Cover Art: Dorothy Hood, Earth Bolts, 1974 oil on canvas 110 x 85in. (279.4 x 215.9cm) Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Gift of the artist, 1974.12 · Photographer: Pablo Mason · © Dorothy Hood, 1974
Inon Barnatan, Music Director
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Benjamin Beilman James Ehnes Liza Ferschtman Francisco Fullana* Augustin Hadelich Kathryn Hatmaker Stefan Jackiw Erin Keefe Alexi Kenney* Tessa Lark Simone Porter* Blake Pouliot Andrew Wan
VIOLA
Chi-Yuan Chen* Yura Lee Teng Li* Richard O’Neill Masumi Per Rostad Cynthia Phelps Jonathan Vinocour
CELLO
Julie Albers* Efe Baltacigil Carter Brey Jay Campbell Sterling Elliott* Clive Greensmith Nina Lee Johannes Moser*
BASS
Doug Balliett* Timothy Cobb Anthony Manzo*
PIANO
VOICE
Inon Barnatan Imogen Cooper* Sullivan Fortner* Marc-André Hamelin Garrick Ohlsson Francesco Piemontesi* Joyce Yang
Anthony Roth Costanzo* Cécile McLorin Salvant Robin Tritschler
DIRECTOR Zack Winokur*
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
CLARINET
Caroline Shaw*
Anthony McGill Osmo Vänskä John Bruce Yeh
ENSEMBLES
Cécile McLorin Salvant Sullivan Fortner*, piano; Marvin Sewell*, guitar; Yasushi Nakamura*, bass; Keita Ogawa*, percussion Dover Quartet Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violins; Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, viola; Camden Shaw, cello Miró Quartet Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello Musicians from The Knights* Colin & Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Directors Eric Jacobsen, Conductor Dance Heginbotham* John Heginbotham, Artistic Director & Choreographer
BASSOON Brad Balliett
TRUMPET
Jens Lindemann*
HORN
David Byrd-Marrow
PERCUSSION Dustin Donahue
HARP
Bridget Kibbey*
FELLOWSHIP ARTIST ENSEMBLES
THEORBO
Paul Holmes Morton*
HARPSICHORD Ruben Valenzuela* Angie Zhang*
Aestas Trio* Wynona Yinuo Wang, piano; Sophia Stoyanovich, violin; Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cello Pelia Quartet* Heejeon Ahn, Delphine Skene, violins; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Nathan Cottrell, cello
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WELCOME TO SUMMERFEST 2022! Composers, like writers or painters, draw on their lives, their experiences, their likes and dislikes, and use them as inspirations in their art. This summer we delve into those early influencers and muses that inspired the creation of some of the greatest music ever written. We’ll spend our time in Paris, where composers, performers, writers, artists, and thinkers mingled and created art in aristocratic salons, cafés, cabarets, or the studios of the fabled conservatoire. We’ll immerse ourselves in the sonic world of Shakespeare, observe the changing of the seasons through Vivaldi’s eyes and ears, and experience the magnetic pull of Wagner on his contemporaries and followers. We’ll hear how Baroque music continues to influence composers to this day, and see how composers and performers working side-by-side can produce a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. I’m thrilled to bring back the Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Clara Wu Tsai, which this summer will feature collaborations between jazz musicians, opera stars, dancers, and choreographers in a truly unique and exciting week of immersive events. I’m also beyond delighted that one of today’s most exciting composers, Caroline Shaw, the youngest composer ever to win a Pulitzer and a superstar of the music world, is joining us as Composer-in-Residence. Besides presenting her new work, co-commissioned by LJMS, she’ll also curate the Takeover @ The JAI concert and join as a performer in several concerts. We also introduce a new Wednesday series that will feature intermission-free concerts featuring some of our most beloved musicians and performers, followed by a party in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd where you can sample exceptional local food and drink and mingle with the musicians and each other. With this fascinating musical journey and this incredible roster of artists, I truly believe you will not want to miss a single concert. For the first time, we have expanded the festival to four weeks, allowing for more space between concerts and a greater opportunity to experience everything. There has never been a better time to subscribe and join us! Inon Barnatan SummerFest Music Director
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Under the Influence La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest returns to The Conrad, expanded to four glorious weeks! Music Director Inon Barnatan has created an ambitious program, evocatively titled “Under the Influence,” exploring the muses that seduced and inspired some of the greatest composers in musical history.
SYNERGY INITIATIVE Produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai
Synergy returns for a truly unique, exciting, and immersive week of collaborations between jazz musicians, opera stars, dancers, and choreographers. Synergy opens with Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, produced in partnership with Lincoln Center. We then move into an exciting week featuring two of the world’s greatest vocalists—Cécile McLorin Salvant and Anthony Roth Costanzo—and an exciting collaboration between The Knights and Dance Heginbotham where attendees will travel our solar system in The Planets. 4 | LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY at THE CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
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OPENING NIGHT: Side by Side FRIDAY, JULY 29 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
VARIOUS
Variations in A Major on a Russian Theme
Blake Pouliot, Tessa Lark, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
CHOPIN-FRANCHOMME BRAHMS BACEWICZ
Grand Duo Concertant on Themes from Robert le Diable Johannes Moser, cello; Joyce Yang, piano
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
Garrick Ohlsson, Inon Barnatan, pianos
Quartet for Four Violins
Simone Porter, Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, Sophia Stoyanovich, violins
CZERNY Quatuor Concertant No.1, Op. 230 Garrick Ohlsson, Inon Barnatan, Joyce Yang, Wynona Yinuo Wang, pianos
PRELUDE 6:30 PM The JAI Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal
Our opening concert brings together compositions written in collaboration with multiple composers or played by multiple performers on the same instruments, all performed by some of the most brilliant chamber musicians of our time. A series of Romantic-era variations culminates in two stunning quartets, Bacewicz’ Quartet for Four Violins and Czerny’s Quartet for Four Pianos, with four of the finest pianists in the world—Garrick Ohlsson, Inon Barnatan, Joyce Yang, and Wynona Yinuo Wang—on stage at once.
Joyce Yang
Garrick Ohlsson
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Wynona Yinuo Wang
Inon Barnatan
POINT COUNTERPOINT
PRELUDE 6:30 PM The JAI Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
SATURDAY, JULY 30 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL Interdependent yet independent, these selections explore the musical concept of counterpoint—the relationship between two or more musical lines or voices, used by composers spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century. The evening includes the world première of a multimedia version of Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, commissioned by La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest, the Synergy Initiative, and Lincoln Center, which will feature clarinetists from all of the Lincoln Center performing ensembles.
VALENTINI
Sonata for Two String Quartets and Bass “EnHarmonic” Simone Porter, Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, Francisco Fullana, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Johannes Moser, Jay Campbell, cellos; Doug Balliett, bass HAYDN
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Tessa Lark, Francisco Fullana, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
Richard O'Neill
STEVE REICH New York Counterpoint SYNERGY COMMISSION Anthony McGill, clarinet
Video Directed by Tristan Cook
MOZART
Fantasy in F Minor for Two Pianos, K.608 (arr. Busoni)
Inon Barnatan, Joyce Yang, pianos
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84 Blake Pouliot, Simone Porter, violins; Richard O’Neill, viola;
Johannes Moser, cello; Garrick Ohlsson, piano
OPEN REHEARSAL Wednesday, July 27 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
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BEYOND BACH SUNDAY, JULY 31 · 3 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL The Baroque period contains riches that inspired composers above any other. We begin with J.S. Bach’s immortal Concerto for Two Violins, and continue to explore some of the most captivating pieces of his era and beyond, with C.P.E. Bach’s (his son) Cello Concerto, Biber’s brilliant and irreverent Battalia, a commentary on the Thirty Year War that engulfed Europe at the time, Grosso Mogul, Vivaldi’s fiery and dazzling concerto, and more.
FALCONIERI
Chaconne in G Major
J.S. BACH
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Strings, BWV 1043
Francisco Fullana, Simone Porter, Kathryn Hatmaker, Heejeon Ahn, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Jay Campbell, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo; Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord Tessa Lark, Blake Pouliot, violins; SummerFest Baroque Ensemble
C.P.E. BACH
Cello Concerto in A Major Johannes Moser, cello; SummerFest Baroque Ensemble
BIBER Battalia à 10 Francisco Fullana, Liza Ferschtman, Simone Porter, violins;
Masumi Per Rostad, Richard O’Neill, Chi-Yuan Chen, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Jay Campbell, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Ruben Valenzuela, harpsichord
RODERICUS RAVEL C.P.E. BACH
Angelorum Psalat Lent from Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 Presto in C Minor, Wq. 114 No. 3, H.230 Simone Porter, violin; Jay Campbell, cello
VIVALDI
Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 “Grosso Mogul”
PRELUDE 2 PM The JAI Lecture by Michael Gerdes
Liza Ferschtman, violin; SummerFest Baroque Ensemble Simone Porter
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Shakespeare’s World
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 · 7 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
What creative genius’ work has permeated the culture and had more influence than that of the Bard himself? Join us for this intermission-free Wednesday evening event as we enjoy music from Shakespeare’s time and hear some of his most famous words composed into song. Following Korngold's popular incidental music for the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, composed in 1920, we conclude with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio, which came out of sketches for an opera based on Macbeth that he never completed. Stay after the concert for a special event in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd to enjoy more music and a feast featuring the best of San Diego's culinary and craft cocktail scene.
PRELUDE 6 PM The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Pelia Quartet
PURCELL If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379
Robin Tritschler, tenor; Doug Balliett, bass; Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo
PURCELL
A Selection of Fantasias
Francisco Fullana, Sophia Stoyanovich, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo
VARIOUS A Selection of Songs by Schubert, Dale, and Vaughn Williams Robin Tritschler, tenor; Francesco Piemontesi, piano KORNGOLD Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
Blake Pouliot, violin; Joyce Yang, piano
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost”
Imogen Cooper, piano; Liza Ferschtman, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello
OPEN REHEARSAL Tuesday, August 2 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Imogen Cooper
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A WEEKEND IN PARIS: The Salon and The Masquerade
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
Salons were the cultural and intellectual hub of Paris; open forums for the city’s most creative minds to engage in thought-provoking and often subversive conversations. These events, along with the famed Masquerade balls, were rife with stirring and seductive new ideas, art, literature, and music. The pieces on this program emerged from these glamorous salons and range from the charming piano duo by Debussy and Sarasate’s devilishly virtuosic Carmen Fantasy to Ravel and Caplet’s decadent and macabre evocations of Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Masque of the Red Death.
DEBUSSY
Petite Suite, for Piano Four-Hands Francesco Piemontesi, Imogen Cooper, piano
CHOPIN
Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 2 Imogen Cooper, piano
VARIOUS
A Selection of Songs by Poulenc, Fauré, and Duparc Robin Tritschler, tenor; Imogen Cooper, piano
CAPLET Conte Fantastique
RAVEL
SARASATE
Bridget Kibbey, harp; Erin Keefe, Alexi Kenney, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello; Doug Balliet, bass
La Valse for Two Pianos Inon Barnatan, Francesco Piemontesi, pianos
Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen, Op. 25 Augustin Hadelich, violin; Joyce Yang, piano
PRELUDE 6:30 PM The JAI Lecture by Jennifer Walker
Alexi Kenney
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A WEEKEND IN PARIS: Le Conservatoire
Step into the famed halls and studios of Le Conservatoire de Paris, the epicenter of Paris’ most innovative musical minds where, whether as student or professor, composers like Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Franck, and Fauré personified the great artistic and intellectual movements of their times.
DEBUSSY Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
PRELUDE 6:30 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Aestas Trio
Bridget Kibbey, harp; Alexi Kenney, Erin Keefe, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello; Doug Balliett, bass
L.BOULANGER Nocturne Alexi Kenney, violin; Bridget Kibbey, harp
FRANCK Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano Augustin Hadelich, violin; Francesco Piemontesi, piano MESSIAEN Theme and Variations Erin Keefe, violin; Inon Barnatan, piano
OPEN REHEARSAL Friday, August 5 Inon Barnatan, piano; Liza Ferschtman, violin; FAURÉ
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
Yura Lee, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello
2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Augustin Hadelich
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A WEEKEND IN PARIS: Beg, Borrow and Steal
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 · 3 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
Composers in Paris took pride in absorbing the artistry of others and building on it to create their own auditory worlds. Composers like Milhaud, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, and Ravel drew inspiration from Baroque composers and idioms to create the masterworks in this concert.
PRELUDE 2 PM The JAI Lecture by Jennifer Walker
COUPERIN
L'Apothéose de Corelli Alexi Kenney, Liza Ferschtman, violins; Sterling Elliott, cello; Angie Zhang, harpsichord
MILHAUD
Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano Erin Keefe, violin; Osmo Vänskä, clarinet; Inon Barnatan, piano
SAINT-SAËNS
Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 65 Liza Ferschtman, Alexi Kenney, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello; Doug Balliett, bass; Jens Lindemann, trumpet; Inon Barnatan, piano
SCHUMANN
Six Canonic Études, Op. 56 (arr. Debussy) Inon Barnatan, Imogen Cooper, pianos
RAVEL
Piano Trio in A Minor Francesco Piemontesi, piano; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello
Liza Ferschtman Inon Barnatan
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Erin Keefe
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 · 7 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
PRELUDE 6 PM The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Aestas Trio
Join us for this special Wednesday evening event at The Conrad as we transport ourselves to the Italian countryside. The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi’s radical violin concerto, is by far the composer’s most popular work. The concerto was one of the first of its kind and, in the right hands, can sound as revolutionary today as it did when it was first heard. The festivities continue after the concert with the best of San Diego’s culinary scene, libations, and more music in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd.
BARRIERE
VIVALDI
Sonata for Two Cellos in G Major, No. 10 Sterling Elliott, Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cellos
The Four Seasons
Tessa Lark (Spring), Liza Ferschtman (Summer), Alexi Kenney (Autumn), Stefan Jackiw (Winter), violins; SummerFest Chamber Orchestra
OPEN REHEARSAL Tuesday, August 9 2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tessa Lark
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THE NEW ROMANTICS PRELUDE 6:30 PM The JAI Lecture by Alex Ross
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL Stirred by the sublime lyricism and expressive richness of the Romantic era, the composers on this evening’s program display passionate intensity and striking emotional honesty. We begin with Schubert’s Quartettsatz, one of the pieces that helped pave the road to the Romantic era, followed by the première of Marc-André Hamelin’s lush Piano Quintet, heard in its recently completed version for the first time, and we end with Dvoˇrák’s Piano Trio in F Minor, perhaps the composer’s most romantic outpouring and one that owes much to his mentor, Johannes Brahms.
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz, D.703 Dover Quartet
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Piano Quintet WORLD PREMIÈRE
Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Dover Quartet
DVOŘÁK
Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
Stefan Jackiw, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano
Dover Quartet Stefan Jackiw
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THE WAGNER EFFECT SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 · 3 PM
PRELUDE 2 PM
THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Pelia Quartet
The complex textures and rich harmonies characteristic of Richard Wagner’s compositions had a magnetic force on the composers featured on this afternoon's program. From Strauss’ lusciously scored and radiantly colorful Sextet from his opera Capriccio and a string version of Berg’s intense Piano Sonata to arrangements and works in honor of Wagner by his own father-in-law, Franz Liszt, this program is a testament to the dominant force of this Romantic master. The program ends with the rarely heard, lushly exuberant Sextet by Hungarian composer Ernst Von Dohnányi for strings, clarinet, and horn.
STRAUSS
Sextet from Capriccio
Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violins; Teng Li, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Clive Greensmith, Camden Shaw, cellos
BERG Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (arr. Müller)
Joel Link, Bryan Lee, violins; Teng Li, Sung Jin Lee, violas; Camden Shaw, Clive Greensmith, cellos
WAGNER
Isolde’s Liebestod (arr. Liszt)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
LISZT At the Grave of Richard Wagner (arr. Barnatan)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Milena Parjaro-Van De Stadt, viola; Nina Lee, cello; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn
DOHNÁNYI
Sextet in C Major, Op. 37 Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Milena Parjaro-Van De Stadt, viola; Nina Lee, cello; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn
Clive Greensmith
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SYNERGY: UNDER THE INFLUENCE Cécile McLorin Salvant
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 · 7 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
This special event transforms The Conrad for the spellbinding, once-in-a-generation vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, a multi-GRAMMY®-winner and MacArthur Fellow. Salvant has a captivating passion for storytelling and weaves together jazz, blues, Baroque, and folk traditions from the world over. This evening's concert will feature works from her new album, Ghost Song, her "most revealing and rewarding album yet" (The New York Times). You’ll leave the concert entranced, but don’t float away too soon. Stick around after the show for the best of San Diego’s culinary scene, craft cocktails, and more live music.
Cécile McLorin Salvant
PRELUDE 6 PM
Sullivan Fortner, piano; Marvin Sewell, guitar; Yasushi Nakamura, bass; Keita Ogawa, percussion
Sullivan Fortner
The JAI Interview with Cécile McLorin Salvant hosted by Robert John Hughes
Marvin Sewell
PRELUDE 6 PM The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Interview with Cécile McLorin Salvant hosted by Dave Drexler Yasushi Nakamura
Keita Ogawa Céclie McLorin Salvant
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SYNERGY: An Evening of Kurt Weill
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
Audiences will be captivated by a newly conceived, semi-staged celebration of Kurt Weill’s extraordinary body of work. Directed by Zack Winokur, one of the most innovative and exciting talents working today, the program features two of the world's most in-demand vocalists: Anthony Roth Costanzo, who became an international sensation and won a GRAMMY® for his portrayal of the pharaoh in Philip Glass’ opera Akhnaten, and GRAMMY® Award-winner Cecile McLorin Salvant, alongside an ensemble of SummerFest musicians for an incomparable evening you will not want to miss. Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocalist Sullivan Fortner, piano Eric Jacobsen, conductor SummerFest Chamber Ensemble, featuring musicians from The Knights
SummerFest Chamber Ensemble: Alex Sopp, flute, piccolo; John Bruce Yeh, Christopher Pell, clarinets; Erik Höltje, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Sycil Mathai, trumpet; Dave Nelson, trombone; Alex Fortes, Emily Daggett Smith, violins; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Nina Lee, cello; Logan Coale, bass; Dustin Donahue, percussion; Sullivan Fortner, piano
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 · 6 PM & 8 PM SYNERGY: The Planets SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 · 3 PM & 5 PM The Knights with Dance Heginbotham THE JAI The Planets is a lightly immersive music, dance, and theater event in which audience members and performers are all equally present and interwoven throughout the playing space. The Knights and Dance Heginbotham guide the audience through our local celestial environment. Focusing on each planet, Gustav Holst's masterpiece propels us from the fiery worlds at the core of our solar system to the icy bodies slowly orbiting in the far distance. The culmination of this tour brings our eyes and ears to rest on the one planet Holst excluded from his composition: the pale blue dot.
HOLST
The Planets, Op. 32 Alex Fortes, Emily Daggett Smith, violins; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Nina Lee, cello; Logan Coale, bass; Alex Sopp, flute, piccolo; Christopher Pell, clarinet; Sycil Mathai, trumpet; Dave Nelson, trombone; Inon Barnatan, piano; Eric Jacobsen, conductor; Dance Heginbotham; John Heginbotham, Artistic Director & Choreographer
PRELUDE AUG 20 · 5 PM | AUG 21 · 2 PM The Atkinson Room Interview with Eric Jacobsen and John Heginbotham hosted by Leah Rosenthal
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Miró Quartet SummerFest welcomes back the fan-favorite Miró Quartet. For more than 25 years, the Miró Quartet has balanced a loyalty to the legacy of the string quartet and a devotion to the future of the form, regularly commissioning new works and collaborating with the finest artists of our time. For this special Wednesday evening event at The Conrad, the Miró partners with the sensational GRAMMY®-winning composer and performer Caroline Shaw, presenting the West Coast première of Microfictions, a new work co-commissioned by La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest, as well as performing Mendelssohn’s energetic and dramatic String Quintet No. 2 with Shaw on viola.
OPEN REHEARSAL Tuesday, August 23
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 · 7 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
CAROLINE SHAW
MENDELSSOHN
Microfictions WEST COAST PREMIÈRE Miró Quartet
String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87 Caroline Shaw, viola; Miró Quartet
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TAKEOVER @ THE JAI WITH CAROLINE SHAW WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 · 8:30 PM THE JAI As the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in music, GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Caroline Shaw strives to create intricate soundscapes that have never been heard before but have always existed. For this season’s Takeover @ The JAI, Shaw will curate a cabaret-style concert of music featuring her award-winning composition Thousandth Orange, along with other works she has selected, composed, and loves. Shaw is joined by the Miró Quartet and other friends, for this evening full of music, cocktails, and conversation.
Caroline Shaw
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NEW WINE, OLD BOTTLES THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL Andrew Wan
Using the instrumentation of some of the most iconic pieces in music—Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Schubert’s Octet and “Trout” Quintet—composers Brahms, Françaix, and Chris Rogerson create their own unique and masterful works.
FRANÇAIX Octet
Anthony McGill, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Brad Balliett, bassoon; Benjamin Beilman, Sophia Stoyanovich, violins; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello; Anthony Manzo, bass
CHRIS ROGERSON Untitled WORLD PREMIÈRE Julie Albers
Wynona Yinuo Wang, piano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Julie Albers, cello, Timothy Cobb, bass
BRAHMS Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
Anthony McGill, clarinet; James Ehnes, Andrew Wan, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello
PRELUDE 6:30 PM The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Aestas Trio Anthony Manzo
Anthony McGill
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FINALE: Metamorphosis FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL An orchestra transformed into a trio, a string orchestra to a septet, and a quartet to a string orchestra—these powerful works not only transform themselves but transport the listeners. The merry pranks of Till Eulenspiegel are followed by the stirring postwar elegy of Metamorphosen in two of Strauss’s most ingenious works, and we close the festival with Schubert’s dramatic and powerful String Quartet re-envisioned by Mahler as an even more dramatic and powerful symphonic work, performed by an all-star string ensemble.
Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! Andrew Wan, violin; Anthony McGill, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Brad Balliett, bassoon; Anthony Manzo, bass STRAUSS-HASENÖHRL
STRAUSS Metamorphosen James Ehnes, Benjamin Beilman, violins; Cynthia Phelps,
Jonathan Vinocour, violas; Julie Albers, Carter Brey, cellos; Timothy Cobb, bass
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Mahler) SummerFest Chamber Orchestra
PRELUDE 6:30 PM The Baker-Baum Concert Hall Performance by Pelia Quartet
James Ehnes
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Coming soon! SummerFest Education Activities Guide With the expansion of the festival, we’re now able to offer nearly 70 Education Activities. From Encounters and Artist Lounges to Coaching Workshops and Open Rehearsals, there’s something for everyone. Check the mail and LJMS.org soon for our SummerFest Education Activities Guide. This guide will provide detailed descriptions and the full schedule of events during the festival.
Fellowship Artists We’re proud to welcome seven talented emerging musicians as our SummerFest 2022 Fellowship Artists. Hailing from Juilliard, The Graduate Center in New York City, and the Emerson String Quartet Institute at Stony Brook University, the Aestas Trio and Pelia Quartet will participate in daily Coaching Workshops, perform in Encounters and Musical Preludes, and share the stage with other SummerFest artists during their residencies in La Jolla.
Aestas Trio
Wynona Yinuo Wang, piano; Sophia Stoyanovich, violin; Andrew Ilhoon Byun, cello
Pelia Quartet Heejeon Ahn, Delphine Skene, violins; Sung Jin Lee, viola; Nathan Cottrell, cello
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John Bruce Yeh
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For more than 50 years, La Jolla Music Society has helped nurture a love of music by keeping one vision in mind: To present diverse programs of great music performed by the best musicians in the world. Today, that vision has reached beyond the intimate beauty of the chamber music ensemble and into new and diverse offerings such as orchestras, jazz ensembles, dance companies, and robust education programs.
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Festival Founding Sponsors Brenda Baker and Steve Baum
SEASON SPONSORS
Synergy Series Producers Inon Barnatan Clara Wu Tsai
SummerFest Chair Maureen Shiftan
Gala Chairs Vivian Lim Dolly Woo
Gala Honorary Chairs
Brenda Baker and Steve Baum
Medallion Society and Festival Sponsors
Brenda Baker and Steve Baum Keith and Helen Kim Judith Bachner and Eric Lasley Angelina and Fred Kleinbub Raffaella and John Belanich Dorothea Laub Joan Jordan Bernstein Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong Mary Ann Beyster Kathleen and Ken Lundgren Bjorn Bjerede and Jo Kiernan Elaine and Doug Muchmore Bob and Ginny Black Arlene and Louis Navias Karen and James Brailean Peggy and Peter Preuss Gordon Brodfuehrer Sylvia and Steven Ré Julie and Bert Cornelison Catherine Rivier Jendy Dennis Endowment Fund Stacy and Don Rosenberg Martha and Ed Dennis Leigh P. Ryan Silvija and Brian Devine Sheryl and Bob Scarano Barbara Enberg Marge and Neal Schmale Sue and Chris Fan Maureen and Tom Shiftan Joy Frieman Susan Shirk and Sam Popkin Pam and Hal Fuson Jeanette Stevens Lehn and Richard Goetz Gloria and Rodney Stone Brenda and Michael Goldbaum Haeyoung Kong Tang Peg and Buzz Peg Gitelson Sue and Peter Wagener Lisa Braun-Glazer and Jeff Glazer Abby and Ray Weiss Margaret Stevens Grossman and Dolly and Victor Woo Michael S. Grossman Bebe and Marvin Zigman John Hesselink Anonymous (2) Teresa and Harry Hixson Listing as of April 2022 Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theresa Jarvis
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SUMMERFEST 202 2 J U L Y 29 - A U G U S T 2 6
JULY 27 WEDNESDAY OPEN REHEARSAL · 2:30 PM
Calendar of Events JULY 31 SUNDAY PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI Lecture by Michael Gerdes
AUGUST 1 MONDAY
2 TUESDAY
3 WEDNESDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI
ARTIST LOUNGE with Joyce Yang hosted by Leah Rosenthal · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
PRELUDE · 6 PM
OPEN REHEARSAL · 2:30 PM
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Shakespeare’s World · 7 PM
8 MONDAY
9 TUESDAY
10 WEDNESDAY
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
ARTIST LOUNGE with Tessa Lark hosted by Leah Rosenthal · 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
PRELUDE · 6 PM
OPEN REHEARSAL · 2:30 PM
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons · 7 PM
15 MONDAY
16 TUESDAY
17 WEDNESDAY
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
ARTIST LOUNGE with Anthony Roth Costanzo
PRELUDE · 6 PM · The JAI
Under the Influence(r) Panel Discussion
BEYOND BACH · 3 PM
7 SUNDAY PRELUDE · 2 PM · The JAI
Fellowship Artist Spotlight I
Lecture by Jennifer Walker
A WEEKEND IN PARIS: Beg, Borrow and Steal · 3 PM
14 SUNDAY PRELUDE · 2 PM
Fellowship Artist Spotlight II
Performance by Pelia Quartet
THE WAGNER EFFECT· 3 PM
Performance by Pelia Quartet
Performance by Aestas Trio
and Zack Winokur hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
Interview with Cécile McLorin Salvant hosted by Dave Drexler
SYNERGY: UNDER THE INFLUENCE Cécile McLorin Salvant · 7 PM
21 SUNDAY
22 MONDAY
23 TUESDAY
24 WEDNESDAY
PRELUDE · 2 PM · The Atkinson Room
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
ARTIST LOUNGE with Caroline Shaw
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Miró Quartet · 7 PM
OPEN REHEARSAL · 3:30 PM
TAKEOVER @ THE JAI WITH CAROLINE SHAW 8:30 PM · The JAI
Interview with Eric Jacobsen and John Heginbotham hosted by Leah Rosenthal
The Planets: The Knights with Dance Heginbotham 3 PM & 5 PM · The JAI
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hosted by Leah Rosenthal 1 PM · The Atkinson Room
28 THURSDAY
29 FRIDAY
30 SATURDAY
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI
Interview with Inon Barnatan hosted by Leah Rosenthal
Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
OPENING NIGHT: Side by Side · 7:30 PM
POINT COUNTERPOINT · 7:30 PM
4 THURSDAY
5 FRIDAY
6 SATURDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI OPEN REHEARSAL · 2:30 PM PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI
Weekend in Paris with Jennifer Walker
Lecture by Jennifer Walker
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Aestas Trio
A WEEKEND IN PARIS: The Salon and The Masquerade · 7:30 PM
A WEEKEND IN PARIS: Le Conservatoire · 7:30 PM
11 THURSDAY
12 FRIDAY
13 SATURDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM · The JAI THE NEW ROMANTICS · 7:30 PM
SummerFest Gala
18 THURSDAY
19 FRIDAY
20 SATURDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI
PRELUDE · 5 PM · The Atkinson Room
The Wagner Effect with Alex Ross
Lecture by Alex Ross
ENCOUNTER · 2 PM · The JAI
25 THURSDAY
Interview with Eric Jacobsen and John Heginbotham hosted by Leah Rosenthal
The Planets: The Knights with Dance Heginbotham 6 PM & 8 PM · The JAI
26 FRIDAY
COACHING WORKSHOPS · 10 AM-12 PM · The JAI PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
PRELUDE · 6:30 PM
Performance by Aestas Trio
Performance by Pelia Quartet
NEW WINE, OLD BOTTLES · 7:30 PM
FINALE: Metamorphosis · 7:30 PM
All events are in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless otherwise noted
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at the Palais Conrad, Paris 1888
Dance for PD® with John Heginbotham
An Evening of Kurt Weill · 7:30 PM
Check the mail for our new SummerFest Education Activities Guide. There you’ll find detailed descriptions and the full schedule for all 70 events, including Encounters, Coaching Workshops, Artist Lounges, Open Rehearsals, and Preludes.
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SummerFest Gala at the Palais Conrad, Paris 1888 Gala Chairs: Vivian Lim and Dolly Woo Gala Honorary Chairs: Brenda Baker and Steve Baum SummerFest Chair: Maureen Shiftan
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022 · 6 PM For more information please contact: Nicole Slavik at 858.526.3425 or visit LJMS.ORG PHOTO CREDITS: Cover: Earth Bolts, by Dorothy Hood,1974 © Pablo Mason; Pg. 2: B. Kibbey © Ronald Smith; Pg. 3: I. Barnatan © Marco Borggreve; Pg. 4: A. Roth Costanzo courtesy of artist; Pg. 5:The Baker-Baum Concert Hall © Steve Uzzell; Pg. 6: J. Yang © KT Kim, G. Ohlsson © Dario Acosta, W. Yinuo Wang courtesy of artist, I. Barnatan © Marco Borggreve; Pg. 7: R. O’Neill courtesy of artist; Pg. 8: S. Porter © Elisha Knight; Pg. 9: I. Cooper © Sussie Ahlburg; Pg. 10: A. Kenney © Mike Grittani; Pg. 11: A. Hadelich © Suxiao Yang; Pg. 12: I. Barnatan © Marco Borggreve, L. Ferschtman © Marco Borggreve, E. Keefe courtesy of artist; Pg. 13: T. Lark © Lauren Desberg; Pg. 14: S. Jackiw © Sangwook Lee, Dover Quartet © Roy Cox; Pg. 15: C. Greensmith © Shayne Gray; Pg. 16: C. McLorin Salvant © Shawn Michael Jones, S. Fortner © Gulnara Khamatova, M. Sewell courtesy of artist, Y. Nakamura, courtesy of artist, K. Ogawa courtesy of artist; Pg. 17: A. Roth Costanzo courtesy of artist; Pg. 18: The Knights © Shervin Lainez, Dance Heginbotham © Liza Voll; Pg. 19: Miró Quartet © Tania Quintanilla; Pg. 20: C. Shaw © Kait Moreno, The JAI Table Service © Stacy Keck; Pg. 21: A. McGill © Eric Rudd, A. Wan courtesy of artist, J. Albers courtesy of artist, A. Manzo © Goodman/Van Riper Photography; Pg. 22: J. Ehnes © Ben Ealovega; Pg. 23: W. Yinuo Wang courtesy of artist, A. Ilhoon Byun courtesy of artist, S. Stoyanovich courtesy of artist,Pelia Quartet © Kevin Kyaw; Pg. 24: F. Piemontesi © Marco Borggreve, O. Vanska © Lisa-Marie Mazzucco, D. Byrd-Marrow courtesy of artist, T. Li courtesy of artist, J. Bruce Yeh © Todd Rosenberg, K. Hatmaker courtesy of artist, Dance Heginbotham © Christopher Duggan
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