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Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & General Director Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past… T. S. Eliot

Dear Friends of Da Camera, James K. Schooler Memorial Concert With the 2018-19 season, Da Camera explores the multiple ways in which the present and future are informed by Opening Night the past. In both chamber music and jazz, there is an ongoing dialogue with the great composers and performers who came before us and serve as inspiration. This continuum of time is especially meaningful to me this season, as it Richard Goode marks my 25th as Da Camera’s artistic director, and so I find myself both looking back and ahead. Continuing to with Sarah Rothenberg make connections between music and art, literature, theater and ideas, we offer musical programs inspired by poet Saturday, September 29, 2018, 8:00 PM John Ashbery, artist Cy Twombly and the explosively creative birth of the 20th century in Vienna 1900. With such Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center masters as Richard Goode, Jordi Savall, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Chucho Valdés and the New York Philharmonic String Quartet we are in the presence of performers embodying the greatest of musical traditions; and the younger generation finds its Haydn Variations in F Minor voice through pianist Aaron Diehl, composer Matthew Aucoin, vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and the genre-bending Russian Mozart March in C Major, K. 408 Renaissance – all showing evidence of new ways of interpreting the past we inherit and making it relevant to today’s Allemande in C Minor, K. 399 world. This continuum of past and future in art continues to be a powerful source of inspiration to me personally, and I Courante in E-Flat, K. 399 look forward to sharing it with our adventurous and ever-expanding Da Camera audiences in this very special season. Menuet in D Major, K. 355 Gigue in G Major, K. 574 Schubert Fantasy in F Minor for piano four-hands Janacek In the Mist Sarah Rothenberg Chopin Impromptu in G, Flat Op. 51 Artistic & General Director Four Mazurkas Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49

SEASON AT A GLANCE

James K. Schooler Memorial Concert In a rare Houston appearance, legendary pianist Richard Goode brings his unparalleled interpretive Opening Night Vienna 1900: In the Garden New York Philharmonic powers to a fascinating selection of Classical and Romantic works. This revered pianist makes music of Richard Goode, piano of Dreams String Quartet Saturday, September 29, 2018, 8:00PM Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30PM Friday, March 29, 2019, 7:30 PM tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, and has been hailed worldwide as one of today’s Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the greatest musicians. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Blues and the Spanish Tinge: Performing Arts Aaron Diehl, piano The Veil of Orpheus: To begin the celebration of visionary Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg’s 25 years with Da Camera, she joins Friday, October 12, 2018, 7:30PM Chucho Valdés - Jazz Batá Cy Twombly and Music Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Friday, February 8, 2019, 8:00PM Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 7:30 PM Richard Goode for Schubert’s masterful Fantasy in F Minor for piano four-hands. Performing Arts Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center The Menil Collection Folk Renaissance I Tous les Matins du Monde Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere “Richard Goode is one of the ﬁnest pianists in the world.” Russian Renaissance Jordi Savall and Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity Tuesday, October 23, 7:30PM – The Washington Post Le Concert des Nations Friday, April 12, 2019, 8:00 PM Stude Concert Hall, Shepherd School of Co-presentation with Houston Early Music Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Music, Rice University Friday, March 1, 2019, 8:00PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Ashberyana: A Musical “Every time we hear him, he impresses us as better than we remembered, Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Celebration of Poet John Ashbery surprising us, surpassing our expectations and communicating Saturday, November 3, 2018, 8:00PM Elias String Quartet Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:30 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center perceptions that stay in the mind” Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:30PM Program 1 The Menil Collection Folk Renaissance III – Gramophone Folk Renaissance II Weinberg and Mendelssohn Danish String Quartet Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 PM Program II Daedalus Quartet Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 7:30PM Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet “Ms. Rothenberg is an excellent pianist with an interesting mind.” The Menil Collection Brentano Quartet Saturday, March 23, 2019, 8:00 PM Sarah Rothenberg, piano – New York Times Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Pedrito Martinez Group Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 PM Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center The James K. Schooler Memorial Concert is an annual event recognizing the generous bequest made by a loyal Da Camera subscriber and donor. Jazzmeia Horn Septet Saturday, January 19, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past… T. S. Eliot

SEASON AT A GLANCE

James K. Schooler Memorial Concert In a rare Houston appearance, legendary pianist Richard Goode brings his unparalleled interpretive Opening Night Vienna 1900: In the Garden New York Philharmonic powers to a fascinating selection of Classical and Romantic works. This revered pianist makes music of Richard Goode, piano of Dreams String Quartet Saturday, September 29, 2018, 8:00PM Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30PM Friday, March 29, 2019, 7:30 PM tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, and has been hailed worldwide as one of today’s Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the greatest musicians. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Blues and the Spanish Tinge: Performing Arts Aaron Diehl, piano The Veil of Orpheus: To begin the celebration of visionary Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg’s 25 years with Da Camera, she joins Friday, October 12, 2018, 7:30PM Chucho Valdés - Jazz Batá Cy Twombly and Music Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Friday, February 8, 2019, 8:00PM Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 7:30 PM Richard Goode for Schubert’s masterful Fantasy in F Minor for piano four-hands. Performing Arts Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center The Menil Collection Folk Renaissance I Tous les Matins du Monde Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere “Richard Goode is one of the ﬁnest pianists in the world.” Russian Renaissance Jordi Savall and Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity Tuesday, October 23, 7:30PM – The Washington Post Le Concert des Nations Friday, April 12, 2019, 8:00 PM Stude Concert Hall, Shepherd School of Co-presentation with Houston Early Music Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Music, Rice University Friday, March 1, 2019, 8:00PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Ashberyana: A Musical “Every time we hear him, he impresses us as better than we remembered, Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Celebration of Poet John Ashbery surprising us, surpassing our expectations and communicating Saturday, November 3, 2018, 8:00PM Elias String Quartet Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:30 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center perceptions that stay in the mind” Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:30PM Program 1 The Menil Collection Folk Renaissance III – Gramophone Folk Renaissance II Weinberg and Mendelssohn Danish String Quartet Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 PM Program II Daedalus Quartet Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 7:30PM Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet “Ms. Rothenberg is an excellent pianist with an interesting mind.” The Menil Collection Brentano Quartet Saturday, March 23, 2019, 8:00 PM Sarah Rothenberg, piano – New York Times Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Pedrito Martinez Group Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 PM Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center The James K. Schooler Memorial Concert is an annual event recognizing the generous bequest made by a loyal Da Camera subscriber and donor. Jazzmeia Horn Septet Saturday, January 19, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Blues and the Spanish Tinge: Aaron Diehl, piano Friday, October 12, 2018, 7:30PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Works of Ignacio Cervantes, James P. Johnson, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jelly Roll Morton, W.C. Handy, William Bolcolm, Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams

A virtuoso who moves easily between musical worlds, pianist Aaron Diehl explores the early evolution of American piano and the essential ingredients in the creation of jazz. This concert is sure to delight listeners who reject conventional notions of genre. Known to Da Camera’s audience as the pianist with jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Aaron Diehl has been an acclaimed soloist with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic. “it’s hard to imagine that Gershwin would not have been impressed. The audience was: It gave Mr. Diehl an enthusiastic ovation. He must be invited back.” – New York Times

“melodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint” – New York Times Folk Renaissance I Russian Renaissance Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7:30 PM Stude Concert Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University Russian Renaissance (Ivan Kuznetsov, balalaika; Anastasia Zakharova, domra/domra alto; Alexander Tarasov, button accordion; Ivan Vinogradov, balalaika contrabasso) After emerging with the $100,000 Grand Prize at the 2017 M-Prize Competition, the largest prize for chamber music in the world, Russian Renaissance has firmly established itself as one of the most electrifying and exhilarating ensembles of today. Through stunning performances of everything from tango to folk to jazz, Russian Renaissance is redefining the possibilities of their traditional Russian folk instruments and capturing the attention of audiences worldwide. Recently named Musical America’s New Artist of the Month, Russian Renaissance make their Houston debut.

“One of the ﬁnest displays of musicianship in the world” – Arts at Michigan

Add on this concert to your Da Camera Jazz Series subscription. This concert is included in the Full Season series and the Chamber Music series. Blues and the Spanish Tinge: Aaron Diehl, piano Friday, October 12, 2018, 7:30PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Works of Ignacio Cervantes, James P. Johnson, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jelly Roll Morton, W.C. Handy, William Bolcolm, Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams

“One of the ﬁnest displays of musicianship in the world” – Arts at Michigan

Add on this concert to your Da Camera Jazz Series subscription. This concert is included in the Full Season series and the Chamber Music series. DA CAMERA JAZZ

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Saturday, November 3, 2018, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Dr. Lonnie Smith stands tall as the foremost master of the Hammond B-3 organ. At the age of 75, he is a paragon of innovation and experimentation. The 2017 NEA Jazz Master may consider himself old school, but Smith paints new hues on the canvas of tradition, as evidenced on his spirited recent live album All in My Mind. The album is his second for Blue Note since his 2016 return to the legendary label where he made a name for himself in the late 1960s, as a sideman and as a leader with his own soul-jazz classics.

“Dr. Lonnie Smith returns to the Blue Note label with an album that reveals the enduring appeal of organ soul…[Smith] showcases a variety of organ-soul stylings [and] demonstrates the versatility and currency of the style.” – The Wall Street Journal

“He really seems to be up to something Folk Renaissance II bigger than music, and older, and deeper. An hour and a quarter in his presence, and Danish String Quartet you start thinking about the nature of time, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 7:30 PM ancestors, the circulatory system.” The Menil Collection – The New York Times Traditional Danish folk tunes Hans Abrahamsen Quartet No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello)

After their stirring Da Camera debut in 2015, the Danish Quartet returns with traditional Nordic folk music, the dramatic Quartet No. 2 by Denmark’s greatest living composer – Hans Abrahamsen – and Beethoven’s sweeping, powerful Quartet in F Major, Op. 59. With their technical and interpretive talents matched by an infectious joy for music-making and “rampaging energy” (The New Yorker), the quartet is in demand worldwide.

“A concert that was as comprehensively rewarding as any chamber-music performance in recent memory… Do not lose track of this group: Even by today’s high standards, it oers something very special.” – The Boston Globe DA CAMERA JAZZ

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Saturday, November 3, 2018, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello)

Jazzmeia Horn Septet Saturday, January 19, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition, Dallas-born vocalist Jazzmeia Horn has a name that speaks for itself. With an assured maturity and vocal confidence far beyond her years, the young singer arrives with her debut recording on Concord’s Prestige label, A Social Call, an album that reveals a talent ready to take her place alongside the best headlining jazz vocalists of today. A Social Call serves as a clarion call, proudly announcing the arrival of a young, confident musical talent with a bright future ahead of her, blessed with a name that carries its own destiny.

“Jazzmeia Horn harbors both astounding technique and an acute artistic vision…Horn has a thrilling presence with a musical sensibility Pedrito Martinez Group that strikes a deft balance between Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00 PM mid-century jazz and Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center contemporary neo-soul.” Cuban-born and New York-based Pedrito Martinez is a master percussionist and an irrepressible bandleader who – DownBeat has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Bruce Springsteen and Sting, and “She is as exciting a discovery as has contributed as a percussionist and vocalist to over 50 albums. 2016’s Habana Dreams was the #1 Latin Jazz Cécile McLorin Salvant or Album in NPR’s Top Jazz Albums for 2016 and was one of the Boston Globe’s picks for best World Music Albums of Gregory Porter.” the year. Pedrito Martinez’s group possesses a rare level of virtuosity, but it never gets in the way of their ability to – JazzTimes get a room moving. “Pedrito is a genius” – Wynton Marsalis

“The Pedrito Martinez Group is writing a new chapter in Cuban music history” – NPR All Things Considered DA CAMERA JAZZ

“The Pedrito Martinez Group is writing a new chapter in Cuban music history” – NPR All Things Considered Chucho Valdés - DA CAMERA Jazz Batá Friday, February 8, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center JAZZ Winner of six Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Chucho Valdés has been a key figure in the evolution of Afro-Cuban jazz for the past 50 years. In 1972, Valdés released his fourth album, a trio recording with bass and batá drums entitled simply, Jazz Batá. Decades later, Chucho Valdés returns to the Jazz Batá sound – blending jazz with traditional rhythms of the sacred batá – in a journey to discover new interpretations of classic forms.

“A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.” – The New York Times

“Be it as a composer or as a pianist, Valdés… is one of the great pillars in the history of contemporary jazz.” – The Houston Chronicle

Vienna 1900: In the Garden of Dreams Friday, February 1, 2019, 7:30 PM Saturday, February 2, 2019, 7:30 PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Music of Brahms and Schoenberg Conceived and directed by Sarah Rothenberg Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano; baritone to be announced; Sarah Rothenberg, piano Projections: Sven Ortel Lighting: Marcus Doshi Set and costumes: Marina Draghici “For a long time a form had been in my mind which I believed to be the only one in which a musician might express himself in the theatre. I called it, in my own private language, making music with the media of the stage…” – Arnold Schoenberg In this immersive Da Camera original production, spectacular dream-like visuals and powerful musical performances transport you to Vienna 1900. Gustav Klimt’s sensual paintings and Max Klinger’s erotic prints are a window into a world of new ideas. More than a concert, In the Garden of Dreams takes you inside an imagined Viennese music room where a solitary pianist playing Brahms’s last works gradually transforms into the symbol- rich garden of Schoenberg’s The Book of the Hanging Gardens. In the Garden of Dreams moves from dawn to the dark of night, from a protected Viennese interior to a decaying landscape where Schoenberg’s haunting song cycle reaches its shattering conclusion as reality, dream, memory, and hallucination merge in the mind of an obsessed lover.

“Sarah Rothenberg Unravels Darkness of Human Psyche in Love-Obsessed Multimedia Spectacle” – Culturemap.com “No one word can sum up In the Garden of Dreams – the latest in a series of boundary-crossing performances devised by Sarah Rothenberg” – The Houston Chronicle Chucho Valdés - DA CAMERA Jazz Batá Friday, February 8, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center JAZZ Winner of six Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Chucho Valdés has been a key figure in the evolution of Afro-Cuban jazz for the past 50 years. In 1972, Valdés released his fourth album, a trio recording with bass and batá drums entitled simply, Jazz Batá. Decades later, Chucho Valdés returns to the Jazz Batá sound – blending jazz with traditional rhythms of the sacred batá – in a journey to discover new interpretations of classic forms.

“A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.” – The New York Times

“Be it as a composer or as a pianist, Valdés… is one of the great pillars in the history of contemporary jazz.” – The Houston Chronicle

Friday, March 1, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Couperin, Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Rameau, Jean-Marie Leclair Le Concert des Nations Manfredo Kraemer, violin; Charles Zebley, transverse flute; Philippe Pierlot, bass viol; Rolf Lislevand, theorbo; Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord; Jordi Savall, bass viol and direction Early music titan and visionary performer Jordi Savall leads Le Concert des Nations in music inspired by the 1991 film about gambist/composer Sainte-Colombe, which starred Gérard Depardieu as his upstart pupil Marin Marais. The film introduced many listeners to the astoundingly beautiful music of the early French Baroque. Savall and his Elias String Quartet Le Concert des Nations performed the soundtrack music and they return to this sublime repertoire in a concert Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:30 PM that features poetic music for solo and multiple viols, graceful dances, dramatic character pieces and more. The Menil Collection “Jordi Savall testifies to a common cultural inheritance Purcell Fantasias of infinite variety. He is a man for our time” Britten Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 – The Guardian Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804, “Rosamunde”

Folk Renaissance III Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Traditional Scottish folk songs Sally Beamish New Work (2018) U.S. Premiere Schumann Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Elias String Quartet (Sara Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello) The internationally acclaimed Elias String Quartet captivated Da Camera’s audience with their encore of Scottish folk tunes when they appeared in 2017. Now they return with two distinct programs. Over two nights, the Elias Quartet traces the history of British music from Purcell to Britten to esteemed contemporary composer Sally Beamish. Anchoring their programs are masterpieces by Schubert and Schumann.

“There’s something intoxicating about the Elias String Quartet.... Intensely absorbing, exquisitely considered....stunning.” – Philadelphia Inquirer “Spectacular….a perfectly balanced mix of vitality, depth, formal elegance and that playful, ﬂirtatious with that makes all of Haydn’s quartets so impossible to resist....A bold, often thrilling performance.” – Washington Post Tous les Matins du Monde Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations A co-presentation with Houston Early Music

Folk Renaissance III Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Traditional Scottish folk songs Sally Beamish New Work (2018) U.S. Premiere Schumann Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet Saturday, March 23, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Mark Guiliana has become recognized as one of the world’s leading drummers, admired and in demand across the spectrum from jazz to rock to electronic music for his rhythmic sophistication, creative impulse, and individual sound. Guiliana was chosen as Best Jazz Drummer in the Modern Drummer Readers Poll 2017, while DownBeat dubbed him a Rising Star in its Critics Poll. He makes his first Houston appearance, showcasing songs from his newest album as a leader – Jersey – featuring his ever-compelling Jazz Quartet, with bassist Chris Morrissey and saxophonists Mike Lewis and Jason Rigby. “For many observers, he’s the guy to watch if you want to know where the great art of drumming is right now — and where it could be headed.” – Modern Drummer

“Guiliana, a technical master with a rare sense of musicality, has over the past decade become one of the most inﬂuential drummers of his generation.” – Jazz Times

New York Philharmonic String Quartet Friday, March 29, 2019, 7:30 PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Haydn Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, “Die Quinten” Shostakovich Quartet in E-ﬂat Major, Op. 117 Brahms Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

New York Philharmonic String Quartet (Frank Huang, violin; Sheryl Staples, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello)

This stupendous new string quartet is comprised of four virtuosi principal musicians from the vaunted New York Philharmonic, equally at home as concerto soloists with the Philharmonic and orchestras around the world. Da Camera welcomes violinist Frank Huang, native Houstonian and former concertmaster of the Houston Symphony, back to the Bayou City, as the quartet makes its Houston debut.

“a marvelous ensemble” – The New York Times

“exemplary” – The Times, London DA CAMERA JAZZ

“Guiliana, a technical master with a rare sense of musicality, has over the past decade become one of the most inﬂuential drummers of his generation.” – Jazz Times

New York Philharmonic String Quartet (Frank Huang, violin; Sheryl Staples, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Carter Brey, cello)

“a marvelous ensemble” – The New York Times

“exemplary” – The Times, London DA CAMERA Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity JAZZ Friday, April 12, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas returns to Da Camera with a one-of-a-kind tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, with Gillespie’s repertoire as a starting point for improvisation and exploration. Joining Dave Douglas is a powerhouse group of improvisers and composers: David Adewumi, trumpet; Matthew Stevens, guitar; Fabian Almazan, piano; The Veil of Orpheus: Cy Twombly and Music Linda May Han Oh, bass and Joey Baron, drums. Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 7:30 PM “Dizzy Atmosphere and its cross-connected comrades managed to The Menil Collection acknowledge and salute Gillespie’s pioneering eorts without ever Pierre Henry The Veil of Orpheus mimicking his motions or taking on his mantle. You couldn’t ask for a Matthias Pintscher Study No. 1 for Treatise on the Veil truer tribute to this giant.” Monteverdi Possente spirto from Orfeo – JazzTimes Harrison Birtwistle Orpheus Elegies for countertenor, oboe and harp Matthew Aucoin This Earth Excerpts from the opera Eurydice (2019)

Featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Kelly Markgraf, baritone; Matthew Aucoin, piano and guest composer; with the participation of REMLABS, Kurt Stallmann, director A rare showing of Cy Twombly’s monumental painting, The Treatise on the Veil, is the occasion for this unique musical event at the Menil. Da Camera introduces America’s rising star composer Matthew Aucoin to Houston with an intimate preview of his opera, Eurydice, prior to its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 2019-20, and welcomes countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and baritone Kelly Markgraf in their Da Camera debuts. The timeless Greek myth of Orpheus entering the underworld in search of his deceased beloved, Eurydice, has inspired artists for centuries – from the beginning of opera in Italy to today. From Monteverdi to early electronic music through late 20th-century compositions, this program explores the powerful influences of mythology on visual art and music – in time past and time present.

“a bona-ﬁde star” – The New Yorker on Anthony Ross Costanzo

“if contemporary opera has a rising wunderkind, then Aucoin has to be it” – The New York Times on Matthew Aucoin

Cy Twombly and Dominique de Menil at the opening of the Cy Twombly Gallery, 1995. Photo: Hickey-Roberston, Houston. Courtesy of Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston. DA CAMERA Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity JAZZ Friday, April 12, 2019, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

“a bona-ﬁde star” – The New Yorker on Anthony Ross Costanzo

“if contemporary opera has a rising wunderkind, then Aucoin has to be it” – The New York Times on Matthew Aucoin

Cy Twombly and Dominique de Menil at the opening of the Cy Twombly Gallery, 1995. Photo: Hickey-Roberston, Houston. Courtesy of Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston. “a hidden 20th-century master…perhaps as prolific as Shostakovich and hardly less Ashberyana: Weinberg and Mendelssohn gifted.” A Musical Celebration of Poet John Ashbery Daedalus Quartet – The New York Times Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:30 PM “one of the most interesting Brentano Quartet composers of the 20th The Menil Collection century... of equal strength and Sarah Rothenberg, piano occasionally even more John Zorn Girls on the Run Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 PM personal in his music than Joan Tower Holding a Daisy Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Shostakovich.” – Gidon Kremer Or like a…an Engine Josquin des Prez/ Josquiniana for string quartet Mieczylaw Weinberg Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 18 Charles Wuorinen Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Erik Satie Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy Daedalus Quartet (Min-Young Kim, violin; Matilda Kaul, violin; Charles Wuorinen Ashberyana Jessica Thompson, viola; Thomas Kraines, cello); Readings from the work of John Ashbery Brentano Quartet (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Julia Fox, soprano; Daniel Belcher, baritone; Brentano String Quartet Nina Lee, cello); Sarah Rothenberg, piano (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello); Since Houston Grand Opera's revival of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera, The Passenger, the posthumous reputation James Pugh, trombone; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Matthew Strauss, percussion; of this brilliant composer continues to grow. Weinberg's Piano Quintet, symphonic in scale and dramatic scope, Je Milarsky, conductor is one of the greatest works of this form of the 20th century. Don’t miss this rare performance, as the celebrated Da Camera joins forces with renowned American composers and musicians to celebrate John Ashbery’s legacy Daedalus Quartet makes its Da Camera debut with Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg. Da Camera favorites the with works that reflect his playfulness, wit and humor. Widely considered the greatest American poet of his Brentano Quartet are joined by the Daedalus Quartet in their Da Camera debut for Mendelssohn’s sunny Octet, generation, Ashbery visited Houston for a Da Camera concert during Sarah Rothenberg’s first season as artistic one of the most beloved works in all of chamber music. director. Joan Tower’s Holding a Daisy was written for Rothenberg, as was Charles Wuorinen’s Ashberyana, recorded by Da Camera for Naxos. “One of the finest young groups to emerge in our current golden age of string quartets.” – The New Yorker on the Daedalus Quartet “bright, vibrant baritone … an uncommonly wide range which encompassed some astonishingly easy, ringing high phrases.” “Perfection may be an impossible goal in art, as in life, but – Opera Today on Daniel Belcher the Brentano comes close” – Cleveland Plain Dealer

“It is a remarkable achievement when music as abstract as this can “Rothenberg’s performance...was exemplary ... She has a particular grab and not let go of the listener's attention. …Ashberyana… is a anity for 20th-century music, performing these works with relaxed, striking work” understanding, authority.” – The Houston Chronicle – American Record Guide “a hidden 20th-century master…perhaps as prolific as Shostakovich and hardly less Ashberyana: Weinberg and Mendelssohn gifted.” A Musical Celebration of Poet John Ashbery Daedalus Quartet – The New York Times Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7:30 PM “one of the most interesting Brentano Quartet composers of the 20th The Menil Collection century... of equal strength and Sarah Rothenberg, piano occasionally even more John Zorn Girls on the Run Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 PM personal in his music than Joan Tower Holding a Daisy Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Shostakovich.” – Gidon Kremer Or like a…an Engine Josquin des Prez/ Josquiniana for string quartet Mieczylaw Weinberg Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 18 Charles Wuorinen Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Erik Satie Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy Daedalus Quartet (Min-Young Kim, violin; Matilda Kaul, violin; Charles Wuorinen Ashberyana Jessica Thompson, viola; Thomas Kraines, cello); Readings from the work of John Ashbery Brentano Quartet (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Julia Fox, soprano; Daniel Belcher, baritone; Brentano String Quartet Nina Lee, cello); Sarah Rothenberg, piano (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello); Since Houston Grand Opera's revival of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera, The Passenger, the posthumous reputation James Pugh, trombone; Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Matthew Strauss, percussion; of this brilliant composer continues to grow. Weinberg's Piano Quintet, symphonic in scale and dramatic scope, Je Milarsky, conductor is one of the greatest works of this form of the 20th century. Don’t miss this rare performance, as the celebrated Da Camera joins forces with renowned American composers and musicians to celebrate John Ashbery’s legacy Daedalus Quartet makes its Da Camera debut with Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg. Da Camera favorites the with works that reflect his playfulness, wit and humor. Widely considered the greatest American poet of his Brentano Quartet are joined by the Daedalus Quartet in their Da Camera debut for Mendelssohn’s sunny Octet, generation, Ashbery visited Houston for a Da Camera concert during Sarah Rothenberg’s first season as artistic one of the most beloved works in all of chamber music. director. Joan Tower’s Holding a Daisy was written for Rothenberg, as was Charles Wuorinen’s Ashberyana, recorded by Da Camera for Naxos. “One of the finest young groups to emerge in our current golden age of string quartets.” – The New Yorker on the Daedalus Quartet “bright, vibrant baritone … an uncommonly wide range which encompassed some astonishingly easy, ringing high phrases.” “Perfection may be an impossible goal in art, as in life, but – Opera Today on Daniel Belcher the Brentano comes close” – Cleveland Plain Dealer

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