Music We are proud to support @ MUSIC@MENLO Menlo The Thirteenth Season: Schubert July 17–August 8, 2015 To learn about our wealth management capabilities, please contact MARC A. COMPTON Managing Director 650.849.2140 [email protected] 3075B Hansen Way Palo Alto, California 94304 ustrust.com David Finckel and W u Han, Artistic Directors The Thirteenth Season: Schubert U.S. Trust operates through Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC. July 17–August 8, 2015 © 2013 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved. | AR265D2B | AD-06-13-0821 David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors AD-06-13-0821.indd 1 6/26/13 2:21 PM Date Free Events Paid Events Wednesday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Clive Greensmith, cellist PAGE 72 8:00 p.m. Concert Program IV: Hopeful Years, 1825–1826 PAGE 25 July 29 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall ($80) 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 65 Martin Family Hall Thursday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Inon Barnatan, pianist PAGE 72 8:00 p.m. Concert Program IV: Hopeful Years, 1825–1826 PAGE 25 July 30 Martin Family Hall The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($68/$60) 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 65 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Friday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Erin Keefe, violinist PAGE 72 8:00 p.m. Concert Program V: The Setting Sun, 1827 PAGE 29 July 31 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall ($80) 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 66 Martin Family Hall Saturday, 1:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 70 6:00 p.m. Concert Program V: The Setting Sun, 1827 PAGE 29 August 1 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($68/$60) Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Schubertiade IV PAGE 54 August 2 Stent Family Hall ($85) Monday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Arnaud Sussmann, violinist PAGE 72 7:30 p.m. Encounter III: Winter Journey: Schubert’s Final Years, PAGE 11 August 3 Martin Family Hall led by Ara Guzelimian 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 66 Martin Family Hall ($46) Stent Family Hall Tuesday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Gilles Vonsattel, pianist PAGE 72 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VI: Schubert Forever, 1829–1995 PAGE 33 August 4 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall ($80) 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 67 Martin Family Hall Wednesday, 11:45 a.m. Café Conversation: Arenas of Learning: From the Streets of PAGE 73 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VI: Schubert Forever, 1829–1995 PAGE 33 August 5 New York to the Woods of Vermont, with Ara Guzelimian The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($68/$60) and David Finckel Martin Family Hall 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 67 A classic American grill with a warm and inviting neighborhood The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Thursday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Laurence Lesser, cellist PAGE 72 8:00 p.m. Schubertiade V PAGE 57 feel, serving approachable and healthy comfort food. August 6 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall ($85) • Courtyard Seating • Weekend Champagne Brunch with Firepits 10am – 2:30pm Friday, 11:45 a.m. Master Class with Wu Han, pianist PAGE 72 • New Bar & Lounge • Private Dining & Events August 7 Martin Family Hall 5:30 p.m. Final Prelude Performance PAGE 68 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton www.menlogrill.com Saturday, 12:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 71 5:00 p.m. Concert Program VII: Ascent to the Summit, 1828 PAGE 37 650-330-2790 August 8 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($68/$60) 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Located at the Stanford Park Hotel Parking is plentiful, easy and free • No wine corkage fees www.musicatmenlo.org 109 Music@Menlo Schubert the thirteenth season July 17–August 8, 2015 david finckel and wu han, artistic directors Contents 2 Season Dedication 3 A Message from the Artistic Directors 4 Welcome from the Executive Director 4 Board, Administration, and Mission Statement 5 Schubert Program Overview 6 Essay: “From Songs to Symphonies: Schubert’s ‘Strivings after the Highest in Art’” by Christopher H. Gibbs 10 Encounters I–III 12 Concert Programs I–VII 43 Schubertiades I–V 60 Chamber Music Institute 62 Prelude Performances 69 Koret Young Performers Concerts 72 Master Classes 73 Café Conversations 74 2015 Visual Artist: Katia Setzer 75 Music@Menlo LIVE 76 2015–2016 Winter Series 78 Artist and Faculty Biographies 92 Internship Program 94 Glossary 98 Join Music@Menlo 100 Acknowledgments Carl Kundmann (1838–1919). Statue of Schubert with reliefs by Theophil von Hansen, Stadtpark, Vienna, 1872. Photo by Yair Haklai 105 Ticket and Performance Information 107 Map and Directions 108 Calendar www.musicatmenlo.org 1 2015 Season Dedication Music@Menlo’s thirteenth season is dedicated to the following individuals and organizations that share the festival’s vision and whose tremendous support continues to make the realization of Music@Menlo’s mission possible. Lindy Barocchi Darren H. Bechtel Ann S. Bowers Jim & Mical Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Terri Bullock Michèle & Larry Corash Crowne Plaza Palo Alto The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family Karen & Rick DeGolia Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans David Finckel & Wu Han Marty & Sarah Flug Paul & Marcia Ginsburg The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Libby & Craig Heimark The Clarence E. Heller Foundation Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen Rosann & Ed Kaz Jeehyun Kim Koret Foundation Funds Howard & Laura Levin, in memory of Kenneth Levin Mary Lorey Hugh Martin The Martin Family Foundation Betsy Morgenthaler The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Bill & Lee Perry Dr. Condoleezza Rice Laurose & Burton Richter George & Camilla Smith Stanford Park Hotel Vivian Sweeney U.S. Trust Marcia & Hap Wagner Melanie & Ron Wilensky Marilyn Wolper 2 Music@Menlo 2015 A Message from the Artistic Directors Dear Listener, Welcome to Music@Menlo 2015, Schubert. In the space of three weeks, we will race through Franz Schubert’s short life together. Along the way, the music of other composers will illuminate Schubert from diverse angles, and we will come to understand the influences of his predecessors and contemporaries, as well as Schubert’s own effect on composers for generations to follow. The contributions of our distinguished Encounter Leaders, program annotators, and, of course, the fantastic roster of performers will provide enough context and visceral excitement to fill a festival of many months. Despite Schubert’s brief creative career of only eighteen years, his incredible productivity made it a challenge to do justice to the scope of his art. If Schubert had produced only the cham- ber music we will perform this summer, he would still rank among the greatest composers of all time. So please consider our festival a humble tribute to a genius whose talent—and gift to the art of music—defies description. We hope that you participate in as many aspects of this festival as possible. Each event was conceived and crafted as an integral part of the extraordinary narrative that is Schubert’s life story, one which is unique among the great composers. As you emerge from this festival’s con- cluding concert, we are certain that your appreciation and understanding of, and dedication to, the incomparable art of Franz Schubert will have been multiplied many times over. There is good reason we musicians strive with every ounce of ability we are blessed with to do justice to this composer, one who deserved so much more during his challenging life but who now resides securely in hallowed halls, in the company of all those whose work has made this world an infi- nitely better one in which to live. We look forward to taking this journey together. Best wishes, David Finckel and Wu Han Artistic Directors Martin Family Artistic Directorship www.musicatmenlo.org 3 Welcome from the Music@Menlo Executive Director Dear Friends, Board This year marks an auspicious anniversary: the Ann S. Bowers centennial of the founding of our host and home, Oliver A. Evans Menlo School. Earl Fry The century mark is a significant achieve- Paul M. Ginsburg ment for an organization, one that merits a Betsy Morgenthaler moment of honoring the values and philosophies Camilla Smith that have led to the success of the institution. As David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors a program of Menlo School, Music@Menlo is William R. Silver, ex officio delighted to join in the celebration of our shared Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director, ex officio institutional values. It is very appropriate that Music@Menlo found its home at Menlo School Darren H. Bechtel, emeritus in 2003. Menlo School has a deep-rooted tradition of rigorous and joyful edu- Leonard Edwards, emeritus cation, led by extraordinary educators. Likewise, Music@Menlo, from its very Kathleen G. Henschel, emerita beginning, has espoused a philosophy of deep engagement with learning and has Michael J. Hunt, emeritus been guided by some of the most committed and influential musical artists and Eff W. Martin,emeritus educators in the classical music world. These shared educational values are what Hugh Martin, emeritus inspire both the festival and the Menlo School community that has welcomed Trine Sorensen, emerita and supported it since its inception. Music@Menlo may be a long way from its own centennial, but the festival is constantly focused on the “long game” and on the deep and lasting effect of Administration the work we do every day.