SUMMER CONCERTS
ASPEN OPERA CENTER Edward Berkeley Director | Elizabeth Buccheri Head of Music
SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENT: SARAH CHANG IN VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS
VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA
July 19 8:30 pm | Harris Concert Hall | $75
July 15, 17, and 18 7 pm | Wheeler Opera House | $75, $25 obstructed Conducted by George Manahan, directed by Edward Berkeley
This can’t-miss evening features violin superstar and AMFS alumna Sarah Chang performing one of the most beloved works in the repertoire.
Overflowing with stunning music and tragic passion, this Verdi masterpiece also features one of opera's greatest heroines: a doomed courtesan who sacrifices everything for the sake of true love.
A SPECIAL EVENT WITH RUFUS WAINWRIGHT July 24 8 pm | Harris Concert Hall | $75
LUKE BEDFORD'S SEVEN ANGELS (U.S. PREMIERE) Presented with Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
The inimitable Rufus Wainwright returns for an intimate concert showcasing his music in new arrangements for string orchestra.
August 5 4:30 pm | Harris Concert Hall | $25 Conducted by Yves Abel
A SPECIAL EVENT WITH SHARON ISBIN GUITAR
Inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost, this chamber opera by exciting British composer Luke Bedford examines the urgency of climate change through a group of angels who fall from the heavens onto a mysteriously deserted landscape. Concert performance. Open to Passholders
August 5 8 pm | Harris Concert Hall | $75
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Masterful guitarist Sharon Isbin performs an exciting program including Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, a new concerto by Chris Brubeck, and music from Howard Shore's score for The Departed.
MOZART’S LA CLEMENZA DI TITO August 15, 17, and 19 7 pm | Wheeler Opera House | $50, $25 obstructed Conducted by Jane Glover, directed by Edward Berkeley
THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL presents its 69th season in 2017, featuring hundreds of exciting performances in one of the world’s most spectacular settings.
Political intrigue, divided loyalties, and a treacherous assassination plot take center stage in this dramatically complex work, completed just before Mozart's death and boasting a rich score indicative of the composer's maturity. Open to Passholders
BENEFITS LA TRAVIATA IN ASPEN July 17 Caribou Club | Wheeler Opera House
AMFS PHOTOS ALEX IRVIN / ELLE LOGAN
Each summer, the classical world’s top professional performers, revered instructors, and exceptionally talented young musicians gather in Aspen for a very special combination of education and performance. Masters share their wisdom; students bring an inspiring freshness and joy. The resulting experience is powerful and unforgettable. The 2017 season, following the theme of Enchantment, will bring together an array of thrilling artists, as well as works that span the classical repertoire from Baroque to “wet ink.” Performers include Renée Fleming, Rufus Wainwright, Yefim Bronfman, Nikolai Lugansky, JeanYves Thibaudet, and Edgar Meyer, among dozens of other top artists; and the season will encompass must-see works like Handel’s Water Music Suite, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, many of Beethoven’s masterful concertos and sonatas, some of Mahler’s great songs, powerful works by Shostakovich, Lutosławski, Ravel, and Schubert, and a dramatic season conclusion with Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust. For a full schedule of the season’s events, visit www.aspenmusicfestival.com.
Aspen’s only black-tie gala features an exclusive dinner at the Caribou Club and a full performance of Verdi’s tragic La traviata.
AN ENCHANTED FEAST OF MUSIC August 7 Hurst Hall, Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus Exceptional performances are paired with gourmet delicacies courtesy of Hotel Jerome, in a special evening honoring Robert J. Hurst. For benefit information and tickets, contact Jenny McDonough at 970 205 5063.
2017 SEASON PREVIEW JUNE 29–AUGUST 20 Music Director
ROBERT SPANO President and CEO
ALAN FLETCHER
Rufus Wainwright July 24 PHOTO MATTHEW WELCH
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ASPEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY
ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Gems from Solo and Chamber Music Repertoire | Harris Concert Hall
All-Student Orchestra | 6 pm | Benedict Music Tent | $25
Professional and Student Chamber Orchestra 6 pm | Benedict Music Tent | $80 unless otherwise noted
Professional and Student Orchestra 4 pm | Benedict Music Tent | $82 unless otherwise noted
JUNE 30 Ludovic Morlot conductor, Simone Porter violin R. STRAUSS: from Dance Suite after Couperin, TrV 245 MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 — STRAVINSKY: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa (ad CD annum) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
JULY 2 Robert Spano conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano
THURSDAY, JUNE 29 7 pm | $60 Arnaud Sussmann violin, David Finckel cello, and Wu Han piano
JULY 5 Federico Cortese conductor Zeynep Alpan violin (2017 Dorothy DeLay Prize Winner) DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 — GRIEG: Selections from Peer Gynt: Incidental Music, op. 23 JULY 12 Ludovic Morlot conductor Marc-André Hamelin piano
JULY 7 Nicholas McGegan conductor Robert Levin piano MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620 MOZART/ROBERT LEVIN: Concerto for Violin and Piano — SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, “The Great”
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15 — FRANCK: Symphony in D minor, M. 48 JULY 19 George Manahan conductor Jennifer Koh violin R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), op. 24 ANNA CLYNE: The Seamstress (violin concerto) — PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite, op. 20
Jean-Yves Thibaudet JULY 14 / $85 July 23 Patrick Summers conductor Sarah Chang violin STEPHEN HARTKE: Pacific Rim VITALI: Chaconne in G minor RAVEL: Tzigane — WAGNER: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin PROKOFIEV: Symphonic Suite from The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33bis
JULY 26 Ingmar Beck conductor Piano Competition Winner Program to include: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 AUGUST 2 Christian Arming conductor Kirill Gerstein piano R. STRAUSS: Burleske in D minor PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. 10 — SMETANA: Selections from Má vlast (My Fatherland) AUGUST 9 Robert Spano conductor Tengku Irfan piano MATTHEW RICKETTS: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) (2016 Jacob Druckman Prize Winner) BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68 This program will be performed without intermission AUGUST 16 Hugh Wolff conductor Violin Competition Winner Program to include: STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947) Alumna Alisa Weilerstein August 18
Alumnus Conrad Tao July 8
JULY 21 Robert Spano conductor, Gil Shaham violin, Singers from Aspen Opera Center RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite JONATHAN LESHNOFF: Violin Concerto — RAVEL: L'enfant et les sortilèges JULY 28 Markus Stenz conductor, Andrè Schuen baritone, Paul Lewis piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 — MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38, “Spring”
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme” — MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major JULY 9 / $90 Michael Stern conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Program to include: BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 JULY 16 Larry Rachleff conductor Nikolai Lugansky piano
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DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra — BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73, “Emperor” JULY 23 Andrey Boreyko conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Program to include: LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, LW H6 — ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy JULY 30 / $90 Robert Spano conductor Renée Fleming soprano Inon Barnatan piano Program to include: CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors ALAN FLETCHER: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) — STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
AUGUST 4 Johannes Debus conductor Joyce Yang piano MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments LISZT/BUSONI: Rhapsodie espagnole, LW A195 — BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90
AUGUST 6 Joshua Weilerstein conductor Augustin Hadelich violin
AUGUST 11 Hans Graf conductor, Martin Helmchen piano BEETHOVEN: C oriolan Overture, op. 62 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 — BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68, “Pastoral”
AUGUST 13 Rafael Payare conductor Sergey Khachatryan violin
AUGUST 18 John Nelson conductor, Alisa Weilerstein cello VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, op. 126 — ROUSSEL: Le festin de l’araignée (The Spider’s Feast), op. 17 (Symphonic Fragments) KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta
AUGUST 20 / $90 Robert Spano conductor Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Bryan Hymel tenor John Relyea bass-baritone Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, op. 84 CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Symphony No. 5 — BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 — R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40
BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust, op. 24
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 8:30 pm | $60 Takács Quartet, James Dunham viola THURSDAY, JULY 6 8 pm | $55 Marina Piccinini flute and Anneleen Lenaerts harp
Biss Plays Beethoven 7:30 pm | August 1 and 8 | $65 ea. Pianist Jonathan Biss returns to Aspen to continue his three-year series exploring Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas.
SATURDAY, JULY 8 8 pm | $55 Conrad Tao piano
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 8:30 pm | $65 Inon Barnatan piano
TUESDAY, JULY 11 7:30 pm | $55 Anna Polonsky piano and Orion Weiss piano
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 8 pm | $65 Robert McDuffie violin
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 8:30 pm | $65 A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan
MONDAY, AUGUST 7 6 pm | $25 Percussion Ensemble
THURSDAY, JULY 13 8 pm | $55 Stefan Jackiw violin
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 8:30 pm | $65 Augustin Hadelich violin, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello, and Martin Helmchen piano
SATURDAY, JULY 15 8 pm | $55 Hung-Kuan Chen piano
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 8 pm | $55 American String Quartet
TUESDAY, JULY 18 7:30 pm | $65 Nikolai Lugansky piano
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 8 pm | $55 Denis Kozhukhin piano
THURSDAY, JULY 20 8 pm | $55 American Brass Quintet
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 7:30 pm | $55 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winner
SATURDAY, JULY 22 8 pm | $55 Daniel Hope violin TUESDAY, JULY 25 7:30 pm | $55 Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano Alumna Renée Fleming July 30
SATURDAY, JULY 29 8 pm | $55 Andrè Schuen baritone and Andreas Haefliger piano
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 8:30 pm | $55 Pacifica Quartet THURSDAY, JULY 27 8 pm | $65 Adele Anthony violin and Gil Shaham violin
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 8:30 pm | $55 Veronika Eberle violin THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 8 pm | $55 Edgar Meyer bass SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 8 pm | $65 Vladimir Feltsman piano
For Information and Tickets
970 925 9042 www.aspenmusicfestival.com Look online in late March for a full calendar—plus, stay tuned for an announcement about post-season events!
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