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SUMMERFEST HIGHLIGHTS: 2024

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

Performed by Inon Barnatan, piano; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello. Video by Tristan Cook.

Brahms’ String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18

Performed by Yura Lee, Jack Liebeck, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, Brian Isaacs, violas; Paul Watkins, Kyril Zlotnikov, cellos. Video by Tristan Cook.

Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings

Performed by the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra. Video by Tristan Cook.

Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10

Performed by Anthony McGill, clarinet; Jack Liebeck, Njioma Grevious, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Kyril Zlotnikov, cello. Video by Tristan Cook.

Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending

Performed by Anthony McGill, clarinet; Jack Liebeck, Njioma Grevious, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Kyril Zlotnikov, cello. Video by Tristan Cook.

SummerFest Highlights: 2023

Thomas Adès: Alchymia (US Premiere)

Mark Simpson, clarinet; Alexi Kinney, Anthony Marwood, violins; Rebecca Albers, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello

Brahms: Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Opus 114

Anthony McGill, clarinet; Clive Greensmith, cello; Conrad Tao, piano

Chausson: ***Poème*, Opus 25**

Augustin Hadelich, violin; Elliot Wuu, piano; Quartet Integra: Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno, violins; Itsuki Yamamoto, viola; Anri Tsukiji, cello

F. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major

Augustin Hadelich, Andrew Wan, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola, Julie Albers, cello

Messiaen: Abîme des Oiseaux from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps

Anthony McGill, clarinet

Perkinson: Blue/s Forms

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Freddie Mercury and Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody for Five Cellos and Piano (arr. Barnatan) (World premiere)

Clive Greensmith, Julie Albers, Sterling Elliott, Anri Tsukiji, Julia Lee, cellos; Inon Barnatan, piano

Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet

Andrew Wan, Augustin Hadelich, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello

Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D.929

Inon Barnatan, piano; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Tchaikovsky: Sextet for Strings in D Minor, Opus 70 “Souvenir de Florence”

Stefan Jackiw, Andrew Wan, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, Matthew Lipman, violas; Juie Albers, Sterling Elliott, cellos

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 67

Stefan Jackiw, violin; Sterling Elliott, cello; Conrad Tao, piano

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, opus 48

SummerFest String Orchestra
Andrew Wan, concertmaster; Stefan Jackiw, Jeff Thayer, Kathryn Hatmaker, Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno, Max Tan, violins; Matthew Lipman, Jonathan Vinocour, Chi-Yuan Chen, Itsuki Yamamoto, violas; Julia Albers, Clive Greensmith, Julia Lee, cellos; Samuel Hager, bass

SummerFest 2022

Relive the best of SummerFest 2022 with this series of four captivating digital concerts.

Episode 4

Liszt – At the Grave of Richard Wagner (arr. Barnatan)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, viola; Nina Lee, cello; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn

Dohnanyi – Sextet in C Major, Op. 37
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Milena Pajaro-Van De Stadt, viola; Nina Lee, cello; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; David Byrd-Marrow, horn

Schubert – String Quartet in D Minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden” (arr. Mahler)
SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

Episode 3

Strauss: Metamorphosen
James Ehnes, Benjamin Beilman, violins; Cynthia Phelps, Jonathan Vinocour, violas; Julie Albers, Carter Brey, cellos; Timothy Cobb, bass

L. Boulanger: Nocturne
Alexi Kenney, violin; Bridget Kibbey, harp

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1
Inon Barnatan, piano; Liza Ferschtman, violin; Yura Lee, viola; Efe Baltacigil, cello

Episode 2

Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
Inon Barnatan, piano; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello

– Modéré
– Pantoum: Assez vif
– Passacaille: Très large
– Finale: Animé

Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
Anthony McGill, clarinet; James Ehnes, Andrew Wan, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello

– Allegro
– Adagio
– Andantino; Presto non assai, con sentimento
– Con moto

Episode 1

Sarasate: Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen, Op. 25
Augustin Hadelich, violin; Joyce Yang, piano

Shaw: Microfictions (West Coast première)
Miró Quartet; Caroline Shaw, narrator

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Tessa Lark (Spring), Liza Ferschtman (Summer), Alexi Kenney (Autumn), Stefan Jackiw (Winter), violins; SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

SummerFest 2021

You can stream past SummerFest Education and Community Programming events, here.

Dive into Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet performed as part of La Jolla SummerFest’s 2021 Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.

Revel in the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra’s performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue as part of La Jolla SummerFest’s 2021 Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.

Enjoy the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra’s performance on Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite as part of La Jolla SummerFest’s 2021 Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.

https://youtu.be/EfSqvsxuxqw

Relive Augustin Hadelich’s stunning performance of John Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices as part of La Jolla SummerFest’s 2021 Synergy Initiative, co-produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.

Education Ambassador Project: Spring Flight

As La Jolla Music Society’s second annual Education Ambassadors, Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion and dancers from Movements 4 Movements worked with San Diego students on an innovative composition and choreography project.

Over the course of two months, music and dance students from The Bishop’s School, Mira Mesa High School, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts joined forces online with these talented artists—all educators in their own right—to create a new work titled, Spring Flight. The work, featuring original composition and dance, echoes the brilliant world premiere of Metamorphosis performed by the Third Coast Percussion with Quentin Robinson and Ron Myles in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall in November 2020.