August 14, 2002
Wednesday, 7:30 PM
Concert at the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Francisco Noya, Music Director and Conductor
       

Longwood Symphony Orchestra 
Francisco Noya, Music Director and Conductor 
WCRB-FM

Program:

Concerto Grosso for Two violins and Orchestra in a minor by Antonio Vivaldi
I.    Allegro 
II.   Larghetto e spiritoso 
III. Allegro
      Wayne Lin, violin 
      Ming-I Tsai, violin

Piano Concerto No. 11 in F by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I.   Allegro 
II.  Larghetto 
III. Tempo di Menuetto
      Hanna JiSu Kim, piano

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 103 in Eb, "The Drumroll" by Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Adagio - Allegro con spirito 
II. Andante 
III. Menuetto 
IV. Allegro con spirito


Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Longwood Symphony Orchestra "the orchestra of Boston's medical community," is composed primarily of health-care professionals. Each concert is designed to benefit a medically related Boston-area nonprofit organization . These organizations have included the Dimock Community Health Center, New England Hemophilia Association, and Massachusetts March of Dimes Foundation, among many others.

The Longwood Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 20th season in 2002-03 with a season featuring a world premiere by American Composer Christopher Culpo, a family concert of Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream" sponsored by WCRB-FM, and culminating with the beloved "German Requiem" of Johannes Brahms. For more information about the LSO's upcoming season and to request your season brochure, please see the LSO table.


Francisco Noya, Longwood Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor

Born in 1955 in Caracas, Venezuela, Francisco Noya. Noya began his conducting career in 1976 when he was appointed Music Director of the Valencia Youth Symphony. Mr. Noya has also been Assistant Conductor of the Caracas Philharmonic and Assistant to the Music Director of the Teatro Teres Carreno, one of the most prestigious theaters in Latin America. He also served as Music Director of Opus, the concert music program of Venezuelan National TelevisionBorn in 1955 in Caracas, Venezuela, Mr. Noya began his conducting career in 1976 when he was appointed Music Director of the Valencia Youth Symphony. Mr. Noya has also been Assistant Conductor of the Caracas Philharmonic and Assistant to the Music Director of the Teatro Teresa Carreno, one of the most prestigious theaters in Latin America. He also served as Music Director of Opus, the concert music program of Venezuelan National Television

Mr. Noya begins his ninth season with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra. He is also Resident Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and has served as Music Director of the Empire State Youth Orchestra and Symphony the Sea.


Biographies of soloists

Wayne Lin, violin:
Wayne Lin is a senior at Juilliard School of Music. He has been a soloist with Martinu Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He was a violin fellow and concertmaster at Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra last summer. Wayne Lin is the first prize winner of many competitions including Green Bay, Milwaukee Symphony and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competitions. Currently he is a student at the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts' summer festival at Walnut Hill.

Ming-I Tsai, violin:
Seventeen-year-old Ming-I Tsai is a native of Taiwan and first prize-winner of the 2002 Boston Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerto Competition. She is a student of Lynn Chang and an honor junior at the Walnut Hill School. Before she came to Boston, she attended Temple University Music Prep's Center for Gifted Young Musicians. As winner of the 2000 Mann Center Student Concerto Competition, Ming-I Tsai performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen. She also won first prize in the 2001 Massachusetts String Teachers Association Competition. Ming-I has been accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She is currently a student at the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts' summer festival at Walnut Hill.

Hanna JiSu Kim, piano
Sixteen-year-old Hanna Kim won the first prize in the 2001 Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey. She is a 10th grader at Ridgefield Park High School in New Jersey. She is a student at the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts' summer festival at Walnut Hill.


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