37TH ANNUAL ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL SUMMER AT ROCKPORT 7TH ANNUAL ROCKPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL FOLK & POP CONCERTS SUMMER 2018 37th Annual Rockport Chamber Music Festival r:EVOLUTION When I first imagined the opening weekend at the 2018 Rockport Chamber Music Festival, I envisioned a transformative experience for both audience and artist alike; a dialogue between the two that would inspire new excitement for the beauty and emotional power of music, and signal new momentum in what I truly believe is one of the greatest summer festivals in the world. Rockport Music already has a presenpresentsts th thee reputation as a destination for some of the brightest stars in classical music, with a glorious concert hall in which beauty of presents the sound and design exist in perfect harmony. I want to see this reputation for excellence evolve continuously: we start this journey of evolution in the summer of 2018 with an aura of revolution and appetite for A New Orleans Evening challenge, embracing the traditional IN THE and the new simultaneously, proving the continued relevance of classical music. French Quarter The 2018 summer of r:EVOLUTION signals an exciting new era for the Rockport Chamber Music Festival. Building on its roots, we ignite new enthusiasm and interest for music and the festival itself through electrifying ts the presen programming featuring new artists, broadening our community engagement, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND and investing in the next generation of artists. Barry Shiffman ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018 | 6:00PM CONTENTS 4 :: Rockport Chamber Music Festival June 15 – July 15, 2018 OFFICIAL HOTEL 16 :: Summer at Rockport PARTNER May – September 2018 GALA CONCERT & DINNER TICKETS OFFICIAL 24 :: Rockport Jazz Festival TABLE SPONSORSHIPS: $20,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 (INCLUDES MULTIPLE GALA TICKETS) TRANSPORTATION August 4 – 12, 2018 PARTNER INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $1,250 | $1,000 | $750 29 :: Ticket Information A PORTION OF YOUR TICKET IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE ARTISTS ON FRONT COVER: 31 :: Order Form Miriam Khalil, soprano | Rolston String Quartet HONORARY GALA CHAIRS: NINA & GENE DOGGETT / PAMELA & MICHAEL MORSS James Ehnes, violin | Jane Monheit | Jake Shimabukuro PLEASE NOTE: ALL PROGRAMS AND Lee Ritenour | Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio Gala tickets available through the Development Office at 978.546.7391 x.105. ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE SATURDAY, JUNE 16 :: 4PM ROCKPORT KAFKA AND SON ALON NASHMAN, actor and creator CHAMBER A one-man theatrical presentation adapted from a letter written by Franz Kafka, Kafka and Son is a blistering, often hilarious, MUSIC dissection of domestic authority, and a revelatory visit with one of the architects of the modern psyche. The one-hour play will be FESTIVAL set to a recording of the powerful music of Golijov and will open 2018 with a live musical performance of Golijov's Lullaby and Doina. “Funny, heart-breaking, and chilling theatre.” CBC (CANADA) r:EVOLUTION TICKETS: $22 | $15 BARRY SHIFFMAN :: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SATURDAY, JUNE 16 8PM MONTROSE TRIO WITH BARRY SHIFFMAN OSVALDO GOLIJOV COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Formed in 2013, the Montrose Trio is a collaboration stemming from a longstanding relationship between Jon Kimura Parker and the Tokyo Quartet. Parker was the Quartet’s final guest pianist, and a backstage conversation with violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith led to the Montrose Trio’s creation. FRIDAY, JUNE 15 :: 8PM OPENING NIGHT “Absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear…they are poised to become Artistic Director Barry Shiffman leads an unforgettable one of the top piano trios in the world.” Opening Night ensemble in a performance of one of THE WASHINGTON POST the Romantic period’s foremost masterpieces— Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence—paired with the TURINA: Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 dramatic work Ayre by Osvaldo Golijov, one of the MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 world’s leading composers of today. This song cycle reveals the musical intermingling of Christian, Arab TICKETS: $65 | $59 | $47 and Sephardic Jewish cultures and is performed by PRE-CONCERT TALK, 7PM an all-star 11-member ensemble and the dynamic soprano Miriam Khalil. SUNDAY, JUNE 17 :: 5PM TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence SNOW IN JUNE OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Ayre ANDRES DÍAZ, cello | FREDERIC CHIU, piano TICKETS: $72 | $66 | $50 TODD PALMER, clarinet Percussion: Matt Sharrock, Aaron Trant, “Shocking, brilliant, thrilling. It’s all conquering, a concert production Dave Burns, Michael Williams Pianist Frederic Chiu makes his Rockport debut with the powerful of major importance, a flawless synchronicity of music and theatre.” "war" sonata No. 7 of Prokofiev. The program concludes with OPERA GOING TORONTO cellist Andres Díaz in Tan Dun's Elegy: Snow in June, based on a 13th century Chinese drama, and selected movements from Messiaen's Quartet from the End of Time, written while a prisoner in a World War II camp. J.S. BACH (arr. Chiu): “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” from St. Mathew Passion, BWV 244 PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time (2 movements) FESTIVAL TAN DUN: Elegy: Snow in June Osvaldo CORPORATE Golijov TICKETS: $46 | $40 | $29 PARTNER PRE-CONCERT TALK, 4PM 4 : www.rockportmusic.org PHONE 978.546.7391 : 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 21 :: 7:30PM* AN EVENING OF BRAHMS SAMANTHA HANKEY, mezzo-soprano CHEE-YUN, violin BARRY SHIFFMAN, viola ANTON NEL, piano WILLIAM VERMEULEN, horn An all-star ensemble led by pianist Anton Nel and Artistic Director Barry Shiffman will feature Brahms’ chamber music masterpieces. The program highlights the vocal splendor of American mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey, who was the Grand Finals winner of the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; the incomparable Steve Reich’s Different Trains Attacca Quartet violinist Chee-Yun, winner of the 1989 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 1990 Avery Fisher Career Grant; and culminate with horn virtuoso William Vermeulen in Brahms’ Horn Trio, Op. 40. Samantha Hankey Chee-Yun BRAHMS: Two Songs for mezzo, viola and piano MENDELSSOHN: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 BRAHMS: Horn Trio, Op. 40 TICKETS: $46 | $40 | $29 PLEASE NOTE EARLY START TIME Anton Nel William VerMeulen * Stephen Prutsman Danny Koo Suzie LeBlanc Daniel Taylor Adrian Butterfield S I C A L S :: PM A THURSDAY, JUNE 21 10 SATURDAY, JUNE 23 :: 8PM L C CLASSICAL CABARET: Carmen & Liszt STEPHEN PRUTSMAN, piano T Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano | Stephen Prutsman, piano BACH AND FORTH E C R A B A John McKean, harpsichord | Rockport Fellowship Quartet Described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time, Prutsman moves easily from classical The third floor reception hall will be transformed into a candlelit space of hi-tops and small tables for a to jazz to world music styles. He continues to explore and seek common ground and relationships in casual, 45-minute performance highlighting works by Prutsman, Ligeti, Liszt, and arias from Carmen. the music of all cultures and languages. His Bach and Forth program is a global survey of classical, TICKETS: $20 jazz and world music from the 1500s to present day, interspersing selections from Bach's Well- Tempered Clavier Book II with works of Wagner, Debussy, Charlie Parker and much more. FRIDAY, JUNE 22 :: 8PM “… the musical connections Mr. Prutsman made were so intriguing, and his WAR AND PEACE playing so earnest and sensitive, that you never doubted the integrity of ATTACCA QUARTET | STEPHEN PRUTSMAN, piano | DANNY KOO, violin this musical adventure” THE NEW YORK TIMES Each composer in this program brought a new perspective to music in their generation. Steve Reich’s TICKETS: $39 | $35 | $29 Different Trains is performed by the great Attacca Quartet, currently Quartet in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is presented with a video by Beatriz Caravaggio that builds on a montage of wartime images. Reich’s inspiration for the piece was contrasting his own fond memories SUNDAY, JUNE 24 :: 5PM riding trains as a child juxtaposed with the memories of Holocaust victims riding trains to the camps. HANDEL LOVE DUETS WITH SUZIE LEBLANC AND DANIEL TAYLOR Prutsman and Koo perform two of Part’s most famous minimalist works. Baroque Chamber Ensemble, Adrian Butterfield, violinist and director “Mastery like this is scarce enough in quartets that have played together for decades.” This sumptuous concert features baroque chamber orchestra music of Purcell, Vivaldi and CPE THE WASHINGTON POST Bach, followed by Handel’s Love Duets performed by Grammy Award winner Suzie LeBlanc and SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 internationally acclaimed countertenor Daniel Taylor. Taylor is well-known for his performances ARVO PÄRT: Fratres & Spiegel im Spiegel in the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo at the Edingburgh Festival as well as in the world premiere of STEVE REICH: Different Trains Robert Lepage’s production of Ades’s The Tempest. TICKETS: $42 | $36 TICKETS: $59 | $55 | $45 PRE-CONCERT TALK, 7PM 6 : www.rockportmusic.org PHONE 978.546.7391 : 7 THURSDAY, JUNE 28 :: 8PM BEETHOVEN SONATAS JAMES EHNES, violin | ANDREW ARMSTRONG, piano Winner of the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Award, as well as a Gramophone, Grammy and JUNO Award, Ehnes joins with Armstrong to perform an all-Beethoven program taken from the duo’s recent Beethoven recording that received Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice and Sunday Times’ Disc of the Week. ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring” “The Brentanos are a magnificent string Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 quartet…This was wonderful, selfless Brentano Quartet Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 music-making." TIMES (LONDON) Dawn Upshaw TICKETS: $52 | $45 | $38 PRE-CONCERT TALK, 7PM SATURDAY, JUNE 30 :: 8PM BRENTANO QUARTET DAWN UPSHAW, soprano FRIDAY, JUNE 29 :: 8PM A five-time Grammy Award winner, Dawn Upshaw combines YEKWON SUNWOO, piano a rare natural warmth with a fierce commitment to the BRENTANO QUARTET transforming communicative power of music.