The Festival opens with fiery and lyric themes from Verdi, the jubilant music of Prokofiev, and the romantic favorite, Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto.
James D’Leon, who is featured in the Festival Orchestra performance of Rachmaninoff, returns to the Piano Series with his “Exciting pianism filled with powerful emotion”
Monday July 15, 8:00 PM Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Works from Takemitsu, Barber and Schubert expertly performed in an intimate setting by ensembles drawn from the world-class Festival Orchestra's principal players. Pre-concert Lecture at 7:00, Music for a Summer Evening, with composer Rich Festinger. Takemitsu, and then I knew ‘twas wind, for ...
Carolyn Steinbuck, piano Mindy Rosenfeld, flute Marcia Sloane, cello Bach: Orchestral Suite #2 in B minor Hindemith: Sonata for flute and piano Harrison: Suite for cello and piano Haydn: Trio in G Major, Hoboken XV:15 for piano, flute and cello Kodaly: Epigram #7 Hans-Andre Stamm: Suite for flute, cello and piano iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing
Hailed by Hugh Wolff of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as “one of the finest pianists of his generation,” Schwartz has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad in recent seasons.
Expect a Master Class for Opera Lovers with the maestro, soloists and orchestra, followed by a delightful performance of Rossini’s one-act farce, directed by Allan Pollack
Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, described by the New York Times as “an invaluable new-music advocate,”
Tuesday July 23 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Gloria Cheng, piano Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel the true intention ...
Wednesday July 24, 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng: Fanfare from China Dreams Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy: La Mer Japanese guitar virtuoso Shin-Ichi Fukuda learned the concerto To the Edge of Dream directly from the composer. He will perform this and Rodrigo’s rhythmic and spirited ...
Thursday July 25 3:00 PM Preston Hall Schwab plays "gorgeously spare piano" (The Boston Globe) yet "sounds as if she has an orchestra at her fingertips" (Sing Out). She was chosen by Ken Burns to play for numerous public television documentaries, including the Grammy award-winning Civil War and the Emmy award-winning Baseball. iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click ...
Friday, July 26, 4:00pm
Preston Hall
Recital by participants in the Emerging Artists Scholarship Program.
The Festival Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists join forces for a powerfully inspirational program of music based on traditional biblical themes.
An elegant preview of the Mendocino Music Festival's July Bachfest will be presented at the historic Berkeley City Club, an architectural masterpiece by Julia Morgan. Susan Waterfall, Jeremy Cohen, Mindy Rosenfeld, and Burke Schuchmann will perform highlights including the Musical Offering, D Minor Violin Chaconne, the Italian Concerto, and selections from suites and sonatas. No ...
Featured wines at this performanceAudience favorite Stephen Prutsman will play the Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor in the opening Festival concert. “Conga” by Marquez will have you dancing in your seats. Conductor/composer Allan Pollack will present his piece “A Summer Evening at the Boonville Fair,” that musically evokes the many festive aspects of the ...
Featured wines at this performance J. S. Bach enjoyed life enormously, and this certainly included beer drinking. He was often paid in beer. Find out more interesting and seldom considered facts in a multi-media lecture with historian Bob Winn, noted beer authority Jay R. Brooks, and scholar/pianist Susan Waterfall, covering life in early 18th century Germany, ...
Pianists Susan Waterfall and Carolyn Steinbuck will consider Bach’s role as father and teacher, and will explore the international influences on his music. The concert consists of the Two-Part Inventions, the Italian Concerto, the C minor Partita, and the 6-Voiced Ricercare from the “Musical Offering.” iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing
Bach’s keyboard works are often played, but there are not so many opportunities to hear the wonderful suites for other instruments, and even more rare, to hear them in the lovely setting and gorgeous acoustics of the sanctuary of the Mendocino Presbyterian Church. Jeremy Cohen will perform the much-beloved Partita for Violin in D minor, ...
Susan Waterfall will describe the history and significance of Bach's Musical Offering. Fascinating canons and the Trio Sonata from that work will be performed by Waterfall, with Jeremy Cohen, violin; Mindy Rosenfeld, flute; Burke Schuchmann, cello. On the second half of the program, the brilliant Bach interpreter Stephen Prutsman will play and conduct the Festival Chamber ...
Pianist Robert Schwartz is returning to the Festival to play Mozart Sonata in Bb Major K. 570, Mendelssohn Songs Without Words (Selected) and Brahms Sonata in F Minor Op. 5. Schwartz is an active performer and teacher, with international credits. He is often soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra and ...
The Piano Series regulars always welcome Paul Hersh’s lecture recitals. This season Hersh will bring his son, violinist Stefan Hersh, to explore Beethoven’s last violin and piano sonatas. iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing
Featured wines at this performance Mozart’s Don Giovanni is one of the most important operas of all time, and is an audience favorite for good reasons. An extremely dramatic work, full of intrigue, spooky ghosts, beautiful damsels, and revenge, it's based on the fictional legends of the notorious seducer, Don Juan, who carelessly abuses everyone in ...
Featured wines at this performance Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello. Called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel the true intention of the work’s creator. The quartet ...
Featured wines at this performance The wonder of an art song is that it tells a story, defines its characters and makes an emotional connection in just a few brief minutes. In this recital, with pianist Miles Graber, von Stade will sing songs by Ned Rorem, Louis Guy, Jake Heggie, Maurice Ravel, Virgil Thompson, Aaron ...
Featured wines at this performance Join us in a celebration of romance as you listen to the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Jean Sibelius and Symphony #2 of Rachmaninoff, both thrilling, monumental works. Julian Waterfall Pollack will premier his evocative Night Flower. Violinist David McCarroll grew up at a remote mountaintop monastery in the ...
The concert will consist of the Mozart Quintet in E flat Major for Piano and Winds K.452, and the Schumann Quintet in E flat Major for Piano and Strings, played by the world-class Festival Orchestra’s principal players, joined by pianists Miles Graber and Carolyn Steinbuck. Mozart wrote his only piano quintet at the height of ...
This is a recital by the outrageously excellent young string players from the Emerging Artists program. The Emerging Artists have won scholarships to receive intensive training at the Festival, and an opportunity to perform with established professionals in orchestral and chamber concerts. Don’t miss this recital. These are tomorrow’s renowned musicians at the outset of ...
Two of the most brilliantly talented pianist/composers from the New York scene team up to play the driving, rhythmic music of Adams, Reich, and their own compositions, as well as creative arrangements of popular contemporary songs. The eclectic program was drawn together by the performers' love of great music, regardless of genre, and their interest ...
Featured wines at this performance The final orchestral concert of great choral works by Haydn and Bach will provide a fitting climax to the Festival. Handel’s Royal Fireworks for orchestra alone will precede Bach’s Cantata #51 and Haydn’s Creation, sung by large choir and soloists. There is nothing as inspirational as hearing a powerful choir giving heartfelt ...
Featured wines at this performanceThe Festival will open with the delightful Second Jazz Suite of Shostakovich, showing the light side of this composer. Award-winning violinist Livia Sohn will perform the thrilling Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on her Guadagnini violin. Ending the program is the lyrical Symphony No. 7 of Prokofiev, warm and wonderful with melodies he ...
Featured wines at this performance The Calder Quartet, called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, performs a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel and fulfill the composer’s vision. Already the choice of many leading composers to perform their works – including Christopher Rouse, Terry Riley and Thomas ...
Paul Hersh returns with his violinist son Stefan. They’ll play Op. 30, No. 3, an effervescent piece from Beethoven’s middle years. Paul Hersh will also perform the delicate sonata Op. 109, one of Beethoven’s final compositions. Come hear Beethoven chamber music as it was meant to be played, in a small, intimate setting with friends ...
Featured wines at this performance The "intellectually, emotionally and musically rich" (Star Tribune) nine-member men's vocal ensemble, Cantus is known internationally for its trademark warmth and engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Hailing from Minneapolis-St. Paul and acclaimed as "the premier men's vocal ensemble in the United States" (Fanfare), ...
Acclaimed worldwide for her “dazzling technique and deeply probing musicality,” Ching-Yun Hu has won many international competitions and has performed on tour with the Israel Philharmonic. This is a great opportunity to hear a rising new star at the beginning of her career. Scriabin Sonata No. 2 in g-sharp minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasie" (12') Schubert ...
Featured wines at this performance This promises to be a magical production of one of the funniest operas of all times. Rossini at his rollicking best! The opera will be fully staged with costumes and supertitles. It is a story of love and deception in the intricacies of human interaction, all resolving happily in the ...
Two multi-media lectures, a Punch tasting, and music, both ribald and ravishing.
Some of Mozart's most charming and self-revelatory works were written for intimate gatherings with friends and family. Learn about the four fascinating musical families who inspired him: the Mozarts, the Cannabiches, the Webers, and the Jacquins. This concert features the poetic and luminous "Kegelstatt" Trio (K. 498), written for clarinet, viola, and piano, while Mozart ...
Featuring the Festival Chamber Players Many of Mozart’s chamber works were composed for aristocratic salons or outdoor entertainment. The Festival Chamber Players will perform two of Mozart's most serious and introspective masterpieces for these settings. Wind octets usually were light outdoor music for royal parties, but in K. 388 Mozart used the instrumental combination to ...
Spencer Myer’s devoted fans will hear a radiant, diverse concert of Mozart Sonata K. 283, the Schumann Fantasie, the Ravel Sonatine, Chopin’s Polonaise-fantaisie, Op. 61, and three Bolcom Rags. Come enjoy this afternoon salon, which will be a rare chance to interact with and learn from this engaging and articulate artist. BUY TICKETS
Featured wines this performance This concert, the fourth in the Mozart in Mendocino series, contains some of the greatest music ever written, including the Overture from Abduction from the Seraglio K. 384, and Mozart’s last symphony, the Jupiter K. 551. Frederica von Stade will sing her favorite arias from Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and ...
This is a recital by the outrageously excellent young players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists program. This program is limited to serious musicians between the ages of 18 and 26. It includes coaching in an intensive 2½ weeks of chamber music as well as participation in the Festival Orchestra in the company of professional musicians from ...
Audience favorite pianist Miles Graber will bring two of his friends, violinist Jeremy Preston and cellist Robert Howard, to join him for a sublime concert of delicious chamber music. The Beethoven Archduke Trio is warm and wonderful; the Shostakovich trio is both ethereal and boisterous fun. BUY TICKETS
Featured wines at this performance Spencer Myer, piano Two monumental works of the classical repertoire will be featured at the final concert of the season. Pianist Spencer Myer will play the lovely Piano Concerto No. 21 of Mozart, featuring the “Elvira Madigan” theme used in that movie. One of the most important American artists of ...
Increase your musical pleasure by learning to listen to musical form! If you know what the form is going to be, you will have a good chance of following it as the piece unfolds. Susan Waterfall and Allan Pollack will help you to understand the features of sonata, rondo, and variation form with diagrams, audio examples and definitions of terms like tonality, modulation, and counterpoint.
In July, join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music.
The rapturous music of J. S. Bach opens the 2016 Festival with all six of the rarely heard sonatas for violin and piano. Described as the “Jon Stewart of chamber music,” violin virtuoso Geoff Nuttall redefines what a chamber concert can be, with his creative daring and flair for entertaining. Nuttall is known for his ...
Tonight we celebrate instrumental masters: Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. There will be energy and passion in the tent, opening with the final movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—an Allegro with great Brio. Then brilliant pianist Stephen Prutsman plays Beethoven’s 3rd piano concerto, a work immediately familiar and joyful, “turning the concert stage into a platform for the ...
Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano The six film composers represented on this program have among them amassed 73 Oscar nominations and eight wins. “But,” ponders the introductory essay to Gloria Cheng's recent CD, “what melodies, harmonies, what cadences haunt their private dreams?” Hear selections from pieces written expressly for her by John Williams ...
Returning for a fourth year of insightful and moving playing, the internationally acclaimed Calder Quartet will perform the Debussy String Quartet; Anders Hillborg Kongsgaard Variations; and Beethoven Op. 59 No. 2. The Calder Quartet always plays impeccably, with passionate engagement. The Debussy quartet is a sparkling, effervescent work. Beethoven’s eighth quartet, often called the Second ...
Enjoy the fascinating programming and gorgeous pianism of this charming young pianist from Georgia. In addition to Haydn and Brahms, you will hear a rarely heard work by Lili Boulanger, sister of the great French pedagogue, Nadia Boulanger, who was a major figure in twentieth century music. Both women studied with Faure before Lili’s early ...
Mozart's first operatic masterpiece, comic but passionate, written in the fervor of love for his soon-to-be wife, Konstanze. Full of spectacular arias and charming "Turkish" orchestral effects. Our scene opens with Mozart, age 25, living in Vienna, newly released from bondage to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and perhaps best of all, living in Madam Weber’s ...
Praised for his interpretive vision and power, Atzinger's program includes his signature performance of the monumental Barber Sonata. Mozart Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 570; Brahms Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118; Pierre Jalbert Toccata; Chopin Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49; Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26. BUY TICKETS
