Aspen Music Festival and School 2017 Season Highlights (as of Jan. 25, 2017)

Date Title Artists Works Location Price 6/29/2017 A Recital by Arnaud Sussmann violin David BRAHMS: Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38 Harris Concert Hall $55 Finckel cello and Wu Han piano DVOŘÁK: Sonatina in G major, B. 183, op. 100

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 6/30/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Ludovic Morlot conductor R. STRAUSS: from Dance Suite after Couperin, TrV 245 Benedict Music Tent $78 Simone Porter violin MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

STRAVINSKY: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa (ad CD annum) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 7/2/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Robert Spano conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme” Benedict Music Tent $90 Garrick Ohlsson piano MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major 7/5/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Federico Cortese conductor DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Benedict Music Tent $25 Zeynep Alpan violin MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

GRIEG: Selections from Peer Gynt : Incidental Music, op. 23 7/5/2017 A Recital by the Takács Quartet Károly Schranz violin HAYDN: String Quartet in D major, Hob. III/34, op. 20, no. 4 Harris Concert Hall $60 Edward Dusinberre violin RAVEL: String Quartet in F major Geraldine Walther András Fejér cello DVOŘÁK: String Quintet in E-flat major, B. 180, op. 97 James Dunham viola 7/6/2017 A Recital by Marina Piccinini flute and J. S. BACH: in G minor, BWV 1020 Harris Concert Hall $55 Anneleen Lenaerts harp YUKO UEBAYASHI: New Work (World Premiere) RAVEL/SALZEDO: Sonatine en trio

JONGEN: Concert à cinq, op. 71 CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: One Thing At A Time (World Premiere) JONGEN: Valse, op. 73 7/7/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Nicholas McGegan conductor MOZART: Overture to Die Zauberflöte , K. 620 Benedict Music Tent $78 Robert Levin piano MOZART/ROBERT LEVIN: Concerto for Violin and Piano

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, “The Great” 7/8/2017 A Recital by Conrad Tao piano Conrad Tao piano Program TBA. Harris Concert Hall $55 7/9/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Michael Stern conductor BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 Benedict Music Tent $90 Yefim Bronfman piano 7/11/2017 A Recital by Anna Polonsky piano and FAURÉ: Dolly, op. 56, no. 1 Harris Concert Hall $55 Orion Weiss piano BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, op. 9

BARBER: Souvenirs , op. 28 SAINT-SAËNS: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven in E-flat major, op. 35 7/12/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Ludovic Morlot conductor BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15 Benedict Music Tent $25 Marc-André Hamelin piano FRANCK: Symphony in D minor, M. 48 7/12/2017 A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan Nicholas McGegan conductor LECLAIR: Suite from Scylla et Glaucus , op. 11 Harris Concert Hall $65 William Hagen violin J. S. BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Nadine Asin flute Anton Nel piano J. S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 PURCELL: Suite from The Fairy Queen 7/13/2017 A Recital by Stefan Jackiw violin Stefan Jackiw violin BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 100 Harris Concert Hall $55 Anna Polonsky piano BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, op. 78

Page 1 7/14/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Patrick Summers conductor STEPHEN HARTKE: Pacific Rim Benedict Music Tent $78 violin VITALI: Chaconne in G minor RAVEL: Tzigane

WAGNER: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin PROKOFIEV: Symphonic Suite from The Love for Three Oranges 7/15/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Verdi's La George Manahan conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed traviata Edward Berkeley director 7/15/2017 A Recital by Hung-Kuan Chen piano SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe, op. 133 Harris Concert Hall $55 SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C major, op. 17

SKRYABIN: Piano Sonata No. 10, op. 70 RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 36 7/16/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Larry Rachleff conductor DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Benedict Music Tent $82 Nikolai Lugansky piano LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73, “Emperor” 7/17/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Verdi's La George Manahan conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed traviata Edward Berkeley director 7/18/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Verdi's La George Manahan conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed traviata Edward Berkeley director 7/18/2017 A Recital by Nikolai Lugansky piano Program TBA. Harris Concert Hall $65 7/19/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra George Manahan conductor R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration ), op. 24 Benedict Music Tent $25 Jennifer Koh violin ANNA CLYNE: The Seamstress

PROKOFIEV: , op. 20 7/19/2017 Special Event: A Recital by Sarah Chang Sarah Chang violin J. S. BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Harris Concert Hall $75 violin Mahan Esfahani harpsichord J. S. BACH: Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056

VIVALDI: Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8, nos. 1–4, “The Four Seasons” 7/20/2017 A Recital by the American Brass Quintet Eric Reed horn Harris Concert Hall $55 Louis Hanzlik trumpet Kevin Cobb trumpet Michael Powell trombone John D. Rojak bass trombone 7/21/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Robert Spano conductor RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite Benedict Music Tent $78 Gil Shaham violin JONATHAN LESHNOFF: Violin Concerto

RAVEL: L'enfant et les sortilèges 7/22/2017 A Recital by Daniel Hope violin Harris Concert Hall $55 7/23/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Andrey Boreyko conductor ANDERS HILLBORG: Cold Heat Benedict Music Tent $82 Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, LW H6

ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy 7/24/2017 Special Event: Rufus Wainwright Harris Concert Hall $75 7/25/2017 A Recital by Michelle DeYoung mezzo- TIMOTHY COLLINS: Desdemona for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet Harris Concert Hall $55 soprano PROKOFIEV OR RAVEL: String Quartet TBD

MAHLER: Rückert Lieder 7/26/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Ingmar Beck conductor RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade , op. 35 Benedict Music Tent $25

7/26/2017 A Recital by the Pacifica Quartet Simin Ganatra violin HAYDN: String Quartet in G major, Hob. III/75, op. 76, no. 1 Harris Concert Hall $55 Sibbi Bernhardsson violin SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10 Masumi Per Rostad viola Brandon Vamos cello BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 135 Esther Heideman soprano

Page 2 7/27/2017 A Recital by Adele Anthony violin and Gil Adele Anthony violin PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C major for Two Violins, op. 56 Harris Concert Hall $65 Shaham violin Gil Shaham violin BARTÓK: from 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104 Anton Nel piano WIENIAWSKI: Etudes-Caprices, op. 18, no. 1 MOSZKOWSKI: Suite for Two Violins and Piano, op. 71 JULIAN MILONE: En Couliss for 12 violins 7/28/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Markus Stenz conductor BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 Benedict Music Tent $78

MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38, “Spring” 7/29/2017 A Recital by Andre Schuen baritone and BERG: Piano Sonata, op. 1 Harris Concert Hall $55 Andreas Haefliger piano SCHUBERT: from Schwanengesang, D. 957

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101 SCHUBERT: from Schwanengesang, D. 957 7/30/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Robert Spano conductor CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors Benedict Music Tent $82 Renée Fleming soprano ALAN FLETCHER: Piano Concerto Inon Barnatan piano STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919) 8/1/2017 A Recital: Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven Jonathan Biss piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28, “Pastoral” Harris Concert Hall $65 Sonatas I BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49, no. 2 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 2, no. 3

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101 8/2/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Arming conductor R. STRAUSS: in D minor Benedict Music Tent $25 Kirill Gerstein piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. 10

SMETANA: Selections from Má vlast (My Fatherland) 8/2/2017 A Recital by Inon Barnatan piano J. S. BACH: in E minor, BWV 914 Harris Concert Hall $65 RAVEL: Rigaudon from Le tombeau de Couperin LIGETI: Musica ricercata BARBER: Fugue from Piano Sonata, op. 26 BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G. F. Handel in B-flat major, op. 24 8/3/2017 A Recital by Robert McDuffie violin Program TBA. Harris Concert Hall $65 8/4/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Johannes Debus conductor MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments Benedict Music Tent $78 Joyce Yang piano LISZT/BUSONI: Rhapsodie espagnole, LW A195

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 8/5/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Luke Harris Concert Hall $25 Bedford's, Seven Angels 8/5/2017 Special Event: A Recital by Sharon Isbin HOWARD SHORE: Billy's Theme from The Departed Harris Concert Hall $75 guitar CHRIS BRUBECK: Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez 8/6/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Joshua Weilerstein conductor BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont , op. 84 Benedict Music Tent $82 Augustin Hadelich violin CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Symphony No. 5

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 8/7/2017 Percussion Ensemble PETER EÖTVÖS: Sonata per sei Harris Concert Hall $25 TAN DUN: Elegy: Snow in June AUGUSTA READ THOMAS: Selene (Moon Chariot Rituals)

WILLIAM KRAFT: Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and Orchestra GEORGE CRUMB: Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV)

Page 3 8/8/2017 A Recital: Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49, no. 1 Harris Concert Hall $65 Sonatas II BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, no. 1 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 10, no. 3

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 2, no. 2 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, op. 110

8/9/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Spano conductor MATTHEW RICKETTS: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) Benedict Music Tent $25 Tengku Irfan piano BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68 8/9/2017 A Recital by Augustin Hadelich violin , Marie- HAYDN: Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV/27 Harris Concert Hall $65 Elisabeth Hecker cello , and Martin KODÁLY: Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 Helmchen piano TAKEMITSU: Between Tides BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, op. 101 8/10/2017 A Recital by the American String Quartet Peter Winograd violin Harris Concert Hall $55 Laurie Carney violin Daniel Avshalomov viola Wolfram Koessel cello 8/11/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Hans Graf conductor BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 Benedict Music Tent $78 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68, “Pastoral” 8/12/2017 A Recital by Dennis Kozhukhin piano HANDEL: Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432 Harris Concert Hall $55 BRAHMS: Three Intermezzos, op. 117 ALBÉNIZ: from Iberia, book 1

BOULEZ: Piano Sonata No. 2 8/13/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Rafael Payare conductor BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 Benedict Music Tent $82 Sergey Khachatryan violin R. STRAUSS: (A Hero's Life ), op. 40 8/15/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Mozart's, La Jane Glover conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed clemenza di Tito Edward Berkeley director 8/15/2017 A Recital by TBD 2017 Van Cliburn Winner Harris Concert Hall $55 8/16/2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Hugh Wolff conductor STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947) Benedict Music Tent $25 8/16/2017 A Recital by Veronika Eberle violin Veronika Eberle violin SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht , op. 4 Harris Concert Hall $55 Timothy Weiss conductor BERG: Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin, and 13 Wind Instruments 8/17/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Mozart's, La Jane Glover conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed clemenza di Tito Edward Berkeley director 8/17/2017 A Recital by Edgar Meyer bass Edgar Meyer bass Program TBA. Harris Concert Hall $55 8/18/2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony John Nelson conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Benedict Music Tent $78 Alisa Weilerstein cello SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, op. 126

ROUSSEL: Symphonic Fragments from Le festin de l’araignée (The Spider’s Feast), op. 17 KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta 8/19/2017 Aspen Opera Center performs Mozart's, La George Manahan conductor Wheeler Opera House $70, $25 obstructed clemenza di Tito Edward Berkeley director 8/19/2017 A Recital by Vladimir Feltsman piano SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 Harris Concert Hall $65

BRAHMS: Klavierstücke, op. 118 BRAHMS: Klavierstücke, op. 119 8/20/2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Robert Spano conductor BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 Benedict Music Tent $90 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Bryan Hymel tenor John Relyea baritone Duain Wolfe chorus director Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus

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