli became the principal organist at the Basilica San Marco di Venezia in 1585; the Basilica’s spacious interior, along with its live acoustics, gave rise to a musical style which exploited its sound-delay to advantage: Thus, the Venetian polychoral style came into being, an antiphonal style in which groups of singers and instruments played sometimes in opposition, and sometimes together, most often united by the sound of the organ. Canzon Septimi Toni a 8 is from a collection of motets, canzonas, and sonatas called Sacrae Symphoniae (published in 1597), and will feature members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s brass section, playing in two antiphonal groups from opposite sides of the stage.
Karena Ingram: RAINN
RAINN, by Baltimore-based composer Karena Ingram, was commissioned by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program, an initiative of the League of American Orchestras in partnership with the American Composers Orchestra. Ms. Ingram was the recipient of this commission in 2023, and this weekend marks the premiere performances of the work. It is scored for woodwinds in pairs, full brass, timpani, percussion, and strings. Ms. Ingram gives the following description in the conductor score:
“When I first came across the work of RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) in 2016, they reported that “every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.” In 2024, that number has dropped to 68 seconds.
Sexual violence breaks a victim down, forcing them to grieve a loss of self. They then rebuild a new version of themself, made to endure the harsh realities around them.
Approximately every 68 seconds, the audience will be forced to to feel that break and rebuild through music. Each section mimics a stage of the grieving process. Each rehearsal mark denotes a specific timestamp, but the orchestra need not strictly adhere to it.
I write to honor those who have been forced to break down, grieve, rebuild, and endure.”
The usual steps of the grieving process are specifically notated in the musicians’ scores: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Piano Concerto No. Five in F Major, Opus 103, “Egyptian”
First Performance: Salle Pleyel Concert Hall (Camille Saint-Saëns, soloist): Paris, May 1896.
There was a 20-year gap between the composing of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Fourth Piano Concerto and his Fifth—which is also his last. The Fifth Piano Concerto was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his debut at the Salle Pleyel, which took place in 1846. Saint-Saëns, who wrote the piece whilst on winter holiday in Luxor, Egypt, described it as “representing a sea voyage.” This concerto is quite exotic, and incorporates Spanish and Javanese stylistic gestures in addition to Middle-eastern music. The orchestral scoring features a rather large woodwind section (including piccolo, English horn, and bass clarinet), full brass, timpani, percussion, and strings. It is in the usual fast-slow-fast movement structure one associates with a concerto; the second movement andante is particularly interesting in that it is partially based on a Nubian love song that Saint-Saëns heard as he sailed on the Nile in a ‘dahabiah’ boat.
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 27
First Performance: Marinsky Theatre (Sergei Rachmaninoff, conductor): Saint Petersburg, February 1908
One of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s most popular compositions, the Symphony No. 2 in E Minor was written in 1906-1907 and premiered in Saint Petersburg, conducted by the composer, in February 1908. It is dedicated to Sergei Taneyev, Rachmaninoff’s counterpoint instructor at the Moscow Conservatory. The First Movement’s opening theme, beginning in the lower strings before transferring to the violins, is a motto that will subsequently reappear at various points in each of the following movements. A lengthy sonata form follows the introduction, with the exposition repeat omitted in most performances. The Second Movement scherzo, where the Dies Irae will make its inevitable appearance, features Rachmaninoff’s contrapuntal mastery at its finest in the Trio. The heartbreakingly beautiful Third Movement, an adagio, brings back the motto as the basis for its central section. The finale, a wild ride—to say the least!!—continues the idea of cyclic linkage with references back to movements two and three, in addition to the motto theme. Because of its substantial length, the symphony has been subjected to numerous revisions and cuts over the years—none of them the work of the composer himself—though most orchestras today perform the work with those cuts restored. Many recordings exist in both cut and uncut versions, and some of the latter even include the exposition repeat in the opening movement.
On Stage
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Internationally acclaimed conductor Robert Moody in currently enjoying his 9thseason as Music Director of The Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Tennessee), his 18th season as Music Director of Arizona Musicfest, and celebrates his inaugural season as Music Director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.
Under his artistic leadership, AZ Musicfest has become the premiere Winter Music Festival Orchestra in North America, boasting a roster comprised of players from the world’s greatest orchestras. The Memphis Symphony has enjoyed exponential growth in programming, recording, new commissions, and endowment growth to well over $25 Million dollars. Baltimore Chamber Orchestra boasts top players from the largest orchestras in the Baltimore/Washington area and presents innovative and “out of the box” live orchestral programming at world class levels in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2022 he was named Principal Conductor for Lakeland Opera (FL); he leads one major opera production each January with LO, recently including Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini Madama Butterfly. Man of La Mancha is the production for January 2025.
Prior positions have included music director for both the Portland Symphony (Maine) and the Winston-Salem Symphony (North Carolina). Earlier in his career, he held conducting positions with the Phoenix Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera, Brevard Music Center, Interschool Orchestras of New York City, and apprenticed at Landestheater Opera in Linz, Austria.
He has led many of the major orchestras and opera companies of the world, including Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Dallas and Houston Symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Aachen and Baden Baden Symphony Orchestras in Germany, Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogotá (Colombia), and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Austria). He is also a frequent guest conductor in South Africa, and he will return next June for concerts with the three major orchestras there – the Cape Town, Johannesburg, and KZN (Durban) Philharmonics.
In addition to South Africa, guest conducting debuts this season include Kansas City Symphony/Lyric Opera of Kansas, Tulsa Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic (Finland), and Timasoara Philharmonic (Romania). He also returns to Sewanee Summer Music Festival (TN), National Repertory Orchestra (CO), Portland Symphony (ME), and the Greensboro Symphony (NC).
A frequent collaborator with opera superstar Renée Fleming, he will conduct her on multiple occasions in the upcoming season, featuring Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light (also with Rodney Gilfry) and “Voice of Nature,” the song cycle created with Ms. Fleming and National Geographic.
Moody’s work is available on several commercial recordings, including the Canadian Brass albums Bach and Legends, R. Carlos Nokai’s Fourth World album, and with Memphis Symphony Orchestra and trumpet legend Ryan Anthony on his Re:Mission Rubato album.
Robert is also a close friend and collaborator with Grammy winning composer Mason Bates. Their friendship spans over 30 years, and Moody was the first conductor to commission a full orchestral work from Bates. Robert also commissioned several major works of Mason’s, including Rusty Air in Carolina, and the much lauded Desert Transport. He is excited to lead a premiere performance of Bates’ newest concerto – a triple concerto for Grammy winning ensemble Time For Three.
A South Carolina native, Moody holds degrees from Furman University and the Eastman School of Music, where he earned his conducting degree with Donald Neuen. Additional studies included an undergraduate term abroad in Vienna, Austria, and a summer of study with Otto Werner Mueller at Le Domaine Forget in Quebec. He is a Rotarian and has served on the boards of AIDs Care Services, Winston-Salem YMCA, WDAV Classical Radio, and the Charlotte Master Chorale.
Moody celebrates the life and work of organist/conductor Jimmy Jones, his spouse of 18 years who passed away unexpectedly early in 2024. He now dedicates all his musical endeavors to Jimmy.
Moody lives in Memphis with their two dogs; he is an avid runner, swimmer, history buff, “Jeopardy!” addict, and snow-skier.
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Recently described as "having the inner passion paired with Rubinstein's nonchalance" by Thüringer Allgemeine in Germany, canadian pianist Sheng Cai has embraced the keyboard tradition which epitomizes the greatness of the romantic virtuoso. His performances of major keyboard works of the past centuries have touched audiences and won the praise of critics on four continents. Opera Plus review in Prague praised his playing as " Accurate interpretation and great interplay...excellent technique, spontaneous rhythmic feeling and the use of the maximum sound color of the piano" and described as a pianist " with great confidence... gave more lucidity, color and power" by the Birmingham News. Sheng Cai has been honoured with a number of prizes and awards and continues to push the boundaries in interpreting both the established and rarities of the piano literature.
Since his debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at just fifteen years old, Sheng Cai has performed a broad spectrum of concerto repertoire-- Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Gershwin, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky with invitations to dozens of orchestras worldwide as guest soloist. Recent concerto performances include invitations to perform with the Toronto Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, Canton Symphony of Ohio, Fort Collins Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Irving Symphony of Texas, and with Shanghai Symphony, Shenzhen Symphony as well as with Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt in Germany, Krakow Philharmonic of Poland, North Czech Philharmonic, Jalisco Philharmonic and Orquesta Filarmonica Boca del Rio of Mexico, Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota in Colombia among many others. In Canada, Sheng Cai was also invited to perform with the Vancouver Symphony for the lunar New Year Gala Concert and has performed with numerous regional orchestras in the US and Canada from coast to coast such as Kingston, Kamloops, Folsom Lake symphonies, Glacier symphony of Montana. He has recently worked with many conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Yoav Talmi, David Lockington,Robert Moody, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Myron Michailidis, Donato Cabrera, Robert Franz , Dina Gilbert, Guoyong Zhang, Marco Parisotto and Eckart Preu.
In solo recitals, Sheng Cai has been heard in many prestigious venues in North America, such as Steinway Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, Chicago's international Music Center, the Cleveland Play House, the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham, CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, and other distinguished venues in Stratford, Elora, Montreal and Winnipeg. In China, he inaugurated the Ningbo concert hall, giving both recitals and concerto performances. As a chamber musician, Sheng Cai has collaborated with a number of fine artists, including the Enso String Quartet. Many of his performances have been broadcast on across North America such as CBC Radio Canada and WCLV Radio station in USA.
Sheng Cai is a passionate recording artist, his first recording was a CD of works by Mozart and Martinu for the Canadian Broadcast Company. His most recent Schumann and Liszt CD releases on Centaur and ATMA classique labels gained international acclaim from the American Record Guide, The international Music Web review in UK, the Wholenote Magazine in Canada and the Fanfare music Magazine in the US.
He was a top-prize winner at many competitions throughout his teenage years, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition (Concours OSM) , Toronto Symphony Piano Competition, The International Young Artists Competition of Colorado, The Bay State competition in Boston, and was the youngest finalist and special prize winner at the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition in the US.
Sheng Cai is instrumental in advocating many neglected works that are peaks of the piano literature, works by composers such as Enescu, Kabalevsky, Kapustin, Medtner, Morawetz, Villa-Lobos and a number of his own works frequently shows up on his concert programs, his creative programming have made audience aware of such treasures of the piano literature deserves a wider audience.
Sheng Cai began his studies in Canada and US where he was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Juilliard School's pre-college division in New York. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree under full scholarship at The New England Conservatory in Boston. His teachers and mentors include pianists Anton Kuerti, Gary Graffman and Russell Sherman.
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Karena Ingram is a composer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning her career after graduating the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2016 with a degree in music composition, her chamber ensemble and symphonic works have been performed regularly throughout the United States, Europe, and in television and video games. Most recently, she has been commissioned by the UMBC Ruckus ensemble (2023), Baltimore CenterStage's production Life is a Dream (2023), and the American Composers Orchestra as a part of their Connecting ACO Community virtual series (2022). Described as “...stunning” and “... beautiful musical depictions of nature...” (Symphony Number One), Ingram’s music is reputable for its imaginative use of color and textural exploration.
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Vance Montgomery
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Warren and Ruth Morrison
William and Jane Morse
Elbert & Tamara Mosby
R. J. and Susan Moskop
Nancy Mobley
Robert and Sara Nardo
Monika L Natarajan
Nathan Prosser
Nathaniel Warren
Neely James
Denise Nelson
Thomas and Monika Nenon
A. Newberry
Sindhia Nichols
Henry Nicholson
Nicole Jalandoni
Nikki Rhoda
William and Barbara Nixon
Deborah Northcross
Ken Nuckolls
John and Barbara Ogles
Leo Old
Eileen and Michael Olewinski
Oneka Richardson
Ron and Stephanie Osher
Shelley Ost
Max B. Ostner, Jr.
Outhone Sonesana
Cindy Pace
Paige Dumas
John Palmer
Marvin Palmer
Pam Golding
Elena and Helena Parfenova
Mr. and Mrs. Parker
Patrice Curry
Patrick Drummond
Rushton Patterson
Trinette Patterson
Paula Joyner
Amanda Paule
Eugene Pearlman
Atanas and Katyusha Pehlivanov
Jim Pentecost
Alan and Sally Perry
Peter Wiley
Valdas Petrouskas
Phil Goossens
Virginia Pilcher
G. Dan and Chloee Poag
Albert Pope
Porshure Richardson
Reginald and Sonya Porter
Peter Pranica
Howard and Margaret Pritchard
Rosemary Purdy
Jessica Reed
Kerry Regen
Reginald Richard
Ulrike Reiss
Joanne Rhodes
Richard Sutch
Curtis and Patricia Ringold
Rita Smith
Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf
Kari Robbins
Beverly Robertson
Carol Robertson
Betty Robinson
Jessica & James A Robinson
Ellen Rolfes
Ronna Martin
Monica Rose
Meryl Rosen
Victoria Ross
Ruben Caballero Pineda
Fedoria Rugless
Russell Savory
Ruthie Pride
Ryan Quinlivan
Diane Sachs
Sally Helms
Tracey and Peter Sanders
Sanjar Umarov
Aimee Santucci and John Jolly
Sara Alvarez
Savanna Eggenberger
Sayra Medina
Beth and Sandy Schaeffer
Chrisann Schiro-Geist
Karl and Gail Schledwitz
Jean Schmidt
Jutta Schneider
Connie and Eric Scott
Valerie Scott
Art and Janet Seessel
Elizabeth Senhausen
Patricia Seubert
Douglas Seymour
Frank and Marian Shaffer
Shannon Bryant
Fran and Phil Shannon
Anne Shaw
Lucy Shaw
Karen Shea
Paul Shifflet
Shirley Turner
William Short
Susan & Matt Shorter
Martina Sigal
Liz and Rouben Simonian
Elizabeth and David Simpson
Gregory Skinner
Jerald and Louise Sklar
Dr. William Skoog
Harriet Skupin
Stephen & Chelsea B Slabaugh
Peter Slavish
John Sligh
Corey Smith
Joel Smith
Pamela K. Smith
Sonya Walton
Sophia Woods
Katharine Sorenson
David and Jackie Spear
Diane Spears
Raymond and Gayle Spence
Michael and Aimee Spikes
Susan Springfield
Stacey Bowers
Barbara Stafford
Tracey Stallings
Rebecca Stanfield
Lindsey Stanfill
Dianne Stanford
Terry Starr
Julian Steelmen
Jeremiah Steinbrink
Stephanie Johnson
Edith Stern
John Stewart
Lauran Stimac
John and Anne Stokes
Donna Stroup
Karen Stuart
David and Mary Anne K. Sullivan
Suzanne Drewry
Tabitha Arrington
Owen and Margaret Tabor
Tabrina Davis
Taylor Wilmott
Terri Williams
Robin Thoda
Sally Thomason
Kimberly Thompson
Sarah Tillman
Timothy Todd
David Tipton
Mark Tittle
Tom Ebers
Tom Timimak
Benjamin Trainor
Tuesday Study Club
Michael Ulm
Jennilynn Utkov
Jo Vail
Alan Valentine
Bill and Peggy Veeser
Carmel Verrier and Walter Heger
Vicki Carayiannis
Virginia Terrell
Charles Walker
Russell Walker
Philip Walkley
Julie Wallace
Erin Walter
Paula Walter
Gavin Ward
Kathleen and Tim Waters
Samantha Watts
Alonzo and Suzane Weaver
Gina and Jeffrey Webb
Debra West
Benny and Gayle Westmoreland
A C and Ruby Wharton
Lain Whitaker
Willard & Catherine Whitaker
Justin White
Alvin and Myra Whitney
Reggie Whitney
Ogden Whyte
Marilyn Wiener
William Koenig
William Page
William Scott
William Ufferman
Suzanne Williamson
Linda Willis
Willow Blythe
Wilson Hubbard
Teresa Wilson
Dean and Lauran Wingo
Dorothy Work
Yavette Gray
Linda Yoakum
Jason and Susan Young
David and Nelie Zanca
Carolyn & Robert Meza
Jennifer Diprizio & Patrick Krolik
Mary Van Dyke
Ann Marie Person
Mary Stuart David
Sharon Devine Harris
Victoria N Crozier
Angel David Martinez Nieto
This list recognizes philanthropic contributors to the MSO made between July 1, 2023 - August 28, 2024 . While compiling this list every effort has been made to reflect the accuracy of our donors. If your name has been misspelled, omitted, or misrepresented please contact us at 901-537-2500 and will correct our records. We appreciate your generosity and understanding.
