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.