David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors
INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC Inside Classical Masterpieces Wednesday Evening, October 22, 2014 at 6:30 Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio
BRUCE ADOLPHE, resident lecturer MICHAEL BROWN, piano ARNAUD SUSSMANN, violin NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, cello
45th Anniversary Season
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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 Classical Masterpieces BRUCE ADOLPHE, resident lecturer MICHAEL BROWN, piano ARNAUD SUSSMANN, violin NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, cello
LUDWIG Trio in B-flat major for Piano, Violin, VAN BEETHOVEN and Cello, Op. 97, “Archduke” (1810-11) (1770-1827)
Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 can be heard in concert on May 3rd at 5:00 PM at Alice Tully Hall.
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. The New York Times declared Michael Brown “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers” and “a young piano visionary.” An equally committed pianist and composer, he was the First Prize Winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Mr. Brown joins the roster of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two program in 2015 and his recent schedule included a Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium debut; recitals at Wigmore Hall, Louvre, Alice Tully Hall; and performances at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Caramoor, Moab, Mostly Mozart, and Music@Menlo festivals.
Recent commissions include those by the Maryland Symphony, Look & Listen Festival, Bargemusic, and Concert Artists Guild. Recent recordings are with his duo partner, cellist Nicholas Canellakis, a four-hand album with pianist Jerome Lowenthal, a debut solo album, a George Perle CD for Bridge Records, and Schubert for Naxos. A native New Yorker, he earned dual bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano and composition from The Juilliard School, where he studied with pianists Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald and composers Samuel Adler and Robert Beaser. He was recently appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Piano at Brooklyn College. Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, captivating audiences throughout the United States and abroad. The New York Times praised his playing as “impassioned” and “soulful,” with “the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis’s rich, alluring tone.” In the spring of 2015, he will make his Carnegie Hall concerto debut, performing Leon Kirchner’s Music for Cello and Orchestra with the American Symphony Orchestra in Isaac Stern Auditorium. He performs regularly with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Alice Tully Hall and on tour, and is a former member of CMS Two. A frequent performer at Bargemusic in New York City, he has also been a guest artist at many of the world’s leading music festivals, including Santa Fe, La Jolla, Music@ Menlo, Ravinia, Verbier, Mecklenburg, Moab, Bridgehampton, Sarasota, and Aspen. He is the co-artistic director of the Sedona Winter MusicFest in Arizona. Mr. Canellakis is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory and is on the faculty of the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Filmmaking is a special interest of Mr. Canellakis. He has produced, directed, and starred in several short films and music videos, all of which can be found on his website. Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Arnaud Sussmann has distinguished himself with his unique sound, bravura, and profound musicianship. Minnesota’s Pioneer Press writes, “Sussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of what you’ll hear on vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener.” A thrilling young musician capturing the attention of classical critics and audiences around the world, he has appeared on tour in Israel and in concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Dresden Music Festival in Germany, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. He has been presented in recital in Omaha on the Tuesday Musical Club series, New Orleans by the Friends of Music, Tel Aviv at the Museum of Art, and at the Louvre Museum in Paris. He has also given concerts at the OK Mozart, Moritzburg, Caramoor, Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest, Mainly Mozart, Seattle Chamber Music, Bridgehampton, and the Moab Music festivals. Mr. Sussmann has performed with many of today’s leading artists including Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Pressler, Gary Hoffman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Wu Han, David Finckel, Jan Vogler, and members of the Emerson String Quartet. A former member of CMS Two, he has regularly appeared with CMS in New York and on tour, including performances at London’s Wigmore Hall. He was recently signed by IMG Artists for worldwide representation.
Fall 2014
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.
10/23/14 9:00 PM Late Night Rose 10/29/14 6:30 PM Inside Chamber Music Lecture 10/30/14 7:30 PM Art of the Recital: Nicolas Dautricourt & Jean-FrĂŠdĂŠric Neuburger 11/13/14 11:00 AM Master Class with Lawrence Power 11/13/14 9:00 PM Late Night Rose 11/19/14 11:00 AM Master Class with Peter Kolkay 12/11/14 7:30 PM New Music in the Kaplan Penthouse
All events are free to watch. View full program details online. www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive
upcoming
EVENTS
ROSE STUDIO CONCERT
Thursday, October 23, 2014, 6:30 PM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Works by Brahms and Dvořák
LATE NIGHT ROSE
Thursday, October 23, 2014, 9:00 PM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Works by Brahms and Dvořák. Streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/watchlive
FAURÉ & YSAŸE
Sunday, October 26, 2014, 5:00 PM • Alice Tully Hall The works of contemporaries Fauré and Ysaÿe are presented side-by-side in a program that reveals complementary themes in their compositional output.