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JUNE 2 - 20, 2021 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter 3 The Program 4 - 13 Education Series 14 - 22 Festival Bios 23 - 36 Credits 37-38 In Memoriam 39 Donors 40 - 45 This season’s Program Book generously underwritten by 2 A Message From The Chair And Acting Artistic Director Welcome to the Princeton Festival’s exciting panoply of virtuosic string music from the 19th and inspiring 2021 season! We are pleased to through the 21st centuries. You don’t want to miss present a variety of pre-recorded videos, live either performance! stream and limited in-person performances, and Our 2021 International Piano Competition educational programs for your entertainment and attracted 245 video applications from around edification. the world, including Bahrain, Turkey, China, Ever-changing Covid-19 restrictions have Indonesia, France, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, challenged the Festival to find creative ways Germany, Costa Rica, and Brazil, to name just of presenting the outstanding programs to a few countries! The Festival will present the which our supporters and patrons have become competition finalists and winners by way of an accustomed. To that end, we have engaged in a entertaining pre-recorded video hosted by the fruitful partnership with our colleagues at Morven Acting Artistic Director. Enjoy the repertoire and Museum and Garden to offer a select number of be properly dazzled by the prodigious talent! live, fulfilling productions that are safe for both Our education volunteers work tirelessly our performers and our valued patrons. Our to enrich the Princeton Festival’s performance patrons have the choice of viewing our Baroque season with engaging lectures, informative panel chamber and Opera by Twilight concerts either on discussions, and creative outreach, from poetry the Morven lawn or via live stream with television- readings to round table discussions, opera quality graphics. lectures to Covid relief. Learn more about our We also encourage you to view our Festival- educational programs by visiting princetonfestival. commissioned videos from the Chicago-based org. The Festival is grateful to all of its volunteers Kosmologia Interdisciplinary Ensemble and for their loyalty, flexibility, and steadfast Concordia Chamber Players. Each ensemble has commitment to the arts. prepared stunning videos that are complete works The Princeton Festival’s 2021 season would be of art unto themselves. Kosmologia’s video will impossible without the dedication of our Board explore the music of the great Johann Sebastian of Trustees, our donors, and you, our patrons. We Bach through graphics, videography, and sound thank you for your continued support throughout design, while Concordia’s video will explore a these challenging times. Enjoy the show! With a warm welcome Benedikt von Schroder Gregory J. Geehern Chair, Board of Trustees Acting Artistic Director 3 THE PROGRAM 4 Concordia Chamber Players: Source Code FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 7:00 PM This ensemble of virtuoso musicians wins plaudits Michelle Djokic, cello and artistic director from critics and ovations from audiences for its bold , violin programs and incisive, emotionally charged playing. Alexi Kenney This year’s virtual program opens with a work of our Jonathan Moerschel, viola time, then ranges through the Romantic and modern Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, violin periods, with works by composers like Giacomo Puccini, Hugo Wolf, and Jean Françaix. The variety of Zak Winokur, videographer moods and styles is sure to intrigue and delight. This video was created exclusively for the Princeton Festival and will be streamed online. PROGRAM Source Code for String Quartet | Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) Sonatine for Violin and Cello, H.80 | Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955) Crisentemi for String Quartet | Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) String Trio | Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997) Serenade for String Quartet | Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903) Running time 1 hour 5 International Piano Competition Finals SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 3:00 PM In this two-hour video concert, which will be streamed Adam Olkin, videographer online, you’ll enjoy amazing performances by the top competitors in each of our seven categories, including our new Experienced Open Class, as selected by our expert adjudicators. Choose your favorites if you wish – it won’t be easy – then listen as Gregory Geehern, The Princeton Festival’s Acting Artistic Director, announces the winners. Elementary Artists (ages 6 - 9) Minuet, op. 36, no. 1 | Amy Beach (1867 - 1944) Ethan Yin, Wayne, PA Gavotte in G major, HWV 491 | George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Louis Gao, Charlotte, NC Minuet, op. 36, no. 1 | Beach Rebecca Li, Mason, OH March, op. 65, no. 10 | Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Aaron Wang, West Windsor, NJ Intermediate Artists (ages 10 - 12) Prelude in C major, BWV 943 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Abigail Goddard, Brentwood, TN Bagatelle in A minor, op. 119, no. 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Valentina Ramos, Greenville, DE For Children, Volume 2, no. 18: Teasing Song | Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Lukas Kan, Richmond, British Columbia 6 Junior Artists (ages 13 - 15) Sonata in F minor, Wq.63, no.6 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788) Yeuk Yu Chiu, Newark, DE i. Allegro di molto Valse Suite, op. 71 | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912) Ariel Little, Spokane, WA iii. Allegro moderato Sonata in F minor, Wq.63, no.6 | C.P.E. Bach Ashwin Telang, West Windsor, NJ i. Allegro di molto Senior Artists (ages 16 - 18) Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) Andrew Cheng, Saratoga, CA Troubled Water | Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972) Adrian King, Silverdale, WA Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 1 | Chopin Elizabeth Yang, Belle Mead, NJ Four-Hands Artists (ages 25 and under) Sonata in C major, K.521 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Angel Wang, Joyce Wang, i. Allegro Cottonwood Heights, UT Polonaise in D minor, D. 599, no. 1 | Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Alesia Levchenko, Kristina Didenko, Spokane, WA Emerging Open Class (ages 25 and under) Piano Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 | Chopin Mia Pečnik, Zagreb, Croatia i. Grave; Doppio movimento Sonata no. 1, mvt. 1 | Carl Vine (b. 1954) Janet Phang, New York, NY Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23 | Chopin Mykola Pushkarov, Cleveland, OH Experienced Open Class (ages 26 and up) Gaspard de la nuit | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Zuoxiao Lyu, Houston, TX iii. Scarbo Nocturne in B-flat minor, op.9, no.1 | Chopin Aristotelis Papadimitriou, Zurich, Switzerland Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Junwen Liang, State College, PA Running time 2 hours 7 Baroque Chamber Series: Sacred and Profane CONCERT I - TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 7:00 PM CONCERT II - THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 7:00 PM We are thrilled to welcome audiences back in Chiara Fasani Stauffer, concertmaster person to our performances with this Baroque Juan-Carlos Zamudio, artistic consultant series. Our Baroque series returns with two unique concerts from Princeton’s beautiful and historic Manami Mizumoto, violin/viola Morven Museum and Garden. The Princeton Festival Morgan Little, cello Baroque Orchestra presents historically informed , harpsichord performances on period instruments of music by Caitlyn Koester J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Heinrich Biber, Girolamo Joshua Stauffer, plucked instruments Frescobaldi, and more. Accessible in person and online Our Baroque series is made possible in PRODUCTION part by the generous support of: James Allington, sound designer Jane DeLung and Sarah Ringer Alexandria Griner, stage manager Charles Westoff Richard Tang Yuk Stephen Howe, lighting and production Deborah and Jeffrey Tener Thomas Wisnosky, video production, David Herman Top Brass Productions Kristin and Nancy Lifland Benedikt von May and Costa Schroder Papastephanou Alissa Poh and Raymond Perez 8 CONCERT I - Tuesday, June 8, 7:00 PM Sonata da Chiesa, op. 2, XII in D major Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692) Grave Allegro Grave Largo Allegro Toccata Nona in F, Book II Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643) Sonata Prima Libro Secondo in A minor Dario Castello (1602 - 1631) Trio Sonata in F major Johann Caspar Kerll (1627 - 1693) Pifa from Messiah, HWV 56 George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) Trio Sonata Pastorale in D minor, op. 5, no. 5 Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695 - 1764) Largo Vivace Pastorale: Andante Assumption Sonata in D major Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704) Sonata Aria I Aria II Gigue Trio Sonata, op. 16, no. 1 in E minor Isabella Leonarda (1620 - 1704) Allegro Largo Adagio Aria - Allegro Vivace Running time 1 hour 9 CONCERT II - Thursday, June 10, 7:00 PM Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) Prelude Harmonia Artificiosa Ariosa no. 1 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704) Sonata Allemande Gigue Aria Sarabande Sonata of Scots Tunes in D major James Oswald (1710 - 1769) O Mother, What Shall I Do Ettrick Banks She Rose and Let Me In Cromlit’s Lilt Polwart on the Green Trio Sonata in B-flat major, op. 2, no. 3, HWV 388 G.F. Handel (1685 - 1759) Andante - Allegro Larghetto Allegro Toccata in G minor Alessandro Piccinini (1566 - 1638) Sonata ‘‘La Folia’’ in D minor, RV 63 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Running time 1 hour 10 Opera by Twilight CONCERT I - SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 7:00 PM CONCERT II - SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 7:00 PM We are thrilled to present two unique concerts of PRODUCTION beloved operatic selections. We’ve assembled an James Allington, sound designer ensemble of outstanding vocalists, many of whom , stage manager you may recognize from previous seasons. Enjoy Alexandria Griner