The Bowdoin International Music Festival has announced the line up for their 2016 season, titled “Re-Invention.”
According to festival organizers the idea of re-invention is a large part of composition, performance, and teaching — everything the Bowdoin
International Music Festival is all about. It also characterizes the process of growth and the goal of keeping the festival relevant and dynamic.
The Monday Showcase series features string quartet based programs played by world-class resident and guest ensembles including the Ariel, JACK, Jupiter, Shanghai and Ying Quartets joined by faculty in special guest appearances.
Wednesday Upbeat! concerts fill the Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College. Tangos from Argentina are heard alongside stalwarts of the Baroque period and sonatas of the Romantic era are coupled with 20th century masterpieces.
Festival Fridays showcase some of the festival’s most popular offerings, from intimate duos to large-scale orchestras. Selections include Beethoven’s majestic Violin Concerto played by 2016 Grammy award winner Augustin Hadelich, Debussy’s “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune,” Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto played by Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu and more. These series are often fully subscribed with limited tickets available.
See schedule below:
Monday Showcase
7:30 p.m., Studzinski Recital Hall, $40. Monday subscriptions allow patrons to hear five string quartets play together as well as collaborate with festival faculty.
JULY 4: YING QUARTET
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Five Pieces for String Quartet
LEOS JANÁCEK
String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581 (Jon Manasse, clarinet)
7:30 p.m., Studzinski Recital Hall, $40. Wednesday subscriptions guarantee seating in Studzinski Recital Hall. The acoustics provide the perfect venue for the performance of traditional and contemporary works.
JUNE 29
RICHARD STRAUSS
Sonata for Piano and Cello in F Major, Op. 6 (Amir Eldan, cello; Tao Lin, piano)
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
String Trio (Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; David Requiro, cello)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 (Sergiu Schwartz, violin; David Ying, cello; Pei-Shan Lee, piano)
JULY 6
JOSEPH HAYDN
JULY 11: ARIEL QUARTET
JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (Elinor Freer, piano)
JULY 18: SHANGHAI QUARTET
FRANK BRIDGE
Novelletten, H. 44
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 (Phillip Ying, viola)
JULY 25: JACK QUARTET
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (arr. Ari Streisfeld)
Three Pieces
JOHN ZORN
The Remedy of Fortune
CARLO GESUALDO (arr. Ari Streisfeld)
Three Madrigals
CAROLINE SHAW
Ritornello 2.sq.2.j
RODERICUS (arr. Christopher Otto)
Angelorum Psalat
IANNIS XENAKIS
Tetras
AUG. 1: JUPITER QUARTET
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 (Yong Hi Moon, piano)
Wednesday Upbeat!
Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28 (Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin; David Requiro, cello; Jon Nakamatsu, piano)
LIBBY LARSEN
Barn Dances (Linda Chesis, flute; Kaplan Fellow, clarinet; Tao Lin, piano)
ARNOLD BAX
Elegiac Trio (Linda Chesis, flute; Carol Rodland, viola; June Han, harp)
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Jon Manasse, clarinet; David Requiro, cello; Jon Nakamatsu, piano)
JULY 13
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Sonata Serrana No.1 (Kaplan Fellows, piano)
FRANCIS POULENC
Violin Sonata, FP 119 (Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Pei-Shan Lee, piano)
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 (Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Paul Katz, cello; Pei-Shan Lee, piano)
JULY 20
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sextet in E-flat Major, Op. 81b (Stewart Rose, horn; Kaplan Fellow, horn; Renée Jolles, violin; Janet Sung, violin; Michelle LaCourse, viola; Astrid Schween, cello)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Histoire du Tango (Susie Park, violin; Luke Rinderknecht, marimba)
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110 (Nelson Lee, violin; Rosemary Elliott, cello; Elinor Freer, piano)
JULY 27
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Piano Sonata (Douglas Humpherys, piano)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. Sitkovetsky)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Susie Park, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Astrid Schween, cello)
AUG. 3
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039 (Kaplan Fellow, flute; Renée Jolles, violin; Kaplan Fellow, cello; Tao Lin, harpsichord)
JOAN TOWER
Petroushskates (Janet Sung, violin; Astrid Schween, cello; Kaplan Fellows, flute, clarinet; Peter Basquin, piano)
IGOR STRAVINSKY (arr. Babin)
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka (Elinor Freer, piano; Pei-Shan Lee, piano)
ALEKSANDR GLAZUNOV
String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39 (Mikhail Kopelman, violin; Renée Jolles, violin; Michelle LaCourse, viola; Rosemary Elliott, cello; Steven Doane, cello)
Festival Fridays
7:30 p.m., Crooker Theater, $40. Friday subscriptions guarantee patrons preferred seating and access to the masterpieces presented in the series.
JULY 1
MAURICE DURUFLÉ
Prelude, Recitatif et Variations, Op. 3 (Linda Chesis, flute; Rebecca Albers, viola; Pei-Shan Lee, piano;
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Divertimento (after “the Fairy’s Kiss”) (Ani Schnarch, violin; Tao Lin, piano)
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Amir Eldan, cello; Tao Lin, piano)
JULY 8
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt” (Jon Manasse, clarinet; Carol Rodland, viola; Pei-Shan Lee, piano)
ANDRÉ CAPLET
Conte Fantastique (June Han, harp; Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin; Kaplan Fellow, violin; Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola; Keiko Ying, cello)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 (Jon Nakamatsu, piano; Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor)
JULY 15
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364/320d (Robin Scott, violin; Janet Ying, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Ivo- Jan van der Werff, viola; Ahrim Kim, cello; Keiko Ying, cello
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Tres Homenajes: Compadrazgo (Ying Quartet; Tao Lin, piano)
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 (Robin Scott, violin; Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola; Ahrim Kim, cello; Elinor Freer, piano)
JULY 22
ANTON ARENSKY
Piano Trio No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 73 (Mikhail Kopelman, violin; Steven Doane, cello; Elizaveta Kopelman, piano)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (Emma Tahmiziàn, piano)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16 (Kaplan Fellows, oboe, clarinet, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; Yong Hi Moon, piano)
JULY 29
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 4 (Kaplan Fellows and Artist Faculty)
DEREK BERMEL
Ritornello (Derek Johnson, electric guitar; Renée Jolles, violin; Kaplan Fellow, violin; Michelle LaCourse, viola; Keiko Ying, cello; Kurt Muroki, bass)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 (Janet Sung, violin; Kaplan Fellow, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; Kaplan Fellow, viola; David Ying, cello; Kaplan Fellow, cello)
AUG. 5
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Kaplan Fellows, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola; Susie Park, violin; Keiko Ying, cello; Kurt Muroki, bass; Peter Basquin, piano; Tao Lin, harmonium; Luke Rinderknecht, percussion)
JOAN TOWER
Rising (Kaplan Fellow, flute; Jupiter Quartet)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Augustin Hadelich, violin; Norman Huynh, conductor)
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