2009 SUMMER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL
June 18 – 21, 2009
With ten outstanding chamber musicians from across North America
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| THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009 8 PM |
Special Opening Night Event!
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009 |
Invitation to the DanceFrom sarabandes to tangos — enjoy the variety of dances found in Bach, Bartók, Sarasate, Piazzolla, Chopin, Schulhoff and Ravel. |
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009 |
The Resisting SpiritWorks of passion, joy and sorrow. Discover the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, along with works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Avro Pärt. |
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009 |
Summer PassionThree favorites from the chamber music canon — works by Mozart, Schumann and Franck. |
Guest Artists
All concerts take place at Convocation Hall, Arts Building
University of Alberta Campus
June 20, 2009 post-concert Reception takes place at
Rutherford House
University of Alberta Campus
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DR. ROBERT GREENBERG Speaker ... the “Elvis” of music history ... |
Dr. Greenberg has lectured for some of the most prestigious music and arts organizations in the United States, including the San Francisco Symphony, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Van Cliburn Foundation, and the Chicago Symphony. For The Teaching Company, he has now recorded more than 500 lectures on a range of composers and classical music genres. Dr. Greenberg, writes the Los Angeles Times, “adds a touch of manic intensity to his presentations — demolishing any pomposity with his acid wit, nonstop barrage of anecdotes and passionate point of view.”
Dr. Greenberg’s talk, Context is Everything, will discuss Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, Ravel’s La Valse and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8. Contrary to popular belief, timing and location are not necessarily everything. When it comes to music, context is everything. The three works on the program were shaped profoundly by the political and social environments in which their composers lived and worked and by the composers’ own spiritual and emotional reactions to their environments. Each of these three works has an extraordinary story to tell that goes far beyond their purely musical materials, a story that resonates with its time and place.
Join us for what promises to be a genuinely revelatory evening of music and conversation, assisted by musicians of the 2009 Summer Solstice Festival.
View Dr. Greenberg lecturing at the Chautauqua Institution on
"Music: Heart, Soul and Dollar."
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| Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) |
Fratres for violin and piano |
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| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) |
La valse for two pianos |
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| Dmitri Shostakovich (1924–1925) |
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 |
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INVITATION TO THE DANCE
Friday, June 19, 2009
| 7:15 PM | Pre-concert talk Brenda Dalen Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology Dept. of Music, University of Alberta PROGRAM NOTES |
| 8 PM | Performance |
| J.S. Bach (1865-1750) |
Suite No. 1 in G Major for solo cello (excerpts) Yeesun Kim Cello |
| Béla Bartók (1881-1945) |
Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano Alexander Fiterstein Clarinet Ara Gregorian Violin Jacques Després Piano |
| Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) |
Playera, Op. 23, No. 1 Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2 for violin and piano Jasmine Lin Violin Patricia Tao Piano |
| Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992) |
Milonga en Re Muerte del Angel arr. for piano trio Jasmine Lin Violin Marina Hoover Cello Patricia Tao Piano |
| Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) |
Grande valse brillante, Op. 18 |
| Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) |
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3 for cello and piano Marina Hoover Cello Jacques Després Piano |
| Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) |
Five Pieces for String Quartet Nicholas Kitchen Violin Ara Gregorian Violin Marcus Thompson Viola Yeesun Kim Cello |
| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) |
La valse for two pianos Richard Raymond Piano Jacques Després Piano |
THE RESISTING SPIRIT
Saturday, June 20, 2009
| 7:15 PM | Pre-concert talk Dr. Maryam Moshaver Assistant Professor of Music Theory Dept. of Music, University of Alberta PROGRAM NOTES |
| 8 PM | Performance |
| Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) |
Fratres for violin and piano Jasmine Lin Violin Patricia Tao Piano |
| Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) |
Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 for cello and piano Yeesun Kim Cello Richard Raymond Piano |
| Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919–1996) |
Sonata Op. 28 for clarinet and piano Alexander Fiterstein Clarinet Patricia Tao Piano |
| Dmitri Shostakovich (1924–1925) |
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Nicholas Kitchen Violin Ara Gregorian Violin Marcus Thompson Viola Marina Hoover Cello |
Post-concert Reception*
Rutherford House
University of Alberta Campus
*Limited tickets; available only through ECMS
SUMMER PASSION
Sunday, June 21, 2009
| 1:15 PM | Pre-concert talk Dr. David Cook Host of Edmonton Opera's "Opera Talks" PROGRAM NOTES |
| 2 PM | Performance |
| Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791) |
Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 498 “Kegelstatt” for clarinet, viola and piano Alexander Fiterstein Clarinet Marcus Thompson Viola Richard Raymond Piano |
| Robert Schumann (1810–1856) |
Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47 for piano, violin, viola and cello Jasmine Lin Violin Ara Gregorian Violin Yeesun Kim Cello Patricia Tao Piano |
| César Franck (1822–1890) |
Piano Quintet in f minor Nicholas Kitchen Violin Jasmine Lin Violin Marcus Thompson Viola Marina Hoover Cello Richard Raymond Piano |
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Campus Tower Suites |
| Host of visiting musicians for the ECMS Summer Solstice Festival | |