Inon Barnatan Plays Repertoire from Messiaen to Mozart, Tours With San Francisco Symphony, Releases Duo CD in 2015-16
Following a busy summer, the fall sees pianist Inon Barnatan embarking on the second of his three seasons as the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-in-Association – an appointment that involves performances in both subscription concerts and chamber performances, and acting as ambassador for the orchestra. He launches the season playing Beethoven with the orchestra and its music director, Alan Gilbert, in Ann Arbor. Back in New York, he plays Mozart with the ensemble under Jaap van Zweden, and joins Gilbert and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham for a New Year’s Eve concert titled “La Vie Parisienne.” This season he also makes his Disney Hall debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, and plays the Copland Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, first in San Francisco, and then on an East Coast tour that includes a stop at Carnegie Hall. In October, Barnatan releases a duo CD of Chopin and Rachmaninov sonatas with his longtime recital partner, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, followed by a duo recital tour in November and February that includes a stop at London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as a Cliburn Foundation concert in Fort Worth and a recital at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall.
Barnatan’s coming season is filled with wide-ranging repertoire representing a variety of periods. “A born Schubertian” (Gramophone), he features works by the composer on programs in Amsterdam; Paris; Oldenburg, Germany; and at New York’s 92nd Street Y; as well as in all-Schubert concerts for the Vancouver Recital Society and the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. After recording Ravel’s notoriously difficult Gaspard de la nuit on his Darknesse Visible disc, which scored a coveted place on the New York Times’s “Best of 2012” list, he brings the work to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. A rich assortment of pieces dot the rest of his 2015-2016 calendar: Rachmaninov with the Minnesota Orchestra; Andrew Norman’s Suspend with the North Carolina Symphony; Ligeti’s Musica ricercata in solo recital; and Shostakovich at the New World Symphony Chamber Music series in Miami. Aaron Copland’s Piano Concerto plays an important role for Barnatan this season, as he performs it with the St. Louis Symphony and with the San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas. Of special note is a high-profile performance of Messiaen’s chamber masterpiece, Quartet for the End of Time, featuring Alan Gilbert on violin and other musicians from the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur.
The Three B’s are also well-represented on the pianist’s schedule this season. Barnatan takes on Beethoven’s First Concerto with the New York Philharmonic; the Fifth (“Emperor”) Concerto with the San Antonio and North Carolina Symphonies; the Third with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, both under Alan Gilbert; and the Fourth Concerto with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Both Bach and Brahms are on a program at the 92nd Street Y, and Barnatan performs Brahms’s First Concerto with the Calgary Philharmonic. Six Bach keyboard concertos fill his program with the Calidore String Quartet in Santa Monica. As Barnatan notes about his season:
“I programmed such varied repertoire this season primarily because it is all fantastic music. However, it is about more than my own love of the music. It’s about the connections I find among these works and how each one affects my interpretation of the other. How I approach Bach and Beethoven can deeply impact how I approach works by Rachmaninov and Messiaen. This diversity is stimulating and enriching for me as both a performer and a listener.”
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Inon Barnatan’s 2015-16 season highlights:
Oct: Releases Chopin and Rachmaninov duo sonatas CD on Decca with Alisa Weilerstein
Oct: Continues as Artist-in-Association with NY Philharmonic; plays Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 under Jaap van Zweden
Nov: Duo recitals with Alisa Weilerstein in seven European cities, including a performance at London’s Wigmore Hall
Dec: Joins Alan Gilbert and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Dec: Joins Gilbert and mezzo Susan Graham at NY Philharmonic for French-themed New Year’s Eve concert titled “La Vie Parisienne”
Feb: Duo recitals with Weilerstein in Fort Worth and Stanford
March: Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time at Met Museum’s Temple of Dendur with NY Philharmonic principal cellist Carter Brey, principal clarinetist Anthony McGill, and music director Alan Gilbert
March/April: Copland Piano Concerto with San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas in San Francisco and on East Coast tour that includes Carnegie Hall
May: Plays Mozart with LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel
Inon Barnatan’s 2015-16 engagements:
Oct 9
Ann Arbor, MI
Hill Auditorium
New York Philharmonic
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Oct 16, 17, 18
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra / Steven Jarvi
COPLAND: Piano Concerto
Oct 29, 30, 31
New York, NY
New York Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Nov 3
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Concertgebouw
Recital with Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
SCHUBERT: Der Winterabend, D. 938
RAVEL: “Ondine” from Gaspard de la nuit
SCHUBERT: Der Zwerg, D. 771
Nov 5
Brussels, Belgium
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Bozar)
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
BARBER: Sonata for cello and piano
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Nov 6
Paris, France
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Auditorium du Louvre
SCHUBERT: Fantasie D. 934
HALLMAN: DreamLog
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Nov 10
Copenhagen, Denmark
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Mogens Dahl Koncertsal
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
POULENC: Sonata or BARBER: Sonata
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Nov 12
Istanbul, Turkey
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
POULENC: Sonata
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor
Nov 13
Bonn, Germany
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Beethoven-Haus
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
POULENC: Sonata
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Nov 14
London, UK
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Wigmore Hall
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
POULENC: Sonata
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor
Nov 15
Hamburg, Germany
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in A major
BARBER: Sonata
JANÁCEK: Pohádka
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Nov 20, 21, 22
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Symphony / Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Tobin Center
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Dec 13
London, UK
Cadogan Hall
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Alan Gilbert
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Dec 31
New York, NY
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
With Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
New Year’s Eve Concert – “La Vie Parisienne”
Jan 14, 15, 16, 17, 19
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Symphony
Meymandi Concert Hall
NORMAN: Suspend
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Jan 30
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra / Alan Gilbert
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Feb 4
Fort Worth, TX
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Van Cliburn Foundation – Cliburn Concerts
Kimbell Art Museum
Feb 6
Stanford, CA
Recital with Alisa Weilerstein
Bing Concert Hall
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Cello and Piano
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor
HALLMAN: DreamLog
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Feb 20
New York, NY
92nd Street Y
BACH: Chaconne (arr. Brahms)
SCHUBERT: Sonata in G major, D. 894
LIGETI: Musica ricercata
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Feb 26
Calgary, Canada
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra / Roberto Minczuk
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
March 2 – 4
Belfast, UK
Ulster Orchestra / Rafael Payare
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
March 6
Oldenburg, Germany
Musikfreunde Oldenburg
BACH: Chaconne (arr. Brahms)
SCHUBERT: Sonata in G major, D. 894
LIGETI: Musica ricercata
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
March 13
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art – Temple of Dendur
With Alan Gilbert, violin; Carter Brey, cello; Anthony McGill, clarinet
MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time
March 20
Miami, FL
New World Symphony Chamber Music Series
THUILLE: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet
March 26
Santa Monica, CA
With Calidore String Quartet
BACH: Keyboard Concertos
March 30; April 1, 2, 8
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
COPLAND: Piano Concerto
April 13
New York, NY
Carnegie Hall
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
COPLAND: Piano Concerto
April 14
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Recital Society
Schubertiade Series
SCHUBERT: Fantasie in F minor for piano four hands, D. 940 (with Jonathan Biss, piano)
SCHUBERT: Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D. 898 (with Benjamin Beilman, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello)
SCHUBERT: Sonata in B flat major, D. 960
April 15
Newark, NJ
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
COPLAND: Piano Concerto
April 17
Boston, MA
Celebrity Series of Boston, Jordan Hall
With the Jerusalem Quartet
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34
April 28, 30
Toronto, Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24
May 5 – 7
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1
May 13
New York, NY
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit
SCHUBERT: “Erlkönig,” D. 328, Op. 1 (with Yunpeng Wang, baritone)
May 14
Fort Worth, TX
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth
SCHUBERT: Fantasie in F minor for 4 hands, D. 940 (Op. posth. 103) (with Baya Kakouberi, piano)
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898, Op. 99
May 26, 27
Los Angeles, CA
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles Philharmonic /Gustavo Dudamel
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
June 25
Toulouse, France
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
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