Aspen Music Festival and School 2020 Season July 2-August 23, 2020

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $100 A Recital by Arnaud Sussmann , David Finckel R. STRAUSS: Moonlight Scene and Last Scene from , and Wu Han Capriccio, op. 85 7:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75 --- HAYDN: Piano Trio in A major, Hob. XV/18 KEVIN PUTS: Letters from Georgia BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3 --- MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 HAYDN: Piano Trio in E major, Hob. XV/28 Gotta Move! BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, op. 70, no. 1, 10:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent “Ghost” Violin Competition FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 4:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Aspen Chamber Dress Rehearsal 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 Spotlight Recital 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free Spotlight Recital 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Artists and program to be announced by April 1. 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10

Aspen Chamber Symphony TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 Ludovic Morlot conductor, Kristóf Baráti violin Harris Concert Hall Master Class 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 MENDELSSOHN: Violin in E minor, op. 64 Aspen Conducting Academy BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Note: Concert is performed without intermission STUCKY: Rhapsodies COPLAND: Appalachian SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2020 --- Fourth of July Concert BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 Lawrence Isaacson conductor 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free A Recital by Kristóf Baráti violin and Anton Nel piano SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal— DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata CLOSED PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata in F minor, op. 80 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent --- Please note this rehearsal is closed. FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8

Prelude: Preconcert Talk Asadour Santourian WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2020 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free High Notes Discussion Alan Fletcher, moderator Aspen Festival Orchestra 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free Robert Spano conductor, Renée Fleming soprano

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 1 Spotlight Recital PAUL DEAN: Horn Concerto (U.S. Premiere) 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BEETHOVEN: Romance in F major, op. 50 BEETHOVEN: No. 5 in E-flat major, Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra op. 73, “Emperor” Ludovic Morlot conductor, Gallia Kastner violin Listener's Master Class (Dorothy DeLay Prize Winner) Tom Buesch 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free BERLIOZ: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise in E major, op. 83 Spotlight Recital RAVEL: Tzigane 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 A Recital by Paul Lewis piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Aspen Chamber Symphony HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D major Hob. XVI/51 Nicholas McGegan conductor, Andrew Bain horn, BRAHMS: Ballade in B major, op. 10, no. 4 Paul Lewis piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 op. 27, no. 2, “Moonlight” BEETHOVEN: Overture to King Stephen, op. 117 --- PAUL DEAN: Horn Concerto (U.S. Premiere) BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in BEETHOVEN: Romance in F major, op. 50 C major, op. 120 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73, “Emperor” Note: Concert is performed without intermission THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020 Spotlight Recital 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2020 Special Event: Theater Master Class with Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty Low Strings Competition 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Spotlight Recital A Recital by the Pacifica Quartet 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Simin Ganatra violin, Austin Hartman violin, Mark Holloway viola, Brandon Vamos cello Special Event: Beginner's Ear I 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 2:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 LIGETI: String Quartet No. 1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes” Chamber Music CRAWFORD SEEGER: String Quartet 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 --- Artists and program to be announced by April 1. BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130 BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133 A Recital by the Dover String Quartet and the Escher String Quartet String Showcase Joel Link violin, Bryan Lee violin, Milena Pajaro-van 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free de Stadt viola, Camden Shaw cello; Adam Barnett- Hart violin, Brendan Speltz violin, Pierre Lapointe viola, Brook Speltz cello FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal GREGG KALLOR: String Octet 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 BEETHOVEN: Overture to King Stephen, op. 117 ---

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 2 ENESCU: String Octet in C major, op. 7 Alan Fletcher, moderator 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020 Spotlight Recital Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 ROUSE: Rapture House Music (Opera) RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100 --- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Scott Terrell conductor, Violin Competition Winner Prelude: Preconcert Talk 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SKRYABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy, Symphony No. 4, op. 54 Aspen Festival Orchestra MOZART: No. 4 in D major, K. 218 Leonard Slatkin conductor, Behzod Abduraimov RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome piano Note: Concert is performed without intermission 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 ROUSE: Rapture A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major Nicholas McGegan conductor, Stephen Waarts --- violin, Matthew Lipman viola RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75

MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020 Special Event: Beginner's Ear II Tunes and Tales 2:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free

Chamber Music Spotlight Recital 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 Special Event: Master Class with Renée Fleming Mozart's The Magic soprano Patrick Summers conductor, Edward Berkeley 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $40 director 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $85, $50, $25 Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra obstructed ACA Piano Competition Winner MOZART: The Magic Flute, K. 620 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela from Lemminkäinen A Recital by Behzod Abduraimov piano Suite, op. 22 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, op. 28 ------TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 DEBUSSY: Children's Corner MUSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Music with a View 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free String Showcase 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020 High Notes Discussion FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 3 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal Adam Barnett-Hart violin, Brendan Speltz violin, Robert Spano conductor Pierre Lapointe viola, Brook Speltz cello 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 SHOSTAKOVICH/BARSHAI: Chamber Symphony in MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, C minor, op. 110a op. 12 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 6, BB 119 10 --- BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A major, op. 16 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3, “Razumovsky” Listener's Master Class Tom Buesch 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020 Composition Program Readings Spotlight Recital Robert Spano 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free

Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Aspen Chamber Symphony C major, op. 56, “Triple” Robert Spano conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano --- 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, op. SHOSTAKOVICH/BARSHAI: Chamber Symphony in 112, “The Year 1917” C minor, op. 110a PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. Prelude: Preconcert Talk 10 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A major, op. 16 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Aspen Festival Orchestra James Conlon conductor, Benjamin Beilman violin, Alisa Weilerstein cello, Inon Barnatan piano SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 Special Event: Opera Theater Master Class with BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers C major, op. 56, “Triple” Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers, Aspen Opera --- Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, op. 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40 112, “The Year 1917”

Spotlight Recital 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020 Gotta Move! Chamber Music 10:00 AM, Benedict Music Tent, Free 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Spotlight Recital 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free Mozart's The Magic Flute Patrick Summers conductor, Edward Berkeley Opera Benefit: The Magic Flute in Aspen director 5:00 PM, Caribou Club, $1,000 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $85, $50, $25 obstructed Chamber Music MOZART: The Magic Flute, K. 620 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Artists and program to be announced by April 1. A Recital by the Escher String Quartet

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 4 Mozart's The Magic Flute House Music (Opera) Patrick Summers conductor, Edward Berkeley 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100 director 8:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $85, $50, $25 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra obstructed Patrick Summers conductor, Lise de la Salle piano MOZART: The Magic Flute, K. 620 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2020 JULIA WOLFE: Fountain of Youth Tunes and Tales WAGNER: Overture to Tannhäuser 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Note: Concert is performed without intermission

Harris Concert Hall Master Class A Recital by the American Brass Quintet 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 Kevin Cobb , Louis Hanzlik trumpet, Eric Reed horn, Michael Powell , John D. Rojak Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra bass trombone Robert Spano conductor, Low String Competition 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 Winner ED. ERIC REED: Suite of Sacred Renaissance 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Polyphony Low Strings Concerto to be announced NINA C. YOUNG: The Glow That Illuminates, The --- Glare That Obscures SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op. 93 --- : Fanfare Quintet Music with a View DRUCKMAN: Other Voices 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free GIOVANNI GABRIELI: from Canzoni e Sonate for Brass Choirs Brass Competition 6:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 A Recital by the American String Quartet Composition Program Readings Peter Winograd violin, Laurie Carney violin, Daniel Robert Spano Avshalomov viola, Wolfram Koessel cello 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 HAYDN: String Quartet in B-flat major, Hob. III/78, op. Tunes and Tales 76, no. 4, “Sunrise” 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, op. 26 Spotlight Recital --- 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131 Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital String Showcase 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Basalt Regional Library Recital 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 High Notes Discussion Brass Bash I Alan Fletcher, moderator 7:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 12:00 PM, Location to be announced Free A Recital by Alisa Weilerstein cello and Inon Barnatan piano Spotlight Recital 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in F major, op. 5, no. 1 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 5, no. 2

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 5 --- SKRYABIN: Valse in A-flat major, op. 38 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in A major, op. 69 /GRYAZNOV: Polka Italienne ------BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in C major, op. 102, no. 1 GINASTERA: Danzas argentinas, op. 2 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in D major, op. 102, no. 2 FALLA: Danza ritual del fuego from El amor bruho PIAZZOLLA/OKONŞAR/DE LA SALLE: Libertango FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 WILLIAM BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag from Three Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal Ghost Rags 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 JAMES PRICE JOHNSON: Charleston KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta WALLER: Viper's Drag PREVIN: Honey and Rue TATUM: Tea for Two BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 Listener’s Master Class Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Tom Buesch 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102 Spotlight Recital --- 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op. 26 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 Prelude: Preconcert Talk Aspen Chamber Symphony Graeme Boone Roderick Cox conductor, Golda Schultz soprano 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90 KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta Aspen Festival Orchestra Johannes Debus conductor, Sarah Chang violin, PREVIN: Honey and Rue Zlatomir Fung cello, Alexander Malofeev piano BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 Note: Concert is performed without intermission BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102 American Brass Quintet @Aspen Recital --- 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op. 26 RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020 Opera Theater Master Class MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 Edward Berkeley, Aspen Opera Theater and Gotta Move! VocalARTS-Faculty 10:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, Free 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40 Spotlight Recital Chamber Music 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Woodwind Competition 5:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free A Recital by Lise de la Salle piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 An Evening of Cabaret: I'm in the Mood for Love RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 DEBUSSY: Mazurka SAINT-SAËNS: Etude en form de Valse from Six Etudes, op. 52 TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68 Tunes and Tales STRAVINSKY: Tango 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 6 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free Harris Concert Hall Master Class 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 Spotlight Recital 2:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Music with a View 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Special Event: A Recital by Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and AMFS Artist-Faculty Special Event: Science of Music: Harris Concert 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $85 Hall Acoustics Program to include Harry Teague, speaker BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat major, op. 20 5:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25

Basalt Regional Library Recital WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free High Notes Discussion Alan Fletcher, moderator Recital: French Sonatas 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free 7:00 PM, Scanlan Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free

Spotlight Recital A Recital by Edgar Meyer bass 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $60

House Music (Chamber Music) String Showcase 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $65 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free

Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Benjamin Manis conductor, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2020 piano Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 MILES WALTER: New Work (2019 Druckman Prize SIBELIUS: The Bard, op. 64 Winner) (World Premiere) BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, KAIJA SAARIAHO: Ciel d’Hiver “Jeunehomme” SIBELIUS: Tapiola, op. 112 BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” Note: Concert is performed without intermission Listener’s Master Class Tom Buesch Trombone Student Showcase 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free 7:30 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Spotlight Recital A Recital by Andreas Haefliger piano 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 LISZT: St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music from Deux légendes, LW G27 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 MOZART: Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 WAGNER/LISZT: Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan and Aspen Chamber Symphony Isolde, LW A239 John Storgårds conductor, Gil Shaham violin --- 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, op. SIBELIUS: The Bard, op. 64 106, “Hammerklavier” BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 KAIJA SAARIAHO: Ciel d’Hiver SIBELIUS: Tapiola, op. 112 THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Tunes and Tales

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 7 Harp Competition MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Spotlight Recital 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2020 Chamber Music Opera Theater Master Class 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Johannes Debus conductor, Aspen Conducting Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Academy Orchestra, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty Special Event: The Sound of Music: In Concert 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40 7:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent; $110, $50, $500 with post-show cast party Spotlight Recital 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020 Chamber Music Tunes and Tales 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Harris Concert Hall Master Class Carbondale Library Recital Augustin Hadelich violin 6:00 PM, Carbondale Library, Free 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25

A Recital by Marina Piccinini flute Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra Marina Piccinini flute, Andreas Haefliger piano 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 : : Foxtrot for MOZART: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 Orchestra JOHN HARBISON: Mark the Date (World Premiere) Low Brass Concerto to be announced MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE: Notturno (World --- Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36 BOULEZ: Sonatine for Flute and Piano --- A Recital by James Ehnes violin and Andrew COLGRASS: Wild Riot of the Shaman's Dreams Armstrong piano: Beethoven Violin Sonatas II BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D major, op. 25 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 12, no. 2 SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2020 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, op. 24, Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal “Spring” Robert Spano conductor, Augustin Hadelich violin --- 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, op. 30, SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 no. 2 --- MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 Prelude: Preconcert Talk High Notes Discussion 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Alan Fletcher, moderator 12:00 PM, Location to be announced Aspen Festival Orchestra Free Robert Spano conductor, Augustin Hadelich violin 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90 Spotlight Recital SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free --- MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major House Music (Chamber Music) 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $65

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 8 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Spotlight Recital Robert Spano conductor, Lawrence Power viola 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 JAMES MACMILLAN: (U.S. Premiere) Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Aspen Chamber Symphony The Mother of Us All Tomáš Netopil conductor, Daniil Trifonov piano Scott Terrell conductor, Singers of the Aspen Opera 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $90 Theater and VocalARTS Program BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $40 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141, op. 70 THOMSON: The Mother of Us All Note: Concert is performed without intermission

Center for Advanced Quartet Studies Recital THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Tunes and Tales 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 Spotlight Recital Opera Theater Master Class 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Patrick Summers conductor, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, Aspen Opera Theater and Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital VocalARTS-Faculty 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40

Special Event: Science of Music: Organ Acoustics Spotlight Recital Hirosi Ooguri, Greg Zelek 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free 5:00 PM, Aspen Community Church, $25 Chamber Music Basalt Regional Library Recital 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Artists and program to be announced by April 1.

A Recital by James Ehnes violin and Andrew Carbondale Library Recital Armstrong piano: Beethoven Violin Sonatas III 6:00 PM, Carbondale Library, Free 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, op. 12, A Recital by Sharon Isbin guitar and the Pacifica no. 1 Quartet BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 30, Sharon Isbin guitar, Simin Ganatra violin, Austin no. 1 Hartman violin, Mark Holloway viola, Brandon Vamos --- cello BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, op. 47, 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75 “Kreutzer” TURINA: La oración del torero, op. 34 CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Quintet in F major, op. 143 FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 --- Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal VIVALDI/PUJOL/SHARON ISBIN: Guitar Concerto in 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 D major, RV 93 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 BOCCHERINI: Quintet No. 4 for Guitar and Strings, G. DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B. 141, op. 70 448, “Fandango”

Listener’s Master Class Tom Buesch SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 9 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 A Recital by Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano --- and Calio Alonso piano SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER: Forward Into Light 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98 RAVEL: La valse SHAKESPEARE: Sonnet 116 MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer Prelude: Preconcert Talk --- 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BLAKE: Love's Secret BRIDGE: Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Viola, and Aspen Festival Orchestra Piano Hugh Wolff conductor, James Ehnes violin ANGELOU: Still I Rise 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 --- String Showcase SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER: Forward Into Light 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL: La valse WEDNESDAY, AUG 12, 2020 High Notes Discussion MONDAY, AUG 10, 2020 Alan Fletcher, moderator Spotlight Recital 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free Spotlight Recital Percussion Ensemble Recital 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Jonathan Haas conductor 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 House Music (Opera) 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100 A Feast of Music 6:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus Anderson Ranch: AMFS Guitar Students in Recital 5:00 PM, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Free

TUESDAY, AUG 11, 2020 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Tunes and Tales Hannu Lintu conductor, Joyce Yang piano 10:30 AM, Basalt Regional Library, Free 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, LW H4 Harris Concert Hall Master Class BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Special Event: A Recital by The Zukerman Trio Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman violin, Amanda Forsyth cello, Woodwinds Competition Winner Angela Cheng piano 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $95 RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole BEETHOVEN: Variations on Wenzel Müller's “Ich bin Woodwinds Concerto to be announced der Schneider Kakadu,” in G major, op. 121a --- MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 49 STRAVINSKY/JONATHAN MCPHEE: The Rite of --- Spring BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, op. 87

Music with a View 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free THURSDAY, AUG 13, 2020 Spotlight Recital Piano Competition 2:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 6:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free House Music (Composition)

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 10 3:30 PM, Private Residence, $100 Composer Workshop 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Opera Theater Master Class Rachelle Fleming, Aspen Opera Theater and Family Concert and Pre-Concert Kids Notes VocalARTS-Faculty 5:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40

Special Event: Science of Music: Composition and Spotlight Recital The Scientific Method 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Christopher Theofanidis composer-in-residence 5:00 PM, Aspen Community Church, $25 Chamber Music 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Basalt Regional Library Recital Artists and program to be announced by April 1. 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free Carbondale Library Recital A Recital by Robert McDuffie violin 6:00 PM, Carbondale Library, Free 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 A Recital by Hung-Kuan Chen piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 FRIDAY, AUG 14, 2020 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, op. 109 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, op. 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 110 MELODY EÖTVÖS: The Saqqara Bird BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, op. 111 SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op. 61 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 SUNDAY, AUG 16, 2020 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal Listener’s Master Class 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 Tom Buesch SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen’s Return from 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22 SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND: Nomade for Cello and Spotlight Recital Orchestra (U.S. Premiere) 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free --- PROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliet Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Suites, opp. 64bis and 64ter 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 Ice Cream Social 2:30 PM, David Karetsky Music Lawn, Free Aspen Chamber Symphony Cristian Măcelaru conductor, Ray Chen violin Prelude: Preconcert Talk 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free MELODY EÖTVÖS: The Saqqara Bird Aspen Festival Orchestra SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op. Hannu Lintu conductor, Nicolas Altstaedt cello 61 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen’s Return from Note: Concert is performed without intermission Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22 SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND: Nomade for Cello and First Glimpse: Composition Recital I Orchestra (U.S. Premiere) 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free --- PROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites, opp. 64bis and 64ter SATURDAY, AUG 15, 2020

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MONDAY, AUG 17, 2020 Spotlight Recital Gotta Move! 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 10:00 AM, Benedict Music Tent, Free House Music (Opera) Spotlight Recital 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Music Jane Glover conductor, Piano Competition Winner 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 Artists and program to be announced by April 1. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68, “Pastoral” Composition Program Recital --- 7:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free BEETHOVEN: from Mass in C Major, op. 86 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 Solo Piano Program Recital 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free A Recital by Misha Dichter piano and Cipa Dichter piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 TUESDAY, AUG 18, 2020 BEETHOVEN: Six Bagatelles, op. 126 Harris Concert Hall Master Class DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 --- LISZT: Les Préludes, LW G2 Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra GERSHWIN/GRAINGER: Fantasy on Porgy and Bess ACA Violin Competition Winner for Two 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 Brass Bash II --- 8:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Music with a View THURSDAY, AUG 20, 2020 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute Recital 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free “Heroic Beethoven” - Chamber Music with Jeremy Denk piano, Alexi Kenney violin, and Jay Campbell Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital cello 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Sean Michael Plumb baritone 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Basalt Regional Library Recital BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, op. 96 5:15 PM, Basalt Regional Library, Free --- BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97, Guitar Recital “Archduke” 6:00 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98 Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath String Showcase Andy Einhorn conductor, Louisa Muller director 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $35, $25 obstructed RICKY IAN GORDON: The Grapes of Wrath

WEDNESDAY, AUG 19, 2020 A Recital by John O'Conor piano High Notes Discussion 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Alan Fletcher. moderator BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13, 12:00 PM, Location to be announced "Pathétique" Free

Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 12 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $35, $25 obstructed op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight" RICKY IAN GORDON: The Grapes of Wrath --- BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57, Special Event: A Recital by Vladimir Feltsman "Appassionata" piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $85 BEETHOVEN 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C FRIDAY, AUG 21, 2020 minor, WoO 80 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal BEETHOVEN 15 Variations and a Fugure in E-flat 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 major, op. 35, "Eroica Variations" BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 ------SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, D. 935, op. posth. 142. BEETHOVEN: Ah! Perfido, op. 65 BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in C minor, op. 80, “Choral Fantasy” SUNDAY, AUG 23, 2020 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal-CLOSED Spotlight Recital 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Prelude: Preconcert Talk Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Asadour Santourian 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 3:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free

Aspen Chamber Symphony Aspen Festival Orchestra Christian Arming conductor, Yelena Dyachek Robert Spano conductor, Yelena Dyachek soprano, soprano, Tengku Irfan piano Lauren Decker mezzo-soprano, Richard Trey Smagur 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 tenor, Soloman Howard bass, Seraphic Fire BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 Professional Choral Institute, Patrick Dupré Quigley --- program director, Kantorei, Joel Rinsema chorus BEETHOVEN: Ah! Perfido, op. 65 director BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in C minor, op. 80, “Choral 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $100 Fantasy” STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947) --- First Glimpse: Composition Recital II BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free “Choral”

SATURDAY, AUG 22, 2020 ------Opera Theater Master Class Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty

10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40

Spotlight Recital 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free

House Music (Opera) 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100

Chamber Music 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Artists and program to be announced by April 1.

Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath Andy Einhorn conductor, Louisa Muller director

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