SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA Contacts: Jessie Bagley, 843.720.1136 jbagley@spoletousa.org Jenny Ouellette, 843.720.1137 jouellette@spoleousa.org Niki Dube, 843.720.1135 ndube@spoletousa.org Note: Images are available for download from our media photo gallery. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Spoleto Festival USA Announces 2017 Bank of America Chamber Music Series Programs 33 concerts of 11 programs performed twice daily in Charleston s historic Dock Street Theatre throughout the Festival, May 26 June 11, hosted by series director Geoff Nuttall Series includes a world premiere by composer-in-residence Jarosław Kapuściński with a multimedia component by photographer Kacper Kowalski APRIL 5, 2017 (CHARLESTON, SC) Geoff Nuttall, The Charles E. and Andrea L. Volpe Director for Chamber Music for the Bank of America Chamber Music series, announced details of the 11 programs 33 concerts total that will be performed during the 2017 Spoleto Festival USA season, May 26 to June 11. Filled with considerable wit, enthusiasm, and a vast range of compositions spanning more than 300 years, the Bank of America Chamber Music series begins on Friday, May 26, at 1:00pm. Concert pieces are interspersed with Nuttall s signature spiritedness, and each program reflects the director s mission of removing chamber music from its oft-perceived stiff and antiquated 1
connotations. In addition to pieces from the likes of Schubert, Beethoven, and even Roy Orbison, this year s programming includes a world premiere by Jarosław Kapuściński. As the 2017 composer-in-residence, his new work, Side Effects, will be performed during Program IV on May 31 at 11:00am and 1:00pm and June 1 at 11:00am. This premiere features a video installation by aerial photographer Kacper Kowalski. The concert series will also include two of Kapuściński s other compositions: Juicy, a multimedia work created in collaboration with animator John Edmark, and Alikeness, a work for two violins, viola, cello, and percussion commissioned for the St. Lawrence String Quartet s 25th anniversary in 2015. Kapuściński will play the piano during both Side Effects and Juicy. An intermedia composer and pianist, Kapuściński s work has been presented at New York s Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and the International Festival of New Cinema and New Media in Montréal. A native of Poland, the pianist first studied classical performance and composition at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. He completed his doctoral studies in music composition at the University of California, San Diego, in 1997, and his work today often explores how musical instruments can control multimedia content. He is currently an associate professor of composition at Stanford University. Since 1977, the Bank of America Chamber Music series has been known for championing upand-coming musical talents and showcasing them on an international stage. This year, Festival debuts include cellist/composer Joshua Roman, whose work Riding Light can be heard during Program VII; acclaimed pianist Gilles Vonsattel; violist Meena Bhasin, a co-founder of New Yorkbased chamber music society Decoda; and the Rolston String Quartet. This young Canadian ensemble won the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition and is currently the String Quartet-in-Residence at Rice University s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas. During the Festival, they will perform works by composers including Ravel, Haydn, Handel, and Mendelssohn. Each of the 11 chamber programs in the 2017 series features Nuttall s signature eclectic tastes. Among the many program highlights (though audiences are frequently advised by Nuttall that the concert they have chosen to attend is the best) are works by Antonio Vivaldi, celebrating the Festival s premiere of Farnace, which stars eminent countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role. Program II features Costanzo in Non ti lushinghi la crudeltade from Vivaldi s Tito Manilo. He will also sing Vedro con mio diletto from Vivaldi s Giustino during Program VI, and 2
oboist James Austin Smith will take the lead for the performance of Vivaldi s Oboe Concerto in D Minor during Program I. Assembling distinguished musicians from around the world, the Bank of America Chamber Music series is known for its engaging and virtuosic performers who share an onstage camaraderie. Returning artists include pianists Pedja Muzijevic and Stephen Prutsman, flutist Tara Helen O Connor, violinists Benjamin Beilman, Daniel Phillips, and Livia Sohn, clarinetist Todd Palmer, double bassist Anthony Manzo, percussionist Steven Schick, oboist James Austin Smith, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Outside the Bank of America Chamber Music series, select chamber musicians will perform during other Festival events: Pianist Pedja Muzijevic takes center stage at the Simons Center Recital Hall during the popular Music in Time series for the program entitled Dialogues with Pedja Muzijevic (June 1). Cinema and Sound, which premieres at the Woolfe Street Playhouse on Wednesday, June 7, features three new works by pianist and composer Stephen Prutsman set to silent films from the early 20th century. Additionally, Geoff Nuttall, Livia Sohn, Pedja Muzijevic, and Christopher Costanza will perform a Vivaldi concerto during the Spoleto Celebration Concert on May 30. Each of the Bank of America Chamber series 11 programs are performed three times with two performances daily at 11:00am and 1:00pm in the 463-seat Dock Street Theatre, located at 135 Church Street. The series is also recorded and broadcast by South Carolina ETV Radio and syndicated nationally and internationally by the WFMT Radio Network. Information regarding tickets and Chamber Music Series Subscriptions follow the program details. 2017 BANK OF AMERICA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES PROGRAM I Friday, May 26, at 1:00pm; Saturday, May 27, at 11:00am and 1:00pm Oboe Concerto in D Minor, RV 454 Antonio Vivaldi 3
James Austin Smith, oboe; Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord Juicy Jarosław Kapuściński; animation in collaboration with John Edmark Jarosław Kapuściński, piano and computer-controlled image and sound Trans for Percussion Solo and Audience Lei Liang Steven Schick, percussion Divertimento brillante on themes from Bellini s La sonnambula Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass PROGRAM II Sunday, May 28, at 11:00am and 1:00pm; Monday, May 29, at 11:00am Wendell s History for Steve: Part 1 Gustavo Aguilar Steven Schick, percussion Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade from Tito Manlio, RV 738 Antonio Vivaldi Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; James Austin Smith, oboe; Christopher Costanza, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord Piano Quintet in A Major, D 667, The Trout Franz Schubert Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass 4
Wendell s History for Steve: Part 2 Gustavo Aguilar Steven Schick, percussion PROGRAM III Monday, May 29, at 1:00pm; Tuesday, May 30, at 11:00am and 1:00pm Alikeness Jarosław Kapuściński Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Steven Schick, percussion l onde della non vostra Suzanne Farrin James Austin Smith, oboe Piano Trio no. 2 in C Minor, op. 66 Felix Mendelssohn Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Christopher Costanza, cello PROGRAM IV Wednesday, May 31, at 11:00am and 1:00pm; Thursday, June 1, at 11:00am Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060 Johann Sebastian Bach James Austin Smith, oboe; Livia Sohn, Geoff Nuttall, and Owen Dalby, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord Side Effects WORLD PREMIERE Jarosław Kapuściński; video by Kacper Kowalski Jarosław Kapuściński, piano Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 63 Robert Schumann 5
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Christopher Costanza, cello PROGRAM V Thursday, June 1, at 1:00pm; Friday, June 2, at 11:00am and 1:00pm Piano Trio no. 1 in C Minor, op. 8 Dmitry Shostakovich Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Livia Sohn, violin; Joshua Roman, cello String Quartet in F Major Maurice Ravel Rolston String Quartet (Luri Lee and Jeffrey Dyrda, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello) Gumboots: Dances I VI David Bruce Owen Dalby and Geoff Nuttall, violin; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Todd Palmer, clarinet PROGRAM VI Saturday, June 3, at 11:00am and 1:00pm; Sunday, June 4, at 11:00am Waltz, op. 437, Emperor Johann Strauss Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass Quintet for Oboe and Strings Arnold Bax James Austin Smith, oboe; Rolston String Quartet Vedro con mio diletto from Giustino, RV 717 Antonio Vivaldi 6
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Luri Lee, Jeffrey Dyrda, Geoff Nuttall, and Owen Dalby, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord PROGRAM VII Sunday, June 4, at 1:00pm; Monday, June 5, at 11:00am and 1:00pm String Quartet, op. 20 no. 1 Franz Joseph Haydn St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Francis Poulenc Todd Palmer, clarinet; Gilles Vonsattel, piano Riding Light Joshua Roman Joshua Roman, cello Concerto Grosso in D major, op. 6 no. 5 George Frideric Handel Owen Dalby, Geoff Nuttall, Luri Lee, Jeffrey Dyrda, and Livia Sohn, violin; Lesley Robertson and Hezekiah Leung, viola; Christopher Costanza and Jonathan Lo, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord PROGRAM VIII Tuesday, June 6, at 11:00am and 1:00pm; Wednesday, June 7, at 11:00am Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D 802 Franz Schubert Tara Helen O Connor, flute; Stephen Prutsman, piano Piano Quartet in A Minor Gustav Mahler 7
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Daniel Phillips, viola; Joshua Roman, cello Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 Felix Mendelssohn St. Lawrence String Quartet and Rolston String Quartet PROGRAM IX Wednesday, June,7 at 1:00pm; Thursday, June 8, at 11:00am and 1:00pm Duetto for Clarinet and Double Bass with Piano Giovanni Bottesini Todd Palmer, clarinet; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Gilles Vonsattel, piano Sonata for Violin and Cello Maurice Ravel Benjamin Beilman, violin; Joshua Roman, cello Suite for Two Violins and Piano, op. 71 I. Allegro energico Moritz Moszkowski Daniel Phillips and Livia Sohn, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano Symphony no. 100 in G Major, Military Franz Joseph Haydn Tara Helen O Connor, flute; Daniel Phillips, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord PROGRAM X Friday, June 9, at 11:00am and 1:00pm; Saturday, June 10, at 11:00am Musical Offering Trio Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1079 Johann Sebastian Bach Tara Helen O Connor, flute; Daniel Phillips, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord 8
Sonata no. 3 Ballade for Solo Violin, op. 27 Eugène Ysaÿe Benjamin Beilman, violin Das Dreyblatt for Six Hands Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach Gilles Vonsattel, Stephen Prutsman, and Pedja Muzijevic, piano String Quartet in A Minor, op. 132 III. Molto adagio; andante, Heiliger Dankgesang Ludwig van Beethoven St. Lawrence String Quartet Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 Franz Liszt Stephen Prutsman, piano PROGRAM XI Saturday, June 10, at 1:00pm; Sunday, June 11, at 11:00am and 1:00pm Sinfonia in B-flat Major, Wq 182/2 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, Livia Sohn, and Benjamin Beilman, violin; Lesley Robertson and Daniel Phillips, viola; Christopher Costanza and Joshua Roman, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord Crying Roy Orbison Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor; Tara Helen O Connor, flute; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby, Livia Sohn, and Benjamin Beilman, violin; Lesley Robertson and Daniel Phillips, viola; Christopher Costanza and Joshua Roman, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass 9
Catch Thomas Adès Todd Palmer, clarinet; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81 Antonín Dvořák Pedja Muzijevic, piano; St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Series Subscriptions Spoleto Festival USA offers three chamber music subscription packages that include benefits such as premium reserved seats, access to Patron Services Manager Sally Lovejoy, and free exchanges. SUBSCRIPTION A: $210 (six odd-numbered chamber concerts, 1:00pm) SUBSCRIPTION B: $175 (five even-numbered chamber concerts, 1:00pm) SUBSCRIPTION C: $385 (first performance of each chamber concert, times vary) Subscriptions are available by calling Patron Services Manager Sally Lovejoy at 843.720.1114. Tickets Tickets to all Bank of America Chamber Music series performances are available online at spoletousa.org or by phone at 843.579.3100. Beginning May 1, tickets will be available from the Festival box office at the Charleston Gaillard Center (95 Calhoun Street). 10