2012 Summer Solstice Festival
June 22 – 24, 2012
Welcome from Music Director Patricia Tao
Master Classes June 21, 2012 | Pre-concert Scholarship Recital June 23, 2012
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Nora Bumanis Harp |
Tara Helen O’Connor Flute/Master Class
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L’esprit Français
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
8 PM
7:15 PM: Pre-concert talk by Sandra Joy Friesen | Program notes
Friday’s concert looks at an important half-century of French music – from Saint-Saëns to Messiaen – and the composer at the heart of this continuum, Claude Debussy. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth, L’esprit français highlights his work and his enduring influence as an early modern composer.
Gabriel Fauré
(1845-1924)Après un rêve
Elegy
Shauna Rolston Cello
Stephen Prutsman PianoClaude Debussy
(1862–1918)From Préludes, Book 2
Bruyères
General Lavine
Feux d'artifice
Jacques Després PianoCamille Saint-Saëns
(1835–1921)Sonata No. 1 in C minor, op. 32
I. Allegro
II. Andante tranquillo sostenuto
III. Allegro moderato
Shauna Rolston Cello
Patricia Tao PianoClaude Debussy
(1862–1918)Sonate pour violon et piano
I. Allegro vivo
II. Intermède: Fantasque et léger
III. Finale: Très animé
Jessica Linnebach Violin
Stephen Prutsman PianoOlivier Messiaen
(1908-1992)Thème et variations
Daniel Phillips Violin
Patricia Tao PianoMaurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Introduction et allegro
pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor
Nora Bumanis Harp
Tara Helen O'Connor Flute
Julianne Scott Clarinet
Jasmine Lin Violin
Jessica Linnebach Violin
Che-Yen Chen Viola
Marina Hoover Cello
Meet Festival guest artists, enjoy French pâtisseries, sip a glass of sparkling wine and help celebrate the Summer Solstice Festival’s fifth season!
Intersections: Music for Film and Concert Stage
featuring Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012
8 PM
Host-narrator for the first half of the program: D.T. Baker | Program notes
The work of many film composers is widely admired and frequently performed. Less familiar is the art music of these famous names – works written not for the big screen but the concert hall.
Saturday’s program features chamber works by two greats, Nino Rota and Lalo Schifrin. In a special salute to the cinema, Stephen Prutsman’s 2006 score for the Buster Keaton silent classic Sherlock, Jr., will be performed with a screening of the film and introduced by the composer.
7:15 PM: ECMS Scholarship winner recital
The pre-concert recital will feature Yoana Kyurkchieva performing Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky.
Yoana is the winner of a scholarship established this year by the Edmonton Chamber Music Society. This scholarship, to be awarded annually, recognizes an outstanding undergraduate or graduate performer studying at the University of Alberta.
Arvo Pärt
(b. 1935)Spiegel im Spiegel
Tara Helen O’Connor Alto flute
Stephen Prutsman PianoLalo Schifrin
(b. 1932)Pampas
Marina Hoover Cello
Patricia Tao PianoNino Rota
(1911–1979)Intermezzo
Che-Yen Chen Viola
Patricia Tao PianoNino Rota
(1911–1979)Improvviso "Un diavolo sentimentale"
Improvviso in D minor
Jasmine Lin Violin
Patricia Tao PianoStephen Prutsman
(b. 1960)
Sherlock Jr.
–with musical score by Stephen Prutsman
Jessica Linnebach Violin
Daniel Phillips Violin
Che-Yen Chen Viola
Shauna Rolston Cello
Stephen Prutsman Piano
Summer Passion
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
3 PM
2:15 PM: Pre-concert talk by Dr. David Gramit | Program Notes
The Festival concludes with an afternoon performance of three tempestuous, highly coloured works — Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle) for flute and cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Rebecca Clarke’s much-admired Piano Trio of 1921, and Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959)Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Vivo
Tara Helen O’Connor Flute
Shauna Rolston CelloRebecca Clarke
(1886-1979)Trio for violin, cello and piano
I. Moderato ma appassionato
II. Andante molto semplice
III. Allegro vigoroso
Jasmine Lin Violin
Marina Hoover Cello
Patricia Tao PianoJohannes Brahms
(1833–1897)Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Andante, un poco adagio
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV: Finale: Poco sostenuto-Allegro non troppo-Presto, non troppo
Daniel Phillips Violin
Jessica Linnebach Violin
Charles Pilon Viola
Shauna Rolston Cello
Stephen Prutsman Piano
Master Classes
Flutist Tara Helen O’Connor and violinist Daniel Phillips, frequent instructors at the Banff Centre’s Summer Music Programs, will conduct master classes for advanced students of flute and violin, respectively.
Those interested in participating in these public master classes are invited to apply to Dr. Patricia Tao, Director of the 2012 Summer Solstice Festival, by email to ptao@ualberta.ca. |
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Daniel Phillips |