Camerata Pacifica Season 25 by Camerata Pacifica

With gratitude to the musicians, staff, board and audience members for two and a half decades of music, I am delighted to present to you details of Camerata Pacifica’s 25TH Season of Concerts. This season is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and founding Board member, the indefatigable Bill Stewart whose incorrigible presence and irreverent wit will be sorely missed. Our season offers the Camerata’s signature blend of old and new: reprise performances of favorite works by musicians who have become your friends, alongside world-premieres of compositions commissioned by you, and music you have yet to discover. We have new artists for you to meet too. It’s what Camerata Pacifica has been doing for 25 years. As always my advice is, to best appreciate our season and its breadth of programming and expression, enjoy a full subscription. However, whether we see you at every program or you drop in and out, you’ll receive the same warm Camerata welcome. I look forward to seeing you in our Silver Anniversary Season.

Adrian Spence Artistic Director

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Se a son Overview September 2014 Mozart, Harbison, Schubert* Thursday, September 11 | 8pm Friday, September 12 | 1pm and 7:30pm Sunday, September 14 | 3pm Tuesday, September 16 | 8pm

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September 201 4

Camerata Pacifica’s 25th season opens with a reprise of two audience favorites: the most well known of Mozart’s flute quartets and Schubert’s sublime E-Flat Major piano trio featuring our Principal Pianist Warren Jones. Also, the long-awaited premiere of John Harbison’s String Trio, commissioned for the ensemble’s Silver Anniversary by a consortium of audience members. Thursday, September 11 | 8pm Friday, September 12 | 1pm and 7:30pm Sunday, September 14 | 3pm Tuesday, September 16 | 8pm Mozart Harbison Schubert

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Quartet for Flute & Strings in D Major, K. 285 String Trio WORLD PREMIERE Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, D. 929*

Adrian Spence, Movses Pogossian, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Raman Ramakrishnan, Warren Jones

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Warren J ones “witty, swaggering, sensitive, and full of character in everything he did” —Boston Globe

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B ridge t Kibbe y “makes it seem as though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.” —New York Times

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O c tober 201 4

Harpist Bridget Kibbey dazzled our audiences two seasons ago and here returns as a Camerata Principal Artist. Her program will illuminate her reputation for redefining her instrument. Amongst a program of solo works, Bridget will collaborate with colleagues Richard O’Neill & Adrian Spence in Britten, Bach, Bruce, and a premiere of a trio that’s an anniversary gift from the Northern Irish composer Ian Wilson. Friday, October 10 | 1pm and 7:30pm Sunday, October 12 | 3pm Tuesday, October 14 | 8pm Thursday, October 16 | 8pm

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Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48* Agócs Northern Lights* Wilson Three Songs of Home WORLD PREMIERE A gift from the composer to celebrate the 25th season Bach Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 525* D’Rivera Bandoneon* Bruce Caja de Musica The Eye of Night* Barros El pescador Bridget Kibbey, Adrian Spence, Richard O’Neill

N ovember 201 4

Our Principal Cellist Ani Aznavoorian, welcomes two newer colleagues: violinist Paul Huang who debuted with the Camerata last season and, keeping with the Northern Irish connection, our first collaboration with pianist Michael McHale. Sunday, November 9 | 3pm Tuesday, November 11 | 8pm Thursday, November 13 | 8pm Friday, November 14 | 1pm and 7:30pm Schubert Grieg Dvořák

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Four Impromptus, D. 899* Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45 Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65*

Paul Huang, Ani Aznavoorian, Michael McHale

M ichael M cHale “…a pianism that was tastefully gestured, delicately graded, and infallibly clear…” —Irish Times

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Ani A znavoorian “Scorchingly committed performances that wring every last drop of emotion out of the music.” —The Strad

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Paul H uang “finger-bending agility” —New York Times photo: david bazemore

Jose Fr anch-Ballester “poetic eloquence” —New York Sun

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H uang Ruo “Mr. Huang’s music blends Western classical idioms with Chinese traditions into a distinctive style that is characterized by a strong dramatic bent and a great sense of pacing. ” —New York Times

Ji Hye J ung “is a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once along her long instrument. She was, here, spectacular.” —Los Angeles Times

January 2015

The 2012 premiere of Huang Ruo’s “In Other Words” has audiences still talking, not least for Richard O’Neill’s absolutely stunning performance. Another Chinese composer, Bright Sheng, was commissioned to write Hot Pepper for the Camerata heard again in this program. Bridget Kibbey will join Nicholas Daniel in Elliott Carter’s 1992 Trilogy, and Paul Huang for Saint-Saëns’ brilliant Fantasie. It will be a rousing close to a virtuosic program when the effervescent Ji Hye Jung and the irrepressible Jose Franch-Ballester join Paul for Kevin Puts’ And Legions Will Rise. Sunday, January 11 | 3pm Tuesday, January 13 | 8pm Thursday, January 15 | 8pm Friday, January 16 | 1pm and 7:30pm

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Carter Trilogy Huang Ruo In Other Words, for Vocalized Violist and Chamber Ensemble Commissioned by Frank & Ann Everts, Premiered September 20th, 2012 Saint-Saëns Fantasie for Violin & Harp, Op. 124* Sheng Hot Pepper* Commissioned by Bob Peirce & Sharon Harroun Peirce, Premiered September 10th, 2010 Puts And Legions Will Rise* Adrian Spence, Nicholas Daniel, Jose Franch-Ballester, Paul Huang, Agnes Gottschewski, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Tim Eckert, Bridget Kibbey, Ji Hye Jung

February 2015

This is a program of favorites; music and musicians — our wonderful Principals, Nick, Richard, Ani & Warren welcome violinist Arnaud Sussmann for his first appearance with the Camerata. The music-making between Nick, Richard & Warren has become legendary and will be fully explored in this program, including a reprise performance of the Loeffler Rhapsodies which will be absolutely magical. Tuesday, February 3 | 8pm Thursday, February 5 | 8pm Friday, February 6 | 1pm and 7:30pm Sunday, February 8 | 3pm

Britten Hindemith Loeffler Schumann

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Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4 Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, and Piano* Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47*

Nicholas Daniel, Arnaud Sussmann, Richard O’Neill, Ani Aznavoorian, Warren Jones

Richard Yong jae O’N eill “fierce virtuosity”—Dallas Morning News

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Arnaud Sussman “…creating the buzz of a star on the ascent.” —Pioneer Press

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N ichol a s Daniel “Some of the best oboe playing you’ll hear anywhere” —BBC Record Review

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Kristin Lee “With flair and passion, she sang us an intensely lyric poem of epic proportion” —Albuquerque Journal

G loria Chien “one of the Superior Pianists of the year” —Boston Globe

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March 2015

In March we introduce violinist Kristin Lee and pianist Gloria Chien with a program traversing the boundaries of romanticism; from Beethoven’s proto-romantic “Moonlight” sonata, through the gentle tones of Foote & Field, the unique Debussy, to the dramatic, opulently chromatic intensity of Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night”. Sunday, March 15 | 3pm Tuesday, March 17 | 8pm Thursday, March 19 | 8pm Friday, March 20 | 1pm and 7:30pm Foote Field Beethoven Debussy Schoenberg

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Nocturne & Scherzo Quintet for Piano & Strings in A-Flat Major Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, “Quasi una fantasia,” Op. 27, No. 2* Suite bergamasque Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4*

Adrian Spence, Kristin Lee, Erik Arvinder, Richard O’Neill, Ara Gregorian, Ani Aznavoorian, Gloria Chien

April 2015

Intensity opens April’s concert, with James MacMillan’s Kiss on Wood which his publisher describes as “a short, static and serene meditation for violin and piano”. Performing here with Warren Jones, violinist Priya Mitchell is featured in this program, following her last-moment-replacement debut with the group last March. Warren’s performance of the Lizst/Wagner Liebestod was one of his most celebrated performances with us. With Warren & Priya, Martin Jones’ amazing french horn playing will conclude our program with Brahms’ Horn Trio. Sunday, April 12 | 3pm Tuesday, April 14 | 8pm Thursday, April 16 | 8pm Friday, April 17 | 1pm and 7:30pm

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MacMillan Kiss on Wood Brahms Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 Wagner/Liszt Liebestod* Brahms Horn Trio* Priya Mitchell, Martin Owen, Warren Jones

Priya M itchell “…tender and at the same time outrageously wild, raw and passionate.” —Süddeutsche Zeitung

Martin Owen “…brings a Dennis Brain-like poetry to his playing” —Sunday Telegraph, London

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Celebr ate 25 Years of May 2015

At 7.30 p.m. on December 3rd, 1990, Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre filled with the exuberant tones of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti as The Bach Camerata launched its inaugural season. Bach used the “widest spectrum of orchestral instruments ... in daring combinations. Every one of the six concertos set a precedent in scoring, and every one was to remain without parallel,” –Christoff Wolf. And so we conclude our 25th season as we began our 1st — in celebration, this time of 25 years of performances of music without parallel. Sunday, May 10 | 3pm Tuesday, May 12 | 8pm Thursday, May 14 | 8pm Friday, May 15 | 7.30 p.m Saturday, May 16 | 2pm

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The Complete Brandenburg Concerti of Johann Sebastian Bach Adrian Spence, Melanie Lançon, Nicholas Daniel, John Steinmetz, Steve Becknell, Martin Owen, Catherine Leonard, Priya Mitchell, Agnes Gottschewski, Richard O’Neill, Jonathan Moerschel, Matthew Cohen, Ani Aznavoorian, Raman Ramakrishnan, Timothy Eckert, Paolo Bordignon

Music Making We Re t u rn to The H u ntington

Celebrate our return to The Huntington with a champagne and dessert reception at intermission. After years in the wilderness, the Camerata returns to The Huntingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warm embrace and to a brand new performance hall. Purpose built, with special attention paid to its acoustics, this beautiful new hall has 400 raked seats to maximize sightlines and listening. Make sure one of those seats will be yours.

25 th Anniver sary G al a D inner, Santa Barbar a

Buoyed on the jubilant final notes of our final performance of Brandenburg 4, on May 16th please join us at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club to celebrate our 25 years in the grand style. The banquet will be provided by Chef Michael Hutchings, the wines by Sanford Winery, there will be honorees and there will be surprises. (Gala guests may attend any performance.)

Say farewell to the first 25 years and hello to the next 25!

Camerata Pacifica is pleased to continue its residency at the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts in the heart of downtown LA.

We’re very excited to announce a residency for the 14/15 season with Santa Barbara’s Incredible Children’s Art Network.

CAMERATA PACIFICA IS THRILLED TO PRESENT IT’S FIRST RECORDING, RELEASED ON THE HARMONIA MUNDI LABEL THIS DISC OF CHAMBER WORKS BY JOHN HARBISON FEATURES THE WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF THE CAMERATA-COMMISSIONED STRING TRIO PERFORMANCES BY AMY SCHWARTZ MORETTI, PAUL HUANG, RICHARD O’NEILL, ANI AZNAVOORIAN, ADRIAN SPENCE, JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER & WARREN JONES Visit cameratapacifica.org for more details.

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