Here are my picks for this summer’s Festival. These concerts feature a wide range of familiar music, premieres and great pieces that you rarely get to hear in live performances. I’m sure you’ll enjoy all of these programs.
August 1 & 2
Sunday and Monday, 6 pm; St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Piano Trio No. 43 in C Major
Harvey de Souza, violin; Peter Stumpf, cello; Kuok-Wai Lio, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Harvey de Souza, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Kuok-Wai Lio, piano
REYNALDO HAHN Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Jennifer Gilbert, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano
===================
August 7
World Music
Saturday, 8 pm; St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Wu Man and Friends
Wu Man, pipa; Lee Knight, banjo, dulcimer, mouth bow, voice; Julian Kytasty, bandura, sopilka, voice; James Makubuya, endongo, adungu, voice
==================================
August 8 & 9
Sunday and Monday, 6 pm; St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
5 pm; O’Keeffe Gallery, New Mexico Museum of Art
Pre-Concert Talk: composer Chinary Ung with Marc Neikrug
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388
Liang Wang, oboe; Robert Ingliss, oboe; Michael Rusinek, clarinet; Todd Levy, clarinet;
Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Nancy Goeres, bassoon; Julie Landsman, horn; William Barnewitz, horn
CHINARY UNG AKASA: “Formless Spiral”
Wu Man, pipa; Susan Ung, viola; Real Quiet: Felix Fan, cello; Andrew Russo, piano; David Cossin, percussion
(2010 Festival Co-commission with La Jolla Music Society; world premiere)
BEDŘICH SMETANA String Quartet in E Minor “From My Life”
Orion String Quartet: Todd Phillips, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello
========================================
August 11 & 12
Wednesday & Thursday, 6 pm; St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
5 pm; O’Keeffe Gallery, New Mexico Museum of Art
Pre-Concert Talk: composers Cynthia Lee Wong & Chinary Ung with Marc Neikrug
FRANZ SCHUBERT Duo in A Major, D. 574
Ani Kavafian, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
STEVEN STUCKY Piano Quintet
OPUS ONE: Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin
(2010 Festival Co-commission with Chamber Music Northwest; world premiere)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
David Shifrin, clarinet; Orion String Quartet: Todd Phillips, violin; Daniel Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello
================================
August 15 & 16
Sunday and Monday, 6 pm; St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
5 pm; O’Keeffe Gallery, New Mexico Museum of Art
Pre-Concert Talk: composer Brett Dean with Marc Neikrug
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 16
OPUS ONE: Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
BRETT DEAN Epitaphs
Orion String Quartet: Daniel Phillips, violin; Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello; Brett Dean, viola
(2010 Festival Co-commission with Chamber Music Northwest; world premiere)
ROBERT SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
OPUS ONE: Ida Kavafian, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano