92Y February
Concerts

Olga Kern in Recital: “Masters of the Keyboard”
Saturday, February 1, 8:00 PM
92Y- Kaufmann Concert Hall, NYC
Olga Kern, the striking young Russian Gold Medal winner of
the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition – whose performance of the
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 made her the first woman to achieve this
distinction in over thirty years – returns to 92nd Street Y in her only New
York engagement of the season.
Rachmaninoff: Selections from Preludes, Op. 32
Alkan: Selections from Twelve
Études in the Major Keys, Op. 35
Mussorgsky: Pictures
at an Exhibition
Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $57
Artist Website: Olga Kern
Brentano String Quartet and Soprano Christine Brandes
Saturday, February 8, 8:00 PM
92Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall, NYC
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet
has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim and in 2012
provided the key music for the film A Late Quartet, starring Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Christopher Walken. This season, the ensemble presents a
three-concert series at 92Y, pairing works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and
Mendelssohn with New York quintet premieres by Eric Moe, Vijay Iyer and Felipe
Lara. The ensemble opens its series on February 8 with soprano Christine
Brandes’s 92Y debut and the New York premiere of Eric Moe’s Of Color Braided
All Desire. Noted for her radiant, crystalline voice and superb musicianship,
Brandes brings her committed artistry to repertoire ranging from the 17th
century to newly composed works. She enjoys an active career in North America
and abroad, performing at many of the world’s most distinguished festivals and
concert series in programs spanning recitals, chamber music, oratorio and
opera.
Haydn: Arianna a
Naxos (“Teseo mio ben”), Cantata for
Soprano
Moe: Of Color
Braided All Desire for Soprano and String Quartet (New York premiere)
Mendelssohn: String
Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1
Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $62
Artist Website: Brentano String Quartet, Christine Brandes
Jenny Lin, Piano
Tuesday, February 25, 7:30 PM
SubCulture - 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs), NYC
Acclaimed by The New
York Times for her "remarkable technical command" and "gift
for melodic flow", pianist Jenny Lin is admired for her adventurous
programming and charismatic stage presence. Her ability to combine classical
and contemporary literature has brought her to the attention of international
critics and audiences. Ms. Lin’s extensive discography includes more than 20
critically acclaimed recordings on Hänssler Classic, Steinway & Sons, eOne
Records, BIS Records, and Sunrise Records with a new CD of piano solo works by Stravinsky
scheduled for release. She has performed with the American Symphony, Winnipeg
Symphony, La Orquesta Sinfónica de Gijón in Spain; SWR Rundfunkorchester in
Germany; Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale della RAI in Italy, and National
Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. Her 92Y recital at SubCulture features music from
her recent disc, Get Happy, on the Steinway & Sons Label.
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne
in D minor, BWV 1004
Liszt: Rigoletto: Paraphrase
de concert (after Verdi)
Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid
Stravinsky/Agosti: L’Oiseau
de feu
Rodgers/Previn: “Blue Moon”
Rodgers/Hough: “Hello, Young Lovers,” “My Favorite Things”
Loewe/Mazew: Eliza
in Ascot
Gershwin/Wild: “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm”
Berlin/Hyman: “Blue Skies”
Arlen/Prutsman: “Get Happy”
Tickets $30, $35
Artist Website: Jenny Lin
Tickets are available at
www.92Y.org/concerts or
212-415-5500.
--Ashlyn Damm, Kirshbaum Demler & Associates
Joana Carneiro and
Berkeley Symphony Present a World-Premiere Violin Concerto by Samuel Carl
Adams, Featuring Anthony Marwood as Soloist, February 6
Music Director Joana Carneiro and Berkeley Symphony
continue their 2013-2014 season on Thursday, February 6 at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach
Hall, Berkeley, California with a world premiere Violin Concerto by Berkeley-native Samuel Carl Adams. British
violinist Anthony Marwood, described by BBC
Music Magazine as a “consummate artist…blessed with boundless energy,
intellectual curiosity and creative wizadry,” performs as soloist for this
work. The program also features Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite for strings and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56, also known as the Scottish.
Praised as “wondrously alluring” by Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle, Berkeley-native
Samuel Carl Adams has received numerous prestigious commissions including
Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony and Emanuel Ax. A
composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, Adams draws from his knowledge
and experiences in a variety of fields such as noise, electronic music, jazz
and field recording. His acclaimed orchestral work Drift and Providence, co-commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony
and New World Symphony, was premiered in April 2012 by the New World Symphony
and given its Bay Area premiere by the San Francisco Symphony in September
2012, both under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. Adams has served as
composer in residence at the Spoleto Festival USA, where his String Quartet in
Five Movements was premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and will participate
as guest composer with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of
America in the summer of 2014 as part of its coast-to-coast national tour.
Samuel Carl Adams, son of composer John Adams, is a graduate of Berkeley’s
Crowden School.
Known for his formidable technique and exceptional
artistry, Anthony Marwood is a frequent collaborator with contemporary
composers, having performed a number of violin concertos that were written
expressly for him. In September 2005, he premiered Thomas Ades’ Violin Concerto
as part of the Berlin Festspiele wth the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with a
subsequent recording of the work released on the EMI label in 2010. Marwood
leads a versatile career as a soloist, recording artist and director,
performing with such orchestras as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St.
Martin in the Field, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Les Violins du Roy. He
has also served as artistic director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and has
directed projects at the Australian National Academy of Music for the past four
years.
Single tickets for the concert are $15-$74. For more
information or to purchase tickets, call (510) 841-2800 x1 or visit
www.berkeleysymphony.org.
--Brenden Guy and Karen Ames, Karen Ames Communications
Legendary Violinist
Itzhak Perlman Hosts a Unique Retreat for Musicians & Music Lovers
Dreamcatcher Events presents an exceptional opportunity to
connect with one of the greatest artists and musical ambassadors of our time.
For four incredible days this August, legendary violin master, conductor, and
teacher Itzhak Perlman will welcome fans, classical music lovers, and musicians
of all levels for a unique immersive retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
“Bows & Batons: 4 Days of Music and Music Appreciation with Itzhak Perlman
& Friends” is an exceptional opportunity to share great music and
conversation with Mr. Perlman, along with his wife Toby Perlman and Merry
Peckham of the Perlman Music Program, and some of the program’s gifted alumni.
Bows & Batons is presented by Dreamcatcher Events, the
leading independent producer of musical and other event-related immersive
retreats for adults. Dreamcatcher retreats provide intimate, once-in-a-lifetime
opportunities for fans to spend several days with a legendary artist. Bows
& Batons takes place from August 18-22, 2014 at the beautiful Gideon Putnam
Resort in Saratoga Springs, NY.
The retreat will offer a series of exclusive concerts,
discussions, conversations, and workshops led by Mr. Perlman and Perlman Music
Program instructors and musicians. Highlights include a series of Informances —
performances featuring classical masterpieces along with commentary from the
performers, in an informal concert setting — and the exclusive chance to attend
Mr. Perlman’s rehearsal at Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the
Philadelphia Orchestra on August 20th, as well as the performance that evening.
The reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys
superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Having performed with
every major orchestra and at venerable concert halls around the globe, Itzhak
Perlman is beloved for his charm and humanity as well as for his talent, along
with the irrepressible joy of music-making he communicates to audiences and
individuals throughout the world.
“This will be the first time I have done an event of this
kind,” says Mr. Perlman, “and I am very much looking forward to it. I hope to
share with the participants a little bit of an inner knowledge of what goes
into my violin playing, conducting, and concerts — a glimpse into a ‘day in the
life’ of a musician and teacher. We can be spontaneous and cover a whole range
of topics — let us see where our conversations lead us.”
For more details as well as schedule and registration
information, please see:
http://bowsandbatons.com/
--Shira Gilbert PR
Midwest Young
Artists 18th Walgreens National Concerto Competition
Midwest Young Artists hosted the 18th annual Walgreens
National Concerto Competition, held at the MYA Center at Fort Sheridan and
Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia on December 28 & 29, 2013. Prizes for this
solo competition included an opportunity to perform with the MYA Symphony
Orchestra and on the prestigious From the Top radio program. Walgreens
Corporation’s annual sponsorship enabled MYA to provide students with
distinguished judges, a digital recording of their performance, written
performance evaluations, and an inviting and nurturing environment in which to
participate.
Results are below. Congratulations to all performers.
MYA Senior Division Results:
Overall Division Winner and String Category Winner (will
perform in February at Symphony Center):
Chris Gao, cello: Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante, Op.
125, Mvt 2
Honorable Mentions (String Category):
David Berghoff, viola: Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher, Mvt
1
Anastasia Dalianis, cello: Kabalevsky - Cello Concerto in
G Minor, Mvt 3
Daniel Kaler, cello: Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B Minor
Grace Pechianu, violin: Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A
Minor, Mvt 1
Rachel Stenzel, violin: Dvorak - Violin Concerto in A
Minor, Op. 53, Mvt 3
Honorable Mention (Piano Category):
Allen Wang: Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor,
Mvt 1
Early Music Category Winner:
Marissa Takaki, bassoon: Mozart - Concerto for Bassoon,
Mvt 1
Other Instruments Category Winner:
Torin Bakke, clarinet: Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet, Mvt
1
Honorable Mentions (Other Instruments Category):
Scott Greene, clarinet: Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody
Nina Laube, bassoon: Weber - Concerto for Bassoon in F
Major, Mvt 1
MYA Junior Division Results:
Overall Division Winner and String Category Winner:
Masha Lakisova, violin: Saint-Saens - Introduction and
Rondo Capricciosso
Honorable Mentions (String Category):
Haddon Kay, cello: Elgar - Concerto in E minor Op 85, Mvts
1 & 2
Masha Lakisova/Rebecca Moy, violins: Reicha - Concerto
Concertante for 2 Violins
Rebecca Moy, violin: Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Piano Category Winner:
Kimberly Han: Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Piano Category):
Alice Zhang: Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op.
21, Mvt 1
Early Music Category Winners:
Natalie Clarke and Colin Priller, violas: J.S. Bach -
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051, Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Other Instruments Category):
Ariel Kaler, clarinet: Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1,
Mvt 1
Open Senior Division Results:
Overall Open Division Winner and String Category Winner
(will perform in February at Symphony Center):
Hansuh Rhee, violin: Sibelius - Concerto in D Minor, Mvt 1
Honorable Mentions (String Category):
Paolo Dara, violin: Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, Mvt 1
Serena Harnack, violin: Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Alexandra Kim, cello: Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 1 in A
Minor, Op. 33
Nathan Mo, cello: Shostakovich - Concerto No. 1 in E Flat
Major, Mvt 1
Steven Song, violin: Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2 in
G Minor, Mvt 1
Lucie Ticho, cello: Shostakovich - Concerto No. 1 in E
Flat Major, Mvts 3 & 4
Piano Category Winner:
Cindy Yang: Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 5, Mvt 3
Honorable Mentions (Piano Category):
Justin Ma: Grieg - Concerto in A Minor, Mvt 1
Jonah White: Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1, Op. 23, Mvt 1
Isabella Wu: Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp
Minor, Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Other Instruments Category):
Elizabeth Chang, flute: Nielsen - Concerto for Flute and
Orchestra, Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Voice Category):
Loucine Topouzian, soprano: Puccini/Rodgers - O Mio
Babbino Caro, If I Loved You
Open Junior Division Results:
Overall Junior Division Winner and String Category
Co-Winner:
Julian Rhee, violin: Dvorak - Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
String Category Co-Winner:
Maya Anjali Buchanan, violin: Paganini - Concerto No. 1 in
D Major, Op. 6, Mvt 1
Honorable Mentions (String Category):
Kitsho Hosotani, violin: Wieniawski- Concerto No. 2 in D
Minor, Op. 22, Mvt 1
Christian D. Kim, violin: Kreisler - Praeludium and
Allegro
Charlotte Loukola, violin: Wieniawski - Polonaise
Brilliante in A Major
Calvin Yoon, violin: Shostakovitch - Concerto No. 1, Mvt 4
Piano Category Winner:
Colin Choi: Grieg - Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, Mvt 1
Honorable Mentions (Piano Category):
Derek Chung: Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, S. 124
Lia Kim: Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Early Music Category Winner:
Tyeese Braslavsky, piano: Mozart - Concerto No. 20 in D
Minor, K446, Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Early Music Category):
Lilian Xu, piano: Mozart - Concerto in A Major, K488, Mvt
1
Honorable Mentions (Other Instruments Category):
Noah Jung, clarinet: Mozart - Concerto, Mvt 1
Lindsey Wong, flute: Mozart - Concerto No. 2 in D, K314,
Mvt 1
Honorable Mention (Voice Category):
Laura Bretan, soprano: Adolphe/Puccini - O Holy Night, O
Mio Babbino Caro
--Midwest Young Artists
Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg and the New Century Chamber Orchestra Present Donizetti’s Rita Featuring San Francisco Opera Adler
Fellows February 12-16
Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the New Century
Chamber Orchestra begin the New Year with first-ever collaboration with San
Francisco Opera’s Adler Fellows in a performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s
rarely-performed one-act comic opera Rita.
New Century begins its evening-long operatic adventure
with orchestral works from famous operas arranged for the ensemble by former
New Century Featured Composer Clarice Assad, including Johann Strauss’ Overture to Die Fledermaus, Massenet’s Meditation
from Thais with Music Director Nadja
Salerno-Sonnenberg as soloist and Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria
Rusticana. Also featured on the program is the Prestissimo from Verdi’s String
Quartet in E minor, the only surviving chamber work in the composer’s
catalogue.
After intermission, soprano Maria Valdes, baritone EfraÃn
SolÃs and tenor Thomas Glenn join the orchestra for Donizetti’s hilarious tale
of domestic strife. Ms. Valdes and Mr. SolÃs are current San Francisco Opera
Center Adler Fellows and Mr. Glenn is a graduate of the program. Originally
titled Deux hommes et une femme (Two
Men and a Woman), Donizetti’s Rita
was completed in 1841 but never performed during the composer’s lifetime,
receiving its premiere posthumously in 1860 at the Opera-Comique in Paris. Work
on this opera began as a project by the composer to keep himself busy while he
was in Paris waiting for the libretto to be finished for a commission by La
Scala. The opera is a domestic comedy set in 18th century Italy and tells the
tale of Rita, an inn-keeper and tyrannical wife, and her timid husband Beppe
whose lives become difficult with the unexpected arrival of Rita’s first
husband Gasparo, thought to have drowned. The libretto is written by Gustave
Vaez who had previously co-written Donzietti’s Lucia de Lammermoor.
Two years in the planning, the collaboration brings the
San Francisco-based New Century Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco Opera
Center together for the very first time. “Opera has been in my blood since I
was a kid,” said Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. “I remember so well listening to
those Saturday radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera with my
grandfather. Being able to stage an opera with New Century is a dream come true
for me.”
“We at the Opera Center are thrilled to be working with
the fabulous New Century Chamber Orchestra, especially to have the chance to
collaborate with the amazing violinist/musician, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,”
said Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald. “The Maestra loves opera and Rita
is a wonderful comedic romp that will hopefully tickle her, and everyone’s,
fancy! It’s the story of a wild and wacky love triangle of sorts and
Donizetti’s music sparkles.”
Both collaborators see Rita
as a means to attract new audiences and to challenge performers artistically.
Casting was done by Ms. Greenawald, stage direction will be provided by Eugene
Brancoveanu and the music was rescored and edited for the New Century Chamber
Orchestra by Peter Grunberg.
Donizetti’s Rita
will be given on four evenings in different locations around the Bay Area.
Wednesday, February 12 at 8 p.m., First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA
Friday, February 14 at 8 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto,
Saturday, February 15 at 8 p.m., SF Jewish Community Center, San Francisco and
Sunday, February 16 at 5 p.m., Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael.
New Century also offers an Open Rehearsal, Tuesday, February 11 at 10 a.m. at
the Kanbar Performing Arts Center in San Francisco for a price of $8.
Single tickets range in price from $29 to $59 and can be
purchased through City Box Office: www.cityboxoffice.com and (415) 392-4400.
Discounted $15 single tickets are available for patrons under 35.
Open Rehearsal tickets are $8 general admission and can be
purchased through City Box Office:
www.cityboxoffice.com and (415) 392-4400.
For further information on New Century, please visit
www.ncco.org
--Karen Ames Communications
One World Symphony
Presents Addiction
Sung Jin Hong, Artistic Director and Conductor
One World Symphony Vocal Artists
Richard Wagner: from The
Flying Dutchman
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: from Eugene Onegin
Hector Berlioz: La
mort d'Ophélie
Sung Jin Hong: Breaking
Bad - Ozymandias (2014 World Premiere, inspired by the award-winning drama
and Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet)
Two Performances:
Sunday, January 26, 2014 - Sold Out!
Monday, January 27, 2014
8:00 p.m.
Holy Apostles Church
296 Ninth Avenue at West 28th Street, Manhattan
$30 Students/Seniors with ID
$40 General
Spiral into an endless cascade of musical bliss as you
surrender to the siren song of Addiction.
Experience the fervent pulsations of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman as Senta vows her love to a ghost and lifts the
curse on him with her eventual suicide. Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin tells the tale of ardent infatuation, and Berlioz's
obsession with the object of his desire is manifested in La mort d'Ophélie. Inspired by the award-winning drama and Percy
Bysshe Shelley's sonnet, Sung Jin Hong's Breaking
Bad - Ozymandias explores the question that the drama obsessively and
hauntingly asked: "are we all breaking bad?"
--One World Symphony
American Bach
Soloists Present Bach’s Magnificat January 24-27
Magnificat
Orchestral Suite No.
2 in B Minor
“Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!”
“Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir”
Clara Rottsolk soprano - Danielle Reutter-Harrah
mezzo-soprano
Eric Jurenas countertenor - Guy Cutting tenor (debut)
William Sharp baritone - Sandra Miller flute
Performed on period instruments with the American Bach
Choir, Jeffrey Thomas conductor
Belvedere, CA: St. Stephen’s Church Friday January 24 2014
8:00 pm
Berkeley, CA: First Congregational Church Saturday January
25 2014 8:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Sunday
January 26 2014 4:00 pm
Davis, CA: Davis Community Church Monday January 27 2014
7:00 pm
--American Bach Soloists
Baritone Gerald
Finley and Pianist Julius Drake Perform Schubert’s Epic Song Cycle Winterreise on Sunday, February 2, at
3:00 p.m. in Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
Canadian baritone Gerald Finley and his longtime musical
collaborator, pianist Julius Drake, come to Cal Performances on Sunday,
February 2, at 3:00 p.m. to perform Franz Schubert’s intensely emotional
24-song cycle, Winterreise, in Hertz
Hall, Berkeley, CA. Though Finley is perhaps best known to Bay Area audiences
for the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 2005 world premiere of John Adams’
Doctor Atomic with San Francisco
Opera, “he has proved that he is also a master of the more intimate art of
song” (The New York Times) while
Drake “is no shrinking violet of an accompanist: without being aggressive or
domineering, his style is robust and forthright” (The Telegraph).
In Winterreise,
Schubert sets music to poetry by Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827). Müller’s two dozen
texts present episodes and vignettes describing the wintertime wanderings of a
rejected lover. Schubert’s music for Winterreise—widely considered the
apotheosis of his work composing art songs—exhibits startling beauty in spite
of the brooding subject matter. The piano and voice are partners in the
storytelling, complementing, exposing, and answering one another as the
performers take the audience on a psychological journey through the dark
metaphorical depths of a tortured soul.
Baritone Gerald Finley has performed on the most
prestigious opera stages, concert halls, and recital venues worldwide, with
top-flight orchestras and renowned conductors. Finley has won widespread
acclaim for his expressive, nuanced singing and broad musical range, and earned
multiple awards, including the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for
Doctor Atomic with the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to a busy performance and
recording career, Finley is Visiting Professor and Fellow of the Royal College
of Music in London.
British pianist Julius Drake has performed and recorded
with many of the world’s finest vocal artists over his 30-year career. He is
also Professor at Graz University for Music and the Performing Arts in Austria,
presents master classes worldwide, has devised and performed song series and
recitals for audiences in the UK and the Netherlands, and has directed music
festivals in Australia and Wales. Drake’s discography includes more than a
dozen recordings of chamber music, song, and solo piano works. Finley and
Drake’s tour of Winterreise will begin on January 15 in London and will visit
eight other cities in Europe and North America.
Ticket information:
Tickets for Gerald Finley, baritone, and Julius Drake,
piano on Sunday, February 2, at 3:00 p.m. in Hertz Hall are $32.00 and are
subject to change. Half-price tickets are available for UC Berkeley students.
Tickets are available through the Ticket Office at Zellerbach Hall, at (510)
642-9988, at
http://www.calperformances.org, and at the door. For more
information about discounts, go to
http://calperformances.org/buy/discounts.php.
--Rusty Barnes, Cal Performances