Aspen Music Festival and
School Chrono Events 2013
Sunday, June 30
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
Thursday, June 27
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
7:30 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($65, $35)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson
Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Conrad Tao piano
LeVar Burton narrator
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
-----INTERMISSION----PHILIP GLASS: Icarus at the Edge of Time
Friday, June 28
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Anton Nel piano
Karolina Syrovatkova piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 309 (K. 284b)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c)
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Soledad and Robert Hurst
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Soyoung Park soprano
Zach Borichevsky tenor
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Fidelio, op. 72c
BRITTEN: Nocturne, op. 60
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: Egmont, op. 84, Overture and Complete
Incidental Music
Saturday, June 29
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
8:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
David Halen violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Sabina Thatcher viola
Michael Mermagen cello
John Zirbel horn
Timothy Long piano
Conrad Tao piano
TIPPETT: Sonata for Four Horns
BRETT DEAN: Recollections
BRITTEN: Quatre chansons françaises
MAHLER: Piano Quartet in A minor
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
Dedicated to the memory of Gordon Hardy
With special thanks to Mary E. and Erik Giese
Leila Josefowicz violin
Robert Spano conductor
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, op. 33a
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN: Violin Concerto
-----INTERMISSION----TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74,
"Pathétique"
Monday, July 1
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Margaret and Jerrold Eberhardt
Renata Arado violin
Herbert Greenberg violin
Espen Lilleslåtten viola
Mark Sparks flute
Elizabeth Buccheri piano
Anton Nel piano
MARTINŮ: Flute Sonata, H. 306
WEILL: Four Walt Whitman Songs
BRITTEN/DARYL RUNSWICK: Britten's Blues
YSAŸE: Trio de concert, op. 19
Tuesday, July 2
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
David Krakauer clarinet
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
GEORGE TSONTAKIS: Anasa
-----INTERMISSION----BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98
7:30 A Recital by the Takács Quartet ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Marcy and Leo Edelstein
Edward Dusinberre violin
Károly Schranz violin
Takács Quartet string quartet
Geraldine Walther viola
András Fejér cello
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1, BB 52
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 3, BB 93
-----INTERMISSION----BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 5, BB 110
Wednesday, July 3
12:00 High Notes (free)
Paepcke Auditorium
6:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($25)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Gillian and Robert Steel
Stephen Kim violin
Larry Rachleff conductor
DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture, B. 169, op. 92
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
8:30 Special Event: A Baroque Evening with Nicholas
McGegan ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to the Bishop Family Foundation
Adele Anthony violin
Simone Porter violin
Gil Shaham violin
Nicholas McGegan conductor and harpsichord
Nadine Asin flute
Avi Avital mandolin
TELEMANN: Suite in C major, TWV 55 C6, "Darmstadt"
J. S. BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
-----INTERMISSION----VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, RV 514
PAISIELLO: Mandolin Concerto in E-flat major
HANDEL: Water Music Suite in G Major, HWV 350
Thursday, July 4
4:00 Fourth of July Concert (free)
Benedict Music Tent
Sponsored by the City of Aspen, With special thanks to Melani
and Rob Walton
Lawrence Isaacson conductor
Barbara Fleck guest conductor
Anna Deavere Smith speaker
The annual free Fourth of July celebration brings the AMFS
band to the Tent stage with stirring patriotic favorites. A
beloved tradition.
Lawrence Isaacson conductor
J. S. SMITH/SOUSA: The Star-Spangled Banner
Lawrence Isaacson conductor
KIRBY: An American Fanfare
Lawrence Isaacson conductor
REINEKE: Sedona
Lawrence Isaacson conductor
COPLAND/BEELER: Lincoln Portrait
SOUSA: Washington Post March
ANDERSON: Bugler's Holiday
TCHAIKOVSKY/LAKE: 1812 Overture op. 49
WARD/DRAGON: America the Beautiful
HANDY: St. Louis Blues March
SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Friday, July 5
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
12:30 Listener's Master Class: The Enduring Elements
Crossroads Church
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Wu Han piano
Sarina Zhang piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 533
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Nancy and Charles Wall
Jeffrey Kahane conductor
Jeffrey Kahane conductor and piano
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10
-----INTERMISSION----SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 10
Saturday, July 6
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Dedicated to the memory of Gordon Hardy
With special thanks to Noël and Tom Congdon
American Brass Quintet
Renata Arado violin
Cornelia Heard violin
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
Naoko Tanaka violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Esther Heideman soprano
Catharine Carroll viola
Victoria Chiang viola
James Dunham viola
Masao Kawasaki viola
Desmond Hoebig cello
Michael Mermagen cello
Nadine Asin flute
Richard Woodhams oboe
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Per Hannevold bassoon
David Wakefield horn
John Zirbel horn
Kevin Cobb trumpet
Raymond Mase trumpet
Michael Powell trombone
John D. Rojak bass trombone
Joyce Yang piano
MORLEY/RAYMOND MASE: Elizabethan Ayres
MOZART: Adagio from Quintet for two violins, two violas and
cello in D major, K. 593
DRUCKMAN: Counterpoise
BRUCKNER: Adagio from String Quintet in F major
POULENC: Sextet
8:00 Special Event: Pink Martini ($80, $45)
Benedict Music Tent
Concert support from the Gail and Alfred Engelberg
Collaboration Fund
With special thanks to June and Paul Schorr III
Presented in association with Jazz Aspen Snowmass
Sunday, July 7
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Ruth and Martin Carver, Local business
support provided by The Aspen Times
Larry Rachleff conductor
Joyce Yang piano
DEBUSSY: La mer
Larry Rachleff conductor
-----INTERMISSION----RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
Larry Rachleff conductor, Joyce Yang piano
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
Larry Rachleff conductor
Monday, July 8
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
7:30 A Recital by the Takács Quartet ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
Edward Dusinberre violin
Károly Schranz violin
Takács Quartet string quartet
Geraldine Walther viola
András Fejér cello
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2, BB 75
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 4, BB 95
-----INTERMISSION----BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 6, BB 119
Wednesday, July 10
12:00 High Notes (free)
Paepcke Auditorium
3:00 Chamber Music Program Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
3:30 House Music (Opera) ($85)
Private residence to be announced
6:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($25)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Monique and Barry Lefkowitz, Local
business support provided by The Little Nell
Violin Competition Winner
Michael Morgan conductor
WAGNER: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
-----INTERMISSION----TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36
Paul Kantor violin
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
James Dunham viola
Desmond Hoebig cello
Josue Valdepeñas cello
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Deborah Hoffman harp
SCHULHOFF: Duo for Violin and Cello
BRITTEN: Lachrymae, op. 48a
CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet in C minor, op. 4
8:30 A Recital by David Finckel cello and Wu Han piano
($65)
Harris Concert Hall
David Finckel cello
Wu Han piano
PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C major, op. 119
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40
-----INTERMISSION----DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata
BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C major, op. 65
Tuesday, July 9
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
Thursday, July 11
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
10:30 AM Tunes & Tales (free, for ages 4-9 with an adult)
Pitkin County Library
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Nancy and Richard Rogers, in honor of
Nicola and Jeff Marcus
AACA Piano Competition Winner piano
SYDNEY HODKINSON: Selections from Potpourri
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16
-----INTERMISSION----SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
8:00 A Recital by Daniel Hope violin ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Janet and Tom O'Connor
Daniel Hope violin
Lawrence Dutton viola
David Finckel cello
Wu Han piano
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
-----INTERMISSION-----
VIVALDI/MAX RICHTER: The Four Seasons Recomposed
Daniel Hope violin
SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, op. posth. 114,
"Trout"
8:00 Benefit: Aspen Opera Theater performs Bernstein's
Candide ($1000, $100)
Wheeler Opera House
George Manahan conductor
Edward Berkeley director
BERNSTEIN: Candide
George Manahan conductor, Edward
Berkeley director
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Bernstein's Candide
($65, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Jane and Michael Eisner - The Eisner
Foundation
George Manahan conductor
Edward Berkeley director
BERNSTEIN: Candide
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
Friday, July 12
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
12:30 Listener's Master Class:
Crossroads Church
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Amanda Gessler piano
John O'Conor piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 545
MOZART: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 570
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Jane and Jerry Katcher, and the John P.
and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation
Robert Spano conductor
Wu Han piano
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Prospero's Rooms
BRITTEN: Piano Concerto, op. 13
-----INTERMISSION----MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, "Jupiter"
Saturday, July 13
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Earl Carlyss violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Christopher Hanulik bass
Sabina Thatcher viola
Darrett Adkins cello
Ann Schein piano
STEPHEN HARTKE: Wulfstan at the Millennium
8:00 A Recital by Jeremy Denk piano ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Sanford and Naava Grossman
Christopher James Lees conductor
Jeremy Denk piano
JANÁČEK: Capriccio
STRAVINSKY: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97, "Archduke"
Sunday, July 14
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Daniel Hope violin
Michael Stern conductor
BARBER: Symphony No. 1, op. 9
BRITTEN: Violin Concerto, op. 15
-----INTERMISSION----ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, "Enigma"
Monday, July 15
10:30 AM Gotta Move! (free, for ages 2-7 with an adult)
Classroom 1
12:00 BMT-HCH backstage tour - Public
Benedict Music Tent Plaza
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Adele Anthony violin
Ellen dePasquale violin
Bruce Bransby bass
James Dunham viola
Nadine Asin flute
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Per Hannevold bassoon
John Zirbel horn
BRANT: Angels and Devils
Nadine Asin flute
SCHUBERT: Octet in F major, D. 803
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet, Per
Hannevold bassoon, John Zirbel horn, Adele
Anthony violin, Ellen dePasquale violin, James
Dunham viola, Bruce Bransby bass
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Bernstein's Candide
($65, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Linda and Alan Englander
George Manahan conductor
Edward Berkeley director
BERNSTEIN: Candide
George Manahan conductor, Edward
Berkeley director
Tuesday, July 16
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
3:00 Kids Notes: Pre Concert Family Event (free)
Meadows Hospitality Tent
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Gail and Dan Schmidt, IV, Local
business support provided by members of the Aspen Board of
REALTORS
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
-----INTERMISSION----BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34
7:30 Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt in Night ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Kelli and Allen Questrom
Simone Dinnerstein piano
Tift Merritt guitar
Night features new songs by Brad Mehldau and Patty Griffin,
Tift's own songs, selections by Bach and Schubert and The
Cohen Variations by Daniel Felsenfeld, based on Leonard
Cohen’s "Suzanne."
Wednesday, July 17
12:00 High Notes (free)
Paepcke Auditorium
3:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
In honor of the members of the AMFS National Council
3:30 House Music (Opera) ($85)
Private residence to be announced
6:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($25)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Lisa and Will Mesdag, Corporate
support provided by Aspen Skiing Company
Robert Spano conductor
Jonathan Biss piano
WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
-----INTERMISSION----ADAM SCHOENBERG: Bounce (World Premiere)
R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and
Transfiguration), op. 24
8:30 A Recital by the American Brass Quintet ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Steve Marcus
American Brass Quintet
David Wakefield horn
Kevin Cobb trumpet
Raymond Mase trumpet
Michael Powell trombone
John D. Rojak bass trombone
MARENZIO/RAYMOND MASE: Three Madrigals
DAVID SNOW: Dance Movements
JOSQUIN DES PREZ/RAYMOND MASE: Chansons
JOAN TOWER: Copperwave
G. GABRIELI/RAYMOND MASE: Venetian Canzoni
Thursday, July 18
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
10:30 AM Tunes & Tales (free, for ages 4-9 with an adult)
Pitkin County Library
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
6:00 An Evening with Misha and Cipa Dichter pianos
($65)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Martha R. Yocum
Cipa Dichter piano
Misha Dichter piano
SCHUBERT: No. 1 in D major from Three marches militaires,
D. 733, op. 51
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
SCHUBERT: March in C major from Two marches
caracteristiques, D. 968b, op. 121
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
SCHUBERT: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, op. 103
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
MOZART: Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F major, K. 497
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
-----INTERMISSION----ARENSKY: Suite No. 1 in F major for Two Pianos, op. 15
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Misha Dichter piano, Cipa Dichter piano
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
8:30 A Recital by the Jupiter String Quartet ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Judith and Werner Neuman
Megan Freivogel violin
Nelson Lee violin
Jupiter String Quartet string quartet
Elizabeth Freivogel viola
Daniel McDonough cello
BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, op. 25
Jupiter String Quartet string quartet, Nelson
Lee violin, Megan Freivogel violin, Elizabeth
Freivogel viola, Daniel McDonough cello
HANNAH LASH: Total Internal Reflection
Jupiter String Quartet string quartet, Nelson
Lee violin, Megan Freivogel violin, Elizabeth
Freivogel viola, Daniel McDonough cello
-----INTERMISSION----DVOŘÁK: String Quartet in A-flat major, B. 193, op. 105
Jupiter String Quartet string quartet, Nelson
Lee violin, Megan Freivogel violin, Elizabeth
Freivogel viola, Daniel McDonough cello
8:00 A Recital by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49, no. 1
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49, no. 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, op. 53,
"Waldstein"
-----INTERMISSION----DEBUSSY: Preludes, Book I
Friday, July 19
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
Sunday, July 21
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
12:30 Listener's Master Class:
Crossroads Church
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Jane and Larry Sherman
Leonard Slatkin conductor
Alisa Weilerstein cello
STEVEN STUCKY: Symphony
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
-----INTERMISSION----ARVO PÄRT: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
JANÁČEK: Sinfonietta
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
MOZART: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 279 (K. 189d)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e)
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Dana and Gene Powell
Gil Shaham violin
Ludovic Morlot conductor
BARTÓK: Hungarian Sketches, BB 103
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26
-----INTERMISSION----STRAVINSKY: Jeu de cartes
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b
8:30 Composition Masterclass Recital #1
Harris Concert Hall
Saturday, July 20
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Ellen dePasquale violin
Alexander Kerr violin
Naoko Tanaka violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Lauren Snouffer soprano
Catharine Carroll viola
Victoria Chiang viola
Sabine Thatcher viola
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Richard Woodhams oboe
LIGETI/ELGAR HOLWARTH: Mysteries of the Macabre
MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
BRITTEN: Canticle II "Abraham and Isaac," op. 51
MARTINŮ: String Sextet, H. 224
Monday, July 22
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
Naoko Tanaka violin
James Dunham viola
Michael Mermagen cello
Anton Nel piano
SCHUBERT: Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D.
487
BRITTEN: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35
MOZART: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Tuesday, July 23
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
7:30 Special Event: A Recital by Joyce DiDonato mezzosoprano and David Zobel piano ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
Artist sponsorship by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Wednesday, July 24
12:00 High Notes (free)
Christ Episcopal Church
3:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
3:30 House Music (Chamber)
Private residence to be announced
6:00 A Recital by Gil Shaham violin ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Betty and Lloyd Schermer
Gil Shaham violin
J. S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 for Unaccompanied Violin in G
minor, BWV 1001
J. S. BACH: Partita No. 1 for Unaccompanied Violin in B minor,
BWV 1002
-----INTERMISSION----J. S. BACH: Sonata No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin in A
minor, BWV 1003
J. S. BACH: Partita No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin in D minor,
BWV 1004
J. S. BACH: Sonata No. 3 for Unaccompanied Violin in C
major, BWV 1005
J. S. BACH: Partita No. 3 for Unaccompanied Violin in E major,
BWV 1006
Thursday, July 25
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
10:30 AM Tunes & Tales (free, for ages 4-9 with an adult)
Pitkin County Library
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
5:15 Basalt Regional Library Recital
Basalt Regional Library
8:00 A Recital by Anton Nel piano ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Caryn and Rudi Scheidt, Jr.
Anton Nel piano
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI/32
DEBUSSY: Estampes
GRANADOS: Allegro de concierto
-----INTERMISSION----SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
Friday, July 26
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
12:30 Listener's Master Class:
Crossroads Church
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
TBA piano
Virginia Weckstrom piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in C major, K. 330 (K. 300h)
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass - Mercedes T.
Bass Charitable Corporation
Tomáš Netopil conductor
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano
Lise de la Salle piano
BRITTEN: Young Apollo, op. 16
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
-----INTERMISSION----MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major
8:30 Composition Masterclass Recital #2
Harris Concert Hall
Saturday, July 27
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
Johnathan McCullough baritone
Victoria Chiang viola
Bonita Boyd flute
Nancy Allen harp
Anton Nel piano
DEBUSSY/ALAN FLETCHER: Trois Ballades de François
Villon
WEBERN: Four Pieces, op. 7
SCHUBERT: Sonata in A minor, D. 385, op. 137, no. 2
SCHUMANN: Intermezzo from Piano Sonata, WoO 32, "F–A–
E"
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
8:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass - Mercedes T.
Bass Charitable Corporation
Robert Spano conductor
Meredith Arwady contralto
Mark Diamond baritone
Kelly Markgraf baritone
Brian Mulligan baritone
Susanna Phillips soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey tenor
Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Edward Berkeley director
BRITTEN: Peter Grimes, op. 33
Sunday, July 28
9:30 AM Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Dress Rehearsal
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza,
and Gail and Alfred Engelberg
Hugh Wolff conductor
David Finckel cello
MUSORGSKY/SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude to Khovanshchina,
op. 5
BRITTEN: Cello Symphony, op. 68
-----INTERMISSION----SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 54
Wednesday, July 31
12:00 High Notes (free)
Christ Episcopal Church
Monday, July 29
6:00 Percussion Ensemble ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Judith Z. Steinberg and Paul J.
Hoenmans
Jonathan Haas conductor
Bonita Boyd flute
SHOSTAKOVICH: Entr’acte from The Nose, op. 15
BERNSTEIN: Halil
TAN DUN: Elegy: Snow in June
-----INTERMISSION----ARVO PÄRT: Fratres
GÓRECKI : Aria, op. 59
DEBUSSY/GRAINGER: Pagodas
8:30 A Recital by the American String Quartet ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Jane and Bill Frazer
Laurie Carney violin
Peter Winograd violin
American String Quartet string quartet
Daniel Avshalomov viola
James Dunham viola
Wolfram Koessel cello
HAYDN: String Quartet in F major, Hob. III/82, op. 77, no. 2
JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 1 after L. N. Tolstoy, "The
Kreutzer Sonata"
-----INTERMISSION----BRAHMS: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, op. 88
6:15 Season Benefit Honoring Kay and Matthew
Bucksbaum
Bucksbaum Campus
Tuesday, July 30
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
Local business support provided by Aspen Square
Condominium Hotel
MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"
: Low Strings Competition Winner
-----INTERMISSION----TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
4:00 Instrument Petting Zoo
Edlis Neeson Hall
4:30 Peanut Butter & Jam Session (free, for ages 6 and
under with an adult)
Castle Creek 01
7:30 A Recital by Kirill Gerstein piano ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Jennifer Koh violin
Robert Spano conductor
Kirill Gerstein piano
HAYDN: Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII/6
SCHUMANN: Carnaval, scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes,
op. 9
-----INTERMISSION----BERG: Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin, and 13 Wind
Instruments
3:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
3:30 House Music (Opera) ($85)
Private residence to be announced
5:00 2013 Harp Competition
Castle Creek 01
Thursday, August 1
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
10:30 AM Tunes & Tales (free, for ages 4-9 with an adult)
Pitkin County Library
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Puccini’s Suor
Angelica and Gianni Schicchi ($70, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
Tomáš Netopil conductor
Edward Berkeley AOTC director
James Marvel director
PUCCINI: Suor Angelica
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
8:00 A Recital by Garrick Ohlsson piano ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to the Patricia M. and Emanuel M. Papper
Foundation
Garrick Ohlsson piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28,
"Pastoral"
SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C major, D. 760, op. 15, "Wanderer
Fantasy"
-----INTERMISSION----GRIFFES: The Night Winds from Three Tone-Pictures, op. 5
GRIFFES: Barcarolle from Fantasy Pieces, op. 6
GRIFFES: The White Peacock from Roman Sketches, op. 7
CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor, op. 49
CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 31
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
Friday, August 2
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
12:30 Listener's Master Class:
Crossroads Church
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Choong Mo Kang piano
Hyung-Do Kim piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 (K. 189f)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in E-flat major, K. 282 (K. 189g)
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Barbara Koval and Michael Solheim,
Local business support provided by members of the Aspen
Board of REALTORS
James Gaffigan conductor
Susanna Phillips soprano
Andreas Haefliger piano
SCHUMANN: Overture to Manfred, op. 115
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54
-----INTERMISSION----BRITTEN: Les illuminations, op. 18
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25, "Classical"
8:30 Center for Advanced Quartet Studies
Harris Concert Hall
Saturday, August 3
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Renata Arado violin
Laurie Carney violin
Peter Winograd violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
American String Quartet string quartet
Daniel Avshalomov viola
Espen Lilleslåtten viola
Wolfram Koessel cello
Brinton Smith cello
Anton Nel piano
JOHN HARBISON: Mirabai Songs
DOHNÁNYI: Serenade for String Trio in C major, op. 10
KORNGOLD: Piano Quintet in E major, op. 15
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Puccini’s Suor
Angelica and Gianni Schicchi ($70, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
Tomáš Netopil conductor
Edward Berkeley AOTC director
James Marvel director
PUCCINI: Suor Angelica
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
8:00 A Recital by Edgar Meyer bass ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Joan Fabry and Michael Klein
Katie Hyun violin
Edgar Meyer bass
Mihai Marica cello
Program to include music by Bach, Kodály, and Edgar Meyer
Sunday, August 4
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($85)
Benedict Music Tent
Sponsored by Friends and Admirers of these Magnificent
Artists
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conductor
Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet
Yefim Bronfman piano
Ice Cream Social precedes the concert
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, op. 20
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127
-----INTERMISSION----BRITTEN ARR COLIN MATTHEWS: Movements for a Clarinet
Concerto
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
8:00 From the Top ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
The residency of From the Top made possible by a gift from
the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, With special thanks to Ann
and Tom Friedman
Monday, August 5
10:30 AM Gotta Move! (free, for ages 2-7 with an adult)
Classroom 1
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Holly and John Madigan
Alexander Kerr violin
Michael Mermagen cello
John Zirbel horn
Elizabeth Buccheri piano
Anton Nel piano
Composition by a student of the Susan and Ford Schumann
Composition Program
JOHN HARBISON: Twilight Music
RACHMANINOFF: Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 19
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Puccini’s Suor
Angelica and Gianni Schicchi ($70, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
Tomáš Netopil conductor
Edward Berkeley AOTC director
James Marvel director
PUCCINI: Suor Angelica
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
8:00 Special Event: Sylvia McNair Sings Gershwin,
Sondhein, and More ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
– in celebration of Melva’s 80th birthday
Tuesday, August 6
10:00 AM Baby Got Bach (free with ticket from AMFS Box
Office)
Aspen Chapel
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
Local business support provded by Alpine Bank, Aspen
BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Winds Competition Winner
-----INTERMISSION----RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35
7:30 A Recital by Andreas Haefliger piano ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Ali and Lew Sanders
Sylvia Rosenberg violin
James Dunham viola
Michael Mermagen cello
Andreas Haefliger piano
BERIO: Erdenklavier
BERIO: Wasserklavier
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, op. 106,
"Hammerklavier"
-----INTERMISSION----BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15
8:30 A Recital by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violin and
Anne-Marie McDermott piano ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
Sponsored by Friends and Admirers of these Magnificent
Artists
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg violin
Bing Wang violin
Masao Kawasaki voila
Brinton Smith cello
Anne-Marie McDermott piano
ARVO PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel
PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata in F minor, op. 80
-----INTERMISSION----CHAUSSON: Concert in D major, op. 21
Thursday, August 8
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
10:30 AM Tunes & Tales (free, for ages 4-9 with an adult)
Pitkin County Library
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
5:15 Basalt Regional Library Recital
Basalt Regional Library
8:00 Special Event: A Recital by the Newly Re-Formed
Emerson String Quartet with Cellist Paul Watkins ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
Sponsored by Friends and Admirers of these Magnificent
Artists
Eugene Drucker violin
Philip Setzer violin
Emerson String Quartet string quartet
Lawrence Dutton viola
Paul Watkins cello
HAYDN: String Quartet in G minor, Hob. III/33, op. 20, no. 3
BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 3, op. 94
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 59, no. 1,
"Razumovsky"
Wednesday, August 7
12:00 High Notes (free)
Paepcke Auditorium
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
3:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
Friday, August 9
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:30 House Music (Chamber)
Private residence to be announced
6:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($25)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Carrie and Joe Wells, Local business
support provided by The Hotel Jerome
Concerto Competition Winner
Federico Cortese conductor
WEBERN: Passacaglia, op. 1
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
12:30 Listener's Master Class:
Crossroads Church
2:00 Chapel Piano Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Ann Schein piano
TBA piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 (K. 300i)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in F major, K. 332 (K. 300k)
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($80)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Vicki and Ed Bass
Sarah Chang violin
James Feddeck conductor
RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
BARBER: Violin Concerto, op. 14
-----INTERMISSION----SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 97,
"Rhenish"
8:30 Wind Ensemble (free)
Harris Concert Hall
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Richard Edwards, in memory of Harley
Baldwin
Stefan Jackiw violin
David Robertson conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan cello
Inon Barnatan piano
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major,
op. 56, “Triple”
-----INTERMISSION----STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Monday, August 12
6:00 Chamber Music ($46)
Benedict Music Tent
Joaquin Valdepeñas conductor
STRAVINSKY: Octet
MILHAUD: La création du monde, op. 81
WEILL: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)
Saturday, August 10
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
1:00 Music on the Mountain
Top of Aspen Mountain (gondola ticket required)
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Jonathan Haas percussion
Yoheved Kaplinsky piano
Robert Spano piano
BARTÓK: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115
SALZÉDO: Scintillation
SYDNEY HODKINSON: Chaconne in B-flat
JOHN CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance
8:00 A Recital by Orli Shaham piano ($55)
Harris Concert Hall
Local business support by Carl's Pharmacy and Miners'
Building
David Halen violin
Alexander Kerr violin
Masao Kawasaki viola
Brinton Smith cello
Anton Nel piano
Orli Shaham piano
BRAHMS: Three Intermezzos, op. 117
MAW: Personae
BRUCE ADOLPHE: Intermezzo
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56b
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
Sunday, August 11
9:00 AM Composer Showcase (8/11) (free)
Harris Concert Hall
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
Paul Kantor violin
Espen Lilleslåtten violin
Robert McDuffie violin
Victoria Chiang viola
Michael Mermagen cello
Yoheved Kaplinsky piano
Virginia Weckstrom piano
BARTÓK: Piano Quintet, BB 33
Paul Kantor violin, Espen Lilleslåtten violin, Victoria
Chiang viola, Michael Mermagen cello, Virginia
Weckstrom piano
Comp Program chamber work
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, op. 30, no. 2
Robert McDuffie violin, Yoheved Kaplinsky piano
8:00 An Evening with Performance Today and Fred Child
($25)
Harris Concert Hall
The residency of Performance Today is made possible by a
special gift by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, With special
thanks to Sam Brown and Alison Teal - Centennial Partners
Tuesday, August 13
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
1:00 Harris Concert Hall Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen
Orchestra (free)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Merle C. Chambers and Hugh A. Grant
AACA Violin Competition Winner violin
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
AACA Violin Competition Winner violin
-----INTERMISSION----MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major
7:30 Special Event: Harris Hall 20th Anniversary Concert
($75)
Harris Concert Hall
Robert McDuffie violin
Joshua Weilerstein conductor
Haeran Hong soprano
Sharon Isbin guitar
JOAN TOWER: Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5
JOHN CORIGLIANO: Troubadours, Variations for Guitar and
Chamber Orchestra
OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Last Round
-----INTERMISSION----PHILIP GLASS: Movement 4 from Violin Concerto No. 2,
"American Four Seasons"
J. S. BACH: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
TELEMANN: Concerto for Three Violins in F major, TWV 53:F1
from Tafelmusik, Part 2
VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580, op. 3,
no. 10
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Monteverdi's
L’incoronazione di Poppea ($50, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Eva and Marc Stern
Jane Glover conductor
MONTEVERDI: L’incoronazione di Poppea
8:00 A Recital by the Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition Winner ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Nanette and Jerry E. Finger
An Evening with the Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition Winner
8:30 String Showcase (free)
Scanlan Hall
8:30 Guitar Recital (free)
Edlis Neeson Hall
Wednesday, August 14
12:00 High Notes (free)
Paepcke Auditorium
Friday, August 16
9:30 AM Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Harris Concert Hall
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
3:30 House Music (Opera)
Private residence to be announced
4:45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music
Harris Concert Hall
Finghin Collins piano
MOZART: Piano Sonata in G major, K. 283 (K. 189h)
MOZART: Piano Sonata in D major, K. 284 (K. 205b)
5:00 Kids Notes: Pre Concert Family Event (free)
Meadows Hospitality Tent
6:00 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra ($25)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Ellen and Irvine Hockaday
Christopher James Lees conductor
John O'Conor piano
MUSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
-----INTERMISSION----MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449
PAUL DOOLEY: Point Blank (2012 Druckman Prize)
8:30 A Recital: Seven Deadly Sins ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Rita and Irwin Blitt
Joshua Weilerstein conductor
WEILL: Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)
-----INTERMISSION----JANÁČEK: The Diary of One Who Vanished
Thursday, August 15
10:00 AM Piano Master Class ($25)
Harris Concert Hall
12:00 Spotlight Recital (free)
Aspen Chapel
4:15 Chapel Chamber Music (free)
Aspen Chapel
5:15 Basalt Regional Library Recital
Basalt Regional Library
6:00 Aspen Chamber Symphony ($74)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum
Christian Arming conductor
Nancy Goeres bassoon
Daniil Trifonov piano
ALAN FLETCHER: Bassoon Concerto
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271,
“Jeunehomme”
-----INTERMISSION----BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Saturday, August 17
10:00 AM Opera Scenes Master Class ($40)
Wheeler Opera House
With special thanks to Becky and Michael Murray
4:30 Chamber Music ($46)
Harris Concert Hall
Renata Arado violin
Bing Wang violin
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble conductor
Sydney Hodkinson conductor
Stephen Wyrczynski viola
Brinton Smith cello
Nancy Allen harp
Finghin Collins piano
KIRCHNER: Music for Twelve
BRITTEN: Suite for Harp, op. 83
DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet in A major, B. 155, op. 81
7:00 Aspen Opera Theater performs Monteverdi's
L’incoronazione di Poppea ($50, $25 obstructed)
Wheeler Opera House
Jane Glover conductor
MONTEVERDI: L’incoronazione di Poppea
8:00 A Recital by Vladimir Feltsman piano ($65)
Harris Concert Hall
With special thanks to Jon and Barbara Lee
Vladimir Feltsman piano
HAYDN: Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI/46
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537, op. 164
-----INTERMISSION----LISZT: Ballade No. 2, LW A181
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude from Harmonies
poétiques et religieuses, LW A158
SKRYABIN: Vers la flamme, poème, op. 72
Sunday, August 18
9:30 AM Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal ($18)
Benedict Music Tent
3:00 Prelude: Preconcert Talk (free)
Harris Concert Hall
4:00 Aspen Festival Orchestra ($78)
Benedict Music Tent
With special thanks to Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass - Mercedes T.
Bass Charitable Corporation
Eric Owens bass-baritone
Robert Spano conductor
Heidi Melton soprano
VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino
VERDI: "Son giunta! ... Madre, pietosa Vergine" from La forza
del destino
VERDI: "Ella giammai m'amò" from Don Carlos
-----INTERMISSION----WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
WAGNER: Wotan's Farewell from Die Walküre
WAGNER: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music from
Götterdämmerung
WAGNER: Brünnhilde’s Immolation from Götterdämmerung