AMFS 2021 Season Calendar
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THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY JULY 1 JULY 2 JULY 3 JULY 4 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Spotlight Recital Aspen Chamber Aspen Festival Fourth of July Concert FREE Symphony Dress Orchestra Dress FREE—RESERVED SEATING; Harris Concert Hall Rehearsal | $20 Rehearsal | $20 TICKETS REQUIRED** Aspen Contemporary Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Lawrence Isaacson conductor Ensemble Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. Donald Crockett conductor Barbara Fleck guest 2021 SEASON Nathan Lowry violin conductor Jacob Schafer violin 4:30 PM 10:00 AM James Mason Soria tuba Adam Phan harp Overtures: Opera Theater The annual free Fourth of July inti figgis-vizueta: celebration brings the AMFS band to Openwork, knotted Preconcert Master Class | $40 the Tent stage with stirring patriotic favorites. A beloved tradition. object Chamber Music Wheeler Opera House CALENDAR See website for complete repertoire. Renée Fleming and SYDNEY HODKINSON: FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS TICKET Bricks: Concerto Fantasia Patrick Summers With special thanks to the co-artistic directors Rob and Melani Walton Foundation for Violin and Chamber Harris Concert Hall In recognition of the City of Aspen Sextet Bogang Hwang piano Zhiye Lin piano Concert will be broadcast live on TOURNIER: Three Images, Ray Ushikubo piano 5:30 PM Aspen Public Radio. Suite No. 4, op 39 SC HUMANN: Arabeske in C Special Event: ** Ticket reservations open June 28. KAIJA SAARIAHO: major, op. 18 Beethoven’s Ninth Nocturne Variations on an Original Symphony BOULEZ: Anthèmes 1 Theme, WoO 24, “Ghost Aspen Festival Orchestra Variations” $95 | FREE LIVESTREAM! 7:00 PM Variations sur le nom Abegg, Benedict Music Tent op. 1 A Recital by Matthew Robert Spano conductor Jeanine De Bique soprano Whitaker piano | $75 All programs 5:30 PM Lauren Decker mezzo- Benedict Music Tent soprano presented without The 2021 season begins in Aspen Aspen Chamber Lawrence Brownlee tenor intermission. fashion with an electrifying new voice—that of the extraordinary Symphony | $82 Will Liverman baritone pianist Matthew Whitaker. This Benedict Music Tent Kantorei astounding prodigy, now 20, is Leonard Slatkin conductor Joel Rinsema chorus director thrilling audiences in the jazz and classical worlds with his highly Inon Barnatan piano J. S. SMITH/DAMROSCH: individual approach and virtuosity. PERRY:A Short Piece for The Star-Spangled Banner Program will be Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony announced from the BEETHOVEN: No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, stage. Piano Concerto No. 5 “Choral” With special thanks to in E-flat major, op. 73, With special thanks to Fonda Paterson, “Emperor” Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass - in memory of Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Charles Paterson Symphony No. 5 in Corporation C minor, op. 67 Free livestream at With special thanks to aspenmusicfestival.com Alexandra Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz WEEK FOR TICKETS AND UP-TO-DATE CONCERT INFORMATION 1 aspenmusicfestival.com | 970 925 9042 | Updated August 23, 2021 Design inspired by original watercolor Ode to Joy. Isa Catto. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY JULY 5 JULY 6 JULY 7 JULY 8 JULY 9 JULY 10 JULY 11 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM Tunes and Tales Tunes and Tales High Notes Spotlight Recital | FREE Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND Discussions | FREE Harris Concert Hall Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress WITH AN ADULT UNDER WITH AN ADULT Harris Concert Hall Aspen Contemporary Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Pitkin County Library Basalt Regional Library Alan Fletcher moderator Ensemble Benedict Music Tent Renée Fleming Benedict Music Tent Donald Crockett conductor Marina Piccinini flute Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. co-artistic director Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. WILSON: A City Called Edward Berkeley AOTVA 4:00 PM 2:30 PM Heaven stage director Aspen Conducting Spotlight Recital | FREE 7:00 PM CHOPIN: 12 Etudes, op. 10 4:30 PM AOTVA Fleming Fellowship 3:00 PM Artists Academy Orchestra Harris Concert Hall A Recital by Marina Nocturne in E Overtures: Prelude: Preconcert major, op. 62, $25 Chelsea Guo piano Piccinini flute | $75 no. 2 Preconcert Talk | FREE WITH Yuval Hen piano 1:00 PM Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent SCHUMANN: Adagio and Chamber Music SAME-DAY AFO TICKET Giancarlo Llerena piano Gallia Kastner violin Anton Nel piano Allegro in A-flat FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Music on the Harris Concert Hall (Dorothy DeLay Prize Winner) Tianyu Zhou piano Pacifica Quartet major, op. 70 TICKET Mountain | FREE Harlow Robinson speaker CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F Simin Ganatra violin COPLAND: Appalachian RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Harris Concert Hall Top of Aspen Mountain Spring minor, op. 52 Austin Hartman violin op. 34, no. 14 Yoheved Kaplinsky piano (gondola ticket required) 4:00 PM BOLOGNE: Violin Concerto CHOPIN Barcarolle in Mark Holloway viola DAVID SAMPSON: Illia Ovcharenko piano American Brass Quintet No. 9 in G major, F-sharp minor, op. 60 Brandon Vamos cello Morning Music SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Seminar @Aspen Aspen Festival op. 8 TURINA: Mujeres de Sevilla Robert Chen violin op. 16 Orchestra | $85 | FREE BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A Zhenwei Shi viola LIVESTREAM! CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasy 7:00 PM 2:00 PM major, op. 16 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: Benedict Music Tent in A-flat major, op. 61 A Recital by the 5:30 PM With special thanks to Allegro Rustico Chamber Music | $45 Ludovic Morlot conductor Marianne and Sheldon B. Lubar Klange des Waldes Pacifica Quartet Aspen Chamber Harris Concert Hall Stefan Jackiw violin Local business support provided by 7:00 PM (Sounds of the Forest) $75 | $82 Bing Wang violin Alisa Weilerstein cello Pitkin County Dry Goods Symphony A Recital by Conrad BEACH: Theme and Benedict Music Tent Benedict Music Tent Espen Lilleslåtten violin Inon Barnatan piano Tao piano | $75 Variations for Flute and Simin Ganatra violin Nicholas McGegan James Dunham viola HANNAH KENDALL: The Austin Hartman violin conductor 6:30 PM Benedict Music Tent String Quartet Desmond Hoebig cello Spark Catchers Mark Holloway viola Stephen Waarts violin Anton Nel piano Artist Dinner with Inon FRE DERIC RZEWSKI: The BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Brandon Vamos cello STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Julia Bullock classical Robert Chen violin Barnatan piano | $500 People United Will major, op. 25 PRICE: String Quartet No. 1 Three Movements singer Laura Park Chen violin Harris Concert Hall Never Be Defeated! Local business support provided by in G major BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Mountain Chalet-Aspen MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: BOLOGNE: Overture to Victoria Chiang viola Violin, Cello, and Piano in C An intimate evening featuring a L’amant anonyme, op. 11, Eric Kim cello cocktail reception, private concert, String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 56, “Triple” no. 2 Michael Rusinek clarinet and catered dinner with pianist Inon Major With special thanks to Barnatan. All programs PROKOFIEV: String Quartet MOZART: Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet in A Lisa and Will Mesdag Proceeds benefit the AMFS presented without No. 2 in F major, op. 92 No. 3 in G major, K. 216, major, B. 155, op. 81 Free livestream at intermission. With special thanks to “Strassburg” COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: aspenmusicfestival.com Barbara and Jon Lee DELAGE: Quatre poèmes Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp hindous minor, op. 10 6:30 PM HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I/82, “The An Evening of Organ Bear” Works | FREE With special thanks to Aspen Community Church Janet and Tom O’Connor, and Faythe Freese organ Dana and Gene Powell View full program at aspenmusicfestival.com WEEK | 2021 SEASON CALENDAR FOR TICKETS AND UP-TO-DATE CONCERT INFORMATION 2 ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL aspenmusicfestival.com | 970 925 9042 | Updated August 23, 2021 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY JULY 12 (continued) JULY 14 JULY 15 JULY 16 JULY 17 JULY 18 10:30 AM 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 2:30 PM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM Tunes and Tales A Recital by Julia High Notes Spotlight Recital | FREE Aspen Chamber Opera Theater Aspen Festival FREE, FOR AGES 9 AND UNDER Bullock classical Discussions | FREE Harris Concert Hall Symphony Dress Master Class | $40 Orchestra Dress WITH AN ADULT singer and John Harris Concert Hall Aspen Contemporary Rehearsal | $20 Wheeler Opera House Rehearsal | $20 Pitkin County Library Arida piano | $75 Ensemble Renée Fleming co-artistic Alan Fletcher moderator Benedict Music Tent director Benedict Music Tent Timothy Weiss conductor Benedict Music Tent Nicholas McGegan conductor Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. AOTVA Fleming Fellowship Patrons may attend for 90 minutes. SCHUBERT: Suleika I, D. 720 and harpsichord LEI LIANG: Aural Hypothesis Artists 4:00 PM WOLF: In dem Schatten meiner ENESCU: Suite No. 3 “Pièces MOZART: “Solitudini amiche... Aspen Conducting Locken from Weltliche impromptues”, op. 18 4:30 PM Zeffiretti lusinghieri” from 3:00 PM Lieder 7:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata Idomeneo Academy Orchestra Bedeckt mich mit No. 26 in E-flat major, op. Overtures: “Parto, ma tu ben mio” from La Prelude: Preconcert $25 Blumen from Geistliche A Baroque Evening 81a Preconcert clemenza di Tito Talk | FREE WITH Benedict Music Tent Lieder with Nicholas BOTTESINI: Elegy No. 1 in C Chamber Music RICKY IAN GORDON: “I’ll be SAME-DAY AFO TICKET SCHUBERT: Rastlose Liebe, D. major there” from The Grapes of Katherine Audas cello McGegan | $75 FREE WITH SAME-DAY ACS Wrath Harris Concert Hall 138, op. 5, no. 1 TAMBERG: Music for Five, WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll Benedict Music Tent TICKET GOUNOD: “Les grands Asadour Santourian speaker op. 86 CONVERSE/JEREMY Nicholas McGegan conductor seigneurs...Ah, je ris de me voir” SAINT-SAËNS: Cello SISKIND: There is a Vine Harris Concert Hall from Faust Concerto No.