All performances take place at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall unless otherwise listed.
Finale with David Zinman
AUGUST 4–25, 2017
Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall FRI
8/25 8PM
An all-star SummerFest chamber orchestra led by American conductor, David Zinman, whose career has embodied the style-spanning virtuosity and propulsive energy that is our country’s artistic trademark brings SummereFest’s 31st season to a close – and a fitting occasion to look forward to a transformed future.
David Zinman, conductor SUMMERFEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
STRAVINSKY “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante Michelle Kim, violin • Clive Greensmith, cello Nathan Hughes, oboe • Keith Buncke, bassoon BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY SUMMERFEST STANDARD SUBSCRIPTION INNER CIRCLE SUBSCRIPTION
PRELUDE 7 PM • Interview with David Zinman hosted by Marcus Overton
Gala
David Zinman
SummerFest At the home of Joan & Irwin Jacobs SAT
8/12 6PM
SummerFest Gala Chair: Katherine Chapin
VIOLA
Toby Hoffman Paul Neubauer Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
PIANO
Inon Barnatan Olga Kern Olli Mustonen Christina Naughton Michelle Naughton Jon Kimura Parker Gilles Vonsattel Shai Wosner Haochen Zhang
HORN
Mike McCoy Jennifer Montone Keith Popejoy Tricia Skye PIPA
Wu Man VOICE
Lyubov Petrova
FLUTE
Catherine Ransom Karoly
CONDUCTOR
David Zinman
Laura Griffiths Nathan Hughes
Edward Arron Robert deMaine Clive Greensmith Alisa Weilerstein BASS
Nico Abondolo DaXun Zhang
Anthony McGill BASSOON
Keith Buncke Ryan Simmons CONTRABASSOON
Leyla Zamora
Regina Carter Quartet Regina Carter, violin Marvin Sewell, guitar Chris Lightcap, bass Alvester Garnett, drums SummerFest Chamber Orchestra FELLOWSHIP ARTIST ENSEMBLES
Ulysses Quartet Christina Bouey, violin Rhiannon Banerdt, violin Colin Brookes, viola Grace Ho, cello
SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Joseph Kalichstein, piano Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Miró Quartet Daniel Ching, violin William Fedkenheuer, violin John Largess, viola Joshua Gindele, cello
From Prague with Love
Genius from Finland: Olli Mustonen
Celebrating Strings
Saturday, August 5 · 8 PM Friday, August 11 · 8 PM
An Evening with the Regina Carter Quartet Saturday, August 19 · 8 PM
An Evening with Alisa Weilerstein
Wednesday, August 9 · 8 PM
ENSEMBLES
CLARINET CELLO
Friday, August 4 · 8 PM
The Power of Five
Xiaogang Ye Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
COMMISSIONED COMPOSERS
Includes prime seats for all 11 concerts in the Standard Subscription
Tuesday, August 8 · 8 PM
Rodin Trio Scott Cuellar, piano Philip Marten, violin Joshua Halpern, cello
OBOE
Opening Night: Fiddles vs. Pianos
In the Heart of Hungary
SUMMERFEST 2017 Roster | Music Director Cho-Liang Lin Margaret Batjer Regina Carter David Chan Chee-Yun Glenn Dicterow Eugene Drucker Michelle Kim Jennifer Koh Kristin Lee Yura Lee Cho-Liang Lin Ray Ushikubo
All 15 Concerts • $865
Sunday, August 6 · 3 PM
Join us for an elegant evening of music and festivities, including a private concert, gourmet dinner and dancing.
VIOLIN
11 Concerts • Section A $660 | Section B $450
Eric Bromberger
LECTURERS & GUEST SPEAKERS
Nuvi Mehta Marcus Overton Leah Rosenthal
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio: 40th Anniversary
Wednesday, August 23 · 8 PM
Sunday, August 13 · 3 PM
Beethoven I
B
Tuesday, August 15 · 8 PM
A
Beethoven II
B
Wednesday, August 16 · 8 PM
B
B
A
A
Beethoven IV Friday, August 18 · 8 PM
B A
Summer Serenades Sunday, August 20 · 3 PM
Mozart’s Enchantment
B A
RIGHT
CENTER
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
LEFT
STAGE
STAGE
CONRAD PREBYS CONCERT HALL
IRWIN M. JACOBS QUALCOMM HALL
9500 GILMAN DRIVE LA JOLLA, CA
5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE SAN DIEGO, CA
Tuesday, August 22 · 8 PM
Finale with David Zinman Friday, August 25 · 8 PM Irwin M. Jacbos Qualcomm Hall
All programs, artists, dates, times and venues are subject to change.
TICKET INFORMATION: 858.459.3728 · WWW.LJMS.ORG PHOTO CREDITS: C. Lin by Sophie Zhai; C. & M. Naughton courtesy of artists; O. Mustonen © Outi Montosen; Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio by Christian Steiner; Miró Quartet courtesy of artist; D. Zinman by Priska Ketterer; R. Carter © Christopher Drukker; H. Zhang © Benjamin Ealovega; A. Weilerstein © Decca-Harald Hoffmann; I. Barnatan and S. Wosner by Marco Borggreve; C. Greensmith courtesy of artist; A. McGill by David Finlayson; Conrad Prebys Concert Hall by Erik Jepsen.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
CHO-LIANG LIN
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego
Opening Night Fiddles vs. Pianos
FRI
8/4 8PM
Cho-Liang Lin
A L L
PE R FOR M A NCE S
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An evening of musical fireworks and spectacular artistry as world-renowned violinists and celebrated pianists strut their stuff. Will there be a winner? Be there to find out.
PRELUDE 7 PM · Interview with SummerFest Music Director hosted by Eric Bromberger
T H E
CON R A D
PR E BYS
CONCE RT
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PROKOFIEV Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56 SARASATE Navarra, Op. 33 SHOSTAKOVICH Galop from Cheryomushki BIZET/MILONE Carmen Fantasy for Four Violins and Double Bass SCHOENFIELD Boogie for Piano—4 Hands MENDELSSOHN Andante et Allegro Brillant for Piano—4 Hands RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 ROSSINI William Tell Overture for Two Pianos—8 Hands Inon Barnatan, David Chan, Chee-Yun, Scott Cuellar, Olga Kern, Cho-Liang Lin, Christina Naughton, Michelle Naughton, Ray Ushikubo and DaXun Zhang U N L E S S
OT H E RW ISE
IN DIC AT E D.
Musical Encounter
8/10
12:30PM
STRAVINSKY MEETS TAN DUN Hosted by Eric Bromberger Olli Mustonen
From Prague with Love Parisian glamour meets Eastern Europe’s SAT romantic mysticism in this luscious program of Chopin, Dvoˇ rák and 8PM Lutosławski’s Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos, played by piano duo sensations, twin sisters, Christina and Michelle Naughton.
8/5
BALAKIREV Islamey DVOˇRÁK Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55 CHOPIN Rondo for Two Pianos in C Major, Op. 73 LUTOSŁAWSKI Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos DVOˇRÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Inon Barnatan, Olga Kern, Miró Quartet, Christina Naughton, Michelle Naughton and Lyubov Petrova PRELUDE 7 PM · Interview with Christina and Michelle Naughton hosted by Eric Bromberger
Genius from Finland: Olli Mustonen Evoking the era of virtuoso pianistcomposers Liszt and Rachmaninoff, Finnish master Olli Mustonen’s program 3PM spans two centuries in this scintillating program featuring the great Beethoven Sonatas and his own brilliant works. SUN
8/6
MUSTONEN Nonet No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Apassionata” BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 MUSTONEN Piano Quintet
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
In the Heart of Hungary TUE
8/8 8PM
LISZT KODÁLY BARTÓK BARTÓK
Plush — Liszt’s Grand Duo. Earthy — Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello. Profound — Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4: Music to salute the heart and spirit of an enchanted place.
Grand Duo Concertant sur le ‘Le marin’, S.128 Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 Village Scenes, Sz. 78 String Quartet No. 4
David Chan, Robert deMaine, Glenn Dicterow, Olga Kern, Miró Quartet, Christina Naughton and Lyubov Petrova PRELUDE 7 PM · Lecture by Eric Bromberger
The Power of Five One night, three quintets spanning WED centuries and broadening sonic frontiers. Beethoven’s sole string quintet 8PM is operatic in its scope. Dvoˇrák adds a string bass for a beautiful new sonority. Xiaogang Ye’s West Coast Première combination of pipa and string quartet is a lyric breakthrough.
8/9
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 XIAOGANG YE Gardenia for Pipa and String Quartet (2017) DVOˇRÁK Quintet for Strings and Bass in G Major, Op. 77 Edward Arron, Chee-Yun, Robert deMaine, Glenn Dicterow, Toby Hoffman, John Largess, Kristin Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Wu Man, Miró Quartet, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu and DaXun Zhang PRELUDE 7 PM · Lecture by Marcus Overton
Miró Quartet
SummerFest’s first ever performance of the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas Join us on a four-concert journey through some of the most profound and beautifullymoving music written by Beethoven.
Beethoven I TUE
8/15 8PM
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 Cho-Liang Lin, Jon Kimura Parker
Reach the mountaintop summit of Mendelssohn’s Octet on an invigorating excursion via Kodály’s meltingly 8PM romantic serenade, and the power of Spohr’s Double String Quartet — written in Leipzig in 1825, the same year Mendelssohn completed his own Octet masterwork at the age of 16! FRI
8/11
SPOHR Double String Quartet No. 1, Op. 65 KODÁLY Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12 MENDELSSOHN String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Edward Arron, Margaret Batjer, Robert deMaine, Toby Hoffman, Kristin Lee, Yura Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Miró Quartet, Ulysses Quartet and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu MUSICAL PRELUDE 7 PM · Rodin Trio performs Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D Minor
40th Anniversary
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of America’s internationally-lauded piano trio with an afternoon of profoundly moving works 3PM by Mendelssohn and Brahms, as well as a new work written by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich in honor of this incredible achievement. SUN
8/13
WED
8/16 8PM
Jennifer Koh, Shai Wosner PRELUDE 7 PM · Lecture by Nuvi Mehta
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Beethoven III Hosted by Marcus Overton
Haochen Zhang
An Evening with the Regina Carter Quartet SAT
THE REIGNING QUEEN OF JAZZ VIOLIN
Regina Carter is an extraordinary violinist, a certified genius. The 8PM Los Angeles Times calls her “a talented, charismatic player who is almost singlehandedly reviving interest in the violin as a jazz instrument.” Wherever this Grammy® nominated violinist performs, she takes the audience with her on a journey through tradition and creativity.
8/19
PRELUDE 7 PM · Interview with Regina Carter hosted by Marcus Overton
Wind virtuosi will take you on a musical journey from the British genteel and aristocratic atmosphere of Elgar to the 3PM rarely heard Gemini Variations by Britten. This program brims with disarming quirks and unexpected charms, concluding with Dvoˇrák’s Serenade for Winds, one of the greatest works for winds since the Mozart Serenade. SUN
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Musical Encounter
Regina Carter
Summer Serenades
PRELUDE 7 PM · Lecture by Nuvi Mehta
Beethoven II
Celebrating Strings
ZWILICH Pas de Trois (2016) MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Olli Mustonen, David Chan, Chee-Yun, Robert deMaine, Toby Hoffman, Miró Quartet, Ulysses Quartet and DaXun Zhang PRELUDE 2 PM Interview with Olli Mustonen hosted by Eric Bromberger
FREE to the
STRAVINSKY Concertino and Three Pieces PUBLIC for String Quartet TAN DUN Concerto for String Quartet and Pipa Wu Man, Ulysses Quartet
Kalichstein-LaredoRobinson Trio:
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
THU
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Christina and Michelle Naughton
The Complete
THU
8/17
12:30PM
FREE to the
PUBLIC Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16 (arr. of Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16) Jennifer Koh, Rodin Trio and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
8/20
BRITTEN Gemini Variations for Flute, Violin and Piano- 4 Hands, Op. 73 ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84 DVOˇRÁK Serenade for Winds and Strings in D Minor, Op. 44 Nico Abondolo, Keith Buncke, Scott Cuellar, Clive Greensmith, Laura Griffiths, Joshua Halpern, Nathan Hughes, Catherine Ransom Karoly, Michelle Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Mike McCoy, Anthony McGill, Paul Neubauer, Keith Popejoy, Ryan Simmons, Tricia Skye, Leyla Zamora and Haochen Zhang MUSICAL PRELUDE 2 PM · Rodin Trio performs Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No.1
Beethoven IV FRI
8/18 8PM
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3 Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23 Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 Yura Lee, Gilles Vonsattel
MUSICAL PRELUDE 7 PM Ulysses Quartet performs Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Mozart’s Enchantment Mozart — the very word embodies the experience of sublime beauty. The Quintet for Piano and Winds is an astonishing 8PM rarity. The Divertimento for String Trio is a pinnacle of human creativity. The Flute Quartet is an immersion in sheer pleasure. TUE
8/22
MOZART MOZART MOZART
Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K.285b Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K.452 Divertimento in E-flat Major, K.563
Nico Abondolo, Colin Brookes, Keith Buncke, Eugene Drucker, Clive Greensmith, Joshua Halpern, Nathan Hughes, Catherine Ransom Karoly, Michelle Kim, Anthony McGill, Jennifer Montone, Paul Neubauer and Haochen Zhang MUSICAL PRELUDE 7 PM · Ulysses Quartet performs Schubert’s “Quartettsatz” and Haydn’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Encounter
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library FORGING A CONCERT CAREER Hosted by Leah Rosenthal Panel Discussion featuring Keith Buncke, Nathan Hughes, Catherine Ransom Karoly and Anthony McGill, Principal Winds from the country’s leading orchestras.
WED
8/23
12:30PM
FREE to the PUBLIC
An Evening with Alisa Weilerstein Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, one of today’s reigning instrumental soloists worldwide, returns to SummerFest 8PM joined by clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Inon Barnatan for the shimmering autumnal profundities of the Brahms’ Clarinet Trio and the brooding power of Brahms’ Piano Quintet. WED
8/23
J.S. BACH Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 Inon Barnatan
Shai Wosner
Alisa Weilerstein, Inon Barnatan, Eugene Drucker, Michelle Kim, Anthony McGill and Paul Neubauer MUSICAL PRELUDE 7 PM Rodin Trio performs Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio MUSICAL PRELUDE 2 PM · Ulysses Quartet performs Debussy’s String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Alisa Weilerstein
Clive Greensmith
Anthony McGill