Welcome to the
30th Anniversary Season!
June 9 – July 17, 2011
Shalin Liu Performance Center
(37 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts)
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Rockport Chamber Music Festival and Summer Jazz, World & Pop artist recordings
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A limited number of free tickets are available to youths 18 and under for most concerts. Students 19 to 26 may purchase tickets for $12 with student ID. (HD Broadcasts not included) Youth tickets not available online. Please call the Box Office, 978-546-7391 (M-F, 10 - 4). Programs and artists are subject to change.
Thursday, June 9, 7:30 pm*
OPENING NIGHT
DAVID ALPHER, composer and pianist
IKARUS CHAMBER PLAYERS:
ANNA ELASHVILI, violin
MARGARET DYER, viola
JULIA MacLAINE, cello
ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin
ANDRÉS DÍAZ, cello
DAVID DEVEAU, piano
BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 2
DAVID ALPHER: Song Without Wordsfor piano, violin, viola and cello, in Memory of Lila Deis
Commissioned by Rockport Music to honor the memory of co-founder Lila Deis
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Following the concert, audience members are invited to a celebratory gathering in the third-floor Reception Hall hosted by Welch & Forbes LLC.
*Please note early start time
Friday, June 10, 8 pm
MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY
ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin
ANDRÉS DÍAZ, cello;
WENDY CHEN, piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in C Major for Piano Duet, K. 521
XI WANG: Rhapsody for solo cello (2006)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
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Saturday, June 11, 8 pm
STEFAN JACKIW, violin
and GILLES VONSATTEL, piano
STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne
BRAHMS: Sonata in G Major, Op. 78
DALLAPICCOLA: Sonatina Canonica for solo piano
R. STRAUSS: Sonata in E-flat Major
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Sunday, June 12, 5 pm
A FAR CRY
The Self-Conducted String Orchestra
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
BARTÓK: Divertimento for String Orchestra
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No.7
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Thursday, June 16, 8 pm
JUPITER STRING QUARTET
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: 12 Microludes for string quartet
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 (with the original Grosse Fuge finale)
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Friday, June 17, 8 pm
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, piano
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI:34
STOCKHAUSEN: Klavierstück IX (1955-1961)
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
LISZT: Rémìniscences de Norma
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Saturday, June 18, 8 pm
JUPITER STRING QUARTET with
MARK NUCCIO, clarinet
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
BARTÓK: Quartet No. 3
BRAHMS: Trio in A minor, Op. 114 for clarinet, cello and piano
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Sunday, June 19, 5 pm
CLAREMONT TRIO with MARK NUCCIO, clarinet
FRANK MARTIN: Trio on Irish Folk Tunes
FANNY MENDELSSOHN/HENSEL: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time
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Thursday, June 23, 8 pm
ANDERSON & ROE, Piano Duo
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56
GESUALDO: Io tacerò, ma nel silenzio mio
MOZART: Two Arias from Cosi fan Tutte and The Magic Flute (arr. Anderson & Roe)
BIZET: Carmen Fantasy (arr. Anderson & Roe)
Additional works by Schumann, Villa-Lobos, Radiohead, and Thomas Arne
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Friday, June 24, 8 pm
DAEDALUS STRING QUARTET
with ANDREW RANGELL, piano
MOZART: String Quartet in F Major, K.590
RICHARD WERNICK: String Quartet No. 8
JANÁČEK: In the Mists for solo piano
DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor
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Saturday, June 25, 8 pm
David Leisner and Friends
MARTINU: Madrigals for violin and viola
LEISNER: Trittico for violin, cello and guitar
PAGANINI: Quartet No. 15 in A minor for guitar and strings
HAUG: Fantasia for guitar and piano
SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 47
David Leisner, guitar
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Yinzi Kong, viola
Julie Albers, cello
William Ransom, piano
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Sunday, June 26, 5 pm
DAVID FINCKEL, cello and WU HAN, piano
BEETHOVEN:
Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus
Sonata in A, Op. 69
BRAHMS:
Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
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Thursday, July 7, 8 pm
The Music of Evan Ziporyn
Featuring friends from Bang on a Can and more
EVAN ZIPORYN, ERAN EGOZY, ALICIA LEE, and RANE MOORE, clarinets;
VICKY CHOW, piano; TODD REYNOLDS, violin; ASHLEY BATHGATE, cello
ZIPORYN:
Tsmindao Ghmerto for bass clarinet
Hive for clarinet quartet
In Bounds for solo piano
Typical Music for piano trio
Friday, July 8, 8 pm
ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET
SULKHAN TSINTADZE: Five Miniatures on Jewish Folk Songs
SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 7
PROKOFIEV: Quartet No. 2
ARENSKY: Quartet in A minor (arr. Boris Vayner)
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Saturday, July 9, 8 pm
ST. PETERSBURG STRING QUARTET with VASSILY PRIMAKOV, piano
BACH: Chaconne from the Partita in D minor (Arr. Boris Vayner)
TANEYEV: Prelude & Fugue in G-sharp minor, Op.29
TCHAIKOVSKY: December from The Seasons Op.37
TANEYEV: Piano Quartet in E Major, Op. 20
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Sunday, July 10, 5 pm
RED PRIEST: VENETIAN CARNIVAL
A period-instrument ensemble from the United Kingdom specializing in Baroque music for recorder, violin, cello, and harpsichord
The concert is made possible in part through the generosity of
The Ira Fieldsteel Early Music Fund.
Venetian Carnival
VIVALDI:
La Notte
The Four Seasons
Music by Tartini, Albinoni, others
Piers Adams, recorders
David Greenberg, violin
Angela East, cello
David Wright, harpsichord
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Monday, July 11, 7:30 pm*
RED PRIEST: BACH AND THE PIRATES
The concert is made possible in part through the generosity of
The Ira Fieldsteel Early Music Fund.
Bach and the Pirates
BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor and other famous works, alongside ‘pirated’ music by TELEMANN, HANDEL, LECLAIR and others.
Piers Adams, recorders
David Greenberg, violin
Angela East, cello
David Wright, harpsichord
*Please note early start time.
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Thursday, July 14, 8 pm
BORROMEO STRING QUARTET
MOZART: String Quartet in A Major, K. 464
DANIEL BREWBAKER: String Quartet
DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor
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Friday, July 15, 8 pm
CALMUS ENSEMBLE LEIPZIG
A cappella vocal quintet from Germany;
Grand prize winners of the 2009 Concert Artist Guild Award
The Bright Side of Life
Featuring music by Reger, Schütz, Brahms, Bobby McFerrin, Sting and others
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Saturday, July 16, 8 pm
NEW CENTURY SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Weekend Traveler: Around the World with NCSQ
Arrangements of folk music from the United States, Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, including works by Copland, Shostakovich, Piazzolla, and Grainger
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Sunday, July 17, 2 pm
Young Artists Piano Virtuoso Showcase
Including winners – ages 15 to 21 – of the Young Concert Artists International Competition
JEE HAE AHN (Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli)
ZENAN YU (Liszt’s Sposalizio and Mozart/Liszt’s Don Juan Fantasy);
CHARLIE ALBRIGHT (Schumann/Liszt’s Widmung, Liszt’s La Campanella and J. Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz);
GEORGE LI (Liszt’s Two Concert Etudes, Consolation No. 3 and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2)
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Sunday, July 17, 7:30 pm
Grand Finale Concert of 30th Anniversary Season
RUSSELL SHERMAN, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN:
Arabeske, Op. 18
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
LISZT: Sonetto del Petrarca, No. 104
LISZT: Sonata in B minor
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