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2018 CONCERT GUIDE Five weeks of extraordinary music celebrating the diversity of chamber music Summer Festival June 25–July 29, 2018 WEEK ONE JUNE 25– JULY 1 WELCOME! Kenari Quartet Summer in Portland is a dazzling display of Mother Nature — and a dazzling display of extraordinary chamber music. OPENING NIGHT: We’re thrilled to share with you the details of MOZART, FAURÉ & SIERRA Chamber Music Northwest’s 2018 Summer Festival — MON June 25 | 8 pm more than 60 concerts and events over five weeks. Our Reed College, Kaul Auditorium world-class artists will perform over 80 unique pieces, all celebrating the richness, diversity and excitement of TUE June 26 | 8 pm music that is as inspiring as an Oregon summer! PSU, Lincoln Performance Hall CMNW festival favorites, Opus One Quartet, are back in Add additional beauty to your summer by joining us Portland performing a diverse program of arresting chamber for some of the greatest music ever created, played music. Joined by Ani Kavafian, these superstar artists will by world-renowned artists, in a fun, casual setting. wow you with works by Mozart, Fauré, and Roberto Sierra’s Summer doesn’t get much better than that!. Angel Fire piano quartet. • MOZART Sonata in B-flat for Violin and Piano, K. 454 • ROBERTO SIERRA Fuego de ángel for Piano and Strings • FAURÉ Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 4 ARTISTS: Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Anne-Marie McDermott, David Shifrin Peter J. Bilotta Steven Tenenbom, Peter Wiley Artistic Director Executive Director NOT TO BE MISSED! ADOLPHE SAX AND THE CREATION OF THE SAXOPHONE MAJOR SPONSORS WED June 27 | 8 pm Alberta Rose Theatre Witness the creation of the saxophone unfold before your eyes in the world premiere of Harry Clark’s new theatrical experience. The Kenari Quartet and Harold Dixon take audiences on the journey that led Adolphe Sax to invent his magnum opus! ARTISTS: Kenari Quartet, Harold Dixon 2 Chamber Music Northwest • SummerOregon Arts CommissionFestival 2018 GRAPHIC STANDARDS GUIDE Produced by Viviano Design, Inc. ©2001 JUNE 25– Ani Kavafian Ida Kavafian Paul Neubauer JULY 1 Fred Sherry Steven Tenenbom Peter Wiley André Watts Open Rehearsal FREE NEW@NOON: LA MUSIQUE DE FRANCE THU June 28 | 11 am PERSONAL SAT June 30 | 8 pm Reed College, Kaul Auditorium CONNECTIONS Reed College, Kaul Auditorium Hear our artists rehearse Daniel Temkin’s FRI June 29 | 12 pm SUN July 1 | 4 pm Time Capsule. PSU, Lincoln Recital Hall PSU, Lincoln Performance Hall Our artists take you on a personal Immerse yourself in the diversity of MOZART AND DVOŘÁK odyssey with music that is near and French music from Ravel to Franck dear to their hearts. Highlights include to saxophone quartet pieces. Hear THU June 28 | 8 pm a duo for two violins performed by the incredible artists including superstar Reed College, Kaul Auditorium Kavafian sisters, and a stirring solo pianist André Watts as they run the Join CMNW festival favorites as they performance by Paul Neubauer. gamut of la musique de France. dazzle you with the works of these • COREY DUNDEE the... of my... are an… • DUBOIS Quatuor pour Saxophones masters. for Saxophone Quartet (2016) • BOZZA Andante et Scherzo for • KÜFFNER (attributed to Weber) • KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Cadenza for Saxophone Quartet Viola Solo (1984) Introduction, Theme, and Variations for • RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello • DANIEL TEMKIN Time Capsule (2017) Clarinet and Strings in B-flat Major • FRANCK Quintet in F Minor for Piano • DVOŘÁK Terzetto for Two Violins and • JOHN LESZCZYNSKI They Might be and Strings Violas in C Major, Op. 74 Gods for Saxophone Quartet (2009) ARTISTS: Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, • MOZART Quintet for Two Violins, Two ARTISTS: Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, Fred Sherry, André Watts, Viola and Cello in G Minor, No. 4, K. 516 Paul Neubauer, Kenari Quartet Kenari Quartet ARTISTS: Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, Fred Sherry, David Shifrin, Steven Tenenbom Coffee with the Composer FREE FRI June 29 | 1:15 pm PSU, Lincoln Hall, Room 326 Join us after our New@Noon concerts for an intimate discussion with the composers. See p. 14 and visit CMNW.org for details. TICKETS: www.CMNW.org • 503-294-6400 3 WEEK TWO JULY Alex Brown 2–8 Nokuthula Ngwenyama Imani Winds THREE CENTURIES: Open Rehearsal FREE VERY NEW@NOON CLASSICAL, ROMANTIC THU July 5 | 11 am FRI July 6 | 12 pm & MODERN Reed College, Kaul Auditorium PSU, Lincoln Recital Hall MON mJuly 2 | 8 p Hear our artists rehearse Mark Abel’s Trio CMNW-Commissioned Premiere! Reed College, Kaul Auditorium for Clarinet, Cello and Piano. A collection of new works by four TUE mJuly 3 | 8 p contemporary American composers, PSU, Lincoln Performance Hall all written in the last three years! Three of the composers will perform NOT TO BE MISSED! CMNW-Commissioned Premiere! their own pieces, joined by other André Watts, the Imani Winds, CMNW festival favorites. David Shifrin, the Dover Quartet, and PASSION FOR BACH others perform works that span three AND COLTRANE • VALERIE COLEMAN A Right to Be for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (2017) centuries and three distinct periods of THU mJuly 5 | 8 p • Three Literary music: the Classical, the Romantic, and J. P. REDMOND Reed College, Kaul Auditorium Snapshots (2015) the Modern. Featuring the premiere • NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal of a CMNW-commissioned nonet for Anchored by the poetry of A. B. Spellman, composer Jeff Scott’s Passion Message for Viola Quintet (CMNW- wind quintet and saxophone quartet by commissioned world premiere, 2018) Protégé composer J. P. Redmond. for Bach and Coltrane references two significant works by both, The Goldberg • MARK ABEL Trio for Clarinet, Cello and • MOZART Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Variations and A Love Supreme, Piano (2017) Piano in E-flat Major, K. 498, “Kegelstatt” works written at the pinnacle of their ARTISTS: Valerie Coleman, Mark Dover, • J. P. REDMOND Nonet for Wind Quintet maturation. Passion explores the Monica Ellis, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and Saxophone Quartet (CMNW- influence of spirituality on the art of Tara Helen O’Connor, J. P. Redmond, commissioned world premiere, 2018) these masters and asks the inevitable Fred Sherry, David Shifrin, Dover Quartet • ENESCU Octet for Strings in C Major, question, what if J. S. Bach and John Op. 7 Coltrane might chance to meet? ARTISTS: Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, Fred Sherry, David Shifrin, • JEFF SCOTT Passion for Bach and Steven Tenenbom, André Watts, Dover Coltrane (2014) Quartet, Imani Winds, Kenari Quartet ARTISTS: A. B. Spellman, Alex Brown, Zach Brown, Neal Smith, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds 4 Chamber Music Northwest • Summer Festival 2018 J. P. Redmond David Shifrin Harlem Quartet Coffee with the Composer FREE NOT TO BE MISSED! FRI July 6 | 1:15 pm PSU, Lincoln Hall, Room 326 SOUNDS FROM TH Join us after our New@Noon concerts for an intimate 20 -CENTURY AMERICA discussion with the composers. See p. 14 and visit SAT mJuly 7 | 8 p CMNW.org for details. Reed College, Kaul Auditorium SUN mJuly 8 | 4 p FAMILY CONCERT: PSU, Lincoln Performance Hall MUSICAL JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FREE CMNW-Commissioned Premiere! Explore a broad range of sounds and experiences of the 20th century SAT July 7 | 12 pm in America. From a CMNW commissioned premiere Reed College, Kaul Auditorium by Valerie Coleman about the life of Muhammad Don’t miss the free instrument petting zoo Ali, to bright new arrangements of classic jazz before the concert, starting at 11:15 am. standards, Jeff Scott’s CMNW-commissioned fantasy on rock favorites from the year 1967, and a Join the incomparable Imani Winds, CMNW’s Lalo Schifrin wind quintet inspired by the vibrant 2017–18 Artists-in-Residence, for our Family city of New Orleans. Concert as they take us on a musical journey around the world. Introduce your young people • LALO SCHIFRIN La Nouvelle New Orleans (1987) to classical music in a way they’ll remember • VALERIE COLEMAN Shotgun Houses for Clarinet and String Quartet (commissioned world premiere, 2018) and love. • JEFF SCOTT Fantasy on 1967 for Wind Quintet ARTISTS: Imani Winds (CMNW-commissioned world premiere, 2018) • ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM The Girl from Ipanema for String Quartet (arr. Dave Glenn and Harlem Quartet) • GUIDO GAVILAN Quartetto en Guaguanco for String Quartet • BILLY STRAYHORN Take The “A” Train for String Quartet (arr. Dave Glenn and Harlem Quartet) • DIZZY GILLESPIE A Night in Tunisia for String Quartet (arr. Paul Chihara and Harlem Quartet) ARTISTS: David Shifrin, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds TICKETS: www.CMNW.org • 503-294-6400 5 Celebrating the Diversity of Chamber Music Chamber Music Northwest rom Classical trios by Mozart, to a chamber opera by Bright Sheng combining Chinese embraces and celebrates F and Western elements, to new arrangements the incredible diversity of of works by Duke Ellington and Jefferson Airplane, chamber music for our in addition to performances ranging from pianist André Watts, to the Imani Winds quintet, to pipa th 48 Summer Festival. player Wu Man, we’re reveling in everything chamber music can be! While there are so many ways we could highlight “Diversity makes diversity in chamber music, we wanted to showcase for a rich tapestry.” four main themes: Classic, Contemporary, World, —Maya Angelou and American chamber works. Much of the music we’re producing this summer falls into two or more of these categories. What unites them under the all-encompassing mantle of chamber music is the warm intimacy that these works share. 6 Chamber Music Northwest • Summer Festival 2018 Classic FEATURED Contemporary FEATURED Every season Artistic Director While CMNW always programs Mozart and Dvořák David Shifrin programs beloved classic chamber music, we’re also New@Noon June 28 | 8 pm classics and this Summer at the forefront of programming Fridays | 12 pm Festival is no different.
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  • Artist Series: David Shifrin Program Notes on the Program

    Artist Series: David Shifrin Program Notes on the Program

    ARTIST SERIES: DAVID SHIFRIN PROGRAM WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581 (1789) Allegro Larghetto Menuetto Allegretto con variazioni David Shifrin, clarinet • Danbi Um, violin • Bella Hristova, violin • Mark Holloway, viola • Dmitri Atapine, cello LUIGI BASSI (1833-1871) Concert Fantasia on Themes from Verdi’s Rigoletto for Clarinet and Piano David Shifrin, clarinet • Gloria Chien, piano DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974) Clarinet Lament for Clarinet and Piano (1936) (arr. David Schiff) David Shifrin, clarinet • Gloria Chien, piano NOTES ON THE PROGRAM Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, K. 581 (1789) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg, 1756 – Vienna, 1791) Mozart wrote this quintet for Vienna’s Society of Musicians (Tonkünstler-Societät) in 1789. The society raised money to provide pensions to widows and orphans of Viennese musicians. Its concerts were regular occurrences on the Viennese social calendar and Mozart composed and performed for them, even though he was not a member, something he would regret right before his death at the age of 35. This quintet premiered at a society concert on December 22, 1789, in between two halves of a cantata by Vincenzo Righini. The clarinetist was Anton Stadler, one of the first virtuosos on the instrument and Mozart’s close personal friend. Mozart wrote all of his major clarinet works— this one, the Kegelstatt Trio, and the Clarinet Concerto—with Stadler’s playing in mind. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The clarinet was a relatively new instrument in Mozart’s day yet he expertly tapped into the instrument’s unique singing quality.