David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC Inside Romantic Masterpieces Wednesday Evening, February 4, 2015 at 6:30 Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
BRUCE ADOLPHE, resident lecturer ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOIS, clarinet MIHAI MARICA, cello YEKWON SUNWOO, piano
45th Anniversary Season
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY 10023 212-875-5788 www.ChamberMusicSociety.org
Many donors support the artists of the Chamber Music Society Two program. This evening, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the The Winston Foundation. The Chamber Music Society is deeply grateful to Board member Paul Gridley for his very generous gift of the Hamburg Steinway & Sons model “D” concert grand piano we are privileged to hear this evening. The Chamber Music Society’s education and outreach programs are made possible, in part, with support from the Achelis and Bodman Foundations, Colburn Foundation, Consolidated Edison Company, Hearst Fund, The Frank and Helen Hermann Foundation, Alice Ilchman Fund, Newman’s Own Foundation, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Tiger Baron Foundation, The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, and The Winston Foundation. Public funds are provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC Inside Romantic Masterpieces BRUCE ADOLPHE, resident lecturer ROMIE DE GUISE-LANGLOIS, clarinet MIHAI MARICA, cello YEKWON SUNWOO, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114 (1891)
Please turn off cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Photographing, sound recording, or videotaping this performance is prohibited. This evening’s event is being streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive
meet tonight’s
ARTISTS
Composer Bruce Adolphe has written music for many renowned musicians and ensembles, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Sylvia McNair, the Brentano String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Highlights of the 2014-15 season include: the world premiere of Musics of Memory at the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC in LA in October; the IRIS Orchestra conducted by Michael Stern gives the world premiere of I Will Not Remain Silent, a violin concerto based on the life of Joachim Prinz, with Sharon Roffman, soloist; and the release of Einstein’s Light a film by Nickolas Barris, featuring Adolphe’s score, which reflects Einstein’s love of the violin, of Mozart, and of Bach. The Einstein’s Light soundtrack features violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Marija Stroke. Highlights of the 2013-14 season included performances by the LA Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Cassatt Quartet at the Crystal Bridges Museum and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, and the premiere of The End of Tonight (poems by Nathalie Handal) for three female voices, three cellos, and piano at The Greene Space in New York. The 2012-13 season included a premiere commissioned for the opening ceremony of MoMath, the only museum of mathematics in America, and a premiere in Lucerne performed by the Human Rights Orchestra, as well as performances from Santa Fe to Lisbon. Adolphe’s Self Comes to Mind, written with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, premiered at the American Museum of Natural History in 2009 with soloist Yo-Yo Ma, and was released in 2014 as a CMS Live! download featuring cellist Efe Baltacigil in concert in Alice Tully Hall. In addition to composing, Bruce Adolphe holds several positions concurrently: founder and director of the Meet the Music! family concert series and resident lecturer at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; creator/performer of public radio’s weekly Piano Puzzler on Performance Today; co-artistic director of Off the Hook Festival in Colorado; and founder and creative director of The Learning Maestros. The author of three books on music, Mr. Adolphe has taught at Yale, The Juilliard School, and New York University, and was recently appointed composer-in-residence at the Brain and Creativity Institute in Los Angeles. The second edition of his book The Mind’s Ear: Exercises for Improving the Musical Imagination was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
Praised as “extraordinary” and “a formidable clarinetist” by the New York Times, Romie de Guise-Langlois has appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony, Ensemble ACJW, the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, and McGill University Symphony Orchestra, and at Music@Menlo and Banff Centre for the Arts. She is a winner of the 2011 Astral Artists’ National Auditions and was
awarded first prize in the 2009 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg competition, the Woolsey Hall Competition at Yale University, the McGill University Classical Concerto Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition. An avid chamber musician, she has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and has appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia and Boston Chamber Music Societies, 92nd Street Y, the Kennedy Center, and Chamber Music Northwest, among many others. She has performed as principal clarinetist for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New Haven and Stamford Symphony Orchestras, and The Knights Chamber Orchestra. A native of Montreal, Ms. de Guise-Langlois earned degrees from McGill University and the Yale School of Music, where she studied under David Shifrin. She is an alumnus of Ensemble ACJW, a member of Chamber Music Society Two, and is currently on the faculty of Montclair State University. Romanian-born cellist Mihai Marica is a First Prize winner of the “Dr. Luis Sigall” International Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile and the Irving M. Klein International Competition, and is a recipient of Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. He has performed with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of Chile, Xalapa Symphony in Mexico, the Hermitage State Orchestra of St. Petersburg in Russia, the Jardins Musicaux Festival Orchestra in Switzerland, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Santa Cruz Symphony in the US. He also appeared in recital performances in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Holland, South Korea, Japan, Chile, the United States, and Canada. A dedicated chamber musician, he has appeared at the Chamber Music Northwest, Norfolk, and Aspen music festivals among others where he has collaborated with such artists as Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, David Shifrin, André Watts, and Edgar Meyer, and he is a member of the award-winning Amphion String Quartet. Mr. Marica studied with Gabriela Todor in his native Romania and with Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees. He is a member of Chamber Music Society Two and his three-year residency is supported by The Winston Foundation. As winner of the 2013 Sendai International Music Competition and 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition, Yekwon Sunwoo performed as soloist with numerous orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Lockington, Orchestre National de Belgique under the baton of Marin Alsop, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie under the baton of Paul Goodwin, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christopher Wilkins, l’Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Daegu City Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Sunwoo made his New York City debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2009 as winner of the Florida International Piano Competition and performed as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Itzhak Perlman at Avery Fisher Hall in 2012 after winning the Juilliard Concerto Competition. Other awards include First Prize and Audience Prize in the 2012 Piano Campus International Concours, a Laureate in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and First Prize in the 2009 Concours International de Piano “Interlaken Classics.”
Mr. Sunwoo was invited to perform at various chamber music festivals such as the Summit Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music Academy and Festival, Music from Angel Fire, and Chamber Music Northwest. In addition, he has given numerous recitals throughout France, Germany, Switzerland, and Morocco. Mr. Sunwoo’s chamber music experience includes an invitation from the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation in 2004, touring Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama. He has collaborated with Ida Kavafian and Peter Wiley in 2010 with Curtis On Tour and with Roberto Díaz on the Bay Chamber Concerts summer series in 2008. He has also performed with Gary Hoffman, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Michael Tree. Mr. Sunwoo has studied with Min-ja Shin and Sun-wha Kim in Korea, with Seymour Lipkin at the Curtis Institute of Music, and with Robert McDonald at The Juilliard School. He is currently studying with Richard Goode at the Mannes School of Music.
upcoming
EVENTS
ORION STRING QUARTET AND FRIENDS
Friday, February 6, 2015, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall The Orion String Quartet is joined by two esteemed collaborators for a program including Beethoven’s sparkling Serenade and Mozart’s grand D major Viola Quintet.
MASTER CLASS WITH GILBERT KALISH, PIANO
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 11:00 AM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio The art of interpretation and details of technique are explained by master artists. This event will also be streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/watchlive
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC
Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:30 PM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Focus on Brahms’ Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 25. This event will also be streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/watchlive
Winter 2015
WATCH LIVE Enjoy a front row seat from anywhere in the world. View chamber music events streamed live to your computer or mobile device, and available for streaming on demand for the following 24 hours. Relax, browse the program, and experience the Chamber Music Society like never before.
2/10/15 11:00 AM 2/11/15 6:30 PM 2/12/15 9:00 PM 2/18/15 6:30 PM 2/25/15 6:30 PM 2/26/15 7:30 PM
Master Class with Gilbert Kalish Inside Chamber Music Late Night Rose Inside Chamber Music Inside Chamber Music Orion String Quartet Plays Haydn
All events are free to watch. View full program details online. www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive
If the Chamber Music Society has played a part in your past‌ play a part in its future. February is PLANNED GIVING MONTH at CMS The Chamber Music Society honors loyal patrons who have chosen to become guardians of this intimate art form with a unique membership in the Alice Tully Circle. It is important that the Alice Tully Circle continues to grow. We invite you to consider a planned gift to the Chamber Music Society. Members of the Alice Tully Circle receive invitations to special receptions and concerts throughout each season. For more information about including the Chamber Music Society in your will and other deferred gifts, please call Sharon Griffin, Director of Development, at 212-875-5782.
With special thanks to these Alice Tully Circle members: Anonymous (3) Mrs. Marguerite S. Bedell Dr. Jerome Bruner Eliane Bukantz Anitra Christoffel-Pell Robert J. Cubitto and Ellen R. Nadler Ms. Carlotta Eisen Mr. Stuart M. Fischman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Giron Ms. Dalia Carmel Goldstein Anthony C. Gooch Dr. Edith Schwartz Goodman Mrs. Mary Scott Guest
Warren Ilchman Frederick L. Jacobson Thomas Jambois Peter Kennard Hans and Donna Kilian Dr. and Mrs. Thomas C. King Mr. and Mrs. William Lembeck Helen Brown Levine Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Nass Eva Popper Martin Riskin Mrs. Robert Schuur Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Stockwell, Jr. Sally Wardwell