Vail Music Festival’s 25th anniversary season
From the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival announces its 25th anniversary season, which runs for seven weeks from June 25 to August 4. Celebrated pianist Anne-Marie McDermott returns for a second term as artistic director, and once again the Vail Music Festival boasts not one but three world-class resident orchestras: the New York Philharmonic, returning under music director Alan Gilbert for its tenth summer; The Philadelphia Orchestra, whose new music director designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his Vail Music Festival debut; and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Jaap van Zweden, Musical America’s Conductor of the Year 2012. Programming highlights for this landmark season include numerous Festival premieres; multi-event immersions in the art of Brahms, Mendelssohn, and Gershwin; a series juxtaposing time-honored classics with trailblazing new music; plus chamber music, jazz, and pops galore. New York’s Gabriel Kahane returns for an encore performance of his 2011 Festival commission, while the vocal ensemble Cantus and Jasper String Quartet serve as 2012’s Young-Professionals-in-Residence. An impressive guest-star roster presents more than 30 soloists, including pianists Yefim Bronfman, Kirill Gerstein, and Benjamin Grosvenor; violinists Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, and Jennifer Koh; cellist Alisa Weilerstein; vocalists Susanna Phillips, Curtis Stigers, and Tracy Dahl; and electric guitarist/composer Steven Mackey. Ensembles include the Calder Quartet, Tiempo Libre, and Opus One, and guest conductors number Andrey Boreyko, Stéphane Denève, Bramwell Tovey, and Jeff Tyzik among them. As before, chamber concerts will be held in the intimate Vail Mountain School and Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, while large-scale concerts take place in Vail’s spectacular Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, which accommodates 1,260 guests in covered seating and an additional 1,300 on the expansive grassy hillside, with its breathtaking view of the Rocky Mountains.
Anne-Marie McDermott has been called “one of the great pianists of her generation” (Philadelphia Inquirer). Following the success of last year’s Festival, she returns for her second year as Artistic Director, the third in the Festival’s history. She explains:
“The 25th anniversary of the Festival has been designed both to honor the past, guided so brilliantly by Executive Director John Giovando, and to embrace the future. The staples of the orchestral repertoire will be stunningly rendered by our three great orchestras, while we continue to introduce audiences to works – old and new – not yet heard in Vail. My goal is to make it all excellent, fun, rich, vital, and infused with passion.”
To launch the silver anniversary season, McDermott has invited her two esteemed predecessors, flutist Eugenia Zukerman and Festival co-founder violinist Ida Kavafian, to join her for a free and festive evening of music (June 25). This marks the first of McDermott’s numerous Festival appearances, which include one of the season’s many premieres, a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto on an all-Tchaikovsky program with the New York Philharmonic, guest conducted by Grammy Award-winner Bramwell Tovey (July 21). The Artistic Director also joins three of her favorite fellow pianists for “4 x 4: A Two-Piano Extravaganza Redux,” which re-visits last year’s similar and resoundingly successful event, and with which the present season concludes (Aug 4).
To honor the milestone season, 2012 sees a number of important works unveiled at Bravo! Vail for the first time: besides McDermott’s Tchaikovsky performance, these Festival premieres include Nielsen’s Third Symphony and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83 (July 26) and Mozart’s Mass in C minor (July 27), both by the New York Philharmonic; Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony (July 1); and the concert version of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess by the Dallas Symphony (June 30). Upcoming artistic debuts include eminent conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, just prior to his inaugural season as music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and superstar violinist Joshua Bell.
With the Philadelphians under French maestro Stéphane Denève, Bell traverses the beloved and soulful Violin Concerto of Felix Mendelssohn (July 14); the great German early-Romantic is one of three composers whose art is explored in depth this season. Composers often forge their most potent musical ideas into works for just a few players, and, like last summer, Vail Music Festival’s acclaimed chamber music offerings are presented as “Big Music for Little Bands.” Some of Mendelssohn’s finest works are tendered under this rubric, with 2011 MacArthur Fellow, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and “risk-taking, high-octane” (Strad) violinist Jennifer Koh joining Artistic Director McDermott to play his perennially popular Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor (June 28). Similarly, Kavafian, Vail Music Festival’s first artistic director and co-founder, joins McDermott and cellist Peter Wiley for Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, which was dedicated to composer Louis Spohr (July 29). Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra come together to play the inimitable Octet in E-flat on a program with Mendelssohn’s Songs, sung by 2010 Beverly Sills Artist, soprano Susanna Phillips, to McDermott’s piano accompaniment (July 10).
All three of these “Big Music for Little Bands” chamber events juxtapose Mendelssohn’s music with that of Vail Music Festival’s second featured composer, his compatriot Johannes Brahms. Perhaps the quintessential master of Romantic chamber music, Brahms’s evocative First Piano Trio in B is coupled with Mendelssohn’s First (June 28), while his Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in G minor balances Mendelssohn’s Second Piano Trio in a performance by the Opus One Piano Quartet, comprising violist Steven Tenenbom with McDermott, Kavafian, and Wiley (July 29). Likewise Mendelssohn’s Octet and Songs provide the foil for Brahms’s own Songs and Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in A minor, which features Lionel Tertis International Competition-winner Paul Neubauer on viola (July 10).
Brahms also figures prominently in Vail Music Festival’s 2012 orchestral programming, with performances of four major works scheduled. Both the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra have selected Brahms symphonies for their opening concerts, the New York ensemble beginning its residency with the First, under dynamic Russian guest conductor Andrey Boryeko (July 20), while for Nézet-Séguin’s debut, the Philadelphians undertake Brahms’s dark and introspective Fourth. This shares a program with the composer’s sole Violin Concerto, performed by violinist James Ehnes, “the Jascha Heifetz of our day” (Globe and Mail) (July 6). Under music director Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonic tackles Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto in B-flat with Grammy Award-winning powerhouse pianist Yefim Bronfman as soloist (July 26). And the Dallas Symphony, under Musical America’s Conductor of the Year, Jaap van Zweden, collaborates with Koh and Weilerstein in a performance of the composer’s final orchestral work, the sonorous Double Concerto, alongside Schubert’s Ninth Symphony, the “Great” (June 29).
By contrast with the two German Romantics, the third composer to come under the spotlight at Vail Music Festival this season is George Gershwin, who died 75 years ago this July and who, in his short life, penned much of America’s most recognizable music. This includes the song favorites performed by renowned Canadian coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl, with the New York Philharmonic under Tovey (July 22). Beloved and equally familiar is the composer’s “folk opera” Porgy and Bess, the concert version of which – in its premiere Festival performance – forms the centerpiece of the all-Gershwin program presented by the Dallas Symphony and leading pops conductor Jeff Tyzik (June 30).
Besides the three composer immersions, another cornerstone of the 25th anniversary season is the introduction of McDermott’s new “Silver Nights” series: three evenings of chamber music written over the past 500 years, in the relaxed and beautiful setting of Vail’s Donovan Pavilion. The three programs juxtapose music from past centuries by composers like Couperin, Schubert, and Debussy, whose music has been successfully absorbed over time into the mainstream, with thorny experimentalists like Charles Ives and composers of our own day like Thomas Adès and Osvaldo Golijov. These include Steven Mackey and last summer’s Composer-in-Residence Gabriel Kahane, who will be in attendance at the Festival and taking part in performances of their own music. After a successful performance at the Festival in 2011, the Calder Quartet returns with the first performance of the string quartet-version of Philip Glass’s American Four Seasons, featuring soloist Robert McDuffie. Between hour-long sets, audience members can enjoy a glass of wine as they socialize with players and composers, learning directly from the artists themselves about the music they love and why it attracts them. By presenting new music in so sympathetic a light, this creative programming represents a delightful and highly innovative approach to audience development (July 31–Aug 2).
The upcoming anniversary season includes concerto appearances from a stellar lineup of soloists. Reigning Gilmore Artist Kirill Gerstein – recent Artist-in-Residence at the Houston Symphony’s RachFest and “one of the most respected pianists of his generation” (New York Times) – returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin, on a program with Tchaikovsky’s final Symphony, the “Pathéthique” (July 7). The New York Philharmonic hosts the debut of teenage piano sensation Benjamin Grosvenor, just named one of the year’s top ten Britons by London’s Daily Telegraph. Grosvenor plays Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto with Boreyko conducting, on the same program as Brahms’s First Symphony (July 20). In addition to her Tchaikovsky premiere, McDermott undertakes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C with the Dallas Symphony and van Zweden (June 27). Pianist Inon Barnatan – “a player of uncommon sensitivity” (New Yorker) – plays Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the same forces (July 1). “Remarkable musician” (Washington Post) Alban Gerhardt plays the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Philadelphians (July 13) while violinist Sheryl Staples joins Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic for renditions of “Winter” and “Spring” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (July 25).
On a lighter note, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra demonstrates its versatility on Independence Day, with the wildly popular annual “Patriotic Celebration” (July 4). This year’s event, a co-presentation with the Vail Valley Foundation, features legendary jazz vocalist Curtis Stigers and guest pops conductor Jeff Tyzik in a musical partnership. Prior to the Patriotic Celebrations, Curtis Stigers and Jeff Tyzik perform “Swingin’ with Curtis Stigers” which is co produced by Vail Jazz Foundation (July 2). Steven Reineke, music director of the New York Pops, returns to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in “Three Wicked Divas,” which features two Broadway stars, Helen Hayes Award-winner Stephanie J. Block and Julia Murney. And the Philadelphia Orchestra’s assistant conductor, Cristian Macelaru, will conduct the celebrated Cirque de la Symphonie, in which live orchestral music accompanies the circus troupe’s spellbinding stunts (July 8).
Every summer two first-class ensembles in the early stages of major careers are chosen to perform, teach, and learn across the varied spectrum of Festival concerts and education activities. In 2012 Bravo! Vail’s two Young Professionals-in-Residence are the “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” (Strad) Jasper String Quartet, winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, and male vocal ensemble Cantus, described by Fanfare magazine as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the United States.” Rehearsing and performing without a conductor or music director, the nine members of Cantus are renowned for adventurous programming spanning many periods and genres, including work commissioned specifically for the group. The two ensembles take turns presenting the five events in “Free & Easy,” the Festival’s series of hour-long concerts, held in a relaxed setting with free admission; the first three feature Cantus (July 9, 10, & 18), while the remaining two come courtesy of the Jasper String Quartet (July 23 & 30).
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival also offers four intimate “Soirées,” comprising solo piano recitals by Bronfman (July 24) and McDermott (July 17); a “Gypsy Affair” from soprano Susanna Phillips, violist Neubauer, and McDermott (July 9); and an evening of chamber music from the Calder Quartet with Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom (July 30).
Rounding out the season’s generous programming is a free family concert by the National Repertory Orchestra performing Bach’s Double Violin Concerto (July 12), and audiences can put on their dancing shoes and let loose with Tiempo Libre. Based on its Bach in Havana recording, this hot Cuban music group’s “Big Music for Little Bands” show takes the music of Bach as its inspiration and aims to have everyone on their feet (July 16). The 25th Anniversary Gala, comprising a dinner, dance, and auction to the theme of “Under the Silvery Moon,” will be held on July 21.
Tickets for the 25th anniversary season will be available for purchase starting Monday, April 23. See www.vailmusic.org for further details.
About the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival was founded in 1987 by John Giovando, an attorney with a love of classical music, with eminent violinist Ida Kavafian. Through world-class performances, dedicated leadership, and generous support from the community, the Festival has grown from attracting a handful of attendees to an annual audience of more than 60,000. More than 30 distinguished soloists visit the Vail Valley to perform in chamber ensembles and as soloists with the three world-class resident orchestras. Running from late June through early August, Vail Music Festival presents the highest level of music-making in spectacular Vail Valley venues, touching the lives of thousands of people – many of whom come to the area specifically to experience the pleasures of the Festival and the beauty of the majestic Rocky Mountains. As the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns observes, “Few if any classical music institutions west of the Mississippi have flourished as Bravo! has.”
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival 2012 Program Details
Monday, June 25 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A 25-Year Salute to Three Artistic Directors
Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor (selected movements)
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (selected movements)
Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Shostakovich: Three Duets for violin and piano
Gershwin: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Doppler: Rondo and Andante
Rachmaninoff/Kriesler: Liebeslied
Liszt: Étude de Paganini No. 6 in A minor
Ida Kavafian, violin
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Free
Wednesday, June 27 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Thursday, June 28 at 6pm
Concert Hall, Vail Mountain School
Big Music for Little Bands
Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 49
Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 8
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jennifer Koh, violin
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Friday, June 29 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Brahms: Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, Op. 102
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 (“Great”)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jennifer Koh, violin
Saturday, June 30 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A Salute to George Gershwin
Funny Face Overture, Gershwin Lullaby, Rialto, Ripples, “The Man I Love,” Cuban Overture
Porgy and Bess, Concert Version – Vail Premiere
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Evans Chorus / Catherine Sailer
Janice-Chandler Eteme, soprano
Kevin Deas, baritone
Sunday, July 1 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden
Inon Barnatan, piano
Monday, July 2 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Swingin’ with Curtis Stigers
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist (Vail Music Festival Debut)
Wednesday, July 4 at 2pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
A Patriotic Celebration
Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Jeff Tyzik
Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist
Friday, July 6 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
James Ehnes, violin
Saturday, July 7 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Sunday, July 8 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Cirque de la Symphonie
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Cristian Macelaru
Monday July 9 at 6 pm
Little Beach Amphitheater, Minturn
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Monday, July 9 at 6pm
Location TBA
A Gypsy Affair
Soirée
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Tuesday, July 10 at 11am
Vail Interfaith Chapel, Vail
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Tuesday, July 10 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
Big Music for Little Bands
Donor Appreciation Concert and Reception
Mendelssohn: Songs
Brahms: Trio for Viola (Clarinet), Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Brahms: Songs
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major for strings, Op. 40
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Paul Neubauer, viola
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Wednesday, July 11 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Selections from Wicked, Carmen, Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, and Ragtime
Wicked Divas
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Steven Reineke
Stephanie Block, vocalist
Julia Murney, vocalist
Thursday, July 12 at 11am
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Family Youth Concert
Program to include:
Bach Concerto for Two Violins in B minor,
BWV 1043
National Repertory Orchestra / Carl Topilow
Clara Neubauer, violin
Oliver Neubauer, violin
Free
Friday, July 13 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Saturday, July 14 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève
Joshua Bell, violin
Monday, July 16 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
Big Music for Little Bands
Tiempo Libre – “Bach in Havana”
Tuesday, July 17 at 6pm
Sherry and Jim Smith Residence, Arrowhead
Soirée
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Wednesday, July 18 at 5pm
Gypsum Town Hall, Gypsum
Free & Easy
Cantus Vocal Ensemble
Friday, July 20 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
De Falla: Danza Ritual del Fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) from El Amor Brujo
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
New York Philharmonic / Andrey Boreyko
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Saturday, July 21 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Act IV of Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Saturday, July 21 at 8pm
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail
Under the Silvery Moon
25th Annual Gala
Dinner Dance and Auction
Sunday, July 22 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, and “Glitter and be Gay” from Candide
Gershwin: “The Man I Love,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “A Foggy Day in London Town,” “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” and An American in Paris
New York Philharmonic / Bramwell Tovey
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Monday, July 23 at 7:30pm
Cordillera Lodge and Spa
Free & Easy
Jasper String Quartet
(J Freivogel, violin; Sae Chonabayashi; violin, Sam Quintal, viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello)
Tuesday, July 24 at 6pm
Sandi and Greg Walton Residence, Arrowhead
Soirée
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Wednesday, July 25 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, La primavera (Spring)
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, L’inverno (Winter)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Sheryl Staples, violin
Thursday, July 26 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Jennifer Zetland, soprano
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Friday, July 27 at 6pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus / Duain Wolfe
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appelby, tenor
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Sunday, July 29 at 6pm
Concert Hall, Vail Mountain School
Big Music for Little Bands
Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 6
Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25
Opus One Piano Quartet
(Ida Kavafian, violin; Steve Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano)
Monday, July 30 at 6pm
Carol and Pat Welsh Residence, Vail
Soirée
Calder Quartet
(Benjamin Jacobson, violin; Andrew Bulbrook, violin; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Beyers, Cello)
Ida Kavafian, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Monday, July 30 at 7:30pm
Brush Creek Pavillion, Eagle
Free & Easy
Jasper String Quartet
(J Freivogel, violin; Sae Chonabayashi; violin, Sam Quintal, viola; Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello)
Tuesday, July 31 at 6pm
Donovan Pavilion, Vail
Big Music for Little Bands – Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening I)
6 pm: Cosma: Promenade sentimentale from the film Diva
Couperin: L’âme-en peine (“The Anguished Soul”)
Evans: Turn Out the Stars
Scriabin: Etude No. 5 in C sharp minor, Op. 42
Korngold: (arr. Prutsman) Farewell Moon
Feldman: Intermission I
Scarlatti: Sonata K. 247
Crumb: Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 BC) from Makrokosmos No.1
Debussy : Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest (“What the West Wind Saw”)
7 pm: Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Wednesday, August 1 at 6pm
Big Music for Little Bands – Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening II)
6 pm: Kahane: Come on all you Ghosts (a Bravo commission)
Ades: Arcadiana for String Quartet
Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu Singen
Ives: The Things Our Fathers Loved
Schubert: Suleika
Ives: Tom Sails Away
Schubert: Litanei
7 pm: Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
7:30 pm: Works for solo and four-hands piano
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Gabriel Kahane, singer/composer
Calder String Quartet
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Thursday, August 2 at 6pm
Big Music for Little Bands – Silver Nights at the Donovan (Evening III)
6 p.m. Program to include:
Mackey: Physical Property; I’ve Grown So Ugly – for String Quartet and Electric Guitar
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11
Golijov: Nonet for Two String Quartets and Double Bass
7 p.m. Wine and Conversation with Performers and Composers
7:30 p.m. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Glass: The American Four Seasons for Violin and String Quartet
Robert McDuffie, violin
Steve Mackey, electric guitar
Calder String Quartet
Jasper String Quartet
Saturday, August 4 at 6pm
Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek
4 x 4 – A Two Piano Extravaganza REDUX
Alessio Bax, piano
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Stephen Prutsman, piano
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