Program Notes
This is a compilation of program notes mostly written for concerts produced at the Jacksonville Public Library, but including some written for 2014 - 2016 Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra concerts, too.
The program selections at the Library are chosen by the performers, and through the Library I was privileged to host many the First Coast's finest musicians, including members of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, as well as music faculty from both local and out-of-town colleges and universities.
The Library has no budget to hire musicians, but by sponsoring the concerts it has been possible to waive the rental fees for the fine 391-seat Hicks Auditorium. The musicians get a first-rate, centrally-located hall free of charge, and at the same time the citizens of Jacksonville get first-rate cultural programs, also free.
Although some entries are article length, many of the following notes are necessarily brief, intentionally limited to two or three pithy sentences so as to fit into the limited space of the Library's printed program guides. Entries that are a little lengthier sometimes combine notes about different pieces by the same composer that were performed on different concerts.
Unfortunately, when Google "upgraded" the original version of this page it messed up the original text formatting and erased links to the notes.
The original index links should show up in the left-side navigation bar, but you can also find the notes on the new site with the links below:
Notes by Composers' last names: [A] [BA-BI] [BL-BU] [C] [D-E] [F-G] [H] [I-J-K-L] [M] [N-O-P] [Q-R] [S] [T] [V-W-Y]
PROGRAM NOTES for Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Concerts | SAMPLE ISSUE
A
| C. ADAMS | J. ADAMS | ALARD | ALBENIZ | ALTHOUSE | ANTHEIL | ARBUCKLE | ARENSKY | ARLEN |
B
| BABAJANIAN | BACEWICZ | J.S.BACH | P.D.Q.BACH | BARBER | BARNES | BATES |
| BECKER | BEELER | BEETHOVEN | BEIDERBECKE | BELLINI | BERG | BERLIOZ | BIZET |
| BLOCH | BOCCHERINI | BOCK | BOLCOM | BONFIRE | BOONE | BOWLES | BOXALL | BOZZA | BRAHMS |
| BRITTEN | T.BROWN | U.BROWN | W.BROWN | BUECHE | BURDICK | BUSONI |
C
| CIMAROSA | CARRAPATOSO | CASSADO | CASTILLO | CHEN | CHOPIN | CIMAROSA | A.CLARKE | R.CLARKE |
| CLEMENTI | CONTI | COOMAN | COPLAND | E.CORDERO | CORIGLIANO | CROCKER | CROZIER |
D
| DEANE | DEBUSSY | DELIBES | DEVIENNE | DIAMOND | DILLON | DIPIETRO | DONAUDY |
| DOPPLER | DRUCKMAN | DVORAK |
E
| EDWARDS | EGGERT | EINBOND | ENESCU | ESCALADA |
F
| FALLA | FARKAS | FARMER | FARROW | FAURE | FIDAY | FINZI | FISSINGER |
| FLOYD | FORD | FOSTER | FRACKENPOHL | FRANCAIX | FRANCK |
G
| GAUBERT | GERSHWIN | GINASTERA | GLASS | GLUCK | GOLTERMANN | GOOCH |
| GORECKI | GOUNOD | GREEN | GREY | GRIEG | GRUTZMACHER | GUARALDI |
H
| HAHN | HANDEL | HARRINGTON | HART | HAYDN | HEAD | HEGGIE | HETFIELD | HINDEMITH |
| HODKINSON | HOFFMAN | HOGAN | HOLST | HORMON | HOVHANESS | HUNDLEY | HUTCHESON |
I - J
| IBERT | ISAAC | IVES | JACOBS-BOND
K
| KABALEVSKY | KANDER | KELLOGG | KENNEDY | KETTLE | KHACHATURIAN |
| KODALY | KOHLER | KOHN | KREUTZER
L
| LANG | LARSEN | LEIN | LIGETI | LISZT
| LLOYD WEBBER | LOPES-GRACA | LOVELAND |
M
| MACHADO | MACKEY | MAHLER | MALDONADO | MARCELLINO | MARTINU |
| MASCAGNI | MATHEWS | MCGUIRE | MELLITS | MENDELSSOHN | MENOTTI |
| MERLIN | MESSIAEN | MGANGA | MIYOSHI | B.MOORE | U.MOORE |
| MOROZUMI | MORRICONE | MOUQUET | MOURET | MOZART | MUSSER |
N - O
| Neapolitan Songs | NERUDA | NORTON | NORVO | NOVOTNEY | NYBERG | OBRADORS |
P - Q
| PEASLEE | PENDERECKI | PERTTU | PFAUTSCH | PIAZZOLLA | PLAZA | PONCHIELLI |
| POULENC | POWELL | PROKOFIEV | PUCCINI | PUJOL | PURCELL || QUILTER |
R
| RACHMANINOFF | RAVEL | REGER | REICH | ROBERTS | RODGERS | ROLLINS |
| ROMIG | ROSSINI | ROTA | RUTTER |
S
| SAGER | SAINT-SAENS | SANTOLIQUIDO | SCHIKELE | SCHIRMER | C.M.SCHONBERG | SCHUBERT | R.SCHUMANN |
| SCRIABIN | SHAIMAN | SHOSTAKOVICH | SIBELIUS | SMADBACK | SMART | SMETANA | G.SMITH | L.SMITH | SOMOS |
| SONDHEIM | STEVE | STOUT | R.STRAUSS | STRAVINSKY | STROOPE | | SWIFT | SZEWCZYK | SZYMANOWSKI |
T
| TAPPAN | TCHAIKOVSKY | TESSORI | THOMAS | TIRENDELLI | TOSTI | TOLSTOY | TOMASI | TSINTSADZE | TURNER |
V - W
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | VERDI | VIDAL | VIEUXTEMPS | VIVALDI | WALTON | WARD | WARLOCK
| WEILL | WICKMAN | WICKS | WIDOR | WIENIAWSKI | WILDHORN | WILLIAMSON | WORK | WROTEN |
Y