2017 smf summer season brochure (1)

52 exceptional fellows. 25 world-renowned faculty artists. 26 concerts. 3 weeks.

Be

Inspired.

Summer Music Festival 2017 JUNE 4–24

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Confused about our variety of performances?

Allow us to explain.

Festival Artists Concerts Our renowned festival faculty perform chamber music in the intimate setting of Packard Hall.

Festival Orchestra Concerts With Maestro Scott Yoo behind the baton, the festival orchestra shines in two concerts at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center. Having only met a few weeks prior, the fellows impress each year with their artistic abilities and passionate performances!

Pre-concert Recitals Festival faculty give a half-hour performance of a work that inspires them. These recitals are free and open to the public. Stay for the concert that follows and enjoy the wine bar and great company of fellow music lovers in between the two events.

“On the Fringe” Concert Series Illustrious friends of the festival perform in these concerts, celebrating the spirit of collaboration and offering a diversion from our traditional programming.

Festival Orchestra Children’s Concert An annual favorite for all ages! The orchestra performs as well as educates everyone about the instruments and how they work together. The featured work this year is Poulenc’s The Story of Babar the Little Elephant. This free concert packs the Richard F. Celeste Theatre each year, so be sure to get your tickets in advance.

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Music at Midday Our exceptional festival fellows perform chamber music that they have been working on with their faculty coaches. These free performances rival those of any professional ensemble.

The best way to spend your lunch break.

Student Concerto Reading All festival fellows are invited to audition to read one movement of a concerto with the festival orchestra. The concerto reading gives the selected fellows a chance to work through the movement while receiving feedback on their performance from festival faculty.

Community Master Classes A chance for community members to perform for our festival faculty. These master classes are free and open to the public. Participation is by invitation only.

Outreach Concerts The Summer Music Festival is proud to bring its music to a variety of local organizations.

You will find a list of all outreach concerts on page 16.

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Summer Music Festival 2017 F A C U LT Y

Susan Grace, music director

Virginia Barron, associate director, viola

Scott Yoo, conductor, violin

Steven Copes, violin

Jonathan Fischer, oboe

Jonathan Crow, violin

Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

Mark Fewer, violin

Burt Hara, clarinet

Stefan Hersh, violin

Jon Manasse, clarinet

Andrew Wan, violin

Michael Kroth, bassoon

Toby Appel, viola

Michael Thornton, horn

Phillip Ying, viola

Kevin Cobb, trumpet

Bion Tsang, cello

John Rojak, trombone

David Ying, cello

Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Susan Cahill, double bass

John Novacek, piano

Elizabeth Mann, flute

Orion Weiss, piano

Carol Wincenc, flute

John Kinzie, percussion

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Jonathan Crow

Thursday, June 8 pre-concert lecture

6:15 p.m., Packard Hall Room 9

festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall

ˇ dvorák

Terzetto

stearn Northern Dances ˚ martinu

Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano, H. 315

copland

Duo for flute and piano

ˇ Janácek Concertino ˇ A terzetto is a trio; a piece of music composed for three instruments. Dvorák’s Terzetto was written ˇ to be played by National Theatre Orchestra violinist Josef Kruis and one of his students. Dvorák heard the duo rehearsing and was inspired to compose for them, with himself on viola. Though the piece proved too difficult for the student violinist, our brilliant faculty trio will bring it to life! www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 4

Sunday, June 11

Carol Wincenc

Johnathan Fischer

festival artists concert 2:30 p.m., Packard Hall

mozart

Oboe Quartet in F Major, K 370/368b

hummel Military Septet in C Major, Op. 114 jolivet

Suite en concert pour flute et percussion

debussy Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano poulenc Mouvements perpétuels Considered one of the composer’s most popular works, Poulenc’s Mouvements perpétuels is a short three-movement suite originally written for solo piano. Although Poulenc himself thought it to be one of his less memorable works, time has proven differently as the piece, written in 1918, persists as a perennial favorite.

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Scott Yoo

Tuesday, June 13 pre-concert lecture 6:15 p.m., Screening Room

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

After the concert, join us for the opening reception in the Cornerstone Main Space and meet our festival fellows!

festival orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

scott yoo, conducting

rossini Semiramide Overture messiaen

Couleurs de la cité céleste

beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Rossini’s Semiramide was his final Italian opera, a gruesome retelling of the Oedipus legend, set in Babylon. While the opera itself has been rarely performed since the 19th century, the Overture – with its sweeping crescendos and imaginative instrumentation – remains an audience favorite. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 6

Thursday, June 15

festival orchestra children’s concert

11 a.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

george preston, narrating poulenc The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant Follow the adventures of Babar as he escapes hunters, visits the big city, and eventually returns to the jungle to become king of the elephants!

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Jon Nakamatsu

Thursday, June 15 festival artists pre-concert recital 6:15 p.m., Packard Hall

chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Chopin composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor at the age of 20, less than a month before leaving his homeland of Poland to settle in Paris, where he lived out the remainder of his final 18 years. If you haven’t yet heard festival faculty member – and winner of the tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – Jon Nakamatsu as a soloist, you’ve been missing one of the most highly regarded pianists touring today. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 8

Elizabeth Koch

Thursday, June 15 festival artists concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall

clarke Prelude, Allegro, Pastorale bliss Oboe Quintet britten Sword in the Stone Suite brahms Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 Arthur Bliss’s Oboe Quintet was premiered at a festival in Venice in 1927. Faculty oboist Elizabeth Koch Tiscione explores all the colorful tones of the oboe in this lively, inventive work.

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Saturday, June 17

Student Concerto Reading 2 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

Fellows audition upon arrival at the festival to be chosen to perform a movement of a concerto with the festival orchestra.

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Sunday, June 18 featuring

William Wolfram

“on the fringe” concert series 5 p.m., Packard Hall

bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 One of the few of his works published during his lifetime, Bach’s Goldberg Variations were named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may have been the first to perform the work.

Often regarded as the most serious and ambitious composition ever written for harpsichord (performed today on piano), the work consists of an aria and a set of 30 variations.

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George Tsontakis

Tuesday, June 20 pre-concert lecture 6:15 p.m., Packard Room 9

festival orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall

liebermann

Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach

ben-amots

Elegy (memories, bitter and sweet‌)

crumb Madrigals, Book 1 kellogg A Glorious Morning girtain

Behold the Eternity of the Mountain

tsontakis

Portraits by El Greco

George Tsontakis joins us to introduce the multimedia Colorado premiere of his work Portraits

by El Greco. Also premiering this evening is Edward Girtain’s Behold the Eternity of the Mountain.

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Friday, June 23 Kevin Cobb

John Novacek

festival artists pre-concert recital 6:15 p.m., Packard Hall

shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 stravinsky

Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Full of challenging technical passages, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was premiered in 1933 with Shostakovich himself at the piano. Tonight, the incomparable John Novacek conveys the wit and sophistication of the piano themes, punctuated by the sardonic commentary of Kevin Cobb’s trumpet solos.

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Elizabeth Mann

Friday, June 23 festival artists orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Packard Hall

françaix

Les petits nerveux

beach

Theme and Variations, Op. 80

beethoven

Violin and Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1

tchaikovsky

Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Amy Beach based her flute and string quintet Theme and Variations, Op. 80, on her song An Indian Lullaby. Known for composing works that evoke Native American culture, ritual, story, or song, Beach’s work was commissioned for the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco in 1916. www.coloradocollege.edu/musicfestival | 14

Saturday, June 24 pre-concert lecture 6:15 p.m., Screening Room

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

festival orchestra concert 7:30 p.m., Richard F. Celeste Theatre Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts

scott yoo, conducting milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58 bartók Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 Steven Copes, violin brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Commissioned in 1937 by his friend, violinist Zoltán Székely, Bartók’s Violin Concerto was generally thought to be his first. In fact, Bartók had composed another violin concerto 30 years earlier. That work – tied to a romance that had ended – was neither performed nor published until well after the composer’s death, at which time this evening’s Violin Concerto was posthumously renamed Violin Concerto No. 2.

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music at midday

12:15 p.m., Packard Hall MONDAY, JUNE 12

MONDAY, JUNE 19

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

outreach concerts Friday, June 9 7 p.m.

Festival Fellows play the National Anthem and the 7th Inning Stretch

SkySox Stadium

Saturday, June 10

7 p.m.

Festival Fellows Orchestra Outreach

Ute Pass Cultural Center

2:15 p.m.

Festival Fellows Children’s Outreach

Fort Carson Patriot Program

Festival Fellows Outreach

Brookdale Skyline

Monday, June 12 Friday, June 16

10:30 a.m.

Friday, June 16 4 p.m.

Faculty/Fellows Outreach

Broadmoor Chamber Series – Pauline Chapel

Tuesday, June 20

Hillside Community Center

1 p.m.

Festival Fellows Children’s Outreach

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Festival Calendar Thursday, June 8

6:15 p.m.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE

Packard Hall, Room 9

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT

Packard Hall

Friday, June 9

7 p.m.

FESTIVAL FELLOWS OUTREACH CONCERT

SkySox Stadium

Saturday, June 10

2 p.m.

COMMUNITY STRING MASTER CLASS

7 p.m.

FESTIVAL FELLOWS OUTREACH CONCERT

Sunday, June 11 2:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT Monday, June 12

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall Ute Pass Cultural Center Packard Hall Packard Hall

2:15 p.m.

FESTIVAL FELLOWS CHILDREN’S OUTREACH

Tuesday, June 13 6:15 p.m.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE

Fort Carson Patriot Program

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Cornerstone Arts Center

Wednesday, June 14

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

Cornerstone Arts Center, Screening Room

Thursday, June 15

11 a.m.

FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CONCERT

Cornerstone Arts Center

6:15 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS PRE-CONCERT RECITAL

Packard Hall

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT

Packard Hall Brookdale Skyline

Friday, June 16

10:30a.m.

FESTIVAL FELLOWS OUTREACH CONCERT

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

4 p.m.

FACULTY/FELLOW OUTREACH CONCERT

Pauline Chapel

Saturday, June 17

2 p.m.

STUDENT CONCERTO READING

Cornerstone Arts Center

“ON THE FRINGE” CONCERT: William Wolfram, piano

Packard Hall

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

Sunday, June 18 5 p.m.

Monday, June 19 Tuesday, June 20

1 p.m.

FESTIVAL FELLOWS CHILDREN’S OUTREACH

Hillside Community Center

6:15 p.m.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE

Packard Hall, Room 9

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT

Packard Hall

Wednesday, June 21

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

Thursday, June 22

12:15 p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

Friday, June 23 12:15p.m.

MUSIC AT MIDDAY

Packard Hall

Packard Hall Packard Hall

6:15 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS PRE-CONCERT RECITAL FESTIVAL ARTISTS CONCERT

Saturday, June 24 6:15 p.m.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE

7:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT

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Cornerstone Arts Center, Screening Room Cornerstone Arts Center

Many Summer Music Festival events are free and do not require tickets, except for the performances listed below. Purchase your tickets today: 1. ONLINE 2. IN PERSON 3. CALL 4. MAIL

www.brownpapertickets.com Colorado College Worner Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs Office of the Summer Music Festival at (719) 389-6552 Colorado College Summer Music Festival, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St., Colorado Springs, CO 80903

festival artists concerts: $35 public; $30 CC ID/Donors; $5 students; free for CC students Date Thursday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 11, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.

Price Quantity TOTAL $35/$30/$5 $35/$30/$5 $35/$30/$5 $35/$30/$5 $35/$30/$5

festival orchestra concerts: $30 public; $25 CC ID/Donors; $5 students; free for CC students with ID Date Tuesday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.

Price Quantity TOTAL $30/$25/$5 $30/$25/$5

“on the fringe”concert: $20 public; $15 CC ID/Donors; $5 students; free for CC students with ID Date Sunday, June 18, 5 p.m.

Price Quantity TOTAL $20/$15/$5

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