Louisville Orchestra Labor Complaint is Withdrawn
Classical 90.5 received this press release from the Louisville Orchestra:
Musician Union Withdraws National Labor Relations Board
Claim against Louisville Orchestra
Orchestra Board and Management Bargained In Good Faith
LOUISVILLE — January 31, 2012 – An official from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Cincinnati confirmed that the American Federation of Musicians, Local 11-637 (Louisville) has withdrawn its unfair labor practice claim against the Louisville Orchestra board and management.
It is customary for NLRB claims to prompt an investigation by regional field examiners and attorneys. Orchestra musicians and administrators provided affidavits in the case earlier this month.
“Allegations by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), Local 11-637, that they were subjected to “regressive bargaining” were clearly found to be unsubstantiated and without merit,” said Orchestra CEO Robert Birman. “We have taken great care in our deliberations, and the record shows that we have bargained in good faith, having made extraordinary efforts to accommodate our musicians.”
“It is not uncommon for claims to be withdrawn once NLRB examiners have determined an anticipated outcome that will not support the charge,” continued Birman. “The NLRB website states that more than half of all unfair labor charges are ultimately withdrawn or dismissed.” Birman says that the filing of such claims is standard protocol when musicians are on strike.
Today’s ruling comes on the heels of a ruling by Kentucky’s Division of Unemployment in which the musicians were determined to be on strike since June 2011. Individual players are, by law, not entitled to receive unemployment benefits while on strike. Musicians who have accepted such benefits are required to repay unearned benefits to the state. In total, more than $350,000 in unemployment benefits was accepted by 55 of the Orchestra’s musicians during the period of the strike.
The musicians’ strike resulted in the cancellation of planned celebrations for the Orchestra’s 75th concert season for 2011-2012. Orchestra patrons have been refunded their ticket purchases for cancelled events. The Orchestra’s 75th birthday will occur on November 2, 2012. Orchestra officials said that they would focus 75th anniversary celebrations throughout next seasons’ events.
The Orchestra administration continues to operate a variety of education and community outreach programs in spite of the musicians’ strike, serving community members from pre-school level to senior citizens with public programs and services throughout the region.
“The Board of Directors is committed to provide live symphonic music to our community sooner than later,” said Orchestra board President Chuck Maisch. “We appreciate the community’s patience with this unfortunate labor impasse. The Board recognizes its responsibilities and has every intention to fulfill its duty to deliver on the mission of the organization to provide symphonic music in Louisville. It is our plan to present a 2012-13 season. Our first preference remains, as we have repeatedly stated, that our current musicians to return to work.”
Future updates will be posted on the Orchestra’s website: www.LouisvilleOrchestra.org.
Lunchtime Classics
Kentucky Opera presents a preview of its next production on Lunchtime Classics. General Director David Roth hosts and the featured artists will sing excerpts from The Merry Widow. Wednesday at noon.
The Met’s Tosca
Patricia Racette (above) sings the title role in Puccini’s Tosca. Saturday at 1 pm on Classical 90.5.
Lunchtime Classics
Duo Appassionato is a piano duo from Costa Rica consisting of musicians Esteban Arroyo and Josue Ramirez. Enjoy their performance of Maurice Ravel’s Suite Ma mere l’Oye from the Lunchtime Classics performance from January 18, 2012.
Lunchtime Classics Wednesday
Lunchtime Classics returns Wednesday with a live performance by Duo Appassionata, a piano duet. Join us for the recital in our performance studio or listen to the broadcast or audio stream live Wednesday at noon.
Sutherland’s Norma
The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts go into the archives for a 1970 performance of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma. Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne star in this amazing rebroadcast, Saturday at 1 pm.
New Program: New York Festival of Song
New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) is a non-profit, concert-giving organization based in Manhattan that has been delighting audiences and dazzling critics for over two decades. Newsday has rightly called NYFOS “the most reliably excellent musical organization in New York.” Sundays at 8 pm on Classical 90.5
New York Festival of Song Season
All programs are broadcast Sundays at 8 pm.
Jan 15
TITLE: New York Poets
SOLOISTS: Amy Burton, soprano; Joseph Kaiser, tenor; Philip Cutlip, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Berg/O’Hara: Lana Turner Has Collapsed Is It Dirty
Bolcom/Weinstein: She’s Peculiar I’m His At the Last Lousy Moments of Love
Rorem/Ashberry: At North Farm This Room
Richardson/Elmslie: What Will I Do Now He’s Gone
Duke/Latouche: Little Poppa Satan
Rorem/Goodman: Rain in Spring The Lordly Hudson
Bolcom/Weinstein: Boardwalk Scene
Thomson/Koch: Prayer to St. Catherine
|Beaser/O’Hara: I’m So Much More Me
Lieber/Stoller: Love Potion Number 9
Jan 22
TITLE: Latin Lovers
SOLOISTS: Dina Kuznetsova, Elizabeth Caballero, Jennifer Aylmer, sopranos; Adriana Zabala, Vivica Genaux, mezzo-sopranos; Paul Appleby, Jeffrey Picon, tenors; Carlton Ford, Scott Hendricks, baritones; Ricardo Herrera, bass-baritone; Rupert Boyd, Oren Fader, guitar; Eric Roberts, Jim Baker, percussion; Steven Blier, pianist and arranger
Ginastera: Cancion del arbol del olvido
Pixinguinha: Carinhoso
Lecuona: Como el arrullo de palmas
Somehano: Dime
Braga: Engenho novo!
Simons: La negra quirina
Grenet: Lamento cubano Tu no sab ingle
Nazareth: Odeon
Gustavino: Viniendo de Chlecito
Gardel: Por una cabeza
Lopez-Buchardo: Cancion del Carretero
Jan 29
TITLE: From Rags to Riches, I
SOLOISTS: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Joplin: Pineapple Rag
Cook: My Lady Frog
Griffes: Evening Song
Ives: Tom Sails Away
Gershwin: O Gee! Oh Joy!
Blitzstein: Nickel Under the Foot Stay in My Arms
Blake: Hit the Road
Weill: Thousands of Miles
Bernstein: Wrong Note Rag
PROGRAM #: FOS 11-04
RELEASE: January 22, 2011
TITLE: From Rags to Riches, II
SOLOISTS: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Rodgers: Take the Moment
Monk: ‘Round Midnight
Sondheim: Ballad of Booth
Newman: Marie
Larson: Hosing the Furniture
Bolcom: New York Lights
DeBlasio: Walt Whitman in 1989
Krane: How Can I Keep From Singing
Feb 5
Title: Lorraine
SOLOISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Weill: One Life to Live
Schumann: Himmel und Erde Copland: Going to Heaven!
Burleigh: Deep River
Mahler: Urlicht
Turina: Farruca
Ravel: Vocalise-Habanera
Luna: De España vengo
Gordon: I’m Open All Night
Bolcom: How to Swing Those Obbligatos Around, Never More Will the Wind
Feb 12
TITLE: Fugitives
SOLOISTS: Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Kaiser, tenor; Steven Blier, piano
Korngold: Sommer My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun
Zemlinsky: Meeraugen
Tucholsky: Sleepless Lady
Weill: Lottery Agent’s Tango How Can You Tell an American? Love Song Wie lange noch?
Hollander: Black Market
Eisler: Peace Song Der Graben
Jokl: Abendlied
Ullmann: Schoene Hand
Feb 19
TITLE: Paris at Night
SOLOISTS: Frederica von Stade and Helene Delavault, mezzo-sopranos; Kurt Ollman, baritone; Steven Blier, piano and arranger; William Schimmel, accordion; Kevin Kuhn, guitar
Louiguy: La vie en rose
Guilbert: Partie carree La crinoline
Brel: La tendresse Madeleine Les paumes du petit matin
Andre/Poterat: Si j’etait une cigarette
Brown: Je cherche un millionaire
Carcel: Le tango stupefiant
Mireille: Ferme jusqu’a lundi
Porter: You Don’t Know Paree
Trenet: L’ame des poetes Boum/Y a d’la joie
Monnot: Hymne a l’amour
Feb 26
TITLE: All Together Now
SOLOISTS: Jane Archibald and Leena Chopra, sopranos; Alexandra Montano and Christianne Rushton, mezzo-sopranos; Javier Abreu and William Ferguson, tenors; James Martin and Evan Rogister, baritones; Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists
Jannequin: Les cris de Paris
Mendelssohn: Zigeunerlied
Montano: Bermuda Triangle
Holst: Song of the Blacksmith
Larson: Hey You
Hogan: Ezequiel Saw the Wheel
Hogan: Ain’t That Good News
Taylor: I Wish I knew How It Feels to Be Free
Wilson/Usher: In My Room
Madsen/Greene: Trash
Bowles: The Garden Section from Picnic Cantata
Mar 4
TITLE: Poets Without Heroes
SOLOISTS: Dina Kuznetsova, soprano; Nicolai Janitzky, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Juliette Kang, violin; Thomas Kraines, cello; Kathleen Chalfant, narrator
Sviridov: I Left My Home Behind Russia Cast Adrift Song of the Final Meeting
Cui: Statue at Tsarskoye-Selo
Shostakovich: Storm Secret Signs Music
Rachmaninoff: The Little Island
Mar 11
TITLE: Lost Tribes of Vaudeville
SOLOISTS: Judy Kaye, mezzo-soprano; LaChanze, soprano; Anika Noni Rose, soprano; Bruce Adler, tenor; Darius de Haas, tenor; James Martin, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Greg Utzig, guitar
Muir: Play That Barbership Chord
Jordan: Lovey Joe Nelson/Pease/
Leonard: Josephine-a Please No Leana on the Bell
Yrain: My Man My Sam
Ruby: The Sheik of Avenue B
Warshauer: Dinah
Kanapoff: Houtsasa
Nemo: Abi Gesint
Traditional: Ot Azoy
Secunda: Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
Mar 18
TITLE: Kurt Weill’s Berlin
SOLOISTS: Constance Hauman, soprano; Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano; Peter Kazaras, tenor; Greg Utzig, guitar and banjo; Steven Blier, piano and arranger
Hollaender: Wenn der alte Motor wieder tackt, Tritt mir bloss nicht auf der Schuh, Oh Just Suppose
Bienert: Augen in die Gross-Stadt, Parc Monceau, Song of Indifference
Weill: Shopgirls’ Duet, Der Song von Mandelay, Nana’s Lied, Berlin im Licht
Eisler: There’s Nothing Quite Like Money
Mar 25
TITLE: Romance in the Belle Epoque
SOLOISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Ollman, baritone; Steven Blier, piano
Massenet: Ouvre tes yeux bleus Le nid
Chabrier: Les cigales
Paladilhe: Psyche Faure: En sourdine
Roussel: Sarabande
Hahn: Infidelite
Mozart: La ci darem la mano (in French)
Apr 1
TITLE: A Modern Person’s Guide to Hooking Up and Breaking Up
SOLOISTS: Jennifer Zetlan and Meredith Lustig, sopranos; Rebecca Jo Loeb and Renee Tatum, mezzo-sopranos; Paul Appleby and Alex Mansoori, tenors; Paul La Rosa and David McFerrin, baritones; Marc Webster, bass; Tae-Hee Im, violin; Heidi Schaul-Yoder, violin; Andrea Hemmenway, viola; Min-Jeong Kang, cello; Steven Blier, piano and arranger; Michael Barrett, piano
Cummings: May I Feel, Said She
Loesser: Standing on the Corner
Bienert: “That”
Bolcom: I Knew a Woman
Kleban: Do It Yourself
Sellars: JNNY
Guettel: The Light in the Piazza
Kern: Some Girl Is On Your Mind
Previn: Vocalise
Springsteen: Ain’t Got You
Madsen/Greene: Through the Wall
Lehrer: Masochism Tango
Kahane: Neurotic and Lonely
Hansel & Gretel
The Metropolitan Opera season continues Saturday at 1 pm on Classical 90.5 with Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel. Aleksandra Kurzak is Gretel and Kate Lindsey is Hansel.
2011 Holiday Choral Festival Program
IUS CONCERT CHOIR & COMMUNITY CHORUS
Dr. Mariana Farah, conductor
Dr. Janet Hamilton, accompanist
Ave Maria Javier Busto
Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel’s Message Stephen Paulus
Erin Carlisle, harp
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day John Gardner
Sleigh Ride arr. Hawley Ades
Samuel Rouster, percussion
CARDINAL SINGERS
KENT HATTEBERG, DIRECTOR
Hodie Christus natus est
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
O Weisheit (Sieben Magnificat-Anthiphonen)
Arvo Pärt
O magnum mysterium (Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël) Francis Poulenc
Spanish Carol Spanish traditional carol
arr. Andrew Carter
Jessica Banet, soloist
Behold the Star
William L. Dawson
Ruthanne Fulton, Phillip Morgan, soloists
The Holly and the Ivy
arr. Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
Josh Hamilton, soloist
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
arr. Bernd Englbrecht
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
arr. Wolfram Buchenberg
Deck the Hall
arr. by John Rutter
