SummerFest Commission History

BRUCE ADOLPHE Couple (1999) David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano Oceanophony (2003) Bruce Adolphe, conductor; Marisela Sager, flute; Frank Renk, clarinet; Ryan Simmons, bassoon; Aiyun Huang, percussion; Marija Stroke, piano; Tereza Stanislav, violin; Richard Belcher, cello; Allan Rickmeier, bass Into a Cloud (2005) Bruce Adolphe, narrator; Zheng Huang, oboe; Jun Iwasaki, violin; Erin Nolan, viola; Davin Rubicz, cello; Marija Stroke, piano Zephyronia (2006) Imani Winds MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE Quartet for Piano and Strings (2012) Yura Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Felix Fan, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano RICHARD DANIELPOUR Clarinet Quintet “The Last Jew in Hamadan” (2015) Burt Hara, clarinet; Verona Quartet

BRETT DEAN Epitaphs for String Quintet (2010) Brett Dean, viola; Orion String Quartet Seven Signal (2019) Joseph Morris, clarinet; Qian Wu, piano; Liza Ferschtman, violin; Felix Fan, cello

FRANGHIZ ALI-ZADEH Sabah (morning/tomorrow/in the future) (2003) Aleck Karis, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Felix Fan, cello; Wu Man, pipa

JULIAN ANDERSON String Quartet No. 2 “300 Weihnachtslieder” (2014) FLUX Quartet

CLARICE ASSAD Synchronous (2015) Liang Wang, oboe; Andrew Wan, Fabiola Kim, violins; Robert Brophy, viola; JeongHyoun “Christine” Lee, cello

SÉRGIO ASSAD Candido Scarecrow (2014) The Assad Brothers

DEREK BERMEL Death with Interruptions (2014) David Chan, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; John Novacek, piano

CHEN YI Ancient Dances (2004)

I. Ox Tail Dance

II. Hu Xuan Dance David Schifrin, clarinet; Andre-Michel Schub, piano Night Thoughts (2004) Catherine Ransom, flute; Keith Robinson, cello; Andre-Michel Schub, piano

STEWART COPELAND Retail Therapy (2009) Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Nico Abondolo, bass; Frank Renk, bass clarinet; Stewart Copeland, drums; Joyce Yang, piano

CHICK COREA String Quartet No. 1, The Adventures of Hippocrates (2004) Orion String Quartet DAVID DEL TREDICI Bullycide (2013) Orion Weiss, piano; DaXun Zhang, bass; Shanghai Quartet

GABRIELA LENA FRANK Contested Eden (2021) Canto para California in extremis Attacca Quartet

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN String Quartet (2016) Hai-Ye Ni, cello; Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

JOHN HARBISON String Quartet (2002) Orion String Quartet Crossroads (2013) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Peggy Pearson, oboe; Linden String Quartet; Nico Abondolo, bass

STEPHEN HARTKE Sonata for Piano Four-Hands (2014) Orion Weiss, Anna Polonsky, piano

JOEL HOFFMAN of Deborah, for Deborah (2015) Nancy Allen, harp; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Toby Hoffman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello

HUANG RUO Real Loud (2018) Real Quiet

TOSHI ICHIYANAGI String Quartet No. 5 (2008) FLUX Quartet

PIERRE JALBERT Piano Quintet (2017) Juho Pohjonen, piano Rolsoton String Quartet AARON JAY KERNIS Perpetual Chaconne (2012) John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Calder Quartet

LEON KIRCHNER String Quartet No. 4 (2006) Orion String Quartet

DAVID LANG String Quartet “almost all the time” (2014) FLUX Quartet

LEI LIANG Vis-à-vis, for Pipa and Percussion (2018) Wu Man, pipa; Steven Schick, percussion

MAGNUS LINDBERG Konzertstück for Cello and Piano (2006) Anssi Karttunen, cello; Magnus Lindberg, piano

JACQUES LOUSSIER Divertimento (2008) Jacques Loussier Trio; SoJin Kim, Shih-Kai Lin, violins; Elzbieta Weyman, viola; Yves Dharamraj, cello; Mark Dresser, bass

JULIAN MILONE La Muerte del Angel (arr. movement from Piazzolla’s Tango Suite) (2008) Gil Shaham, Kyoko Takezawa, Cho-Liang Lin, Margaret Batjer, violins; Chris Hanulik, bass

TAMAR MUSKAL Facing the Automaton (2021) Steven Schick, percussion; Joseph Morris, clarinet, Brad Balliett, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; David Chan, Justin DeFilippis, violins; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Joshua Roman, cello; David Grossman, bass, Chelsea de Souza, piano

MARC NEIKRUG Ritual (2007) Real Quiet A Song by Mahler (2018) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Kelly Markgraf, bass-baritone; David Shifrin, clarinet; FLUX Quartet; Doug Fitch, director; Nicholas Houfek, lighting design

MARK O’CONNOR String Quartet No. 2 “Bluegrass” (2005) Mark O‘Connor, Cho-Liang Lin, violins; Carol Cook, viola; Natalie Haas, cello

ANDRÉ PREVIN Vocalise (1996) Ashley Putnam, soprano; David Finckel, cello

CHRISTOPHER ROUSE String Quartet No. 3 (2010) Calder Quartet

KAIJA SAARIAHO Serenatas (2008) Real Quiet

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Lachen verlernt (Laughing Unlearnt) (2002) Cho-Liang Lin, violin

PETER SCHICKELE Spring Ahead Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet (2015) Burt Hara, clarinet; Huntington Quartet

LALO SCHIFRIN Letters from Argentina (2005) Lalo Schifrin, piano; David Schifrin, clarinet; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Nestor Marconi, bandoneón; Pablo Aslan, bass; Satoshi Takeishi, percussion

PAUL SCHOENFIELD Sonata for Violin and Piano (2009) Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano

GUNTHER SCHULLER Quintet for Horn and Strings (2009) Julie Landsman, horn; Miro Quartet

BRIGHT SHENG Three Fantasies (2006) Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Andre-Michel Schub, piano Northen Lights, for Violon, Cello and Piano (2010) Lynn Harrell, cello; Victor Asuncion, piano

SEAN SHEPHERD Oboe Quartet (2011) Liang Wang, oboe; Jennifer Koh, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Felix Fan, cello String Quartet No. 2 (2015) FLUX Quartet

HOWARD SHORE A Palace Upon the Ruins (A Song Cycle) (2014) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Catherine Ransom Karoly, flute; Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Andrew Staupe, piano; Julie Smith Phillips, harp; Dustin Donahue, percussion

WAYNE SHORTER Terra Incognita (2006) Imani Winds

STEVEN STUCKY Sonata for Violin and Piano (2013) Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Bells Ring Summer (2000) David Finckel, cello

CONRAD TAO Movement II from “All I had forgotten or tried to” (2019) Stephan Jackiw, violin; Conrad Tao, piano

JOAN TOWER Big Sky (2000) Chee-Yun, violin; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano Trio La Jolla (2007) (Renamed Trio CAVANY) Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello; Andre-Michel Schub, piano White Granite (2011) Margaret Batjer, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Joshua Roman, cello; Andre-Michel Schub, piano

GEORGE TSONTAKIS Stimulus Package (2009) Real Quiet

CHINARY UNG AKASA: “Formless Spiral” (2010) Real Quiet

JOHN WILLIAMS Quartet La Jolla (2011) Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Deborah Hoffman, harp

CYNTHIA LEE WONG Piano Quartet (2011) Joyce Yang, piano; Martin Beaver, violin; Kazuhide Isomura, viola; Felix Fan, cello

XIAOGANG YE Gardenia for String Quartet and Pipa (2017) Wu Man, pipa; Miro Quartet

ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass and Piano (2011) Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; Michael Tree, viola; Harold Robinson, bass Pas de Trois (2016) Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio