27th Annual Festival Napa Valley Chamber Music Festival August 4–22, 2021 FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 | FROG’S LEAP WINERY 8815 CONN CREEK ROAD, RUTHERFORD | 7:30 PM | $65 ✹ Outdoors The musical love story of the two acclaimed composers Robert and Clara Schumann is well known, but we feature another pair of composers who share a name and an interesting back story as well. Topping it off will be one of Robert Schumann’s crown jewels, his Piano Quintet. PROGRAM: Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Five Fantasy Pieces for String Quartet Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues/Cakewalk 27th Annual Festival Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet MUSICIANS: August 4 – 22, 2021 Violin: Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, Cello: Kari Jane Docter, Joshua Gindele Axel Strauss, Daria Adams Piano: Wei-Yi Yang Viola: Pei-Ling Lin SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 | SANGFROID VINEYARDS ST. HELENA | 5:00 PM | $500 Week One ✹ Outdoors Esterhazy Concert and Dinner WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 | DOMAINE CARNEROS This program is inspired by the setting and the spirit of Sangfroid Vineyards. 1240 DUHIG ROAD, NAPA | 7:30 PM | $85 Sangfroid — the virtue of maintaining mental calmness and composure during Miró Quartet with Wei-Yi Yang especially difficult times — explains how great works of music can arise from the The Miró Quartet returns, joined by one of our favorite pianists, Wei-Yi Yang, to most arduous of circumstances. perform Dvorák’s Quintet, full of Bohemian charm. The Miró opens with the lush PROGRAM — Excerpts from: music of pioneering African American composer George Walker from 1946. Kevin Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 Puts’ newest string quartet—written for the Miró during quarantine—celebrates the Franz Schubert: Cello Quintet, D.956 spirit of home. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Trio PROGRAM: John Novacek: Two Rags for String Quartet George Walker: Lyric for Strings MUSICIANS: Kevin Puts: String Quartet No. 4, Home The Miró Quartet plus Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quintet Violin: Axel Strauss, Daria Adams MUSICIANS: Viola: Pei-Ling Lin The Miró Quartet Piano: Wei-Yi Yang Cello: Kari Jane Docter 2 Music in the Vineyards 2021 Program musicinthevineyards.org 3 SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 | CHARLES KRUG WINERY Week Two 2800 MAIN STREET, ST. HELENA | 12:00 PM | FREE ADMISSION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 | CHIMNEY ROCK WINERY Competition Winners Recital 5350 SILVERADO TRAIL, NAPA | 7:30 PM | $65 This free concert will present the Solideo Quartet, our 2020 Apprentice String This concert is being filmed and will be available online Quartet, and three of the winners of our Solo Instrumental Competition for high What better way to spend an evening than with two of the GOATS* of classical school musicians. The made its video debut with MITV last summer Solideo Quartet music? Set in the beautiful Barrel Room at Chimney Rock Winery, Vivaldi’s ever as part of our virtual festival and we are thrilled that they can join us live this year. popular Four Seasons is paired with J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Fun Come out and support these astounding young musicians! fact: this marks the first time in history that Bach, Vivaldi and Voodoo Dolls has ever MUSICIANS: appeared in the same sentence. The Solideo Quartet — MITV 2021 Apprentice String Quartet *Greatest of All Time Violin: Heather Beckman, Joshelle Conley Viola: William Satterfield PROGRAM: Cello: Jun Lee J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls for String Quartet SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 | CHARLES KRUG WINERY Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons 2800 MAIN STREET, ST. HELENA | 5:00 PM | $65 MUSICIANS: This concert is being filmed and will be available online Violin: Gabrielle Després, Francisco Harpsichord: Eric Zivian Two works of striking originality from England form the first half of this program, Fullana, Axel Strauss, Daria Adams The Solideo Quartet — MITV 2021 both firmly rooted in the romantic era. The celebrated Miró Quartet will conclude the Viola: Dimitri Murrath, Masumi Per Rostad Apprentice String Quartet evening, in their final appearance this season, performing Dvorák’s equally celebrated Cello: Edward Arron, Nicholas Canellakis, Violin: Heather Beckman, Joshelle Conley American Quartet. Tanya Tomkins Viola: William Satterfield Bass: Scott Pingel PROGRAM: Cello: Jun Lee Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47 Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 | SILVERADO VINEYARDS Antonín Dvorák: American String Quartet 6121 SILVERADO TRAIL, NAPA | 7:30 PM | $65 This concert is being filmed and will be available online MUSICIANS: The Miró Quartet The Solideo Quartet — MITV 2021 The music of three remarkable women is juxtaposed with the music of Brahms. Even Apprentice String Quartet when compared to the great Johannes, these three works more than hold their own, Violin: Axel Strauss, Daria Adams Violin: Heather Beckman, Joshelle Conley revealing what the world has missed by neglecting them. Viola: Pei-Ling Lin Viola: William Satterfield Cello: Kari Jane Docter Cello: Jun Lee PROGRAM: Bass: Scott Pingel Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in E minor Piano: Wei-Yi Yang Amy Beach: Romance for Violin and Piano Maria Theresa von Paradis: Sicilienne for Violin and Piano Clara Schumann: Piano Trio MUSICIANS: Violin: Gabrielle Després, Axel Strauss Cello: Edward Arron, Nicholas Canellakis Piano: Michael Brown, Eric Zivian 4 Music in the Vineyards 2021 Program musicinthevineyards.org 5 SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 | SILVERADO VINEYARDS Week Three 6121 SILVERADO TRAIL, NAPA | 5:00 PM | $65 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 | THE HESS COLLECTION Tonight, we pair Beethoven’s first published work—the Piano Trio Op 1, No. 1—with 4411 REDWOOD ROAD, NAPA | 7:30 PM | $65 the last published work of Chopin, his Cello Sonata. The program will be shared by two ✹ Outdoors ensembles—a duo from New York and a piano trio from the bay area—all MITV alums! We welcome back the world-renowned Escher Quartet, longtime MITV favorites, PROGRAM: joined by Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, considered “among the elite of Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 1 today’s classical guitarists”. String quartets by Haydn and Dvorák frame 100 Greatest Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60 for Piano Dance Hits, Aaron Kernis’ whimsical look back at popular dance styles, with fun titles Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 like “Dance Party on the Disco Motorboat”. Join the party! MUSICIANS: PROGRAM: Violin: Francisco Fullana Piano: Michael Brown, Eric Zivian Escher Quartet with Jason Vieaux Cello: Nicholas Canellakis, Tanya Tomkins Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits for string quartet and guitar String Quartet, Op. 61 in C major SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 | SILVERADO VINEYARDS Antonín Dvorák: 6121 SILVERADO TRAIL, NAPA | 5:00 PM | $65 MUSICIANS: After months without live performances, we offer relief for sufferers of LPDS (Live The Escher Quartet Guitar: Jason Vieaux Performance Deficit Syndrome*). The appropriate prescription could be Franz Schubert’s lovable Trout Quintet. LPDS sufferers may also benefit from the two works FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 | ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY penned in Paris, exactly 100 years apart, by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges and 7801 ST. HELENA HWY, OAKVILLE | 7:30 PM | $65 Claude Debussy. ✹ Outdoors *LPDS is often undiagnosed. If you, or someone you know has LPDS, please consult your Doctor, who may prescribe more concerts. Tonight’s program features the darker, richer sonorities of the lower stringed instruments, the viola, cello, and double bass. Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, for PROGRAM: viola and piano is Schubert at his poetic best. Anna Clyne’s newly finished work puts String Quartet Joseph de Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges: the cello in the spotlight, and we close with familiar sounding Beethoven, but dressed Piano Trio, Saans Reena Esmail: in different clothes. His well-known violin sonata nicknamed “Kreutzer”, is heard in Piano Trio Claude Debussy: this wonderful transcription made in Beethoven’s day. Franz Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings, Trout PROGRAM: MUSICIANS: Sonata in A minor for Viola and Piano, Arpeggione Violin: Gabrielle Després, Francisco Cello: Edward Arron, Nicholas Canellakis, Franz Schubert: Shorthand for Cello and String Quintet Fullana, Axel Strauss, Daria Adams Tanya Tomkins Anna Clyne: Viola: Dimitri Murrath, Masumi Per Rostad Bass: Scott Pingel String Quintet, Op. 47, Kreutzer Piano: Michael Brown, Eric Zivian Ludwig van Beethoven: MUSICIANS: Violin: Adam Barnett-Hart, Francisco Cello: Nicholas Canellakis, Brook Speltz Fullana, Brendan Speltz, Daria Adams Bass: Scott Pingel Viola: Pierre Lapointe, Masumi Per Rostad 6 Music in the Vineyards 2021 Program musicinthevineyards.org 7 SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 | CLOS PEGASE SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 | INGLENOOK 1060 DUNAWEAL LANE, CALISTOGA | 7:30 PM | $65 1991 ST. HELENA HWY, RUTHERFORD | 7:30 PM | $155 We head to South America for a complete History of the Tango, in less than 20 Closing Night Party minutes. The violin virtuoso Niccolò Paginini—equally gifted on the guitar—penned a Join the Music in the Vineyards family of musicians, patrons, and supporters in sublime duet for both, that highlights his gift for melody. We end the program with a celebration of live music and togetherness during our 2021 festival. We will gather work by the precocious Felix Mendelssohn, who was only 17 when he composed his at sunset round the iconic Inglenook fountain for appetizers, followed by a delicious first viola quintet. three-course