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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Jessica Linnebach  Violin Shauna Rolston   Cello Stephen Prutsman Piano
Nora Bumanis  Harp Che-Yen Chen  Viola Jacques Després  Piano Marina Hoover  Cello Jasmine Lin  Violin	Tara Helen O’Connor Flute/Master Class Daniel Phillips Violin/Master Class Charles Pilon  Viola Julianne Scott  Clarinet Patricia Tao  Piano & Festival Director

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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 150^th 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  Piano
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)	From Préludes, Book 2 Bruyères General Lavine Feux d'artifice Jacques Després  Piano
Camille 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  Piano
Claude 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  Piano
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)	Thème et variations Daniel Phillips  Violin Patricia Tao  Piano
Maurice 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!

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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  Piano
Lalo Schifrin (b. 1932)	Pampas Marina Hoover  Cello Patricia Tao  Piano
Nino Rota (1911–1979)	Intermezzo Che-Yen Chen  Viola Patricia Tao  Piano
Nino Rota (1911–1979)	Improvviso "Un diavolo sentimentale" Improvviso in D minor Jasmine Lin  Violin Patricia Tao  Piano
Stephen 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

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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  Cello
Rebecca 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  Piano
Johannes 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

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Master Classes

Tara Helen O'Connor		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. Thursday, June 21, 2012 7 – 9 PM Room 1-29 and Studio 2-7 Fine Arts Building, U of A | Parking map 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.   Interested members of the public are also invited to attend.
Daniel Phillips

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