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By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER Denk playing Ives’s “Concord” Sonata; Nicho- las McGegan the Philharmonia Ba- ...... roque Orchestra in Handel’s “Teseo”; and mu- California sic by Steve Mackey and other American com- posers in the Festival of Contemporary Music. AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS FESTIVAL San Fran- 888-266-1200, tanglewood.org. cisco, July 11-20. Held at the San Francisco Con- servatory of Music, the lineup this year features ...... music by who influenced Bach, in- New Mexico cluding Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Buxtehude; high- MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE Angel Fire, Taos, Ra- lights of other programs are Handel’s “L’Alle- ton and Las Vegas, Aug. 15-31. Ida Kavafian is gro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato” and Bach’s the artistic director at this festi- Mass in B Minor. 415-621-7900, Sfbachfestival val, where the in residence this year .org. is Bright Sheng. The artist roster includes Paul CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Neubauer, Tara Helen O’Connor and Anne-Ma- Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista, Aug. 1-10. rie McDermott. 888-377-3300, Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore musicfromangelfire.org. Symphony Orchestra, is at the helm at this new SANTA FE June 27-Aug. 23. There is al- music mecca. Works by established composers ways an alluring lineup at this festival, which like John Adams and Jennifer Higdon are pro- this season includes the American premiere of grammed alongside a bevy of young compos- “Dr. Sun Yat-sen,” a historical opera by the Chi- ers. An unusual array of instruments will be fea- nese-American composer Huang Ruo. The pro- tured, including the cimbalom and the Arme- gramming also features Laurent Pelly’s new nian duduk, in a symphonic piece by Marc-An- production of “Don Pasquale”; Beethoven’s “Fi- thony Turnage. 831-420-5260; cabrillomusic.org. delio” conducted by Harry Bicket — Santa Fe’s FESTIVAL DEL SOLE Napa Valley, July 11-20. new chief conductor; an unusual double bill of This upscale multidisciplinary festival tempts Mozart’s “Impresario” and Stravinsky’s “Le gourmands and music lovers with culinary ad- Rossignol”; and the always popular “Carmen.” ventures at vineyards and concerts at spaces 505-986-5900, santafeopera.org. that include a Tuscan-style castle. The musical ...... lineup includes , the Sphinx Sym- phony Orchestra, Matthew Polenzani and a pro- PATRICK PYSZKA Montana duction of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti.” 888- ...... From top, the Festival FESTIVAL AMADEUS Whitefish, Aug. 3-10. Nes- 337-6272, festivaldelsole.org. del Sole in Napa Valley, Illinois tled at the gateway to Glacier National Park, Calif.; Carlos Kalmar at this festival features chamber and orchestral July 2-Sept. 26. Every sum- GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL Chicago, June 11- programs, with John Zoltek conducting the Fes- mer the decamps to the Grant Park Music Aug. 16. The summer season in the Pritzker Pa- tival Amadeus Orchestra in a range of reper- the Hollywood Bowl for a wide array of pro- Festival in Chicago; vilion, designed by Frank Gehry, opens with tory. 406-257-3241; gscmusic.org. grams. Among the highlights this year are Gus- Sarah Chang at the Natasha Paremski in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Con- tavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s charismatic Aspen Music Festival in certo No. 2, with Carlos Kalmar conducting; he ...... young music director, conducting programs Colorado; and the Enso also leads programs featuring Berlioz’s “Romeo that include an evening of film compositions (in- String Quartet comes to and Juliet” and Christian Tetzlaff in Lalo’s cluding his own); a double bill of Mascagni’s Music Mountain in Falls “Symphonie Espagnole.” 312-742-7638, FESTIVAL July 7-Aug. 16. Some “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pa- Village, Conn. grantparkmusicfestival.com. memorable productions have been staged re- gliacci”; and Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the cently in the vast drill hall of the Park Avenue powerful young pianist Yuja Wang in a double ...... Armory. Now the space will host Houston bill of the first piano concertos by Shostakovich ALEX IRVIN Massachusetts Grand Opera’s production of “The Passenger,” a and Prokofiev. 323-850-2000, hollywoodbowl of Bravo! Highlights include Yannick Nézet- Holocaust opera written in 1968 by Mieczyslaw ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Cape .com. Séguin conducting Hélène Grimaud in Weinberg, whose music is experiencing a wel- Ann, June 6-July 13. An estimable roster of mu- Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Alan Gilbert come revival. Also on the lineup are Gennady MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM SUMMER FESTIVAL sicians will play here, including the Emerson leading in a double Beethoven Rozhdestvensky leading the Bolshoi Opera, Or- San Francisco, July 10-Aug. 16. In collaboration and Borromeo String Quartets. Jeremy Denk bill featuring Concerto No. 1 and the chestra and Chorus in two performances of the with the San Francisco Opera, this prestigious will perform Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” and “Emperor Concerto”; and concert version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Tsar’s training program features rising stars in pro- Ives’s “Concord” Sonata. The lineup also fea- conducting the Dallas musicians in Beethoven’s Bride.” 212-721-6500, lincolncenterfestival.org. ductions of André Previn’s “A Streetcar Named tures a concert for clarinet and marimba and Symphony No. 9. 877-812-5700, vailmusicfestival Desire” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” 415-864- performances by Chanticleers and the Imani MOSTLY MOZART July 25-Aug. 23. Mozart of .org. 3330, merola.org. Winds. 978-546-7391, rockportmusic.org. course receives his due here, but he shares the ...... limelight with an eclectic array of composers. OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL June 12-15. Jeremy TANGLEWOOD Lenox, June 27-Aug. 30. Snug in Louis Langrée conducts the Mostly Mozart Fes- Denk’s impressive pianistic and literary talents Connecticut the Berkshire Hills, this prominent festival in tival Orchestra in nine concerts; soloists in- have been in the spotlight recently and here he Lenox, the summer home of the Boston Sym- MUSIC MOUNTAIN Falls Village, June 7- Sept. 14. clude Richard Goode, Yuja Wang, Christian Tet- has a chance to demonstrate both — as well as phony Orchestra, is an ideal musical retreat. The Juilliard, Shanghai and Emerson string zlaff and Joshua Bell. Beethoven’s Symphony his mettle as music director. Mr. Denk’s pro- Andris Nelsons (the orchestra’s music director quartets are among the ensembles performing No. 9, Mozart’s Requiem and Berlioz’s “Sym- graming includes the premiere of Steven designate) leads programs including one focus- at this long-running festival; musicians collabo- phonie Fantastique” are on the lineup. On the Stucky’s “: An Opera (of ing on Dvorak; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; a rating with them include the pianists Michael contemporary side, there is a new work by John Sorts),” for which Mr. Denk wrote the libretto. concert program of Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier”; Brown and and the violist Roberto Luther Adams; a solo concert by the percus- The varied lineup also features works by Bee- and Hakan Hardenberger performing Rolf Mar- Diaz. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. sionist Steven Schick; and portrait concerts of thoven, Haydn, Ives, Ligeti, Mozart, Schubert, tinsson’s Concerto. Premieres include the composers Sofia Gubaidulina and Anna Stockhausen and Weill, performed by Mr. Denk ...... William Bolcom’s “Circus Over- Thorvaldsdottir by the International Contempo- and colleagues including the Knights, Brooklyn ture” in a concert celebrating Idaho rary Ensemble. And the delightful candlelit Lit- Rider, Uri Caine and Jennifer Frautschi. 805- ’s 70th birthday. tle Night Music series in the Kaplan Penthouse 646-2053, ojaifestival.org. Other highlights include Jeremy includes a performance by the clarinetist Mar- SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY July 28-Aug...... tin Fröst. 212-721-6500, mostlymozart.org. 19. The festival celebrates its 30 anniversary Colorado with an appealing lineup of free concerts. Alas- RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL June 19-29. A peren- ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL June 26- dair Neale, the music director, conducts Jean- nial highlight of this festival is the annual Bang Aug. 17. The theme at this year’s festival, direct- Yves Thibaudet in Saint-Saëns’s “Egyptian” Pi- on a Can extravaganza. This year new-music ed by Robert Spano, is “The New Romantics,” ano Concerto; a program of music by contem- lovers will find plenty to enjoy in a marathon which explores the romantic bent of many 19th- porary American composers; and a gala con- event featuring performances by stellar ensem- century and contemporary composers. A wide cert starring Renée Fleming. 208-622-5607, bles including the Bang on a Can All-Stars, range of works will be highlighted, from Tchai- svsummersymphony.org. Roomful of Teeth, So Percussion and Anony- kovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Rachmaninoff’s Pi- mous 4. rivertorivernyc.com. ano Concerto No. 2 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto ...... in A minor to Lowell Liebermann’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and works by John Adams, Ste- New York State ven Stucky and Roberto Sierra. Guest conduc- BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL AND BARD SUMMER- tors include Osmo Vanska, Jane Glover and SCAPE Annandale-on-Hudson, June 27-Aug. 17. Nicholas McGegan; performers include Daniel In the silver-roofed Fisher Center, designed by Hope, Eric Owens, Joyce Yang, Alisa Weiler- Frank Gehry, Leon Botstein, the American stein, and Simon Trpceski. 970-925- Symphony Orchestra and visiting scholars and 9042, aspenmusicfestival.com. musicians will explore the music of Schubert (the focus of the Bard festival) and his famous BRAVO! VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL June 27- and little-known contemporaries. The lineup in- Aug. 2. The , the Phila- cludes a rare revival of Carl Maria von Weber’s delphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Or- opera “Euryanthe”; a semistaged performance chestra go to the Rockies, where the pianist CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 Anne-Marie McDermott is the artistic director JURGEN FRANK . K THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 AR 31

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 of Schubert’s infrequently heard opera “Fierre- bra” starring Joseph Kaiser; and a double bill of rarities: Schubert’s one-act singspiel “Die Verschworenen” and Franz von Suppé’s operet- ta “Franz Schubert.” 845-758-7900; fishercenter .bard.edu. CARAMOOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Katonah, June 21-Aug. 6. This genteel estate is ideal for a quick getaway from the city. Will Crutchfield offers annual bel canto treats with superb singers. This year he conducts Donizet- ti’s “Lucrezia Borgia,” starring Angela Meade in the title role, and Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” with Georgia Jarman as Gilda. Other highlights in- clude the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performing with Alisa Weilerstein, Caramoor’s first artist in residence. 914-232-1252, caramoor.org. GLIMMERGLASS OPERA Cooperstown, July 11- Aug. 24. Christine Goerke stars in the title role of Strauss’s “Ariadne aux Naxos” in a new pro- duction inspired by an upstate New York coun- try home. Francesca Zambello, Glimmerglass’s artistic director, directs “Ariadne” and “Mada- RR JONES Marin Alsop of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, standing, is at the helm of the Cabrillo Festival ma Butterfly,” conducted by Joseph Colaneri of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista, Calif. and with Yunah Lee in the title role. Each sea- son Glimmerglass presents a musical: a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Reflections series, featuring musicians includ- and Texas Festival Chamber Orchestra will per- “Carousel” is on the lineup this summer. ing Gil Morgenstern and Rieko Aizawa. 828-262- form with soloists including James Dick (the George Manahan conducts ’s 4046, appsummer.org. festival’s founder and artistic director) in reper- “American Tragedy,” presented in honor of the tory ranging from Beethoven and Brahms to ...... composer’s 60th birthday. 607-547-2255; Bartok and Lutoslawski. 979-249-3129, glimmerglass.org. Oregon festivalhill.org.

MAVERICK CONCERTS Woodstock, June 21-Sept. OREGON BACH FESTIVAL Portland, Bend, Ash- ...... 7. ’s birthday will be celebrated land, Corvallis, Florence and Eugene, June 26- at this festival, where concerts are in an atmos- July 13. Matthew Halls, who succeeds Helmuth Utah pheric barn built in 1916. The appealing lineup Rilling as artistic director, commemorates his MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL Aug 28-Sept. 8. Moab also features the guitarist Benjamin Verdery debut season with the Monteverdi Vespers; tempts those who enjoy a scenic commute to playing American music; a tribute to Federico Bach’s “St. Mark Passion”; a solo recital by the concerts, including a boat ride to the Colorado García Lorca exploring his friendship with pianist Gabriela Montero; a performance by River Grotto, where the music-making unfolds Manuel de Falla; and performances by a strong the organist Paul Jacobs; and Monica Huggett against a spectacular backdrop of red-hued lineup of string quartets including the Calder, leading the Portland Baroque Orchestra. 800- rocks. Repertory, performed by a strong lineup Jupiter, Pacifica and Shanghai ensembles. 800- 457-1486, oregonbachfestival.com. of musicians, includes, appropriately, an ex- 595-4849, maverickconcerts.org...... cerpt from Messiaen’s “From the Canyons to SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Aug. the Stars.” 435-259-7003, moabmusicfest.org. 6-26. The Orchestra and soloists South Carolina ...... including Yo-Yo Ma, Alisa Weilerstein, Alison SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA Charleston, Friday- Balsom, Jeremy Denk and will June 8. Three new opera productions will be Washington be led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the orchestra’s presented this season, including Janacek’s BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL OF MUSIC July 5-22. dynamic music director, and guest conductors “Kat’a Kabanova,” conducted by Anne Manson; including Stéphane Denève and Bramwell John La Bouchardière’s staging of John Ad- Highlights this season include Richard Goode Tovey. Saratoga joins forces with the Chamber ams’s “El Niño”; and the American premiere of playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25; a con- Music Society of Lincoln Center to present, ’s “Facing Goya.” The Westmin- cert performance of Mozart’s “Abduction From among others, the Miró Quartet playing Bee- ster Choir offers works by Daniel Elder, Eriks the Seraglio”; and the Calidore String Quartet thoven. 518-584-9330; spac.org. Esenvalds, Brahms and Duruflé; the chamber playing Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden.” music series features the St. Lawrence String 360-650-6146, bellinghamfestival.org...... Quartet in a premiere by Stephen Prutsman...... North Carolina 843-579-3100, spoletousa.org. Wyoming APPALACHIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL Boone, June ...... 28-July 26. This festival in the Blue Ridge Moun- GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL Jackson Hole, tains offers a multidisciplinary lineup that in- Texas July 3-Aug. 16. Donald Runnicles, artistic direc- cludes David Robertson conducting Gil Shaham ROUND TOP FESTIVAL INSTITUTE June 7-July 12. tor of this festival, has programed an alluring and the National Youth Orchestra. Other high- Students and professionals collaborate on di- lineup with the Grand Teton Music Festival Or- lights include the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble’s verse repertory. The Texas Festival Orchestra chestra. 307-733-1128, gtmf.org.