Aspen Music Festival and School 2020 Season July 2-August 23, 2020 THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $100 A Recital by Arnaud Sussmann violin, David Finckel R. STRAUSS: Moonlight Scene and Last Scene from cello, and Wu Han piano Capriccio, op. 85 7:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75 --- HAYDN: Piano Trio in A major, Hob. XV/18 KEVIN PUTS: Letters from Georgia BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3 --- MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 HAYDN: Piano Trio in E major, Hob. XV/28 Gotta Move! BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major, op. 70, no. 1, 10:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent “Ghost” Violin Competition FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 4:00 PM, Castle Creek 1, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 Spotlight Recital 4:00 PM, Pitkin County Library, Free Spotlight Recital 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Chamber Music 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Artists and program to be announced by April 1. 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 Aspen Chamber Symphony TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 Ludovic Morlot conductor, Kristóf Baráti violin Harris Concert Hall Master Class 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $25 BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64 Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free Note: Concert is performed without intermission STUCKY: Rhapsodies COPLAND: Appalachian Spring SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2020 --- Fourth of July Concert BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 Lawrence Isaacson conductor 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free A Recital by Kristóf Baráti violin and Anton Nel piano SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal— DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata CLOSED PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata in F minor, op. 80 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent --- Please note this rehearsal is closed. FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8 Prelude: Preconcert Talk Asadour Santourian WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2020 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free High Notes Discussion Alan Fletcher, moderator Aspen Festival Orchestra 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free Robert Spano conductor, Renée Fleming soprano Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 1 Spotlight Recital PAUL DEAN: Horn Concerto (U.S. Premiere) 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BEETHOVEN: Romance in F major, op. 50 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra op. 73, “Emperor” Ludovic Morlot conductor, Gallia Kastner violin Listener's Master Class (Dorothy DeLay Prize Winner) Tom Buesch 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free BERLIOZ: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise in E major, op. 83 Spotlight Recital RAVEL: Tzigane 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 A Recital by Paul Lewis piano 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 Aspen Chamber Symphony HAYDN: Piano Sonata in D major Hob. XVI/51 Nicholas McGegan conductor, Andrew Bain horn, BRAHMS: Ballade in B major, op. 10, no. 4 Paul Lewis piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 op. 27, no. 2, “Moonlight” BEETHOVEN: Overture to King Stephen, op. 117 --- PAUL DEAN: Horn Concerto (U.S. Premiere) BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in BEETHOVEN: Romance in F major, op. 50 C major, op. 120 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73, “Emperor” Note: Concert is performed without intermission THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020 Spotlight Recital 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2020 Special Event: Opera Theater Master Class with Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty Low Strings Competition 10:00 AM, Wheeler Opera House, $40 5:00 PM, Hurst Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free Spotlight Recital A Recital by the Pacifica Quartet 1:30 PM, Aspen Community Church, Free Simin Ganatra violin, Austin Hartman violin, Mark Holloway viola, Brandon Vamos cello Special Event: Beginner's Ear I 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 2:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 LIGETI: String Quartet No. 1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes” Chamber Music CRAWFORD SEEGER: String Quartet 4:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 --- Artists and program to be announced by April 1. BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130 BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133 A Recital by the Dover String Quartet and the Escher String Quartet String Showcase Joel Link violin, Bryan Lee violin, Milena Pajaro-van 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free de Stadt viola, Camden Shaw cello; Adam Barnett- Hart violin, Brendan Speltz violin, Pierre Lapointe viola, Brook Speltz cello FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal GREGG KALLOR: String Octet 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 BEETHOVEN: Overture to King Stephen, op. 117 --- Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 2 ENESCU: String Octet in C major, op. 7 Alan Fletcher, moderator 12:00 PM, Location to be announced, Free SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020 Spotlight Recital Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 ROUSE: Rapture House Music (Opera) RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major 3:30 PM, Private residence to be announced, $100 --- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra Scott Terrell conductor, Violin Competition Winner Prelude: Preconcert Talk 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free SKRYABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy, Symphony No. 4, op. 54 Aspen Festival Orchestra MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 Leonard Slatkin conductor, Behzod Abduraimov RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome piano Note: Concert is performed without intermission 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 ROUSE: Rapture A Baroque Evening with Nicholas McGegan RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major Nicholas McGegan conductor, Stephen Waarts --- violin, Matthew Lipman viola RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, op. 35 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $75 MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020 Special Event: Beginner's Ear II Tunes and Tales 2:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $25 10:30 AM, Pitkin County Library, Free Chamber Music Spotlight Recital 6:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $45 3:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Artists and program to be announced by April 1. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Recital 4:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020 Special Event: Master Class with Renée Fleming Mozart's The Magic Flute soprano Patrick Summers conductor, Edward Berkeley 1:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $40 director 7:00 PM, Wheeler Opera House; $85, $50, $25 Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra obstructed ACA Piano Competition Winner MOZART: The Magic Flute, K. 620 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, Free SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela from Lemminkäinen A Recital by Behzod Abduraimov piano Suite, op. 22 7:30 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $65 SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, op. 28 --- --- TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 DEBUSSY: Children's Corner MUSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Music with a View 6:00 PM, Aspen Art Museum, Free String Showcase 8:30 PM, Edlis Neeson Hall, Bucksbaum Campus, Free WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020 High Notes Discussion FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 Aspen Music Festival and School | 2020 Season pg. 3 Aspen Chamber Symphony Dress Rehearsal Adam Barnett-Hart violin, Brendan Speltz violin, Robert Spano conductor Pierre Lapointe viola, Brook Speltz cello 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 8:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $55 SHOSTAKOVICH/BARSHAI: Chamber Symphony in MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, C minor, op. 110a op. 12 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 6, BB 119 10 --- BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A major, op. 16 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3, “Razumovsky” Listener's Master Class Tom Buesch 12:30 PM, Crossroads Church, Free SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020 Composition Program Readings Spotlight Recital Robert Spano 3:30 PM, Aspen Chapel, Free 9:00 AM, Harris Concert Hall, Free Overtures: Preconcert Chamber Music Aspen Festival Orchestra Dress Rehearsal 4:45 PM, Harris Concert Hall, $10 9:30 AM, Benedict Music Tent, $20 BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Aspen Chamber Symphony C major, op. 56, “Triple” Robert Spano conductor Denis Kozhukhin piano --- 5:30 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $82 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, op. SHOSTAKOVICH/BARSHAI: Chamber Symphony in 112, “The Year 1917” C minor, op. 110a PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. Prelude: Preconcert Talk 10 3:00 PM, Harris Concert Hall, Free BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A major, op. 16 Note: Concert is performed without intermission Aspen Festival Orchestra James Conlon conductor, Benjamin Beilman violin, Alisa Weilerstein cello, Inon Barnatan piano SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020 4:00 PM, Benedict Music Tent, $85 Special Event: Opera Theater Master Class with BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers C major, op. 56, “Triple” Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers, Aspen Opera --- Theater and VocalARTS-Faculty SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, op.