Festival Mozaic WinterMezzo 2009-2010 Brochure

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WinterMezzo 2009-2010 Auspicious Beginnings, Triumphant Endings

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Welcome to Festival Mozaic’s WinterMezzo Series, two weekends of engaging musical experiences centered on great works of chamber music, featuring our Festival’s nationally-renowned guest artists.

To begin the celebrations of our 40th year, WinterMezzo activities focus on ‘firsts and lasts’–first works of major composers and final works that assured their places in musical history.

WHY SHOULD SUMMER HAVE ALL THE FUN?!

Join us for WinterMezzo: Nov. 6-8, 2009 & Jan. 22-24, 2010 Tickets On Sale Now To order, call 805.781.3009 or 877.881.8899 www.FestivalMozaic.com

Each WinterMezzo weekend focuses on three works and offers you three different ways to experience them: • Listen to musicians’ perspectives in a one-hour Notable Encounter INSIGHTS, where the performers explore topics pertaining to the featured works.

• Enjoy an evening of food, wine and music at a Notable Encounter DINNER to get the performers’ perspectives on the weekend’s program, plus listen to program highlights.

• Hear it all come together at the Sunday CONCERT, where the full works are performed.

Generously supported by

Festival Mozaic is sponsored in part by the City of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis County Board of Supervisors

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November 6-8, 2009 January 22-24, 2010

Auspicious Beginnings, Triumphant Endings

WinterMezzo 2009-2010: Scott Yoo, Music Director

Years 1971-2010

40

Celebrating

Susie Yang, cello

Caroline Campbell, violin

Scott Yoo, violin and music director

Celebrating

40

Years 1971-2010

P.O. Box 311 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 550 Paso Robles

WinterMezzo 2009-2010

Celebrating

Auspicious Beginnings, Triumphant Endings

40

Years 1971-2010

Welcome to Festival Mozaic’s WinterMezzo Series, two weekends of engaging musical experiences centered on great works of chamber music, featuring our Festival’s nationally-renowned guest artists.

To begin the celebrations of our 40th year, WinterMezzo activities focus on ‘firsts and lasts’–first works of major composers and final works that assured their places in musical history.

WHY SHOULD SUMMER HAVE ALL THE FUN?!

Join us for WinterMezzo: Nov. 6-8, 2009 & Jan. 22-24, 2010 Tickets On Sale Now To order, call 805.781.3009 or 877.881.8899 www.FestivalMozaic.com

Each WinterMezzo weekend focuses on three works and offers you three different ways to experience them: • Listen to musicians’ perspectives in a one-hour Notable Encounter INSIGHTS, where the performers explore topics pertaining to the featured works.

• Enjoy an evening of food, wine and music at a Notable Encounter DINNER to get the performers’ perspectives on the weekend’s program, plus listen to program highlights.

• Hear it all come together at the Sunday CONCERT, where the full works are performed.

Generously supported by

Festival Mozaic is sponsored in part by the City of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis County Board of Supervisors

;;; ;;;

November 6-8, 2009 January 22-24, 2010

Auspicious Beginnings, Triumphant Endings

WinterMezzo 2009-2010: Scott Yoo, Music Director

Years 1971-2010

40 Susie Yang, cello

Caroline Campbell, violin

Scott Yoo, violin and music director

Celebrating

opus one

closing chapters

wintermezzo weekend I, November 6- 8, 2009

wintermezzo weekend II, January 22-24, 2010

W.A. Mozart – Piano and Violin Sonata in C, K. 6, op. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in E-flat, op. 1/1 Ernst von Dohnányi - Piano Quintet in c, op. 1

Anton Bruckner - Adagio from the String Quintet in F, WAB 112 John Harbison - Snow Country for Oboe and String Quartet (1979) Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C, D. 956

Each work is an Opus One or first work of these composers, foreshadowing great genius to come. Mozart’s delightful Violin Sonata, composed when he was eight, is paired with Beethoven’s first attempt at chamber music, 30 years later. Hungarian composer Dohnányi wrote this lushly romantic quintet at the age of 18 and the influence of Brahms on the young composer is immediately apparent.

Scott Yoo, violin; Jason Uyeyama, violin; Edwin Kaplan, viola; Andrew Smith, cello; Noam Elkies, piano Friday, November 6, 2009, 5:30-6:30 PM Notable Encounter INSIGHTS: Fingerprints of Genius Grace Church, San Luis Obispo A one–hour presentation with the musicians’ commentary exploring how the first two chamber music works of Beethoven and Mozart signaled great things to come.

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 6 PM* Notable Encounter DINNER Home of Sharon Harris Schneider & Dennis Schneider Varian Ranch, Arroyo Grande Take in the stunning views offered by this spectacular home in an intimate evening of food, wine and music. Enjoy pre-dinner wine and hors d’ oeuvres on the covered patio, and then head inside with the musicians and other guests for a buffet accompanied by fine wine.

Sit back as the musicians take us inside the music, illuminating these three featured works. *Parking is at the Varian Ranch entrance. Trolley service to the home begins at 5:30 PM.

Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3 PM Sunday CONCERT: Opus One United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo Hear all three featured works in full at this beautiful mountain-top location.

View the dinner menu from Phoenix Fine Catering and award-winning wines of Tablas Creek Vineyard at www.FestivalMozaic.com.

American composer John Harbison wrote the spare, beautiful Snow Country during an unusually dark Wisconsin winter. The work’s starkly tonal landscape recalls the sense of finality of a never-ending winter. Symphonic in scale and intimate in character, the Adagio from Bruckner’s first and only chamber work expresses an almost unbearable bliss. One critic wrote, “If the only thing Bruckner had ever written had been this magnificent slow movement, his reputation would have been secured for all eternity.” The composer Benjamin Britten once said that “the richest 18 months in music history” were “the period in which Franz Schubert wrote...the C Major String Quintet.”

This pinnacle in the chamber music repertoire is a tantalizing monument to what might have been had Schubert’s life not been so tragically short.

Anne-Marie Gabriele, oboe; Scott Yoo, violin; Caroline Campbell, violin; Erik Rynearson, viola; Paul Severtson, viola; Susie Yang, cello; Andrew Smith, cello Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:30–6:30 PM Notable Encounter INSIGHTS: Isn’t It Romantic? Or Is It? Grace Church, San Luis Obispo What do we mean when we say music is ‘Romantic’? And when and where did it start crossing the ‘Classical” line? Join the musicians for a one-hour lively presentation.

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 6 PM Notable Encounter DINNER END of the LINE Café, San Luis Obispo Enjoy an intimate evening of food, wine and music. Join the guest artists for a buffet dinner and then listen as the musicians take us inside the music, illuminating these three works by Harbison, Bruckner and Schubert.

Sunday, January 24, 2010, 3 PM Sunday CONCERT: Closing Chapters Congregation Beth David, San Luis Obispo Hear all three featured works in full at this stunning location.

View the dinner menu from Phoenix Fine Catering and wine pairings from Anglim Winery at www.FestivalMozaic.com.

meet the artists SCOTT YOO, VIOLIN AND MUSIC DIRECTOR Conducts and performs with orchestras around the world. A first-prize winner in the Josef Gingold International Violin competition, Scott has also received an Avery Fisher Career Grant for his many accomplishments as a violinist and conductor.

CAROLINE CAMPBELL, VIOLIN Is the Concertmaster of the Santa Barbara Symphony and has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Indianapolis Symphony, among others. She has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall, at the Kennedy Center and internationally with her quartet Sonus.

ANNE MARIE GABRIELE, OBOE Performs across the world as a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has performed at the Kennedy Center Honors and has recorded for New World Records.

NOAM ELKIES, PIANO Began playing the piano and composing at the age of three. His solo performances include performances with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, the Harvard Bach Society and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra, where he performed his own composition, Brandenburg Concerto No. 7, in 2008. Noam is currently a professor of mathematics at Harvard and is the youngest person ever tenured at the University. Noam is renowned for his knowledge of the connections between mathematics and music.

ERIK RYNEARSON, VIOLA Is a native Californian and dual citizen of France. Erik was a fellow of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael TilsonThomas and currently performs in the Los Angles area.

PAUL SEVERTSON, VIOLA Is Co-Concertmaster of the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the Tolosa Strings Chamber Ensemble.

He has been performing with the Festival since 1993.

ANDREW SMITH, CELLO Is an Associate Professor of music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he performs regularly in the southwest as a member of The Cerberus Trio. He is an original member of the Camerata Deiá, the resident ensemble with The Festival Internacional de Deiá.

JASON UYEYAMA, VIOLIN Has performed in recitals throughout the U.S. and Canada and recently made his recital debut in Japan. He is the Director of String Studies at La Sierra University and performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

SUSIE YANG, CELLO Made her solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11, and was a Principal Cellist of the New World Symphony under music director Michael TilsonThomas. She has since established herself as an active soloist, orchestral and chamber musician throughout the United States.

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opus one

closing chapters

wintermezzo weekend I, November 6- 8, 2009

wintermezzo weekend II, January 22-24, 2010

W.A. Mozart – Piano and Violin Sonata in C, K. 6, op. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in E-flat, op. 1/1 Ernst von Dohnányi - Piano Quintet in c, op. 1

Anton Bruckner - Adagio from the String Quintet in F, WAB 112 John Harbison - Snow Country for Oboe and String Quartet (1979) Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C, D. 956

Each work is an Opus One or first work of these composers, foreshadowing great genius to come. Mozart’s delightful Violin Sonata, composed when he was eight, is paired with Beethoven’s first attempt at chamber music, 30 years later. Hungarian composer Dohnányi wrote this lushly romantic quintet at the age of 18 and the influence of Brahms on the young composer is immediately apparent.

Scott Yoo, violin; Jason Uyeyama, violin; Edwin Kaplan, viola; Andrew Smith, cello; Noam Elkies, piano Friday, November 6, 2009, 5:30-6:30 PM Notable Encounter INSIGHTS: Fingerprints of Genius Grace Church, San Luis Obispo A one–hour presentation with the musicians’ commentary exploring how the first two chamber music works of Beethoven and Mozart signaled great things to come.

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 6 PM* Notable Encounter DINNER Home of Sharon Harris Schneider & Dennis Schneider Varian Ranch, Arroyo Grande Take in the stunning views offered by this spectacular home in an intimate evening of food, wine and music. Enjoy pre-dinner wine and hors d’ oeuvres on the covered patio, and then head inside with the musicians and other guests for a buffet accompanied by fine wine.

Sit back as the musicians take us inside the music, illuminating these three featured works. *Parking is at the Varian Ranch entrance. Trolley service to the home begins at 5:30 PM.

Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3 PM Sunday CONCERT: Opus One United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo Hear all three featured works in full at this beautiful mountain-top location.

View the dinner menu from Phoenix Fine Catering and award-winning wines of Tablas Creek Vineyard at www.FestivalMozaic.com.

American composer John Harbison wrote the spare, beautiful Snow Country during an unusually dark Wisconsin winter. The work’s starkly tonal landscape recalls the sense of finality of a never-ending winter. Symphonic in scale and intimate in character, the Adagio from Bruckner’s first and only chamber work expresses an almost unbearable bliss. One critic wrote, “If the only thing Bruckner had ever written had been this magnificent slow movement, his reputation would have been secured for all eternity.” The composer Benjamin Britten once said that “the richest 18 months in music history” were “the period in which Franz Schubert wrote...the C Major String Quintet.”

This pinnacle in the chamber music repertoire is a tantalizing monument to what might have been had Schubert’s life not been so tragically short.

Anne-Marie Gabriele, oboe; Scott Yoo, violin; Caroline Campbell, violin; Erik Rynearson, viola; Paul Severtson, viola; Susie Yang, cello; Andrew Smith, cello Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:30–6:30 PM Notable Encounter INSIGHTS: Isn’t It Romantic? Or Is It? Grace Church, San Luis Obispo What do we mean when we say music is ‘Romantic’? And when and where did it start crossing the ‘Classical” line? Join the musicians for a one-hour lively presentation.

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 6 PM Notable Encounter DINNER END of the LINE Café, San Luis Obispo Enjoy an intimate evening of food, wine and music. Join the guest artists for a buffet dinner and then listen as the musicians take us inside the music, illuminating these three works by Harbison, Bruckner and Schubert.

Sunday, January 24, 2010, 3 PM Sunday CONCERT: Closing Chapters Congregation Beth David, San Luis Obispo Hear all three featured works in full at this stunning location.

View the dinner menu from Phoenix Fine Catering and wine pairings from Anglim Winery at www.FestivalMozaic.com.

meet the artists SCOTT YOO, VIOLIN AND MUSIC DIRECTOR Conducts and performs with orchestras around the world. A first-prize winner in the Josef Gingold International Violin competition, Scott has also received an Avery Fisher Career Grant for his many accomplishments as a violinist and conductor.

CAROLINE CAMPBELL, VIOLIN Is the Concertmaster of the Santa Barbara Symphony and has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Indianapolis Symphony, among others. She has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall, at the Kennedy Center and internationally with her quartet Sonus.

ANNE MARIE GABRIELE, OBOE Performs across the world as a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has performed at the Kennedy Center Honors and has recorded for New World Records.

NOAM ELKIES, PIANO Began playing the piano and composing at the age of three. His solo performances include performances with the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, the Harvard Bach Society and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra, where he performed his own composition, Brandenburg Concerto No. 7, in 2008. Noam is currently a professor of mathematics at Harvard and is the youngest person ever tenured at the University. Noam is renowned for his knowledge of the connections between mathematics and music.

ERIK RYNEARSON, VIOLA Is a native Californian and dual citizen of France. Erik was a fellow of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael TilsonThomas and currently performs in the Los Angles area.

PAUL SEVERTSON, VIOLA Is Co-Concertmaster of the San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the Tolosa Strings Chamber Ensemble.

He has been performing with the Festival since 1993.

ANDREW SMITH, CELLO Is an Associate Professor of music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he performs regularly in the southwest as a member of The Cerberus Trio. He is an original member of the Camerata Deiá, the resident ensemble with The Festival Internacional de Deiá.

JASON UYEYAMA, VIOLIN Has performed in recitals throughout the U.S. and Canada and recently made his recital debut in Japan. He is the Director of String Studies at La Sierra University and performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

SUSIE YANG, CELLO Made her solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11, and was a Principal Cellist of the New World Symphony under music director Michael TilsonThomas. She has since established herself as an active soloist, orchestral and chamber musician throughout the United States.

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Premium | Preferred | General | Qty | Total Opus One: WinterMezzo Weekend I Notable Encounter INSIGHTS Fri., Nov. 6, 5:30-6:30 PM Notable Encounter DINNER Sat., Nov. 7, 6 PM Sunday CONCERT Sun., Nov. 8, 3 PM Closing Chapters: WinterMezzo Weekend II Notable Encounter INSIGHTS Fri., Jan. 22, 5:30-6:30 PM Notable Encounter DINNER Sat., Jan. 23, 6 PM Sunday CONCERT Sun., Jan. 24, 3 PM

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$6 service charge for fax & mail orders:

_______ Please support the Festival with your tax-deductible donation: _______ _______

CALL 805.781.3009 Toll-free 877.881.8899 FAX: 805.781.3011 MAIL Festival Mozaic P.O. Box 311 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0311 WALK IN M-F, 9 am – 5 pm Festival Mozaic 3165 Broad St., Suite 110 San Luis Obispo, CA

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