This Week at SummerFest
Week of July 28
Encounter feat. Alex Ross: The American Sound
Wednesday, July 28 • 2 PM
The JAI
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century and music critic for The New Yorker, Alex Ross returns to the festival offering an in-depth exploration of the history of film-scoring through the decades. Discover the history of this majestic cinematic music before you hear it in concert on August 15 at American Perspectives IV: The Silver Score.
Coaching Workshops
Thursday, July 29 • The JAI
10 AM • Inon Barnatan coaches Trio Syzygy on Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
11 AM • Jun Iwasaki coaches Balourdet String Quartet on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Free Admission · Limited Seating
Artist Lounge with Kings Return
Thursday, July 29 • 2 PM
The Atkinson Room
The spark of creativity is unique for every individual. New this year—and inspired by the theme of Self + Sound—the Artist Lounge is an intimate, in-depth conversation hosted by Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal. Come discover more about vocal sensation Kings Return.
Coaching Workshops
Friday, July 30 • The JAI
10 AM • A member of Calidore String Quartet coaches Balourdet String Quartet on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
11 AM • Tessa Lark coaches Trio Syzygy on Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Free Admission · Limited Seating
Open Rehearsal I
Thursday, July 29 • 5 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Open Rehearsals provide audience members with the rare opportunity to observe the intricate rehearsal process before the stage lights shine.
Paul Huang, Jun Iwasaki, Jonathan Vinocour, Alisa Weilerstein, and the Calidore String Quartet rehearse Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20.
Opening Night: Ode to Joy
Friday, July 30 • 7:30 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Prelude Interview with SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan Hosted by Eric Bromberger • 6:30 PM
The JAI
Opening Night celebrates the return to live music with a collection of joyous works curated by our SummerFest musicians. The concert concludes with a miracle of youth: the Mendelssohn Octet, which was written when the composer was just 16 and lives on as one of the most joyful pieces of chamber music ever written.
BEETHOVEN/LISZT
“Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9
(arr. for two pianos)
MOZART/GRIEG
Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545
(arr. for two pianos)
KREISLER
Londonderry Air
JOHN ADAMS
40% Swing from Road Movies
DE FALLA
Suite Populaire Espagnole
OLA GJEILO
Ubi Caritas
HAWKINS
Until I Found The Lord
I N T E R M I S S I O N
MENDELSSOHN
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major,
Op. 20
Synergy Initiative
American Perspectives I
Goin’ Home
Saturday, July 31 • 7:30 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Prelude Interview with Kings Return and SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan hosted by Eric Bromberger • 6:30 PM
The JAI
When Dvorák discovered African-American spirituals, sung to him by his student, he was moved to write the New World Symphony and proclaim that American composers should base their music on these wonderful songs. In our first Synergy event in 2021 and a one-of-a-kind evening, the sensational Kings Return gospel quartet will interweave their unique arrangements of spirituals, old and new, with string pieces by composers who were inspired by these songs, such as Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, culminating in one of Dvorák’s chamber masterpieces, the American String Quintet.
DVORÁK
Goin’ Home (arr. Barnatan)
PRICE
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint
DVORÁK
Lento from String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 “American”
BURLEIGH
An Ante-Bellum Sermon from Plantation Melodies
WYNTON MARSALIS
Many Gone from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
DVORÁK
Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “American”
P A U S E
The concert continues in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd with a performance by Kings Return
The Artist as Muse
Sunday, August 1 • 3 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Prelude lecture by Eric Bromberger • 2 PM
The JAI
Throughout history, the muse has played an important role as a source of creative inspiration. The muses that inspired the composers on this program were, themselves, some of the most celebrated artists of their time— virtuosos of the violin, cello and clarinet, as well as one of the most celebrated ballet companies in history.
DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Minor
BRITTEN
Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 65
I N T E R M I S S I O N
STRAVINSKY
Three movements from Petrushka
MOZART
Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
Coaching Workshops
Monday, August 2 • The JAI
10 AM • Paul Huang coaches Trio Syzygy on Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
11 AM • A member of Attacca Quartet coaches Balourdet String Quartet on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Free Admission · Limited Seating
Coaching Workshops
Tuesday, August 3 • The JAI
10 AM • A member of Attacca Quartet coaches Balourdet String Quartet on Brahms’ String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 or Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
11 AM • Roman Rabinovich coaches Trio Syzygy on Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 or Ives’ Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
Free Admission · Limited Seating