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Four Commissioned Premieres by
Saariaho, Sierra, Ruo and Tower,
Completion of Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
Among Musical Offerings of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 36th Season
Santa Fe, NM – Offering something for chamber music tastes of every kind, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 2008 season presents a variety of chamber music masterpieces, rarely heard gems and new works, including the premieres of four co-commissions, a new work by artistic director Marc Neikrug and the second installment of the complete Beethoven string quartet cycle featuring the Orion String Quartet. This summer 2008, the Festival takes place from July 20th through August 25th, and presents 76 renowned artists and six ensembles in concerts and recitals.
A major contributor to the contemporary chamber music repertoire, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival raises its number of commissions to 47 this 2008 season with the addition of four new works by some of today’s highly acclaimed composers: Huang Ruo, Kaija Saariaho, Roberto Sierra and Joan Tower.
The Festival also presents the completion of the Beethoven string quartet cycle featuring the Orion String Quartet, with eight works performed over the course of three nights, and the world premiere of Marc Neikrug's Piece for Pro Piano Hamburg Steinway Model D & Marimba One.
In all, the 2008 Festival presents over 100 works by composers such as: C. P. E Bach, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Berio, Brahms, Britten, Bruch, Carter, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Corelli, Dallapiccola, Debussy, Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Fasch, Faure, Ginastera, Handel, Janacek, Kline, Lancino, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Neikrug, Ortiz, Quantz, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Ruders, Ruo, Saariaho, Schubert, Schulhof, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sierra, Smetana, Stravinsky, Taneyev, Telemann, Tower and Vivaldi. The carefully crafted programs presented throughout the 36th season offer something for every taste. Samples of the various works appearing on the 2008 season include the opening concert, which features Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Platero y yo (performed in English) and Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata. Week one of the Festival also includes a Baroque program featuring Telemann's Concerto No. 3 for Trumpet, Two Oboes, Strings & Continuo, Quantz's Sonata for Flute, Oboe & Continuo, Corelli's Sonata for Trumpet, Two Violins & Continuo, Bach's Sonata for Flute & Harpsichord and Fasch's Concerto for Trumpet, Two Oboes, Strings & Continuo. Week two offers the world premiere of Roberto Sierra's Nonet and an all-Schumann program featuring the Festival debut of soprano Arianna Zukerman; week three features world premieres by Kaija Saariaho and Huang Ruo, Marc Neikrug's new work, Philip Kline's The Last Buffalo, and the first of three concerts in the second installment of the Beethoven string quartet cycle. Week four includes the completion of the Beethoven cycle, and an all-Handel vocal and instrumental program. Week five features Joan Tower’s 2008 Festival co-commission, Beethoven’s Septet for Winds and Strings and Bruch’s String Octet. And among the works in the last week of the festival are Neikrug's Through Roses and Dvorak's Piano Quintet, Op. 81.
As part of its 2008 season, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival will also present three concerts in downtown Albuquerque, hosted by American General Media Foundation’s new classical music concert series, KHFM PERFORMANCE LIVE. The three evening concerts will take place on July 23, July 30 and August 6 at the KiMo Theatre.
This summer, a special master class will be offered by violinist Daniel Phillips of the Orion String Quartet to the Escher String Quartet. As is the Festival's tradition with rehearsals, the master class will be free and open to the public. Schedules and locations for the master class and open rehearsals will be available during the season on the Festival website and at the Festival’s two halls: the intimate St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art, and The Lensic Performing Arts Center, both in downtown Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival performances will be distributed by The WFMT Radio Network in a 13-week, hour-long radio series this spring. Produced and nationally distributed by The WFMT Radio Network since 2005, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival remains the only chamber music festival to be broadcast nationwide. Highlights of the 2007 season included the Festival’s premiere of John Wyre's Quartet: Music for 16 Gongs (co-commissioned with the La Jolla Music Society), the first half of the Beethoven string quartet cycle featuring the Orion String Quartet; a Gregorian Chant program by The Monastic Choir of Christ in the Desert and H.K. Gruber’s festival debut, as well as the successful completion of the Festival’s 35th Anniversary Endowment Campaign, which surpassed its $5 million goal by $1.7 million.
Responding to the popularity of its first Chef's Gala, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival presents The Second Annual Chef's Gala this July 17, 2008. Held at the Scottish Rite Center, the benefit gala will feature a special performance by cellist Lynn Harrell and pianist Yuja Wang in the Hall, then cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the courtyard, followed by an incredible dinner featuring distinctive tables created by 17 of the finest chefs in Northern New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Founded in 1972 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, among the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is considered one of the world’s preeminent music festivals, renowned for its innovative spirit, inspirational performances and commitment to artistic excellence.
The Festival, one of the oldest in the country, modestly began with six performances and 14 artists in Santa Fe. Marking its 36th anniversary this 2008 season, it has grown to include over 40 concerts, recitals, master classes, youth concerts and open rehearsals with more than 80 artists and ensembles in the Santa Fe area during the Festival’s six week season, and continues to draw thousands of enthusiastic music lovers to Santa Fe each summer.
The Festival has been a consistent contributor to contemporary chamber music repertoire since 1980, and has commissioned 47 new works from such eminent composers as Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, John Harbison and Joan Tower, to name a few. It has transformed the chamber music festival model by extending its musical hallmark, that of a presenter of great masterpieces and champion and contributor to the contemporary repertoire, to include works of fine art by local artists, underscoring the relationship music has with other art forms. Each season the Festival incorporates local art through its performance locations and with program books, posters, or CD covers, having begun the tradition with the reproduction of Georgia O'Keefe's Music, Pink and Blue No. 1 as the cover of the Festival's first program book. Artists have included Dan Namingha, William Lumpkins, Harry Fonsecca, Nils Hogner, Laura Gilpin and William Penhallow Henderson. The 2008 season program cover and poster will showcase the artwork of Ms. Emmi Whitehorse, an internationally renowned painter whose work focuses on nature and landscapes. Ms. Whitehorse will create an original painting for the Festival, not only for
2008, but for the 2009 and 2010 seasons as well. The actual pieces will then be auctioned each year to support the festival.
Recognized as a cultural, educational and economic catalyst for the Santa Fe region, the Festival holds its performances in two locations: Santa Fe’s St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum Of Art and The Lensic Performing Arts Center. During the off-season, the Festival reaches out to adults and young people in Santa Fe schools with education and outreach programs, including Music in our Schools, which involves approximately 3,800 students in eight elementary public schools and Strings in our Schools, which provides violins and weekly violin lessons to students at two elementary public schools.
Since 2005, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s 13-week, hour-long radio series has been produced and distributed nationally by The WFMT Radio Network. Other national radio broadcasts have included American Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, NPR, and BBC Radio 3.
SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008 SEASON
FESTIVAL ARTISTS: VIOLIN: Adam Barnett-Hart, Kathleen Brauer, Ivan Chan, Jennifer Frautschi, L.P. How, Yi-Wen Jiang, Wu Jie, Benny Kim, Weigang Li, Cho-Liang Lin, Jessica Linnebach, Helen Nightengale, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Giora Schmidt, Philip Setzer, Pinchas Zukerman VIOLA: Choong-Jin Chang, Guillermo Figueroa, L.P. How, Kirsten Johnson, Benny Kim, Pierre Lapointe, Honggang Li, Teng Li, Jethro Marks, Cynthia Phelps, Daniel Phillips, Steven Tenenbom CELLO: Zuill Bailey, Mark Brandfonbrener, Timothy Eddy, Felix Fan, Amanda Forsyth, Sally Guenther, Lynn Harrell; Gary Hoffman, Andrew Janss, Anssi Karttunen, Eric Kim, Ronald Thomas, Nicholas Tzavaras DOUBLE BASS: Marji Danilow HARP: Rosalind Simpson FLUTE: Bart Feller, Tara Helen O’Connor, Janice Tipton OBOE: Allan Vogel, Liang Wang CLARINET/BASS CLARINET: Kyle Knox, Todd Levy, Michael Rusinek BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON: Nancy Goeres; Theodore Soluri HORN: William Barnewitz, Julie Landsman, Eric Ruske TRUMPET: David Washburn PIANO: Jeremy Denk, Benjamin Hochman, Jon Nakamatsu, Marc Neikrug, Jon Kimura Parker, Navah Perlman, Andrew Russo, Yuja Wang HARPSICHORD: Kathleen McIntosh GUITAR: Simon Wynberg PERCUSSION: David Cossin; Angela Gabriel, Jeffrey Milarsky SINGERS: Monia Groop, Isabel Leonard, Laurent Naouri, Arianna Zukerman SPEAKER/ACTOR: Jonathan Richards, John Rubinstein CONDUCTORS: Guillermo Figueroa, Marc Neikrug ENSEMBLES: Escher String Quartet, Imani Wind Quintet, Miami String Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Real Quiet, Shanghai Quartet
WEEK ONE
Sunday, July 20 6:00 pm at St. Francis
OPENING CONCERT
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Platero y Yo (in English)
Rachmaninoff, Sonata in g for Cello & Piano, Op. 19
MONDAY JULY 21 10:00 am at St. Francis
YOUTH CONCERT # 1
Johathan Richards, speaker; Simon Wynberg, guitar
Monday, July 21 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Platero y yo (in English)
Rachmaninoff, Sonata in g for Cello & Piano, Op. 19
Tuesday, July 22 noon at St. Francis
Solo Piano Recital by Yuja Wang
Wednesday, July 23 7:30 pm in Albuquerque
KHFM Performance Live series (KiMo Theatre)
Ravel, String Quartet in F
Schumann, Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Taneyev, Piano Quintet in g, Op. 30
Thursday, July 24 noon at St. Francis
Mozart, Flute Quartet No. 3 in C, K. Anh. 171
Britten, Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Eclogues, Op. 206
Brahms, String Quartet No. 2 in a, Op. 51, No. 2
Thursday, July 24 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Ravel, String Quartet in F
Schumann, Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Taneyev, Piano Quintet in g, Op. 30
Saturday, July 26 5:00 pm at St. Francis
Telemann, Concerto No. 3 in D for Trumpet, Two
Oboes, Strings & Basso Continuo
Quantz, Trio Sonata in c for Flute, Oboe & Continuo
Corelli, Sonata in D for Trumpet, Two Violins &
Continuo, WoO4
Bach, Sonata in A for Flute & Harpsichord, BMV 1032
Fasch, Concerto in D for Trumpet, Two Oboes, Strings
& Continuo, FWV L:D1
Saturday, July 26 8:00 pm at St. Francis
Imani Wind Quintet Program to be announced
WEEK TWO
Sunday, July 27 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Mozart, String Quartet No. 15 in d, K. 421
Roberto Sierra, Nonet
2008 Festival Co-Commission, world premiere
Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26
Monday, July 28 10:00 am at St. Francis
YOUTH CONCERT #2
Imani Wind Quintet
Monday, July 28 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Mozart, String Quartet No. 15 in d, K. 421
Roberto Sierra, Nonet
2008 Festival Co-Commission
Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26
Wednesday, July 30 7:30 pm in Albuquerque
KHFM Performance Live series (at KiMo Theatre)
Mozart, Duo for Violin & Viola in Bb, K. 424
Schumann, Marchenbilder, Op. 113 (Fairytale Pictures)
Schubert, Salve Regina (Offertorium III) in A, D.676
Ginastera, Quartet for Strings No. 3, Op. 40
Thursday, July 31 noon at St. Francis
All-Schumann Program:
Adagio and Allegro in Ab, Op. 70
Marchenbilder, Op. 113 (Fairytale Pictures)
Five Songs:
Windmung from Myrthen (Ruckert)
Du Ring an Meinen Finger
Mit Myrten und Rosen
Du Bist wie eine Blume
Der Nussbaum
Phantasiestucke, Op. 73 (Fantasy Pieces)
Thursday, July 31 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Mozart, Duo for Violin and Viola in Bb, K. 424
Brahms, Clarinet Trio in a, Op. 114
Schubert, Salve Regina (Offertorium III) in A, D. 676
Ginastera, Quartet for Strings No. 3, Op. 40
Friday, August 1 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Dallapiccola, Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
Pablo Ortiz, Firpo
Pablo Ortiz, Manzi
Pablo Ortiz, Angeles Caidos
Berio, Sequenza XIV
Kaija Saariaho, Sept papillons
Saturday, August 2 5:00 pm at St. Francis
Lancino, ONXA for Mezzo-soprano, Cello & String Quartet
Telemann, Canary Cantata, TWV 20:37
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051
Bach, Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042
WEEK THREE
Sunday, August 3 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Beethoven, Piano Trio in Eb, Op. 70, No. 2
Kaija Saariaho, 2008 Festival Co-Commission
Title TBA, world premiere
Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
Monday, August 4 10:00 am at St. Francis
Youth Concert #3
Giora Schmidt, violin; Zuill Bailey, cello; Navah Perlman, piano
Monday, August 4 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Beethoven, Piano Trio in Eb, Op. 70, No. 2
Kaija Saariaho, 2008 Festival Co-Commission
Title TBA
Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
Tuesday, August 5 noon at St. Francis
Kline, The Last Buffalo
Marc Neikrug, Piece for Pro Piano Hamburg Steinway
Model D & Marimba One World Premiere
Shostakovich, Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67
Wednesday, August 6 7:30 pm in Albuquerque
KHFM Performance Live series (at KiMo Theatre)
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 4 in c, Op. 18, No. 4
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 12 in Eb, Op. 127
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3
Wednesday, August 6 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Elliot Carter, Cello Sonata
Huang Ruo 2008 Festival Co-commission
Title TBA, world premiere
Kaija Saariaho, 2008 Festival Co-Commission
Title TBA
Thursday, August 7 noon at St. Francis
Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 1, in F, Op. 5, No. 1
Schumann, Piano Quartet in Eb, Op. 47
Thursday, August 7 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
String Quartet No. 4 in c, Op. 18, No. 4
String Quartet No. 12 in Eb, Op. 127
String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3
Friday, August 8 10:00 pm at St. Francis
Youth Concert #4
Orion String Quartet
Saturday, August 9 5:00 pm at St. Francis
Solo Piano Recital by Benjamin Hochman
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
WEEK FOUR
Sunday, August 10 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5
String Quartet No. 15 in a, Op. 132
Monday, August 11 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
String Quartet No. 6 in Bb, Op. 18, No. 6
String Quartet No. 11 in f, Op. 95 “Serioso”
String Quartet No. 13 in Bb, Op. 130 with Grosse Fugue,
Op. 133
Tuesday, August 12 11:00 am at St. Francis
Youth Concert #5
Joseph Ferraro, percussion; Gregg Koyle, percussion;
Jeffrey Milarsky, percussion; David Tolen, percussion
Wednesday, August 13 6:00 pm at St. Francis
Stravinsky, Three Pieces for Clarinet
Ravel, Piano Trio in a Brahms, Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34a
Thursday, August 14 noon at St. Francis
Debussy, Violin Sonata
Mozart, Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb, K. 493
Thursday, August 14 6:00 pm at Lensic
Mozart, Violin Sonata No. 21 in e, K. 304
Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello
Dohnanyi, Piano Quintet No. 2 in eb, Op. 26
Saturday, August 16 5:00 pm at St. Francis
All-Handel vocal and Instrumental program including
La Lucrezia (O numi eterni) Cantata for Soprano &
Continuo, HWV 145
WEEK FIVE
Sunday, August 17 6:00 pm at Lensic
Faure, Elegy in c, Op. 24
Poul Ruders, Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Beethoven, Septet in Eb for Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn
& Strings, Op. 20
Monday, August 18 6:00 pm at Lensic
Beethoven, Quintet in Eb for Oboe, Bassoon, & Three
French Horns, H. 19
Janacek, Violin Sonata JW 7/7
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No. 2 in c, Op. 66
Tuesday, August 19 noon at St. Francis
Mozart, Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 32 in Bb, K. 454
Debussy, Cello Sonata
Schulhoff, Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass
Wednesday, August 20 6:00 pm at Lensic
Joan Tower, Piano and Wind Quintet (Title TBA)
2008 Festival Co-Commission, New Mexico premiere
Beethoven, Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Dvorak, Serenade in d, Op. 44
WEEK FIVE
Thursday, August 21 noon at St. Francis
Debussy, String Quartet, Op. 10
Dvorak, String Quartet No. 12, "American"
Thursday, August 21 6:00 pm at Lensic
Janacek, Mladi
Mendelssohn, Sextet in D for Violin, Two Violas, Cello,
Double Bass & Piano, Op. 110
Bruch, String Octet
Friday, August 22 10:00 -11:30 am at St. Francis
MASTER CLASS
Escher Quartet with Daniel Phillips of Orion String Quartet
Friday, August 22 7:00 pm at St. Francis
FREE Indian Market Concert
Debussy, String Quartet, Op. 10
Dvorak, String Quartet No. 12, "American"
Friday, August 22 8:00 pm at Lensic
Program TBA
Saturday, August 23 7:00 pm at Lensic
Vivaldi, Oboe Concerto TBA
C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in d for Flute, Strings &
Continuo, H. 426
Handel, Concerto in Bb for Harp, Two Flutes, Two Violins
& Basso Continuo, Op. 4, No. 6
Vivaldi, Concerto in C for Piccolo, Strings & Basso
Continuo, RV 443
WEEK SIX
Sunday, August 24 6:00 pm at Lensic
Beethoven, Duet in Eb for Viola and Cello,WoO 32
(with two eyeglasses obbligato)
Dvorak, Terzetto in C for Two Violins and Viola, B.148, Op.74
Neikrug, Through Roses
Monday, August 25 6:00 pm at Lensic
Mozart, String Quartet, K.387
Bartok, String Quartet No. 5, Sz102
Dvorak, Piano Quintet in A, B.155, Op. 81
The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is funded in part by the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax; the New Mexico Tourism Department; New Mexico Arts, a division of the Office of Cultural Affairs; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
KHFM PERFORMANCE LIVE is a new, live classical music concert program developed by American General Media Foundation, based on 95.5 Classical KHFM’s successful radio format. Launched in February2008, it will feature up to ten live performances in various locations in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information on KHFM PERFORM-ANCE LIVE and the American General Media Foundation, please visit KHFM’s website at www.classicalkhfm.com.
For more information on the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, its upcoming 2008 season and its other activities, please visit the Festival’s website at www.sfcmf.com.
February 21-24, 2008
A Weekend of Fine Art, Food, Wine, Fashion and Homes Benefiting Art Programs for Santa Fe Schoolchildren
A Celebration of Art & Cuisine
Santa Fe Galleries Promote Arts in Education
January 8, 2008, Santa Fe, NM. Now in its 11th season, ARTfeast is heralded as one of the most inspired reasons for a weekend getaway to Santa Fe. Held February 21-24, 2008, this extravaganza features the City Different’s world-class chefs and restaurants, an international array of vintners, designer fashions and unique homes, along with nationally and regionally prominent artists represented by members of the Santa Fe Gallery Association.
All of this festivity provides young people with the skills needed to creatively respond to life. Proceeds from ARTfeast fund art programs and materials for Santa Fe youth. Through the nonprofit ARTsmart, $90,000 was donated in 2007 and nearly a half-million dollars since the event’s inception.
The fun begins with a Contemporary Encounter on Thursday evening. Food and wine are served in the galleries of SITE Santa Fe, where Director Laura Heon illuminates the pioneering video and electronic art of internationally acclaimed Steina.
On Friday, the Vintners’ Luncheon & Style Show stages a runway presentation of elegant, yet comfortable fashions by Dallas-based Allie-Coosh. A shopping bazaar of original creations by New Mexico’s clothing and accessory designers follows.
The popular Edible Art Tour on Friday evening is an odyssey of art, food and drink served by the city’s restaurateurs in the ambience of 30 art galleries. Amble through the most “walkable” art center in the country, or be transported on buses shuttling between locations on historic Canyon Road and the Downtown Plaza area.
Saturday begins with the Art of Home tour in which exceptional residences selected by Santa Fe Properties are enhanced by artwork supplied by Santa Fe’s gallerists and schoolchildren (tour repeats on Sunday). In the afternoon, participants sample wines by more than 25 vintners, accompanied by artisanal cheeses and mellow music during the Art of Wine. Starting at 6 pm, a multi-course Gourmet Dinner recognizes Honorary Artist Roxanne Swentzell. Created by well-known chefs, the dinner is paired with perfect wines and enlivened by an auction of handmade plates and sculptures by Santa Fe schoolchildren.
ARTfeast weekend concludes with the Sunday Artists’ Champagne Brunch, which brings together art collectors, gallerists and artists in an exciting auction atmosphere. Both live and silent bidding take place for paintings, sculptures and enticing packages that include returning to the Land of Enchantment for cooking classes, ballooning, rafting, skiing and more.
Many of Santa Fe’s lodgers and bed-and-breakfasts offer weekend specials, providing relaxing breaks between the bountiful pleasures that put Santa Fe tastefully at the top of every traveler’s wish list. For details and ticketing visit www.artfeast.com and www.santafegalleryassociation.org. To plan additional adventures go to www.santafe.org and www.newmexico.org.