2015 S U M M E R S E A S O N
CONCERTS BEGIN AT 2PM
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BREAKING BARRIERS:
MUSICIANS FROM GARDENMUSIC
JULY 18 & 19
VIOLA
OPENING CELEBRATION:
HONORING FESTIVAL FOUNDER ALAN IGLITZIN
Harumi Rhodes violin
Charles Wetherbee violin
Alan Iglitzin viola
Korine Fujiwara viola
Jennifer Culp cello
Walter Gray cello
Johannes Dickbauer violin
Lily Francis violin
Nathan Farrington double bass
Teddy Abrams piano & clarinet
Sebastian Chang piano
Julio Elizalde piano
Johnny Teyssier clarinet
Gabriel Globus-Hoenich percussion
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (IV)
Traditional Selected Scandanavian Folk Tunes
Chang Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)
Corea Spain
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (selections)
Kittel Crooked Tune
Foster Hardtimes Come Again No More
Traditional I'll Fly Away
Abrams Rotation
JULY 19 PROGRAM
Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
The season begins with a celebration weekend in
honor of festival founder Alan Iglitzin and his thirty-one
seasons of extraordinary leadership. Iglitzin is joined
by his closest colleagues in a performance of the two
passionate string sextets by Johannes Brahms. Join us
for a coffee & cake reception following the concert.
INDEPENDENCE DAY POPS
JULY 4 & 5
VIOLIN
Kristin Lee violin
Dmitri Atapine cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (IV)
Dickbauer Treffpunkt 7
Traditional I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte's Retreat
Corea Spain
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (selections)
Chang New Work commissioned for the OMF
Hancock Canteloupe Island
Conductor, pianist, and OMF audience favorite Teddy
Abrams leads musicians from the GardenMusic Festival
in Miami. The versatile ensemble presents a fresh new
program format that punctuates classical music with new
compositions, jazz, world music, and improvisations.
Other works to be announced.
Smith/Key The Star-Spangled Banner
Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
Schoenfield Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin Three Preludes for Cello and Piano
Schoenfield Café Music
To celebrate our nation's birthday, the OMF is putting
on a musical fireworks display that includes Gershwin's
famous Rhapsody in Blue and the classical-jazz fusions
of Paul Schoenfield.
AUGUST
22 & 23
Tessa Lark violin
Jessica Lee violin
Jennifer Liu violin*
Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu violin & viola
DJ Cheek viola*
Alan Iglitzin viola
Alexander Hersh cello*
Matthew Zalkind cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Rieko Tsuchida piano*
FLUTE
AUGUST 22 PROGRAM
SUMMER GALA:
SARAH CHANG & JULIO ELIZALDE IN RECITAL
AUGUST 1 & 2
$60 | Barn
TEDDY ABRAMS
PIANO & CLARINET
MUSIC FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
Gabriel Globus-Hoenich narrator
GardenMusic Ensemble
Children and their families embark on a fairytale
journey, narrated by GardenMusic education director
Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, that leads them through a
magical garden full of musical wonders while learning
about instruments, teamwork, and how music touches
our lives. The concert will last approximately one hour.
Sarah Chang is considered one of the greatest
violinists of our time. She performs alongside OMF
artistic director Julio Elizalde at this landmark Summer
Gala. Tickets are expected to sell out. Order early to
ensure your place for this event.
"Her gifts are at a level so removed from the rest of us that
all we can do is feel the appropriate awe and then wonder
on the mysteries of nature." (The New York Times)
Call the box office to attend special gala events on August 1.
Caroline Goulding violin
Karen Ouzounian cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Beethoven Variations for Violin, Cello, and Piano in
E-flat major, Op. 44
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Beethoven Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart's
"Bei Männern," WoO 46
Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"
OMF artistic director Julio Elizalde performs Mozart's
fiery Piano Concerto No. 20. Johann Nepomuk
Hummel, Mozart's most famous pupil, arranged the
concerto for the unusually convincing combination of
flute, violin, cello, and piano. Flutist Sooyun Kim debuts.
JULIO ELIZALDE
PIANO
ANDERSON & ROE
PIANO DUO
PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA:
ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO
JULY 25 & 26
ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO
Greg Anderson
Elizabeth Joy Roe
Mozart Grand Scherzo from Cosí fan tutte, K. 588
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring - Part I
Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Jones/Jackson Billy Jean
Mozart Papageno Fantasy from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Gluck Ballet from Orfeo ed Eurydice
Barber Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Piazzolla Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, Libertango
Bernstein Mambo from West Side Story
With performances on YouTube reaching millions of
hits, Anderson and Roe have redefined the piano duo.
Their mind-boggling arrangements exhilirate audiences
around the world.
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT:
THE QUINTETS OF FRANCK AND SCHUBERT
AUGUST
29 & 30
Tessa Lark violin
Andrea Segar violin
Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu viola
David Requiro cello
Meta Weiss cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Franck's Piano Quintet, inspired by a forbidden
romantic obsession, angered his colleagues and
electrified an entire generation of young composers.
Schubert's transcendent String Quintet was written
in the final year of his life as he confronted his own
mortality. Cellist Meta Weiss debuts.
This classic Beethoven Festival weekend centers
around the composer's most famous works that include
the stormy Violin Sonata in C minor and the virtuosic
"Ghost" Piano Trio. Grammy-nominated violinist
Caroline Goulding debuts.
LARK
WEISS
CHEN
RAY CHEN RETURNS TO THE OMF
SEPTEMBER
5&6
AUGUST
15 & 16
Czerny Fantasia Concertante for Flute Trio, Op. 256
Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Telemann Fantasy No. 11 for Solo Flute in G major
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
(arr. Hummel)
Iglitzin fellows collaborate with festival artists for a
second week and perform Suk's passionate Piano
Quartet, Chausson's orchestral Concerto, and
Mendelssohn's famed String Octet. Naumburg
Award-winning violinist Tessa Lark debuts.
Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Handel
Franck Piano Quintet in F minor
Schubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956
ZORMAN
KITTEL
FESTIVAL ARTISTS & IGLITZIN FELLOWS WEEK I
Sooyun Kim flute
Kristin Lee violin
Dmitri Atapine cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Mozart Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
Schubert Characteristic March in C major for
Piano Four Hands, D. 968B
Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Post-concert reception with the artists: $250
Post-concert reception and dinner with the artists: $1,000
GOULDING
RARE MASTERWORKS: MOZART & MORE
Haydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2
Suk Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Chausson Concerto for Violin, Piano, and
String Quartet
AUGUST 23 PROGRAM
Sarah Chang violin
Julio Elizalde piano
Vitali Chaconne in G minor
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Franck Violin Sonata in A major
Ravel Tzigane
AUGUST 8 & 9
Works to be announced from the stage
SOOYUN KIM
*2015 Iglitzin Fellows
HEROIC BEETHOVEN
JULY 19
10:30AM
$8 | Gen Adm
JULY 11 & 12
FESTIVAL ARTISTS & IGLITZIN FELLOWS WEEK II
JULY 18 PROGRAM
ALAN IGLITZIN
JUNE 27 & 28
SARAH CHANG
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Jennifer Liu violin*
Andrea Segar violin
Itamar Zorman violin
DJ Cheek viola*
Alan Iglitzin viola
Alexander Hersh cello*
Matthew Zalkind cello
Julio Elizalde piano
Rieko Tsuchida piano*
*2015 Iglitzin Fellows
AUGUST 15 PROGRAM
Schumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Bartók String Quartet No. 3 (1926)
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
AUGUST 16 PROGRAM
Stravinsky Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70
"Souvenir de Florence"
Hear the future of classical music now. The Iglitzin
Fellows are gifted young artists on the verge of
professional careers who have been invited to
collaborate with OMF festival artists. Itamar Zorman,
winner of the International Tchaikovsky Violin
Competition, makes his OMF debut.
Ray Chen violin
Julio Elizalde piano
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major,
Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti Czárdás
Virtuoso violinist Ray Chen returns to the OMF for a
third year in a row. Chen, winner of the 2009 Queen
Elisabeth Competition, has taken the world by storm
with a playing style reminiscent of the great violinists
from the golden age.
FESTIVAL ENCORE: JEREMY KITTEL BAND
SEPTEMBER
12 & 13
JEREMY KITTEL BAND
Jeremy Kittel violin
Joshua Pinkham mandolin
Nathaniel Smith cello
Simon Chrisman hammered dulcimer
Works to be announced from the stage
As an encore to the 2015 summer season, the OMF is
throwing a party! Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy
Kittel has performed with many famous musicians of
our time, including Bela Fleck and Mark O'Connor. He
brings his band to the OMF barn to perform music
from bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic traditions.