
Rooted in the emotional, political, and socioeconomic devastation of Ireland's Great Famine (1845-52), The Hunger features Alarm Will Sound with soprano Katherine Manley and sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird. The Irish folk music narrative is interwoven with personal, historical accounts, where the libretto principally draws from first-hand accounts by Asenath Nicholson, an American humanitarian so moved by the waves of immigrants arriving in New York that she traveled to Ireland to report from the cabins of starving families.
Alarm Will Sound tours The Hunger to Princeton University, where Dennehy is a Professor of Music and Ó Lionáird is a Global Scholar, on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 8:00pm. Presented by Princeton Sound Kitchen at Richardson Auditorium, the cantata will be paired with performances of compositions by Princeton graduate students Pascal Le Boeuf, Jenny Beck, Alyssa Weinberg, Tom Morrison, Connor Way, and Bora Yoon.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 8:00pm
Richardson Auditorium, 68 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08542
Tickets: FREE. (RSVPs encouraged at music.princeton.edu)
Link: https://music.princeton.edu/events/alarm-will-sound
--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and Media
21st Edition of La Fête de la Musique de Tremblant
Angèle Dubeau, founder and Artistic Director of La Fête de la Musique de Tremblant, which unveiled its program today, invites festival-goers to an event presented by Québecor and not to be missed, which will be held over the long Labour Day weekend from August 30 to September 2, 2019.
"This annual gathering has been part of our lives for over 20 years and I still have plenty of music to share with you. Our greatest musicians and singers will be the heart of the party for this long weekend in Tremblant's majestic setting. I promise you beautiful encounters and pure emotion," says Angèle Dubeau.
The heart of Tremblant's pedestrian village will be the venue of more than thirty free concerts offered by great Canadian artists. One of the undeniable highlights of each edition of La Fête de la Musique de Tremblant is the Angèle Dubeau & Friends concert. Surrounded by the musicians of her ensemble, La Pietà, the violinist this year has invited the legendary Jean-Pierre Ferland for an evening of music, words, poetry and love, which promises to be terrific! In addition, Angèle Dubeau is premiering a few pieces from her next album, which will be released in October.
For complete information, visit www.fetedelamusiquetremblant.com
--France Gaignard
Announcing the 2019-2020 WinterMezzo Chamber Music Series
Festival Mozaic's WinterMezzo Chamber Music Series features three weekends of great works of chamber music, offering sequential ways to connect to the music and the artists. We encourage you to attend all three events in each weekend to experience the special intimacy that only happens at Festival Mozaic.
Join Music Director and Violinist Scott Yoo, along with seven visiting artists, for nine intimate chamber music events throughout the year in San Luis Obispo County, California.
November 15-17, 2019: music of Beethoven, Dohnanyi, and Dvorak
February 21-23, 2020: Bach Cello Suites paired with ballet
April 17-19, 2020: music of Nino Rota and Franz Schubert
Special early-bird discount available now through September 15th only.
Save 25% when you purchase all nine events in the WinterMezzo season. Packages range in price from $474-$531 per person based on seat selection. Premium seating is available to major donors at the $1,500 level or higher. Please call our office for premium donor seating or if you would like to place your order over the phone: (805) 781-3009 or (877) 881-8899.
Starting September 16, save 15% when you purchase the full WinterMezzo season package (9 events)
or save 10% when you purchase a single series package (3 events).
Starting October 14, purchase individual tickets at single ticket prices.
For complete details, visit http://www.festivalmozaic.com/wintermezzo
--Festival Mosaic
Chaeyoung Park to Perform at Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
The Hilton Head International Piano Competition (HHIPC) will present its 2019 First Prize winner, Chaeyoung Park, at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, October 27, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Ms. Park will perform works by Ligeti, Ravel, Bartok and Brahms.
Ms. Park says of her program: "For my first solo Carnegie Hall concert, I chose works that I not only loved but which helped me grow as a musician. The pieces in the first half all evoke specific scenes. Some are schizophrenic or ridiculous, like the ones in Ligeti's Musica Ricercata. There are also dreams of romance and desire as depicted in Ravel's Valse Nobles et Sentimentales. Others are recreations of the natural world, raw and undecorated, such as in Bartok's Out of Doors.
"The shorter, lighter pieces in the first half lead to the main entrée of the program, Brahms's Third Sonata. With five movements, it is a lengthy work that has come to occupy a special place in my heart. It explores so many human emotions--despair, hope, courage, acceptance and gratitude. Through this work, I discovered a way to connect to those emotions in myself and as well as in others."
Tickets: $40 ($15 students at Box Office only), available July 29, 2019, at carnegiehall.org; by calling CarnegieCharge (212) 247-7800; or by visiting the Carnegie Hall box office: 57th Street and Seventh Avenue.
--Nancy Shear Arts Services
New Century Chamber Orchestra Presents "Fin de siècle"
New Century Chamber Orchestra's season-opening performances entitled "Fin de siècle" is September 26-29, in venues across the San Francisco Bay Area.
In a program that highlights music written at the turn of the 19th century, teenage piano sensation Maxim Lando will make his New Century debut performing alongside Daniel Hope for a string orchestra arrangement of Ernest Chausson's Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. Greek violinist Simos Papanas also makes his debut leading the ensemble as Guest Concertmaster in works by Edward Elgar, Jules Massenet, Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, and Christian Sinding.
Thursday, September 26, 2019, 7:30 p.m., First Congregational Church Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, September 28, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Sunday, September 29, 2019, 3:00 p.m., Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, CA
For more information, visit https://www.ncco.org/201920-season/set-i-fin-de-sicle
--Brenden Guy PR
An Enchanting Evening in Old Spain
American Bach Soloists
September 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
17th Annual Gala Auction, Concert, and Dinner
Celebrating the culture, dance, landscape, and music of Spain and the musicians who were inspired by that beautiful country, the 17th Annual ABS Gala Auction, Concert, and Dinner begins with an exclusive concert featuring soprano Hélène Brunet, hailed by the critics as a "singer of tremendous quality" with "a voice of perfect beauty" and "sincere expression."
Hors d'oeuvres, Flamenco dancing, and a silent auction--featuring travel, wine, art, concert tickets, and our much sought-after "ABS Exclusives"--are followed by a delicious dinner and live auction that will raise important funds to support American Bach Soloists.
Concert: 5 p.m.
Telemann: Burlesque de Quixotte
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D Minor "La Folia"
De Literes: Zarzuela arias
Purcell: Incidental songs for The Comical History of Don Quixote
Cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres, Silent Auction, and Flamenco Dancing: 6 p.m.
Dinner and Live Auction: 7:15 p.m.
James Leary Flood Mansion
2222 Broadway, San Francisco, CA
For more information, visit americanbach.org
--American Bach Soloists
Schwalbe Artists in September
Sept. 1:
Michael Schade, tenor
Beethoven: Fidelio
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo, Japan
Sept. 5:
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, Overture; Piano Concerto No. 23; Symphony No. 40
Hollywood Bowl/Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
Sept. 6, 13, 18, 21, 24, 29 & OCT 1:
Hadleigh Adams, baritone
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, CA
Sept. 7, 12, 15, 17, 20 & 22
Hadleigh Adams, baritone
Britten: Billy Budd
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, CA
Sept 13:
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Celebrating Ten Years of Musical Innovation
Candlelight Baroque
Trinity Wall Street
New York, NY
Sept. 14, 15:
Yulia Van Dorne, soprano
Bach: Mass in B minor
Music of the Baroque
Chicago, IL
Sept. 15:
Marc Molomot, tenor
Music of Berlin, Gershwin, Sondheim, Arlen, Rodgers, and Hart and Alpher
Untermeyer Gardens presents Summertime: Songs from the American Songbook
Yonkers, NY
Sept. 19:
Matthew Halls, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lammermuir Festival
Haddington, Scotland
Sept. 20:
Daniel Tayler, countertenor
Handel: Arias and Duets
Sweetwater Festival Opening Gala
Ontario, Canada
Sept. 21:
Douglas Williams, bass-baritone
Handel: Agrippina
Festival Enescu Bucharest
Les Talens Lyriques
Bucharest, Romania
Sept. 21:
Gil Rose, conductor
Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII
Odyssey Opera
Boston, MA
Sept. 22:
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Vivaldi: Gloria
Sweetwater Festival
Ontario, Canada
Sept. 23:
Eric Jurenas, countertenor
Handel: Agrippina
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, London
Sept. 25:
Aanne Manson, conductor
Bach: Double Violin Concerto
Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses
Villa-Lobos: Suite No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra
Piazzola: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Manitoba, Canada
Sept. 27 - 29:
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Bach: Cantata No. 51
Trinity Wall Street
New York, NY
--Schwalbe and Partners