
Synergy Series
American Perspectives II: Idealized Landscapes
Prelude Interview with Tristan Cook and Zac Nicholson hosted by Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal · 6:30 PM
Part of
Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring captures an idealized America, one of open fields and endless possibilities. This program features a performance of Appalachian Spring in its original 13 instrument version, and integrates film, dance and visual arts with the works of composers Charles Ives, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriela Lena Frank, each piece conjuring the American Landscape in its own unique way.
IVES
The Unanswered Question
(Film by Ethan Bensdorf)
CAROLINE SHAW
Plan & Elevation: The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks
(Film by Tristan Cook)
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Contested Eden WORLD PREMIÈRE
(Film featuring Molly Katzman & Co.)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
JOHN WILLIAMS
Air and Simple Gifts
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring Suite
Featured Artists

Attacca Quartet
ensemble
Attacca Quartet

Brad Balliett
bassoon
Brad Balliett

Efe Baltacigil
cello
Efe Baltacigil

Inon Barnatan
piano
Inon Barnatan
“One of the most admired pianists of his generation” (New York Times), Inon Barnatan has received universal acclaim for his “uncommon sensitivity” (The New Yorker), “impeccable musicality and phrasing” (Le Figaro), and his stature as “a true poet of the keyboard: refined, searching, unfailingly communicative” (The Evening Standard). A multifaceted musician, Barnatan is equally celebrated as soloist, curator and collaborator.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1979, Inon Barnatan started playing the piano at the age of three after his parents discovered he had perfect pitch, and made his orchestral debut at age 11. His musical education connects him to some of the 20th century’s most illustrious pianists and teachers: he studied first with Professor Victor Derevianko, who, himself, studied with the Russian master Heinrich Neuhaus; and in 1997 he moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Maria Curcio—a student of the legendary Artur Schnabel—and with Christopher Elton. Today Barnatan performs at all the great halls of the world, collaborating and recording with the top chamber and classical conductors, orchestras, and musicians.

Benjamin Beilman
violin
Benjamin Beilman

Timothy Cobb
bass
Timothy Cobb

Stefan Jackiw
violin
Stefan Jackiw

Eric Jacobsen
conductor
Eric Jacobsen

Rose Lombardo
flute
Rose Lombardo

Mary Lynch
oboe
Mary Lynch

Pamela Vliek Martchev
flute
Pamela Vliek Martchev

Anthony McGill
clarinet
Anthony McGill

Roman Rabinovich
piano
Roman Rabinovich

Masumi Per Rostad
viola