La Jolla Music Society
Point Counterpoint
Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano · 6:30 PM · The JAI
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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”
HAYDN
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
STEVE REICH
New York Counterpoint
Synergy Commission*
MOZART
Fantasy in F Minor for Two Pianos, K.608 (arr. Busoni)
ELGAR
Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
*This video was co-commissioned by La Jolla Music Society and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Synergy Initiative, produced by Inon Barnatan and Clara Wu Tsai.
Artists on this program
Doug Balliett
bass
Doug Balliett
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.
Francisco Fullana
violin
Francisco Fullana
Sung Jin Lee
viola
Sung Jin Lee
Tessa Lark
violin
Tessa Lark
Anthony McGill
clarinet
Anthony McGill
Johannes Moser
cello
Johannes Moser
Garrick Ohlsson
piano
Garrick Ohlsson
Richard O'Neill
viola
Richard O'Neill
Blake Pouliot
violin
Blake Pouliot
Masumi Per Rostad
viola
Masumi Per Rostad
Joyce Yang
piano