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Written in the summer of 1799, the fourth among Haydn's great six masses composed for the Esterhazy family, the Theresienmesse is scored for solo quartet, chorus, strings, two clarinets, two trumpets, timpani and organ continuo. Like much of his music, this mass brims over with Haydn's exuberant melodies and compelling rhythmic drive. While not performed as frequently as its companion masses, the Theresienmesse has attracted critical admiration. One commentator writes,
"Haydn's choral writing has all the variety, rhythmic energy and contrapuntal skill of a composer at the height of his powers."
J. KARLA LEMON, CONDUCTOR
J. Karla Lemon has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, the Spokane Symphony, the Women’s Philharmonic and the Berkeley Symphony. Last December Ms. Lemon made her New York debut in Alice Tully Hall as conductor with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. During the 2006-07 season she will appear as a guest conductor with the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and the Nashua Symphony. Ms. Lemon was Director of Orchestras and Music Director of the Alea II Ensemble for Contemporary Music at Stanford University for ten years. During that time she led the Stanford Symphony Orchestra on three international tours performing in major venues throughout the United States, Europe and China. Recent highlight performances have included collaborations with guest artists Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Christine Brandes, Fred Sherry, Maria Bachmann, Ida Kafavian and Richard Todd. Ms. Lemon has recorded for the Koch International, Albany, Innova, Vienna Modern Masters and Dorian labels.
In addition to highly acclaimed performances of the standard repertoire, Ms. Lemon’s name is associated with innovative programming and presenting works by living composers. As such she has conducted the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the “Works and Process Series’ in New York City, the “Fresh Ink” series at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (midwest tour), Pittsburgh’s Music from the Edge, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Oberlin Dance Collective, and the Scotia Festival in Halifax. She has premiered over thirty works by composers including Pulitzer Prize winners Melinda Wagner, Wayne Peterson, and Ellen Taffe Zwilich, as well as Chen Yi, Libby Larsen, John Corigliano, Philip Glass, Joan Tower, Peter Lieberson, and Eric Moe.
As an educator Ms. Lemon has served as the resident conductor of the Henry Mancini Institute, guest conductor with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. She has offered master classes in conducting at the Mancini Institute and the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories. Currently she is on the conducting staff at UC Davis teaching in the graduate conducting program.
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