28 AR THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 Summer Stages Classical VI BOTTARO By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER Denk playing Ives’s “Concord” Sonata; Nicho- las McGegan conducting the Philharmonia Ba- ....................................................................................... roque Orchestra in Handel’s “Teseo”; and mu- California sic by Steve Mackey and other American com- posers in the Festival of Contemporary Music. AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS FESTIVAL San Fran- 888-266-1200, tanglewood.org. cisco, July 11-20. Held at the San Francisco Con- servatory of Music, the lineup this year features ....................................................................................... music by composers who influenced Bach, in- New Mexico cluding Vivaldi, Pergolesi and Buxtehude; high- MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE Angel Fire, Taos, Ra- lights of other programs are Handel’s “L’Alle- ton and Las Vegas, Aug. 15-31. Ida Kavafian is gro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato” and Bach’s the artistic director at this chamber music festi- Mass in B Minor. 415-621-7900, Sfbachfestival val, where the composer in residence this year .org. is Bright Sheng. The artist roster includes Paul CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Neubauer, Tara Helen O’Connor and Anne-Ma- Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista, Aug. 1-10. rie McDermott. 888-377-3300, Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore musicfromangelfire.org. Symphony Orchestra, is at the helm at this new SANTA FE OPERA June 27-Aug. 23. There is al- music mecca. Works by established composers ways an alluring lineup at this festival, which like John Adams and Jennifer Higdon are pro- this season includes the American premiere of grammed alongside a bevy of young compos- “Dr. Sun Yat-sen,” a historical opera by the Chi- ers. An unusual array of instruments will be fea- nese-American composer Huang Ruo. The pro- tured, including the cimbalom and the Arme- gramming also features Laurent Pelly’s new nian duduk, in a symphonic piece by Marc-An- production of “Don Pasquale”; Beethoven’s “Fi- thony Turnage. 831-420-5260; cabrillomusic.org. delio” conducted by Harry Bicket — Santa Fe’s FESTIVAL DEL SOLE Napa Valley, July 11-20. new chief conductor; an unusual double bill of This upscale multidisciplinary festival tempts Mozart’s “Impresario” and Stravinsky’s “Le gourmands and music lovers with culinary ad- Rossignol”; and the always popular “Carmen.” ventures at vineyards and concerts at spaces 505-986-5900, santafeopera.org. that include a Tuscan-style castle. The musical ....................................................................................... lineup includes Joshua Bell, the Sphinx Sym- phony Orchestra, Matthew Polenzani and a pro- PATRICK PYSZKA Montana duction of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti.” 888- ....................................................................................... From top, the Festival FESTIVAL AMADEUS Whitefish, Aug. 3-10. Nes- 337-6272, festivaldelsole.org. del Sole in Napa Valley, Illinois tled at the gateway to Glacier National Park, Calif.; Carlos Kalmar at this festival features chamber and orchestral HOLLYWOOD BOWL July 2-Sept. 26. Every sum- GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL Chicago, June 11- programs, with John Zoltek conducting the Fes- mer the Los Angeles Philharmonic decamps to the Grant Park Music Aug. 16. The summer season in the Pritzker Pa- tival Amadeus Orchestra in a range of reper- the Hollywood Bowl for a wide array of pro- Festival in Chicago; vilion, designed by Frank Gehry, opens with tory. 406-257-3241; gscmusic.org. grams. Among the highlights this year are Gus- Sarah Chang at the Natasha Paremski in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Con- tavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s charismatic Aspen Music Festival in certo No. 2, with Carlos Kalmar conducting; he ....................................................................................... young music director, conducting programs Colorado; and the Enso also leads programs featuring Berlioz’s “Romeo New York City that include an evening of film compositions (in- String Quartet comes to and Juliet” and Christian Tetzlaff in Lalo’s cluding his own); a double bill of Mascagni’s Music Mountain in Falls “Symphonie Espagnole.” 312-742-7638, LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL July 7-Aug. 16. Some “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pa- Village, Conn. grantparkmusicfestival.com. memorable productions have been staged re- gliacci”; and Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the cently in the vast drill hall of the Park Avenue powerful young pianist Yuja Wang in a double ....................................................................................... Armory. Now the space will host Houston bill of the first piano concertos by Shostakovich ALEX IRVIN Massachusetts Grand Opera’s production of “The Passenger,” a and Prokofiev. 323-850-2000, hollywoodbowl of Bravo! Highlights include Yannick Nézet- Holocaust opera written in 1968 by Mieczyslaw ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Cape .com. Séguin conducting Hélène Grimaud in Weinberg, whose music is experiencing a wel- Ann, June 6-July 13. An estimable roster of mu- Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Alan Gilbert come revival. Also on the lineup are Gennady MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM SUMMER FESTIVAL sicians will play here, including the Emerson leading Yefim Bronfman in a double Beethoven Rozhdestvensky leading the Bolshoi Opera, Or- San Francisco, July 10-Aug. 16. In collaboration and Borromeo String Quartets. Jeremy Denk bill featuring the Piano Concerto No. 1 and the chestra and Chorus in two performances of the with the San Francisco Opera, this prestigious will perform Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” and “Emperor Concerto”; and Jaap van Zweden concert version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Tsar’s training program features rising stars in pro- Ives’s “Concord” Sonata. The lineup also fea- conducting the Dallas musicians in Beethoven’s Bride.” 212-721-6500, lincolncenterfestival.org. ductions of André Previn’s “A Streetcar Named tures a concert for clarinet and marimba and Symphony No. 9. 877-812-5700, vailmusicfestival Desire” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” 415-864- performances by Chanticleers and the Imani MOSTLY MOZART July 25-Aug. 23. Mozart of .org. 3330, merola.org. Winds. 978-546-7391, rockportmusic.org. course receives his due here, but he shares the ....................................................................................... limelight with an eclectic array of composers. OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL June 12-15. Jeremy TANGLEWOOD Lenox, June 27-Aug. 30. Snug in Louis Langrée conducts the Mostly Mozart Fes- Denk’s impressive pianistic and literary talents Connecticut the Berkshire Hills, this prominent festival in tival Orchestra in nine concerts; soloists in- have been in the spotlight recently and here he Lenox, the summer home of the Boston Sym- MUSIC MOUNTAIN Falls Village, June 7- Sept. 14. clude Richard Goode, Yuja Wang, Christian Tet- has a chance to demonstrate both — as well as phony Orchestra, is an ideal musical retreat. The Juilliard, Shanghai and Emerson string zlaff and Joshua Bell. Beethoven’s Symphony his mettle as music director. Mr. Denk’s pro- Andris Nelsons (the orchestra’s music director quartets are among the ensembles performing No. 9, Mozart’s Requiem and Berlioz’s “Sym- graming includes the premiere of Steven designate) leads programs including one focus- at this long-running festival; musicians collabo- phonie Fantastique” are on the lineup. On the Stucky’s “The Classical Style: An Opera (of ing on Dvorak; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5; a rating with them include the pianists Michael contemporary side, there is a new work by John Sorts),” for which Mr. Denk wrote the libretto. concert program of Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier”; Brown and Peter Serkin and the violist Roberto Luther Adams; a solo concert by the percus- The varied lineup also features works by Bee- and Hakan Hardenberger performing Rolf Mar- Diaz. 860-824-7126; musicmountain.org. sionist Steven Schick; and portrait concerts of thoven, Haydn, Ives, Ligeti, Mozart, Schubert, tinsson’s Trumpet Concerto. Premieres include the composers Sofia Gubaidulina and Anna Stockhausen and Weill, performed by Mr. Denk ....................................................................................... William Bolcom’s “Circus Over- Thorvaldsdottir by the International Contempo- and colleagues including the Knights, Brooklyn ture” in a concert celebrating Idaho rary Ensemble. And the delightful candlelit Lit- Rider, Uri Caine and Jennifer Frautschi. 805- Leonard Slatkin’s 70th birthday. tle Night Music series in the Kaplan Penthouse 646-2053, ojaifestival.org. Other highlights include Jeremy includes a performance by the clarinetist Mar- SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY July 28-Aug. ....................................................................................... tin Fröst. 212-721-6500, mostlymozart.org. 19. The festival celebrates its 30 anniversary Colorado with an appealing lineup of free concerts. Alas- RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL June 19-29. A peren- ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL June 26- dair Neale, the music director, conducts Jean- nial highlight of this festival is the annual Bang Aug. 17. The theme at this year’s festival, direct- Yves Thibaudet in Saint-Saëns’s “Egyptian” Pi- on a Can extravaganza. This year new-music ed by Robert Spano, is “The New Romantics,” ano Concerto; a program of music by contem- lovers will find plenty to enjoy in a marathon which explores the romantic bent of many 19th- porary American composers; and a gala con- event featuring performances by stellar ensem- century and contemporary composers. A wide cert