Aspen Music Festival and School SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 Opera Scenes Master Class 2017 Season 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- June 29 –August 20, 2017 faculty
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 Chamber Music Violin Studio Class 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Free Donald Crockett conductor, Sarah Vautour soprano, Paul Kantor Elizabeth Buccheri piano, James Dunham viola, Anton Nel piano, Robert Chen violin, Cornelia Heard violin, Jonathan Chapel Chamber Music Haas percussion, Michael Mermagen cello, Bruce Bransby 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free bass, Aralee Dorough flute, Alison Fierst flute, Felipe Jimenez-Murillo clarinet, JJ Koh clarinet, Samuel Williams A Recital by Arnaud Sussmann violin David Finckel cello saxophone, Per Hannevold bassoon, Brian Mangrum horn, and Wu Han piano Joe Blumberg trumpet, Kevin Cobb trumpet, Michael 7:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $60.00 Powell trombone, Ingmar Beck conductor, Aspen BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 38 Contemporary Ensemble DVOŘÁK: Sonatina in G major, B. 183, op. 100 HYLA: Polish Folk Songs — WEILL: Berlin im Licht MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 Je ne t’aime pas WEILL/BERIO: Surabaya Johnny from Happy End FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017 WEILL: Youkali from Marie Galante Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal I’m a Stranger Here Myself from One Touch of 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Venus Ludovic Morlot conductor, Simone Porter violin HINDEMITH: Viola Sonata, op. 11, no. 4 R. STRAUSS: from Tanzsuite nach Klavierstücken von MILHAUD: La création du monde, op. 81 François Couperin, TrV 245 (Dance Suite after Couperin) MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, Special Event: Ella at 100, Direct from the Apollo featuring “Strassburg” the Count Basie Orchestra, Patti Austin, Lizz Wright, — Andra Day, David Alan Grier STRAVINSKY: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa 8:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $55.00/$85.00/$375.00 (ad CD annum) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall Robert Spano conductor, Garrick Ohlsson piano $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, Wu Han piano, Derek Wang piano, Sooah Kim piano “Jeunehomme” CHOPIN: Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9, no. 1 — Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2 MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major Nocturne in B major, op. 9, no. 3 Nina McLemore In-Store Event 11:00 AM, Nina McLemore Boutique, Free Aspen Chamber Symphony A shopping benefit event supporting the AMFS’s P.A.L.S. 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 Program. Ludovic Morlot conductor, Simone Porter violin R. STRAUSS: from Tanzsuite nach Klavierstücken von Cello Studio Class François Couperin, TrV 245 (Dance Suite after Couperin) 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, Richard Aaron “Strassburg” — Voice Master Class STRAVINSKY: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free (ad CD annum) Prelude: Preconcert Talk BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Asadour Santourian speaker
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Aspen Festival Orchestra High Notes: Alan Fletcher, pianist and composer Robert 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82.00 Levin, conductor Nicholas McGegan Robert Spano conductor, Garrick Ohlsson piano 12:00 PM, Paepcke Auditorium, Free MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme” Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics — (Opera) MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100.00
MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Federico Cortese conductor, Zeynep Alpan violin KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 Concert Hall — 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141, op. 70
Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra A Recital by the Takács Quartet 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $60.00 VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino James Dunham viola WILLIAM KRAFT: Timpani Concerto No. 1 HAYDN: String Quartet in D major, Hob. III/34, op. 20, — no. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 RAVEL: String Quartet in F major — Chamber Music DVOŘÁK: String Quintet in E-flat major, B. 180, op. 97 7:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017 Masao Kawasaki violin, Wu Han piano, Mane Galoyan Violin Studio Class soprano, Kenneth Merrill piano, Dong Xu Jun piano, Sylvia 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Rosenberg violin, Youlan Ji piano BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, op. 96 Spotlight Recital RACHMANINOFF: from Six Songs, op. 38 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free from Twelve Songs, op. 21 Program and performers announced at the event. from Four Songs, op. 16 MEDTNER: from Four Songs, op. 45 Chapel Chamber Music MIRZOYAN: I Had a Dream 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free GYÖRGY KURTÁG: from Signs, Games, and Messages A Recital by Marina Piccinini flute and Anneleen Lenaerts DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice harp 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017 Darrett Adkins cello, Cornelia Heard violin, Beth Guterman Fourth of July Concert Chu viola 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free J. S. BACH: Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020 Lawrence Isaacson conductor, Ryan Roberts oboe, Barbara YUKO UEBAYASHI: Sonate “Flore” pour flûte et harpe Fleck guest conductor (World Premiere) J.S. SMITH/SOUSA: The Star-Spangled Banner RAVEL/SALZEDO: Sonatine en trio BERNSTEIN/GRUNDMAN: Overture to Candide — JAMES BECKEL: Liberty for All JONGEN: Concert à cinq, op. 71 SOUSA: The Liberty Bell CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: One Thing At A Time JAMES KESSLER: Hudson River Rhapsody JONGEN: Valse, op. 73 SOUSA: El Capitan BARTÓK/ARMA: Hungarian Peasant Suite, BB 79 GOULD: Yankee Doodle LOWDEN: Armed Forces Salute String Showcase BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017 Piano Master Class Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Robert Levin Nicholas McGegan conductor, Robert Levin piano, Robert Chen violin
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MOZART: Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 Marc-André Hamelin piano, Aspen Contemporary MOZART/ROBERT LEVIN: Concerto for Violin and Piano in Ensemble D major, K. 315f(K. Anh. 56) DONALD CROCKETT: Whistling in the Dark MOZART: Rondo in D major, K. 382 GIANCARLO LATTA: Watch and Learn — SUTERMEISTER: Serenade No. 1 SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 47 “The Great” A Recital by Conrad Tao piano Listener’s Master Class 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free FELIPE LARA: Injust Intonations (World Premiere) 7' MOZART: Prelude and Fugue in C major, K. 394 Spotlight Recital (383a) 10' 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free BOULEZ: une page d’éphéméride 5' Program and performers announced at the event. MOZART: Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 (K. 300i) 24' Chapel Piano Recital PHILIP GLASS: Etude No. 16 5' 2:00 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free — LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor, LW A179 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2017 $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Harmony Zhu piano, Ray Ushikubo piano, Maxim Lando 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 piano Michael Stern conductor, Yefim Bronfman piano CHOPIN: Nocturne in F major, op. 15, no. 1 BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 Nocturne in F-sharp major, op. 15, no. 2 RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite, No. 2 Nocturne in G minor, op. 15, no. 3 — BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 Aspen Chamber Symphony 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 Cello Studio Class Nicholas McGegan conductor, Robert Levin piano, Robert 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Chen violin Richard Aaron MOZART: Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 Voice Master Class MOZART/ROBERT LEVIN: Concerto for Violin and 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall at Bucksbaum Hall, Free Piano in D major, K. 315f(K. Anh. 56) MOZART: Rondo in D major, K. 382 Prelude: Preconcert Talk — 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, Asadour Santourian speaker “The Great” Aspen Festival Orchestra SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90.00 Opera Scenes Master Class Michael Stern conductor, Yefim Bronfman piano 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite, No. 2 faculty — BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 Spotlight Recital 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church Program and performers announced at the event MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017 Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Music on the Mountain 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free Gotta Move! Chamber Music 10:30 AM, Meadows Hospitality Tent, Free 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Donald Crockett conductor, Paul Kantor violin, Joaquin Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris Valdepeñas clarinet, Per Hannevold bassoon, Kevin Cobb Concert Hall trumpet, Masao Kawasaki violin, Beth Guterman Chu viola, 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza, Free Alejandro Valdepeñas violin, Michael Mermagen cello,
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Physics Center Piano Recital Series High Notes: Alan Fletcher, conductor Patrick Summers, 5:00 PM, Aspen Center for Physics, Free violinist Sarah Chang 12:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free Winds Competition 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Spotlight Recital 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Chamber Music Program and performers announced at the event 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Alexander Kerr violin, Desmond Hoebig cello, Anton Nel Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics piano, Naoko Tanaka violin, Victoria Chiang viola, Michael (Chamber) Mermagen cello, Yefim Bronfman piano, Conrad Tao piano, 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $65.00 Arie Vardi piano CHAUSSON: Piano Quartet in A major, op. 30 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 SCHUBERT: Rondo in A major, D. 951, op. 107 Ludovic Morlot conductor, Marc-André Hamelin piano BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15 Finckel-Wu Han Chamber Music Studio Recital — 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free FRANCK: Symphony in D minor, M. 48
TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 A Recital by Stefan Jackiw violin Tunes and Tales 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Anna Polonsky piano BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 100 Cello Studio Class Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free — Richard Aaron Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op. 78
Harris Concert Hall Master Class THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Tunes and Tales David Kim violin 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free
Trombone Master Class Violin Studio Class 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra Paul Kantor 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Spotlight Recital TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 Program and performers announced at the event. — STRAVINSKY/JONATHAN MCPHEE: The Rite of Spring Chapel Chamber Music 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Music with a View 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 A Recital by Anna Polonsky piano and Orion Weiss piano Nicholas McGegan conductor, William Hagen violin, 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Alexander Kerr violin, Nadine Asin flute, Anton Nel piano FAURÉ: Dolly, op. 56, no. 1 LECLAIR: Suite from Scylla et Glaucus, op. 11 BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, op. 23 J. S. BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 — — BARBER: Souvenirs, op. 28 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, SAINT-SAËNS: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven in BWV 1050 E-flat major, op. 35 HANDEL: Suite from Water Music Suite in G Major, HWV 350 WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 PURCELL: Suite from The Fairy Queen Piano Master Class 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 String Showcase Hung-Kuan Chen 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal
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9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in A major, op. 69 Patrick Summers conductor, Sarah Chang violin BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, op. 60 STEPHEN HARTKE: Pacific Rim VITALI/CHARLIER: Chaconne in G minor Verdi’s La traviata RAVEL: Tzigane 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House, $75.00, $25.00 obstr. — George Manahan conductor, Edward Berkeley director WAGNER: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin VERDI: La traviata PROKOFIEV: Symphonic Suite from The Love for Three A Recital by Hung-Kuan Chen piano Oranges, op. 33bis 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Listener’s Master Class SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe, op. 133 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free Fantasy in C major, op. 17 — Spotlight Recital SKRYABIN: Piano Sonata No. 10, op. 70 12:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Program and performers announced at the event op. 36
Chapel Piano Recital SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2017 2:00 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Composition Program Readings Robert Spano ACA director Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Kyungok Kim collaborative piano, Ng Yu Ching Shelley Larry Rachleff conductor, Nikolai Lugansky piano collaborative piano 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 CHOPIN: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 1 DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Nocturne in D-flat major, op. 27, no. 2 LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra — Aspen Chamber Symphony BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85.00 op. 73, “Emperor” Patrick Summers conductor, Sarah Chang violin STEPHEN HARTKE: Pacific Rim Cello Studio Class VITALI/CHARLIER: Chaconne in G minor Richard Aaron RAVEL: Tzigane 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free — WAGNER: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin Voice Master Class PROKOFIEV: Symphonic Suite from The Love for Three 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Oranges, op. 33bis Piano/Strings Master Class SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 1:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Opera Scenes Master Class Prelude: Preconcert Talk 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 Harlow Robinson speaker Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free faculty Aspen Festival Orchestra Spotlight Recital 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82.00 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Larry Rachleff conductor, Nikolai Lugansky piano Program and performers announced at the event DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Music on the Mountain LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free — BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73, Chamber Music “Emperor” 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Donald Crockett conductor, Darrett Adkins cello, Robert MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 Spano piano, Sylvia Rosenberg violin, James Dunham viola, Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Michael Mermagen cello, Anton Nel piano, Aspen 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Contemporary Ensemble Guided Backstage Tour of Bucksbaum Campus OLIVER KNUSSEN: Ophelia Dances, Book I 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza, Free
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A Recital by Nikolai Lugansky piano Violin Master Class 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 3:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free TCHAIKOVSKY: from Les saisons, op. 37b David Kim CHOPIN: Mazurka in B major, op. 56, no. 1 Mazurka in D-flat major, op. 30, no. 3 Physics Center Recital Mazurka in A-flat major, op. 41, no. 4 5:00 PM, Aspen Center for Physics, Free Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 50, no. 3 Piano Competition Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat major, op. 61 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free — RACHMANINOFF: from Ten Preludes, op. 23 Opera Benefit: La traviata in Aspen from Thirteen Preludes, op. 32 5:00 PM, Caribou Club, $1,000.00 Concert-only: $75.00 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 Piano Master Class Chamber Music 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Arie Vardi Colin Davin guitar, Paul Kantor violin, Espen Lilleslåtten violin, Victoria Chiang viola, Benjamin Wagner viola, High Notes: Alan Fletcher, Pacifica Quartet Michael Mermagen cello, Mehrdad Gholami flute, Virginia 12:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free Weckstrom piano, Patrick Summers conductor Spotlight Recital LEO BROUWER: Paisajes, retratos y mujeres for Flute, 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Viola, and Guitar Program and performers announced at this event. SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57 HANDEL: Water Music Suite in F major, HWV 348 Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics (Opera) Verdi’s La traviata 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100.00 8:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House, $75.00, $25.00 obstr. George Manahan conductor, Edward Berkeley director Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra VERDI: La traviata George Manahan conductor, Jennifer Koh violin 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Tunes and Tales Transfiguration), op. 24 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free ANNA CLYNE: The Seamstress — Cello Studio Class PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite, op. 20 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Intimate Artist Dinner with Nikolai Lugansky Harris Concert Hall Master Class 6:00 PM, Private Residence, $500.00 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Anneleen Lenaerts harp Special Event: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Sarah Chang violin Trombone Master Class 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75.00 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
J. S. BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra — 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free VIVALDI: Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture, op. 9 8, nos. 1–4, The Four Seasons — Brass Bash I Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 8:30 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
Music with a View THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free Composition Program Readings Verdi’s La traviata Robert Spano ACA director 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House, $75.00, $25.00 obstr. 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free George Manahan conductor, Edward Berkeley director VERDI: La traviata
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Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Master Class Chapel Piano Recital 10:00 AM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 2:00 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free
Tunes and Tales Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket The Concerto: Why is it so irresistible? Jeffrey Zhang piano, Felicia He piano 1:00 PM, Paepcke Auditorium Spotlight Recital CHOPIN: Nocturne in B major, op. 32, no. 1 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Nocturne in A-flat major, op. 32, no. 2 Program and performers announced at the event. Aspen Chamber Symphony Kids Notes I 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 4:00 PM, Meadows Hospitality Tent, Free Robert Spano conductor, Gil Shaham violin, Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center singers Chapel Chamber Music RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free JONATHAN LESHNOFF: Chamber Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Family Concert I — 5:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free RAVEL: L'enfant et les sortilèges Ingmar Beck conductor BERNARD ROGERS: The Musicians of Bremen SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2017 Opera Scenes Master Class Basalt Regional Library Recital 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- A Recital by the American Brass Quintet faculty 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Spotlight Recital ED. LOUIS HANZLIK: Elizabethan and Jacobean Consort 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Music Program and performers announced at the event EWALD: Quintet No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 6 ANDERS HILLBORG: Brass Quintet Chamber Music Showcase _ 12:30 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free JAY GREENBERG: Quintet for Brass, op. 25 STEVEN FRANKLIN: New Work (World Premiere) Music on the Mountain G. GABRIELI/RAYMOND MASE: Venetian Canzoni 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free
String Showcase Chamber Music 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Timothy Weiss conductor, Anneleen Lenaerts harp, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2017 Spencer Lang tenor, Dan K. Kurland piano, Alexander Kerr Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal violin, Eric Kim cello, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 ANDREW NORMAN: Try Robert Spano conductor, Gil Shaham violin, Aspen Opera FAURÉ: Impromptu in D-flat major, op. 86 Center singers SCHOENBERG: The Book of the Hanging Gardens, RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite op. 15 JONATHAN LESHNOFF: Chamber Concerto for Violin RAVEL: Sonata for the Violin and Cello and Orchestra — Carbondale Library Recital RAVEL: L'enfant et les sortilèges 6:00 PM, Carbondale Branch Library, Free
Spotlight Recital A Recital by Daniel Hope violin 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Anton Nel piano Program and performers announced at the event 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 ENESCU: Impromptu concertant Listener’s Master Class ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 82 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free — RAVEL: Kaddisch from Deux mélodies hébraïques FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8
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SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2017 MOZART: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Special Event: An Evening with Rufus Wainwright Andrey Boreyko conductor, Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Johannes Debus conductor ANDERS HILLBORG: Cold Heat 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75.00 LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, LW H6 — TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017 ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy Tunes and Tales 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Cello Studio Class 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Guitar Master Class Richard Aaron 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free
Voice Master Class Cello Studio Class 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Richard Aaron Prelude: Preconcert Talk Andrew Ralston speaker Harris Concert Hall Master Class 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 James Dunham viola Aspen Festival Orchestra 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82.00 Trombone Master Class Andrey Boreyko conductor, Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free ANDERS HILLBORG: Cold Heat LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, LW H6 Salon Signature Event—In Process: Rufus Wainwright and — Jim Hodges, Moderated by Richard Edwards ZEMLINSKY: The Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy 5:30 PM, location to be announced, for salon members only MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Music with a View 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free
Gotta Move! A Recital by Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano 10:30 AM, Meadows Hospitality Tent, Free Altius Quartet, William Billingham piano 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris TIMOTHY COLLINS: Desdemona for Mezzo-Soprano and Concert Hall String Quartet 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza, Free PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, op. 50 — Violin Master Class DUPARC: L’invitation au voyage 3:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Extase Frank Huang Elégie Physic Center Recital MAHLER: Rückert-Lieder 5:00 PM, Aspen Center for Physics, Free WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017 Brass Competition Piano Master Class 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Yoheved Kaplinsky Chamber Music 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $45.00 High Notes: Alan Fletcher, composers Christopher Nadine Asin flute, Paul Kantor violin, Virginia Weckstrom Theofanidis and Daniel Kellogg piano, Seohee Min violin, Richard Narroway cello, Tengku 12:00 PM, Paepcke Auditorium, Free Irfan piano, Richard Woodhams oboe, Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet, Per Hannevold bassoon, John Zirbel horn, Kiyoko Guitar Master Class Takeuti piano and celesta 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free STEVE REICH: Vermont Counterpoint RESPIGHI: Violin Sonata in B minor Spotlight Recital JUDITH SHATIN: Gregor’s Dream 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Program and performers announced at the event
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Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C major for Two Violins, op. 56 (Chamber) JULIAN MILONE: En Couliss for 12 violins 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $65.00 FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal Ingmar Beck conductor 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 Markus Stenz conductor, Andrè Schuen baritone, Paul MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 Lewis piano — BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 — MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer A Recital by the Pacifica Quartet SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Esther Heideman soprano Guitar Master Class HAYDN: String Quartet in G major, Hob. III/75, op. 76, 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free no. 1 SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Spotlight Recital op. 10 12:30, Aspen Community Church, Free — Program and performers announced at the event BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F major, op. 135 Listener’s Master Class THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free Harris Concert Hall Master Class Chapel Piano Recital 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $40.00 2:00 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free
Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Masterclass Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 10:00 AM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall Jiaying Ding piano, Chang Wang piano Special Event: Master Class with Renée Fleming soprano $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $40.00 CHOPIN: Nocturne in G minor, op. 37, no. 1 Tunes and Tales Nocturne in G major, op. 37, no. 2 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free Aspen Chamber Symphony Violin Studio Class 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Markus Stenz conductor, Andrè Schuen baritone, Paul Paul Kantor Lewis piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 Spotlight Recital — 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer Program and performers announced at the event SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38, “Spring” Chapel Chamber Music 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free First Glimpse: Composition Program Recital I 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Basalt Regional Library Recital 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2017 Opera Scenes Master Class A Recital by Adele Anthony violin and Gil Shaham violin 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 Anton Nel piano Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 faculty. Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra LECLAIR: Duo Sonata in E minor, op. 3, no. 5 BARTÓK: from 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104 Spotlight Recital MOSZKOWSKI: Suite for Two Violins and Piano, op. 71 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free — Program and performers announced at the event BRAHMS/RICCI: Presto after J.S. Bach from Five Studies for Piano, op. Anh. Ia/1 Music on the Mountain WIENIAWSKI: Etudes-Caprices, op. 18, no. 1 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free
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Chamber Music MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS: Selections from Poems of 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Emily Dickinson Timothy Weiss conductor, Renata Arado violin, Darrett BJÖRK/HANS EK: Selected Songs Adkins cello, Nadine Asin flute, Julian Martin piano, Aspen STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919) Contemporary Ensemble, Pacifica Quartet STEVE REICH: Vermont Counterpoint Fellowship Brass Quintet Recital CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: The Night Mare 7:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free DANIEL KELLOGG: String Quartet No. 1 MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, op. 87 Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Carbondale Library Recital 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 6:00 PM, Carbondale Branch Library, Free Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris A Recital by Andrè Schuen baritone and Andreas Haefliger Concert Hall piano 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza, Free 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Physics Center Recital BERG: Piano Sonata, op. 1 5:00 PM, Aspen Center for Physics, Free SCHUBERT: from Schwanengesang, D. 957 — Low Strings Competition BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free SCHUBERT: from Schwanengesang, D. 957 Chamber Music SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2017 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal David Halen violin, Darrett Adkins cello, Ann Schein piano, 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Adele Anthony violin, Brinton Smith cello, David Coucheron Robert Spano conductor, Inon Barnatan piano, Renée violin, Inon Barnatan piano Fleming soprano CHOPIN: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 8 CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata for Violin and Cello, op. ALAN FLETCHER: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) 148 — BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97, “Archduke” MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS: Selections from Poems of Emily Dickinson TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017 BJÖRK/HANS EK: Virus Tunes and Tales All is Full of Love 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919) Guitar Master Class Guitar Master Class 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free Cello Studio Class Voice Master Class 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Richard Aaron
Piano/Strings Master Class Harris Concert Hall Master Class 1:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Robert McDuffie violin Cello Studio Class 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Trombone Master Class 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Prelude: Preconcert Talk Frances Atkins speaker Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free COPLAND: Appalachian Spring Aspen Festival Orchestra — 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90.00 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 Robert Spano conductor, Inon Barnatan piano, Renée Fleming soprano A Recital: Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven Sonatas I CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors Jonathan Biss piano ALAN FLETCHER: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 — BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, op. 28,
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“Pastoral” Violin Studio Class Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49, 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free no. 2 Paul Kantor Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, op. 2, no. 3 — First Glimpse: Composition Program Recital II Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101 Chapel Chamber Music String Showcase 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Backsbaum Campus, Free Basalt Regional Library Recital WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Piano Master Class A Recital by Robert McDuffie violin 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Elizabeth Pridgen piano, Kevin Rivard horn Jonathan Biss 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 High Notes: Alan Fletcher, pianists Joyce Yang, Jonathan GLASS: from Violin Concerto No. 1 Biss, Inon Barnatan from Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four 12:00 PM, Paepcke Auditorium, Free Seasons” GEORGE TSONTAKIS: Dust Trio for Horn, Violin, and Spotlight Recital Piano 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free — Program and Performers announced at the event BRAHMS: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017 (Opera) Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100.00 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Johannes Debus conductor, Joyce Yang piano, Nadine Asin Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra flute, Elaine Douvas oboe, Michael Rusinek clarinet, Nancy 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 Goeres bassoon, John Zirbel horn, Kevin Cobb trumpet, Christian Arming conductor, Kirill Gerstein piano Jonathan Hass timpani RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments minor, op. 1 LISZT/BUSONI: Rhapsodie espagnole, LW A195 — — SMETANA: Selections from Má vlast (My Fatherland) BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90
A Recital by Inon Barnatan piano Spotlight Recital 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church J. S. BACH: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 Program and performers announced at the event HANDEL: from Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430 RAMEAU: Courante from Nouvelles suites de pieces de Listener’s Master Class claveci 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free COUPERIN: from Second livre de pieces de clavecin, 12e ordre Chapel Piano Recital RAVEL: Rigaudon from Le tombeau de Couperin 2:00 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free THOMAS ADÈS: Variations for Blanca Maroon Bel Canto Children’s Chorus- Festival Summer LIGETI: from Musica ricercata Camp Concert BARBER: Fugue from Piano Sonata, op. 26 4:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G. F. Handel in B-flat major, op. 24 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Note program will be played without intermission. 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 Anton Nel piano, Ishan Loomba piano Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Master Class CHOPIN: Nocturne in C minor, op. 48, no. 1 10:00 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Harry Teague Pavilion, Nocturne in F-sharp minor, op. 48, no. 2 Free Aspen Chamber Symphony Tunes and Tales 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free Johannes Debus conductor, Joyce Yang piano, Nadine Asin
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flute, Elaine Douvas oboe, Michael Rusinek clarinet, Nancy Prelude: Preconcert Talk Goeres bassoon, John Zirbel horn, Kevin Cobb trumpet, Andrew Ralston speaker Addison Maye-Saxon trombone, Jonathan Hass timpani 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments LISZT/BUSONI: Rhapsodie espagnole, LW A195 Aspen Festival Orchestra — 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82.00 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 Joshua Weilerstein conductor, Augustin Hadelich violin BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, op. 84 SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017 CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Symphony No. 5 Opera Scenes Master Class — 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- faculty, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Spotlight Recital 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Program and performers announced at the event Gotta Move! 10:30 AM, Meadows Hospitality Tent, Free Music on the Mountain 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris Concert Hall Luke Bedford’s Seven Angels 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza Yves Abel conductor 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Physics Center Recital Aspen Opera Center singers, Aspen Contemporary 5:00 PM, Aspen Center for Physics, Free Ensemble Percussion Ensemble Carbondale Library Recital 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 6:00 PM, Carbondale Branch Library, Free Jonathan Haas conductor, Richard Narroway cello, Vera Quartet Special Event: A Recital by Sharon Isbin guitar TAN DUN: Elegy: Snow in June Scott Terrell conductor STEVE REICH: Mallet Quartet 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75.00 AUGUSTA READ THOMAS: Selene (Moon Chariot HOWARD SHORE: Billy’s Theme from The Departed Rituals) CHRIS BRUBECK: Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and — Orchestra Composition TBA: played by winner of solo percussion — competition RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez GEORGE CRUMB: Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV) SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Season Benefit: An Enchanted Feast of Music 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 In Honor of Robert J. Hurst Joshua Weilerstein conductor, Augustin Hadelich violin 6:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, op. 84 $2,000.00 CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Symphony No. 5 — TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 Guitar Master Class 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free Guitar Master Class 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free Cello Studio Class 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Voice Master Class Richard Aaron 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Harris Concert Hall Master Class Cello Studio Class 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Donald Weilerstein violin Richard Aaron Trombone Master Class 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
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Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2017 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Master Class Low Strings Competition Winner 10:00 AM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free MESSIAEN: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum — Tunes and Tales BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste, BB 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free 114 Violin Master Class Music with a View 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free Paul Kantor
Violin Competition Spotlight Recital 6:15 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Program and performers announced at the event A Recital: Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven Sonatas II 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 Chapel Chamber Music 4:15 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49, no.1 Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, Basalt Regional Library Recital no.1 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 10, no. 3 A Recital by the American String Quartet — 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 2, no. 2 HAYDN: String Quartet in D major, Hob, III/79, op. 76, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, op. no. 5 110 SIROTA: American Pilgrimage — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130 Piano Master Class 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 String Showcase Ann Schein 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
High Notes: Alan Fletcher, violinist Augustin Hadelich, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017 cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, pianist Martin Helmchen Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 12:00 PM, Paepcke Auditorium, Free 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Hans Graf conductor, Martin Helmchen piano Spotlight Recital BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 Program and performers announced at the event — Harp Competition Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68, 3:45 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free “Pastoral”
Anderson Ranch: AMFS Guitar Students in Recital Spotlight Recital 5:00 PM, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Free 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Program and performers announced at the event Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 Listener’s Master Class Robert Spano conductor, Tengku Irfan piano 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free MATTHEW RICKETTS: Piano Concerto (World Premiere) Chapel Piano Recital BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68 2:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free
A Recital by Augustin Hadelich violin, Marie-Elisabeth Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Hecker cello, and Martin Helmchen piano 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket HAYDN: Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV/27 Ann Schein piano KODÁLY: Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 CHOPIN: Nocturne in F minor, op. 55, no. 1 — Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 55, no. 2 TAKEMITSU: Between Tides BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, op. 101
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Aspen Chamber Symphony Cello Studio Class 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 1:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Hans Graf conductor, Martin Helmchen piano Richard Aaron BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 Voice Master Class — 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68, Ice Cream Social “Pastoral” 2:30 PM, David Karetsky Music Lawn, Free
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 Prelude: Preconcert Talk Composer Showcase Asadour Santourian speaker Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, Robert Spano 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free music director, Alan Fletcher President and CEO, Christopher Theofanidis composer-in-residence Aspen Festival Orchestra 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82.00 Rafael Payare conductor, Sergey Khachatryan violin, Bing Opera Scenes Master Class Wang violin 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 Edward Berkeley director, Aspen Opera Center artist- — faculty R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40
Spotlight Recital MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2017 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Guided Tour of Bucksbaum Campus Program and performers announced at the event 10:15 AM, Bucksbaum Campus, Free
Music on the Mountain Guided Backstage Tour of Benedict Music Tent and Harris 1:00 PM, Top of Aspen Mountain, Free Concert Hall Chamber Music 12:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent Plaza, Free 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Fellowship Brass Quintet Recital Stephen Burns conductor, Bing Wang violin, James Dunham 4:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free viola, Brinton Smith cello, Bruce Bransby bass, Joyce Yang piano, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, American String Physics Center Recital Quartet, Harp Competition Winner 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Aspen Center for Physics HANNAH LASH: Moth Sketches MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Evermore (World Premiere) Chamber Music SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, op. posth. 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 114, “Trout” Donald Weilerstein violin, Alisa Weilerstein cello, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein piano, Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet, Per Carbondale Library Recital Hannevold bassoon, John Zirbel horn 6:00 PM, Carbondale Branch Library, Free IVES: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano, op. 86 MOZART: Wind Serenade in B-flat major, K. 361, A Recital by Denis Kozhukhin piano “Gran Partita” 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 HANDEL: Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432 Special Event: Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home “Love and BRAHMS: Three Intermezzos, op. 117 Comedy” Show ALBÉNIZ: from Iberia, Book I 7:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $45/$85 from Iberia, Book II Tickets for this event will go on sale April 21 from Iberia, Book IV Note AMFS passes are not valid for this co-presentation — BOULEZ: Piano Sonata No. 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2017 Harris Concert Hall Master Class SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Alisa Weilerstein cello 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Rafael Payare conductor, Sergey Khachatryan violin Guitar Master Class BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 12:00 PM, Friedman Atrium, Free — R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op. 40
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Cello Studio Class — 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947) Richard Aaron Brass Bash II Trombone Master Class 8:30 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 1:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free A Recital by Veronika Eberle violin Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Brinton Smith cello, David Kadouch piano, Timothy Weiss LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake, op. 62 conductor RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 op. 18 — — BERG: Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin, and 13 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 Wind Instruments
Music with a View THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Master Class 10:00 AM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Intimate Artist Dinner with Alisa Weilerstein 6:00 PM, Private Residence, $500.00 Violin Studio Class 1:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito Paul Kantor Jane Glover conductor, Edward Berkeley director 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House, $50.00, $25.00 obstr. Spotlight Recital Open to passholders 2:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Program and performers announced at the event A Recital by a 2017 Van Cliburn Competition Winner 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 Kids Notes II Program details will be available shortly before the 4:00 PM, Meadows Hospitality Tent, Free performance. Chapel Chamber Music WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017 4:15 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Piano Master Class 10:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, $25.00 Family Concert II Julian Martin 5:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Ingmar Beck conductor, Aspen Conducting Academy High Notes: Alan Fletcher, Van Cliburn winner, cellist Alisa Orchestra Weilerstein, cast of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust WALLFISCH: Dirty Beasts Alisa Weilerstein cello, Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano, Bryan Hymel tenor, John Relyea baritone, Federico De Michelis Basalt Regional Library Recital bass 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free 12:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free Classical Guitar Recital Guitar Master Class 6:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 12:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito Spotlight Recital 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free $50.00, $25.00 obstr. Program and performers announced at the event Jane Glover conductor, Edward Berkeley director Open to passholders Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics (Opera) A Recital by Edgar Meyer bass 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100.00 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55.00 BOTTESINI: Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25.00 String Showcase Hugh Wolff conductor 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus STEVEN MACKEY: Urban Ocean FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017 HAYDN: Violin Concerto in C major, Hob. Vlla/1 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00
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John Nelson conductor, Alisa Weilerstein cello Hornik Weilerstein piano VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by SCHNYDER: subzero, Bass Trombone Concerto Thomas Tallis FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, op. 15 SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, JANÁČEK: Violin Sonata op. 126 — Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito ROUSSEL: Symphonic Fragments from Le festin de 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House l’araignée (The Spider’s Feast), op. 17 $50.00, $25.00 obstr. KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta Jane Glover conductor, Edward Berkeley director Open to passholders Spotlight Recital 12:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free A Recital by Vladimir Feltsman piano Program and performers announced at the event 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65.00 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 Chapel Piano Recital — 2:00 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free BRAHMS: Klavierstücke, op. 118 Klavierstücke, op. 119 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall $10.00, or free with a same-day ACS ticket Hung-Kuan Chen piano SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2017 CHOPIN: Nocturne in B major, op. 62, no. 1 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Nocturne in E major, op. 62, no. 2 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20.00 Nocturne in E minor, op. 72, no. 1 Robert Spano conductor, Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano, Bryan Hymel tenor, John Relyea bass-baritone, Federico De Aspen Chamber Symphony Michelis bass, Duain Wolfe chorus director, Colorado 6:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $80.00 Symphony Orchestra Chorus John Nelson conductor, Alisa Weilerstein cello BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Walking Tour to the Tent SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, 2:00 PM, Hotel Jerome, Free op. 126 Prelude: Preconcert Talk — Asadour Santourian speaker ROUSSEL: Symphonic Fragments from Le festin de 3:00 PM, Paepcke Terrace, Free l’araignée (The Spider’s Feast), op. 17 KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta Aspen Festival Orchestra 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90.00 Advanced Quartet Studies Recital Robert Spano conductor, Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano, 8:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Bryan Hymel tenor, John Relyea bass-baritone, Federico De SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017 Michelis bass, Duain Wolfe chorus director, Colorado Opera Scenes Master Class Symphony Orchestra Chorus 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40.00 BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 Edward Berkeley director Aspen Opera Center artist-faculty
Spotlight Recital 12:30 PM, Christ Episcopal Church, Free Program and performers announced at the event
Mountain Living Magazine presents 2017 House Musics (Opera) 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100.00
Chamber Music 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45.00 Stephen Burns conductor, John D. Rojak bass trombone, Renata Arado violin, Espen Lilleslåtten viola, Brinton Smith cello, Julian Martin piano, Donald Weilerstein violin, Vivian
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