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2019–20 SEASON Welcome to the 38Th Season! 2019–20 SEASON Welcome to the 38th Season! When we began programming the 2019-20 Season we had the good fortune of knowing the season already had a grand finale—Haydn's masterpiece, The Creation. Haydn's genius shines forth in the most entertaining ways. This is not some stuffy retelling of a familiar story but rather a vivid picture that startles, amuses and delights with musical imagery of the highest order. To get from the end of the season to the beginning, we gathered together good friends like violinist Colin Jacobsen, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, the Brentano String Quartet, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. Then we added new friends like pianist Jeremy Denk, the Pacifica and Borromeo string quartets, Korngold's Violin Concerto, and voilà, a new season emerges. All of this planning is fun and we hope you will be inspired, moved and pleased that Santa Fe Pro Musica is here for you and continues to be a vibrant part of the cultural fabric in Santa Fe. Thomas O’Connor Carol Redman Music Director Associate Music Director Cover artwork: Wishing Sun (2007) by David Cost 2019–20 Schedule of Events SEPTEMBER 21-22 HEROIC BEETHOVEN Pro Musica Orchestra with Lensic conductor Thomas O’Connor & violinist Colin Jacobsen OCTOBER 8, 15 & 22 WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? The Women of Distinction Lannan Foundation Leadership Initiative features a 3-part lecture series by Associate Music Director Carol Redman NOVEMBER 2-3 MOZART AND HAYDN Pro Musica Orchestra with Lensic conductor Thomas O'Connor & pianist and conductor Anne-Marie McDermott DECEMBER 19-24 A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble Loretto Chapel with sopranos Clara Rottsolk & Marguerite Krull DECEMBER 29-30 THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS St. Francis Auditorium Pro Musica Orchestra with conductor Thomas O'Connor JANUARY 12 PACIFICA STRING QUARTET Works by Shostakovich, St. Francis Auditorium Shulamit Ran & Beethoven JANUARY 25-26 JOURNEYS Pro Musica Orchestra with conductor Lensic Thomas O'Connor & pianist Jeremy Denk FEBRUARY 23 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET WITH CELLIST St. Francis Auditorium WILHELMINA SMITH Works by Schubert & Mackey MARCH 22 BORROMEO STRING QUARTET Works by Mozart, St. Francis Auditorium Ligeti & Beethoven APRIL 9-11 BAROQUE HOLY WEEK Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble Loretto Chapel with soprano Sherezade Panthaki APRIL 25-26 THE CREATION Pro Musica Orchestra with Lensic conductor Thomas O'Connor, soprano Clara Rottsolk, tenor Brian Giebler, baritone Andrew Garland and Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico 1 ORCHESTRA SERIES Lensic Performing Arts Center HEROIC BEETHOVEN The Romantic Imagination SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 4 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 3 PM Thomas O’Connor, conductor THOMAS O’CONNOR conductor Colin Jacobsen, violin JULIA ADOLPHE Shiver and Bloom KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica" MOZART AND HAYDN Musical Conversations COLIN JACOBSEN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 4 PM violin SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AT 3 PM Anne-Marie McDermott, piano and conductor Thomas O'Connor, conductor HAYDN Symphony No. 90 in C Major, Hob. I/90 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482 ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT piano THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS “The most stupendous miracle in all of music” (Richard Wagner) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 AT 7 PM | ST FRANCIS AUDITORIUM MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 AT 7 PM | ST FRANCIS AUDITORIUM Thomas O’Connor, conductor J.S. BACH The Complete Brandenburg Concertos 2 JOURNEYS “Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything” (Plato) SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 AT 4 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 AT 3 PM JEREMY DENK Thomas O'Connor, conductor piano Jeremy Denk, piano MELINDA WAGNER Little Moonhead MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 SCHUMANN Concert Allegro with Introduction, Op. 134 HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104, “London" CLARA ROTTSOLK soprano THE CREATION Inspired by The Book of Genesis and Milton's Paradise Lost SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 4 PM SUNDAY, APRIL 26 AT 3 PM Thomas O'Connor, conductor Clara Rottsolk, soprano BRIAN GIEBLER tenor Brian Giebler, tenor Andrew Garland, baritone Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico Maxine Thévenot, artistic director The season concludes with Joseph Haydn’s spectacular oratorio The Creation for orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists. From literal truth to inspiring prose to a rip-roaring tale, Haydn’s musical masterpiece is described as cinematic in its ANDREW GARLAND baritone imagery. Truly a grand finale! Generously underwritten by Johnanna McLaughlin in memory of Charles McLaughlin. 3 A Tribute To Founder, Music Director and Conductor, Thomas O’Connor As Santa Fe Pro Musica approaches its 40th season, it is appropriate to pay tribute to Tom O’Connor who has guided the evolution of this organization from its earliest days. It is also forty years since Tom began his music career in Santa Fe providing an exhilarating array of classical music performances for the residents of New Mexico. As he prepares to ride off into the sunset (on his motorcycle, adventures await him!), this is our year to celebrate and commemorate his prodigious contributions to our community at large and to allow his musical insights, once more, to fill our souls. Tom is a musical “man for all seasons.” He has created ensembles and orchestras that provided practical employment and musical inspiration for hundreds of musicians. He has deftly filled the roles of oboist, music director, lecturer, executive director and conductor. Santa Fe, our state and indeed, the wider musical community, owe a debt of gratitude to Tom O’Connor for all that he, and his beloved partner Carol, have given over the last four decades. The season ahead is musically rich and we have the opportunity, one more time, to experience Tom’s talents as Music Director and Conductor. Please join us this season in celebrating Tom’s wonderful gift to us. Sincerely, Bernie van der Hoeven Revell Carr President Immediate Past President 4 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE This 3-year program, now in its second year, provides leadership opportunities to women composers and conductors and addresses some of the issues faced by women in classical music. Generously underwritten by Sallie Bingham. Where are the Women in Classical Music? TUESDAYS, OCTOBER 8, 15 AND 22 | 4-6 PM | $90 LANNAN FOUNDATION MEETING ROOM (319 READ ST) Abraham Mendelssohn wrote a letter (1820) to his daughter Fanny, sister of the famous composer Felix Mendelssohn: “Music will perhaps become Felix’s profession, while for you it can and must be only an ornament.” Intrigued by these words, Associate Music Director Carol Redman wondered why women have been so marginalized in the classical music world. The result of her exploration is a 3-part lecture series that traces the paths of musical women from the pre-Christian Era through the music of today. Each lecture will be generously supplemented with pictures, videos, facts and anecdotes. Price of admission includes wine and appetizers. Julia Adolphe is a Shulamit Ran is writer, composer, a composer with teacher and many awards and producer, and accomplishments, currently lives including winning in Los Angeles. the Pulitzer Prize Her music is described as displaying in 1991. Her music is described as “a remarkable gift for sustaining a “intensely dramatic and deeply compelling musical narrative” human… compelling for its intelligence (Thomas May, Musical America). and compositional clarity” (New World Records). Anne-Marie McDermott is a Melinda Wagner world-renowned was awarded the pianist and chamber Pulitzer Prize in musician. This 1999, and currently season she will serves on the faculty lead the Pro Musica Orchestra from of the Juilliard the keyboard in two of Mozart’s piano School of Music. Her music is described concertos. Truly following in the as “vital and fresh” (Anne Midgette, footsteps of Mozart! The New York Times). 5 STRING WORKS SERIES St. Francis Auditorium Reserved seat subscriptions are available May 1–June 14 May available subscriptions are seat Reserved PACIFICA STRING QUARTET “Nothing short of phenomenal” (The Daily Telegraph, London) SUNDAY SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108 JANUARY 12 SHULAMIT RAN Quartet No. 3, “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory” 3 PM go on sale June 17 Single tickets BEETHOVEN Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 130, with the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET WITH CELLIST WILHELMINA SMITH “Exceptional insight and communicative gifts” (The Daily Telegraph, London) SUNDAY STEVEN MACKEY Joy Rhythm Study (New Mexico premiere) FEBRUARY 23 SCHUBERT Quintet in C Major, D. 956 3 PM BORROMEO STRING QUARTET “A musical experience of luminous beauty” (The San Diego Reader) SUNDAY MOZART Quartet in G Major, K. 387 MARCH 22 LIGETI Quartet No. 1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes” 3 PM BEETHOVEN Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 6 PACIFICA STRING QUARTET Originally from Southern California, the Pacifica Quartet is currently on the faculty at Indiana University and Resident Performing Artists at the Uni- versity of Chicago. Their “immaculate precision, incisive rhythms and sense of give-and-take among the participants made the piece seem like a conversa- tion…” (Pittsburgh Post Gazette). BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Named for Antonie Brentano, con- sidered to be Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” the Brentano Quartet is the Resident String Quartet at the Yale School of Music, a position they formerly held at Princeton University. The London Independent raves that their performances are “passionate, uninhib- ited and spellbinding.” BORROMEO STRING QUARTET Named after the picturesque Borro- mean Islands in Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, the quartet is currently in residence at the New England Con- servatory. Admired and sought after for its fresh interpretations, the ensemble has been hailed for its “edge-of-the-seat performances” and called “simply the best” (Boston Globe).
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