The Eighth Season Maps and Legends CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND INSTITUTE July 23–August 14, 2010 David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND INSTITUTE 50 Valparaiso Avenue • Atherton, California 94027 • 650-330-2030 www.musicatmenlo.org Date Free Events Ticketed Events Tuesday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist PAGE 67 8:00 p.m. Carte Blanche Concert III: The Beethoven Sonatas PAGE 48 August 3 Martin Family Hall for Piano and Cello David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Wednesday, 11:45 a.m. Café Conversation: Poetry Reading Workshop PAGE 66 8:00 p.m. Concert Program IV: Aftermath: 1945 PAGE 23 August 4 with Violinist Jorja Fleezanis and Stent Family Hall Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo Martin Family Hall 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 59 Martin Family Hall Thursday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Miró Quartet PAGE 67 8:00 p.m. Concert Program IV: Aftermath: 1945 PAGE 23 August 5 Martin Family Hall The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 64 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Friday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Bruce Adolphe, composer PAGE 67 7:30 p.m. Encounter III: Under the Influence: PAGE 10 August 6 and Encounter leader Cultural Collage in Paris during the Martin Family Hall Early Twentieth Century, with Bruce Adolphe 5:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 59 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall Saturday, 2:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 64 8:00 p.m. Concert Program V: La Ville-Lumière: PAGE 27 August 7 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Paris, 1920–1928 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 60 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Carte Blanche Concert IV: Found in Translation PAGE 51 August 8 Alessio Bax, piano Stent Family Hall Monday, 11:45 a.m. Café Conversation: Spanish Spirit with PAGE 66 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VI: Spanish Inspirations PAGE 32 August 9 Guitarist Jason Vieaux Stent Family Hall Martin Family Hall 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 60 Martin Family Hall Tuesday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Joseph Swensen, violinist PAGE 67 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VI: Spanish Inspirations PAGE 32 August 10 Martin Family Hall The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 61 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Wednesday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Jupiter String Quartet PAGE 67 August 11 Martin Family Hall Thursday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Laurence Lesser, cellist PAGE 67 7:30 p.m. Encounter IV: Dvorˇák and the New World, PAGE 10 August 12 Martin Family Hall with Robert Winter Martin Family Hall Friday, 11:45 a.m. Master class: Wu Han, pianist PAGE 67 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VII: Dvorˇák’s America PAGE 37 August 13 Martin Family Hall Stent Family Hall 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 61 Martin Family Hall Saturday, 1:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 65 8:00 p.m. Concert Program VII: Dvorˇák’s America PAGE 37 August 14 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 62 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton www.musicatmenlo.org 97 Music@Menlo Maps and Legends the eighth season July 23–August 14, 2010 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 Maps and Legends Program Overview 6 Essay: “Why Music Still Matters” by Karl Paulnack 8 The Michael Steinberg Encounter Series 9 Encounters I–IV 11 Concert Programs I–VII 42 Carte Blanche Concerts I–IV 54 Chamber Music Institute 56 Prelude Performances 63 Koret Young Performers Concerts 66 Café Conversations 67 Master Classes 68 Open House 69 2010 Visual Artist: Alex S. MacLean 70 Music@Menlo LIVE 71 2010–2011 Winter Series 72 Artist and Faculty Biographies 86 Glossary 88 Join Music@Menlo 92 Acknowledgments 95 Ticket and Performance Information 96 Calendar Cover artwork: Algae between Logs by Alex S. MacLean. Inside (p. 69): Image by Alex S. MacLean. Image on p. 1 courtesy of Alinari/SEAT/Art Resource, NY. Inon Barnatan (p. 73): Marco Borggreve. Sasha Cooke (p. 73): Nick Granito. Jonathan Fischer (p. 74) and Scott Pingel (p. 78): Courtesy of the San Francisco Symphony. Jorja Fleezanis (p. 74): Courtesy of Indiana University. Lily Francis (p. 74): Julia Wesely. Christopher Froh (p. 74): Sarah Raffo. Beth Guterman (p. 75): Susan Wilson. Ara Guzelimian (p. 75): Peter Schaaf. Jupiter String Quartet (p. 75): Merri Cyr. Jeffrey Kahane (p. 75): Michael Amsler. Alessio Bax (p. 73) and Erin Keefe (p. 76): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Miró Quartet (p. 77): Faustinus Deraet. Tara Helen O’Connor (p. 78): Jeffrey Hornstein. Randall Scarlata (p. 79): Richard McMichael. Philip Setzer (p. 79): Andrew Eccles. Arnaud Sussmann (p. 79): Kurt Muroki. R. Larry Todd (p. 80): Les Todd, Duke University Photography. Jason Vieaux (p. 80): Robin Holland. Robert Winter (p. 80): Courtesy of the University of California, Los Angeles. Alessio Bax (p. 51): Vito Mastrolonardo. Da-Hong Seetoo (p. 70), Bruce Adolphe (p. 72), Ani Kavafian (p. 76), Ken Noda (p. 77), and Todd Palmer (p. 78): Christian Steiner. Photographs on pp. 3, 4, 8, 42, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 (left), 59, 60, 61 (left), 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 72 (David Finckel and Wu Han), 76 (Ayano Kataoka), 88, 89, 92, 93, and 95: Tristan Cook. Photograph of interns on p. 93: Annie Rohan. Photographs on pp. 58 (right), 61 (right), and 65: Joel Simon. Photograph on p. 71: Scott Chernis. www.musicatmenlo.org 1 2010 Season Dedication Music@Menlo’s eighth season is dedicated to the following individuals and organizations that share the festival’s vision and whose tremendous support and commitment continue to make the realization of Music@Menlo’s mission possible. Ann S. Bowers Jim & Mical Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Bullock Michèle & Larry Corash Jennifer & Michael Cuneo The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family David Finckel & Wu Han Joan & Allan Fisch Anne & Mark Flegel Marcia & Paul Ginsburg The David B. & Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Libby & Craig Heimark Kathleen G. Henschel The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Hurlbut-Johnson Fund Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen Koret Foundation Funds Mary Lorey Hugh Martin The Martin Family Foundation Betsy & Bill Meehan Nancy & DuBose Montgomery The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Burton & Laurose Richter George & Camilla Smith Marcia & Hap Wagner Melanie & Ron Wilensky 2 Music@Menlo 2010 A Message from the Artistic Directors Dear Friends, Welcome to Music@Menlo’s eighth season. This summer, we are tremendously excited to present a festival season quite literally for the ages. Maps and Legends represents one of our most novel and provocative musical explorations to date. For the next three weeks, we will embark on an expansive journey through some of Western music’s most fascinating times and places, ranging from “Dvorˇák’s America” and 1920s Paris to the aftermath of the Second World War—unique and captivating settings that have fueled the creation of some of chamber music’s most hallowed masterpieces. Through the process of planning Maps and Legends, we have continually found fascinating, and oftentimes surprising, connections among this season’s myriad offer- ings. Our programs celebrating “The English Voice” and “Vienna,” for instance, inform each other in unexpectedly vital ways. The spirit of American song, which so inspired Dvorˇák’s American Quartet, is likewise strong in George Antheil’s riotous Second Violin Sonata and even George Crumb’s otherworldly Music for a Summer Evening. Gersh- win’s iconic An American in Paris, heard in the wake of Richard Strauss’s devastating Metamorphosen, might strike you as an entirely new listening experience. Maps and Legends is an endless constellation of musical worlds that invites many possible jour- neys. The depth of each listener’s discovery is bound only by his or her imagination. Since our inaugural season, we have sought to cultivate Music@Menlo as a source of nourishment for the insatiably curious, and it has been gratifying to find the spirit of musi- cal discovery that inspires us each season shared and valued by so many throughout the community. The multidimensional landscape of this season’s theme continues to nurture that tradition of discovery. By celebrating varied environments that have fostered the creation of great music, Maps and Legends reflects the dynamism of Music@Menlo over the last seven years—this festival has thrived on the energy, generosity, and enthusiasm of the entire Menlo community, from artists and patrons to our remarkable Chamber Music Institute students. We are thankful to have this wonderful community of listeners with whom to share another exciting festival season and look forward to spending the next three weeks with you, exchanging ideas and absorbing great music. Best wishes, David Finckel and Wu Han Artistic Directors The Martin Family Artistic Directorship www.musicatmenlo.org 3 Welcome from the Executive Director Music@Menlo Dear Friends, Welcome to Music@Menlo. We are delighted you are joining us for our eighth season of live Board performance and musical exploration. Ann S. Bowers For me, one of the most powerful Leonard Edwards aspects of a live performance is the incredible Paul M.