La Jolla Music Society SummerFest Renewal Brochure

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SummerFest 2024 celebrates Inside Stories:

Embark on a journey of musical storytelling at La Jolla Summerfest 2024, with the captivating theme “Inside Stories.” This year, the festival transforms into a vibrant canvas where emotions, tales, and the profound depths of human experience are painted in the universal language of music. With an exquisite lineup of world-renowned artists, we’ll be transported into the heart of narratives that span the spectrum of life itself—stories of resilience, heartbreak, love, scandal, and triumph.

ALL PERFORMANCES IN THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

FRIDAY, JULY 26 7:30 PM

OPENING NIGHT

A Deal with the Devil

Step into the spellbinding world of The Soldier’s Tale by Stravinsky, the classic tale of a soldier’s pact with the devil reimagined in an electrifying new production conducted by Thomas Adès, featuring hand-drawn animation, live puppetry and powerful storytelling by the groundbreaking company Paper Cinema. It will be an opening night like no other—join us for a truly magical evening of devilish delights.

LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514

TARTINI Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo

“The Devil’s Trill”

PAGANINI Caprice No.24 in A Minor

STRAVINSKY L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)

Thomas Adès, Augustin Hadelich, Eleni Katz, Alexi Kenney, Anthony Manzo, Chris Coletti, James Miller, Mark Simpson, Michael Yeung, The Paper Cinema

SATURDAY, JULY 27 7:30 PM

DANSE MACABRE

YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor “Obsession”

SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre for Violin and Piano, Op. 40 MARTIN BUTLER Dirty Beasts

THOMAS ADÈS Catch

RAVEL La Valse for Two Pianos

SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”

Thomas Adès, Inon Barnatan, Jay Campbell, Nicholas Daniel, Augustin Hadelich, Eleni Katz, Alexi Kenney, Tessa Lark, Teng Li, Rose Lombardo, Jennifer Montone, Mark Simpson, Jonathan Swensen, Andrew Wan

SUNDAY, JULY 28 3 PM

PASSIONS AND STORMS

JANÁ ˇ CEK String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” Selections from On an Overgrown Path Violin Sonata

THOMAS ADÈS Suite from Tempest for Violin and Piano

BEETHOVEN Kreutzer Sonata, Op. 47 (arr. for string quintet)

Thomas Adès, Jay Campbell, Augustin Hadelich, Alexi Kenney, Tessa Lark, Teng Li, Jonathan Swensen, Andrew Wan

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 7 PM

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Amadeus

This moving experience features a live solo performance of excerpts from Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning play Amadeus.

MOZART Serenade No. 10 for Winds “Gran Partita”

Claire Brazeau, Jonathan Cohen, Nicholas Daniel, Taylor Eiffert, Eleni Katz, Tommaso Lonquich, Anthony Manzo, Mike McCoy, Jennifer Montone, Max Opferkuch, Mark Simpson, Tricia Skye, Kaylet Torrez, Leyla Zamora

Augustin Hadelich

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 7 PM

TAKEOVER @ THE BAKER-BAUM

Curated by Thomas Adès

FRANCISCO COLL Turia

THOMAS ADÈS Forgotten Dances

DE FALLA Concerto for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello

Thomas Adès, Inon Barnatan, Nicholas Daniel, Emi Ferguson, Tommaso Lonquich, Sean Shibe, Mark Simpson, Michael Yeung

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 7:30 PM

BAROQUE FANTASIA

TELEMANN Don Quixote Suite

PURCELL Excerpts from The Fairy Queen

VIVALDI Flute Concerto in G Minor, RV 439 “La Notte”

REBEL Les Éléments

Jay Campbell, Jonathan Cohen, Nicole Divall, Emi Ferguson, Alexi Kenney, Tessa Lark, Rose Lombardo, Anthony Manzo, Jonathan Swensen, Michael Yeung

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 7:30 PM

RESILIENCE

F. MENDELSSOHN Piano trio in D Minor, Op. 11

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

SCHULHOFF Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80

Jay Campbell, Nicholas Daniel, Nicole Divall, Eleni Katz, Erin Keefe, Tessa Lark, Tommaso Lonquich, Sean Shibe, Joyce Yang

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 3 PM

SUITE

STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker Suite for Two Pianos

J.S. BACH Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (arr. for marimba)

PIAZZOLLA Histoire du Tango

Inon Barnatan, Erin Keefe, Tessa Lark, Sean Shibe, Joyce Yang, Michael Yeung

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 7 PM

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS:

Mozart & Pärt

ARVO PÄRT Solfeggio

MOZART String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”

ARVO PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel

MOZART Duo for Violin and Cello

ARVO PÄRT Fratres

Nicole Divall, Sterling Elliott, Stefan Jackiw, Erin Keefe, Blake Pouliot, Alisa Weilerstein, VOCES8

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 7:30 PM

GRATITUDE

J.S. BACH Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 VARIOUS Choral Works by Rachmaninoff, Gibbons, Caroline Shaw

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”

Inon Barnatan, Sterling Elliott, Stefan Jackiw, Alisa Weilerstein, VOCES8

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 3 PM

IN LOVING MEMORY

RAVEL

Duo for Violin and Cello

ARENSKY Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32

FAURÉ Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48

Inon Barnatan, Sterling Elliott, Stefan Jackiw, Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Matthew Lipman, Ludovic Morlot, Julie Smith Phillips, Blake Pouliot, Ruben Valenzuela, Alisa Weilerstein, VOCES8

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 7 PM

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Notes on a Scandal

GESUALDO Two Madrigals (arr. for string quintet)

DEBUSSY Six Épigraphes Antiques for Piano Four-Hands

FRANCK Piano Quintet in F Minor

Inon Barnatan, Matthew Lipman, Masumi Per Rostad, Simone Porter, Blake Pouliot, Conrad Tao, Paul Wiancko, SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

COUNTERPOINT II

La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest & Synergy Initiative Commission

Conrad Tao, piano & Caleb Teicher, tap

Back by popular demand, pianist and composer Conrad Tao and choreographer Caleb Teicher return to The Conrad after their riveting performance of Counterpoint in 2022. In partnership with The Ventura Music Festival, the West Coast Premiere of Counterpoint II will feature irresistible music and dance including selections from Mozart’s Le nozze de Figaro and Bernstein’s West Side Story, alongside new work composed and created by Tao and Teicher.

Paul Watkins

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 7:30 PM

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

RACHMANINOFF et al. Rachmaninoff Songbook

ROZSA Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15a

REENA ESMAIL Fantasia from String Quartet “Ragamala”

TERRY RILEY G Song

JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List

JOHN ADAMS Selections from John’s Book of Alleged Dances

Matthew Lipman, Blake Pouliot, Matthew Lipman, Masumi Per Rostad, Simone Porter, Conrad Tao, Paul Wiancko

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 7 PM

MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS: Instrumental Stories

BARTÓK Contrasts

MICHI WIANCKO Lullaby for the Transient

BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18

James Ehnes, Yura Lee, Jack Liebeck, Anthony McGill, Simone Porter, Jonathan Vinocour, Gilles Vonsattel, Paul Watkins, Paul Wiancko, Kyril Zlotnikov

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 7:30 PM

THE ROAD TO VICTORY

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso”

BRIDGE Cello Sonata, H. 125

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10

James Ehnes, Yura Lee, Jack Liebeck, Anthony McGill, Simone Porter, Jonathan Vinocour, Gilles Vonsattel, Paul Watkins, Kyril Zlotnikov

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 7:30 PM

SUMMERFEST FINALE A Song and Dance

PAUL SCHOENFIELD Selections from Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending

BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22

Inon Barnatan, Dustin Donahue, James Ehnes, Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Sidney Hopson, Yura Lee, Jack Liebeck, Anthony McGill, Simone Porter, Jonathan Vinocour, Gilles Vonsattel, Paul Watkins, Kyril Zlotnikov, SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

Alisa Weilerstein

Anthony McGill

Simone Porter

Joyce Yang

Anthony Manzo

SUBSCRIPTION

CONCERTS @ The JAI

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8

6 & 8:30 PM

JAZZ @ THE JAI BRANDEE YOUNGER TRIO

“

Younger has almost single-handedly made a persuasive argument for the harp’s role in contemporary jazz”

— The New York Times

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

6 & 8:30 PM

JAZZ @ THE JAI DAN TEPFER

Natural Machines

Dan Tepfer explores the intersection between natural and mechanical processes, improvising at the piano and interacting both musically and visually in real time with computer-written programs in this innovative performance that marries sound and vision like no other.

SYNERGY INITIATIVE

The Synergy Initiative is a series co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai which invites top creators of music, dance, spoken word and visual arts to collaborate across their different art forms and produce performances that inspire our audiences in unexpected and powerful ways.

WEDNESDAYS FOLLOWING MIDWEEK MASTERWORKS MIDWEEK

CHEERS!

Join your fellow concertgoers for a celebratory toast in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd following each Wednesday concert. Enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne at these intermission-less concerts.

Brandee Younger

Thomas Adès

Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher

Stefan Jackiw

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SummerFest features the best classical musicians from around the globe. In 2024, this phenomenal roster will also offer once-in-a-lifetime experiences from celebrated artists such as The Paper Cinema, VOCES8, Thomas Adès, and Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher. Book your package today!

2024 ARTIST ROSTER Music Director Inon Barnatan

VIOLIN

James Ehnes

Augustin Hadelich

Erin Keefe

Stefan Jackiw

Alexi Kenney

Tessa Lark

Yura Lee

Jack Liebeck*

Simone Porter

Blake Pouliot

Andrew Wan

VIOLA

Nicole Divall*

Yura Lee

Teng Li

Matthew Lipman

Masumi Per Rostad

Jonathan Vinocour

CELLO

Jay Campbell

Sterling Elliott

Jonathan Swensen*

Paul Watkins

Alisa Weilerstein

Paul Wiancko

Kyril Zlotnikov*

BASS

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris

Anthony Manzo

PIANO

Thomas Adès

Inon Barnatan

Conrad Tao

Gilles Vonsattel

Joyce Yang

FLUTE

Emi Ferguson*

Rose Lombardo

CLARINET

Tommaso Lonquich*

Anthony McGill

Mark Simpson

BASSET HORN

Taylor Eiffert*

Max Opferkuch*

OBOE

Claire Brazeau*

Nicholas Daniel*

BASSOON

Eleni Katz

Leyla Zamora

HORN

Jennifer Montone

Kaylet Torrez

Mike McCoy

Tricia Skye

TRUMPET

Chris Coletti*

TROMBONE

James Miller*

GUITAR

Sean Shibe*

HARP

Julie Smith Phillips

PERCUSSION

Dustin Donahue

Sidney Hopson

Michael Yeung*

CONDUCTOR

Jonathan Cohen*

Ludovic Morlot*

ORGAN

Ruben Valenzuela

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE

Thomas Adès

DANCER

Caleb Teicher*

ENSEMBLES

Brandee Younger Trio*

Brandee Younger, harp

Rashaan Carter, bass

Allan Mednard, drums

Dan Tepfer* — Natural Machines

The Paper Cinema*

Nicholas Rawling, illustrator and artistic director

Chris Reed, musical director

VOCES8*

Andrea Haines, Molly Noon, sopranos; Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto; Barnaby Smith, countertenor; Blake Morgan, Euan Williamson, tenors; Christopher Moore, Dominic Carver, basses

FILMMAKER-IN-RESIDENCE

Tristan Cook

*SummerFest debut

SATURDAY,

Blake Pouliot

Festival Founding Sponsors: Steve Baum and Brenda Baker