La Jolla Music Society Season 55 Program Book 3 March-April 14, 2024

2023—2024

THE CONRAD Home of La Jolla Music Society

SEASON

Āhuti: Nrityagram & Chitrasena

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OCTOBER

JANUARY

ISATA KANNEH-MASON, piano

SEAN MASON QUARTET*

Piano Series

Concerts @ The JAI

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2023 • 7:30 PM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM

THIBAUDET/BATIASHVILI/CAPUÇON TRIO*

PETER HILLARY* 70 Years of Everest

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023 • 7:30 PM Revelle Chamber Music Series

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024 • 7:30 PM

MARIACHI HERENCIA DE MÉXICO & MARISOL “LA MARISOUL” HERNÁNDEZ*

Speaker Series

TATIANA EVA-MARIE & AVALON JAZZ BAND*

Global Roots Series

Concerts @ The JAI

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023 • 3 PM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

SPECIAL EVENT: LILA DOWNS DOS CORAZONES

TONY SIQI YUN*, piano

Balboa Theatre

LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN*, pianos

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2024 • 3 PM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023 • 7 PM

Discovery Series

BANDA MAGDA*

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2024 • 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

Piano Series

Concerts @ The JAI

LAKECIA BENJAMIN AND PHOENIX

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM

NOVEMBER

Concerts @ The JAI

TURN IT OUT W/ TILER PECK & FRIENDS*

FEBRUARY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023 • 7:30 PM Dance Series Civic Theatre

LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO* 50TH ANNIVERSARY

SILKROAD ENSEMBLE WITH RHIANNON GIDDENS* AMERICAN RAILROAD

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024 • 7:30 PM Dance Series Balboa Theatre

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2023 • 7:30 PM Global Roots Series Balboa Theatre

BALOURDET QUARTET

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • 3 PM

SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT: COCO LIVE-TO-FILM CONCERT*

Discovery Series

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023 • 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM

BLUE NOTE 85TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR*

ALISA WEILERSTEIN FRAGMENTS 2

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2023 • 7:30 PM ProtoStar Innovative Series Co-produced by the San Diego Symphony

MAO FUJITA*, piano

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • 3 PM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024 • 7:30 PM Jazz Series WINTERFEST

CONNECT TO THE CONRAD RENÉE FLEMING*, soprano & INON BARNATAN, piano ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Gala WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2024 • 8 PM

Discovery Series

FLOR DE TOLOACHE*

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2023 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

DECEMBER MICHELE CAFAGGI — THE MAGIC OF BUBBLES*

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2023 • 10 AM & 11:30 AM

Recital Series

CLARICE & SÉRGIO ASSAD*

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024 · 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

MIRÓ QUARTET

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024 • 7:30 PM Revelle Chamber Music Series

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE TRIO*

ConRAD Kids Series The JAI

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

SEONG-JIN CHO, piano

ANDY MANN* Making Waves: Summit to Sea

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023 • 3 PM Piano Series

DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS HOLIDAY SHOW

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2023 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

MATTHEW WHITAKER QUARTET*

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

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Concerts @ The JAI

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 • 7:30 PM Speaker Series

MARCH LAWRENCE BROWNLEE*, tenor

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 • 7:30 PM Recital Series Co-produced by San Diego Opera

MARIA IOUDENITCH*, violin & KENNETH BROBERG*, piano SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2024 • 3 PM

HIROMI: THE PIANO QUINTET FEATURING PUBLIQUARTET*

Discovery Series

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024 • 3 PM

KRONOS FIVE DECADES EVENT KRONOS QUARTET AND SAM GREEN: A THOUSAND THOUGHTS

YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024 • 7:30 PM ProtoStar Innovative Series

KINGS RETURN

ProtoStar Innovative Series

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024 • 7:30 PM Piano Series

MAY

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

KAKI KING*

MEOW MEOW*

ConRAD Kids Series The JAI

Concerts @ The JAI

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024 • 10 AM & 11:30 AM

AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS

JUNCTION TRIO CONRAD TAO, piano; STEFAN JACKIW, violin; JAY CAMPBELL, cello

Jazz Series

Revelle Chamber Music Series

Concerts @ The JAI

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024 • 7:30 PM

SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024 • 3 PM

ALPHABET ROCKERS*

COMMUNITY ARTS OPEN HOUSE

ConRAD Kids Series

Free Community Event The Conrad

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024 • 3 PM

ĀHUTI: NRITYAGRAM* & CHITRASENA*

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 • 1 PM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 • 7:30 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 • 7:30 PM

BALLETS JAZZ MONTRÉAL* DANCE ME

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

Dance Series Civic Theatre

Global Roots Series

PABLO FERRÁNDEZ*, cello

RAY CHEN, violin & JULIO ELIZALDE*, piano

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024 • 7:30 PM

Recital Series

Recital Series

CHARLES McPHERSON & FRIENDS Featuring John Beasley and The Next Generation*

Dance Series

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 • 7:30 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 • 7:30 PM

APRIL

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024 • 7:30 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI* WITH IL POMO D’ORO BEYOND

Concerts @ The JAI

Revelle Chamber Music Series

Discovery Series

SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024 • 3 PM

QUATUOR ÉBÈNE*

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024 • 7:30 PM Revelle Chamber Music Series

JIJI*, guitar

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 • 3 PM

TERRY VIRTS* How to Astronaut

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 • 7:30 PM

MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE FEATURING ABEL SELAOCOE AND CHESABA

Speaker Series

ProtoStar Innovative Series

Piano Series

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2024 • 7 PM

BRUCE LIU*, piano

FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024 • 7:30 PM

JAZZ PIANO MINI FESTIVAL

JUNE

HERBIE HANCOCK

LARRY & JOE*

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024 • 7:30 PM Jazz Series Balboa Theatre

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

CHRIS THILE

DAYRAMIR GONZÁLEZ* & HABANA enTRANCé*

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 • 7:30 PM

Concerts @ The JAI

THE CHARLES McPHERSON QUINTET*

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM

Global Series

HIROMI’S SONICWONDER*

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM

Jazz Series

*LJMS debut

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 • 7:30 PM

Concerts @ The JAI

Dates, times, programs, artists, and venues are subject to change.

All events take place in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless noted.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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TRANSFORMATIVE SUPPORT

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BOARD & STAFF OF LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY

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LAWRENCE BROWNLEE

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MARIA IOUDENITCH

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KRONOS QUARTET & SAM GREEN

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AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS

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ĀHUTI: NRITYAGRAM & CHITRASENA

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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

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RAY CHEN

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JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI & IL POMO D’ORO

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QUATUOR ÉBÈNE

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MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE FEATURING ABEL SELAOCOE AND CHESABA

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ARTIST PROFILES

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT | DONOR LISTINGS

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TRANSFORMATIVE SUPPORT Our gratitude to these Medallion Society Pillars founding members who have made significant four-year commitments that will help us better serve all of the San Diego region. The Conrad can be a catalyst to bring thousands of adults and children together through a common appreciation of the performing arts, which enhance the artistic fabric of our community.

$1 MILLION and above

$1 MILLION and above

$500,000 and above

Brenda Baker and Steve Baum

Irwin and Joan Jacobs

Dorothea Laub

$400,000 and above

$400,000 and above

$400,000 and above

Raffaella and John Belanich

Mary Ellen Clark

Debbie Turner

$200,000 and above

$200,000 and above

Julie and Bert Cornelison

Herbert Solomon and Elaine Galinson

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TRANSFORMATIVE SUPPORT

$200,000 and above

$200,000 and above

$200,000 and above

Keith and Helen Kim

Angel and Fred Kleinbub

Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong

$200,000 and above

$200,000 and above

Haeyoung Kong Tang

Sue and Peter Wagener

Thank you

to these Pillars in the community.

For information about supporting La Jolla Music Society through membership in the Pillars program, please contact Ferdinand Gasang at 858.526.3426 or FGasang@TheConrad.org.

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THE CONRAD Home of La Jolla Music Society

Winter Season

From classical, jazz, and dance to global music, exciting speakers, and family concerts, each season Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal brings the best artists in the world to the San Diego community. This season, our most thrilling to date, will feature more than 80 artists, including superstars like Renée Fleming, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Kronos Quartet, Tiler Peck, Chris Thile, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet as well as many inspiring new faces like Isata Kanneh-Mason, Bruce Liu, Lakecia Benjamin, Hiromi, Seong-Jin Cho, and many more.

SummerFest

La Jolla Music Society’s acclaimed chamber music festival, SummerFest, curated by award-winning pianist and festival Music Director Inon Barnatan, engages more than 80 of the world’s finest musicians to perform at The Conrad throughout the month of August. In addition to remarkable mainstage performances, SummerFest offers over 50 free and opento-the-public educational activities. To learn more, visit TheConrad.org/SummerFest.

Learning and Engagement

La Jolla Music Society’s award-winning Learning and Engamement Programming provides unmatched access and learning opportunities to more than 11,000 students and community members throughout San Diego County annually.

With learning and engagement at the heart of our mission, we work closely with each visiting artist and ensemble to create outreach activities that highlight their unique talents and expertise at both The Conrad and in the community. With our state-of the-art video and streaming capabilities at The Conrad, we are able to provide live streaming for events such as our annual SummerFest and education events for free in our Digital Concert Hall.

The Conrad

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center opened in 2019 and serves as a gathering place for cultural, arts education, and community activity. As the permanent home of La Jolla Music Society, The Conrad hosts world-class performances presented by LJMS and other local arts organizations in its four outstanding performance and activity spaces, The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, The JAI, The Atkinson Room, and the picturesque Wu Tsai QRT.yrd.

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Land Acknowledgment

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center acknowledges the ancestral, unceded territory of the Kumeyaay people, on which The Conrad was built.

We hold great respect for the land and the original people of the area where our performing arts center is located. The Kumeyaay continue to maintain their political sovereignty and cultural traditions as vital members of the San Diego community.

La Jolla Music Society

BOARD OF DIRECTORS · 2023–24

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY STAFF

H. Peter Wagener – Chair Vivian Lim – Vice Chair Bert Cornelison - Treasurer Sharon Cohen - Secretary

Todd R. Schultz – President & CEO Leah Rosenthal – Artistic Director Inon Barnatan – SummerFest Music Director

ADMINISTRATION Karin Burns – Director of Finance Brady Stender – Finance & Administration Manager Breanne Self - Finance & Administrative Assistant

Stephen L. Baum Mary Ann Beyster Marla Bingham Eleanor Y. Charlton Ric Charlton Mary Ellen Clark Ellise Coit Ann Parode Dynes Jennifer Eve Debby Fishburn Stephen Gamp Lehn Alpert Goetz John Hesselink Susan Hoehn Diana Lombrozo Sue Major Richard A. Norling Arman Oruc Tom Rasmussen Sylvia Ré Stacy Kellner Rosenberg Sheryl Scarano Marge Schmale Jeanette Stevens Stephanie Stone Debra Turner Lise Wilson Bebe L. Zigman

PROGRAMMING Anne-Marie Dicce – Artistic Planning Manager Grace Smith – Senior Artistic Operations Manager Carly Cummings – Artistic Operations Coordinator John Tessmer – Lead Artist Liaison Jade Lewenhaupt – Artist Liaison Maya Greenfield-Thong – Artist Liaison Eric Bromberger – Program Annotator

LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT Allison Boles – Director of Learning & Engagement Carly D’Amato – Learning & Engagement Coordinator Serafin Paredes – Community Music Center Director Aimee Alvarado – Community Music Center Administrative Assistant Community Music Center Instructors: Juan Tomás Acosta, Marcus Cortez, Ian Lawrence, Marko Paul, Eduardo Ruiz, Juan Sanchez, Rebeca Tamez

DEVELOPMENT Ferdinand Gasang – Director of Development Camille McPherson – Individual Giving & Grants Officer Anne Delleman – Development Coordinator Nicole Slavik – Special Events & Catering Director Vivian Vu – Special Events Coordinator

VENUE SALES & EVENTS Juliet Zimmer – Venue Sales Manager

MARKETING & TICKET SERVICES Mary Cook – Director of Marketing Stephanie Saad Thompson – Communications & Public Relations Director David Silva – Marketing Manager Cristal Salow – Data & Marketing Analysis Manager Mariel Pillado – Graphic Designer Marsi Bennion – Box Office & Guest Services Manager Patrick Mayuyu – Box Office & Guest Services Assistant Manager Kaitlin Barron – Box Office & Guest Services Lead Associate Sam Gilbert – Box Office & Guest Services Associate Mitch Cook – Box Office & Guest Services Associate Shaun Davis – House Manager

HONORARY DIRECTORS Brenda Baker Stephen L. Baum Joy Frieman, Ph.D. Irwin M. Jacobs Joan K. Jacobs Lois Kohn (1924—2010) Helene K. Kruger (1916—2019) Conrad Prebys (1933—2016) Peggy Preuss Ellen Revelle (1910—2009) Leigh P. Ryan, Esq. Dolly Woo

OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION

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Tom Jones – Director of Production & Technology Jamie Coyne – Production Manager Ryn Schroeder – Production Coordinator Calvin Cadua – Event Manager Thomas Thomas – Technical Director Yoni Hirshfield – Technical Coordinator Tom Mehan – Facilities Manager Colin Dickson – Facilities Coordinator Kim Chevallier – Security Supervisor Jonnel Domilos – Piano Technician

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Welcome to La Jolla Music Society’s 55 Winter Season th

Dear friends, Our primary goal at The Conrad is to present the world’s greatest artists, plus young performers on a fast upward trajectory. With the 2024 lineup, Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal has achieved just that with brilliant artists like Lawrence Brownlee, Kronos Quartet, Jakub Józef Orliński, Branford Marsalis, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, along with Ray Chen, Quatuor Ébène, Abel Selaocoe and Manchester Collective, and many others.

In addition to our presenting and producing performances, we also are working to establish The Conrad as an integral part of this community.

Our mission is to serve all of San Diego, not only through our own programs but also as a meeting and performance space for others. In 2023, 286 events were held at The Conrad, including about 140 La Jolla Music Society concerts and free education events (lectures, seminars, etc.), plus about 150 rental days by visiting presenters.

Visiting presenters included performing arts groups, like San Diego Symphony, Camarada, City Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and San Diego Ballet, as well as galas and fundraising events for organizations like the Visual and Performing Arts Foundation to raise funds for arts programs in schools, Challenged Athletes Foundation, and Voices of Our City. Plus, The Bishop’s School’s homecoming and La Jolla High’s prom took place here, as well as rentals by TEDxSanDiego and the San Diego International Film Festival.

We couldn’t be more pleased with the public response to and use of The Conrad, and we will constantly work to improve our partnerships throughout San Diego.

Please join us often for events and programs at The Conrad. We love having you here!

Sincerely,

Todd Schultz President & CEO La Jolla Music Society

Our Mission: The mission of La Jolla Music Society is to enhance cultural life and engagement by presenting and producing a wide range of programming of the highest artistic quality, and to make The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center a vibrant and inclusive hub.

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LAWRENCE BROWNLEE, tenor & KEVIN MILLER, piano

Co-presented with San Diego Opera SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL Certain selections in the first half of the program are featured on Lawrence Brownlee's newest album Rising, followed by traditional classics in the second half.

MARX

Five Songs Nocturne Selige Nacht Die Elfe Christbaum Hat dich die Liebe berührt

JASMINE BARNES

Peace

BRANDON SPENCER

I Know My Soul

CARLOS SIMON

Vocalise III

DAMIEN L. SNEED (b. 1979)

Beauty That is Never Old The Gift to Sing

SHAWN E. OKPEBHOLO

Romance

JOEL THOMPSON

My People

(1882–1964)

PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Lecture by Michael Gerdes

(b. 1991)

(b. 1992)

(b. 1986)

(b. 1981)

(b. 1988)

INTERMISSION

VERDI

Ad una stella La donna è mobile from Rigoletto

DONIZETTI

Me voglio fa ’na casa Allegro io son from Rita

ROSSINI

La lontanaza D’ogni più sacro impegno from L’occasione fa il ladro

BELLINI

La ricordanza Nel furor delle tempeste from Il pirata Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Kevin Miller, piano

(1813–1901) La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

(1797–1848)

(1792–1868)

(1801–1835)

Lawrence Brownlee appears by arrangement with IMG Artists, LLC, 7 West 54th St., New York, NY 10019. 212-994-3500

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This presentation marks Lawrence Brownlee’s and Kevin Miller's La Jolla Music Society debuts.

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LAWRENCE BROWNLEE - TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS

Joseph Marx

Nocturne Text by Otto Erich Hartleben Süß duftende Lindenblüte in quellender Juninacht.

Eine Wonne aus meinem Gemüte ist mir in Sinnen erwacht.

Als klänge vor meinen Ohren leise das Lied vom Glück, als töne, die lange verloren, die Jugend leise zurück.

Süß duftende Lindenblüte in quellender Juninacht.

Eine Wonne aus meinem Gemüte ist mir zu Schmerzen erwacht.

Nocturne

Sweet scented linden blossom in swelling June night, a delight from my soul, awakened to my mind.

As if the song of joy sounded softly in my ears, as if long-lost youth resounded quietly back to me.

Sweet scented linden blossom in swelling June night; a delight from my soul awakened as pain.

Selige Nacht Text by Otto Erich Hartleben

Blissful Night

Die Elfe

The Elf

Christbaum

Christmas Tree

Im Arm der Liebe schliefen wir selig ein, Am offnen Fenster Lauschte der Sommerwind, Und uns’rer Atemzüge Trug er hinaus In die helle Mondnacht.

Und aus dem Garten tastete Zagend sich ein Rosenduft An uns’rer Liebe Bett Und gab uns wundervolle Träume.

Träume des Rausches So reich an Sehnsucht.

Bleib bei uns!

Wir haben den Tanzplan im Tal bedeckt mit Mondesglanze, Johanneswürmchen erleuchten den Saal, die Heimchen spielen zum Tanze.

Die Freude, das schöne leichtgläubige Kind, es wiegt sich in Abendwinden: Wo Silber auf Zweigen und Büschen rinnt, da wirst du die Schönste finden.

Hörst auch du die leisen Stimmen Aus den bunten Kerzlein dringen?

Die vergessenen Gebete Aus den Tannenzweiglein singen?

Hörst auch du das schüchternfrohe, Helle Kinderlachen klingen?

Schaust’ auch du den stillen Engel Mit den reinen weissen Schwingen?

Schaust’ auch Du Dich selber wieder, Fern und fremd dich wie im Traume?

Grüßt auch dich mit Märchenaugen Deine Kindheit aus dem Baume?

In the arms of love we slumbered blissfully.

At the open window the summer wind listened; and carried away the peacefulness of our breathing into the moonlight.

And from the garden the fragrance of roses cautiously swept over our bed of love and gave us wonderful dreams.

Dreams of desire, so full of longing.

Stay with us!

We have covered a clearing in the dell with moonlight for the dance; fireflies illuminate the hall and crickets are playing dance-music.

Joy, the fair, overcredulous child, is lulled by the evening winds; where silver runs on branch and bush you will find the fairest girl.

Do you also hear the soft voices Coming from the colorful little candles?

The forgotten prayers Singing from the little branches of the fir tree?

Do you also hear the timid but happy Bright laughter of children ringing?

Do you also see the silent angel With the pure white wings?

Do you also see yourself again?

Strangely, from a distance like a dream?

Does your childhood greet you Like a fairy-tale from the tree?

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LAWRENCE BROWNLEE - TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS Hat dich die Liebe berührt

If Love Has Touched You

Hat dich die Liebe berührt, Still unter lärmenden Volke, Gehst du in goldner Wolke, Sicher von Gott geführt.

Nur wie verloren, umher Lässest die Blicke du wandern, Gönnt ihre Freuden den Andern, Trägst nur nach einem Begehr: Scheu in dich selber verzückt, Möchtest du leugnen vergebens, Daß nun die Krone des Lebens, Strahlend die Stirn dir schmückt.

If love has touched you softly, among the noisy folk, amid a cloud of gold, you’re led by God safely.

Only as one thus bemused, you let your gaze depart. you do not envy the joy of others. only one desire is yours.

Shyly delighted with yourself, though you would deny it, now adorns your brow the gleaming crown of life.

Jasmine Barnes

The Gift to Sing

Sometimes the mist overhangs my path, And blackening clouds about me cling; But, oh, I have a magic way To turn the gloom to cheerful day— I softly sing.

And if the way grows darker still, Shadowed by Sorrow’s somber wing, With glad defiance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note, And sing, and sing I brood not over the broken past, Nor dread whatever time may bring; No nights are dark, no days are long, While in my heart there swells a song, And I can sing.

Peace

Peace, on a thousand hills and dales.

Peace, peace in the hearts of men While kindliness reclaims the soil, Where bitterness, where bitterness has been.

Peace, Peace, Peace The night of strife is drifting past, The storm of shell has ceased.

Disrupted is the cordon fell, Sweet charity released.

Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace Forth from the shadow, swift we come Wrought in the flame together.

All men as one beneath the sun In brotherhood forever (ooh) Peace (ooh)

Brandon Spencer I Know My Soul

I plucked my soul out of its secret place, And held it to the mirror of my eye.

To see it like a start across the sky, A shining body quivering in space A spark of passion shining on my face.

And I explored it to determine why This awful key to my infinity Conspires to rob me of sweet joy and grace.

And if the sign may not be fully read, If I can comprehend, but not control, I need not gloom my days with futile dread.

Because I see a part and not the whole.

Contemplating the strange, I’m comforted by this narcotic thought: I know my soul!

Damien Sneed

Beauty That is Never Old

When buffeted and beaten by life’s storms, When by the bitter cares of life oppressed, I want no surer haven than your arms, I want no sweeter heaven than your breast.

When over my life’s way there falls the blight Of sun-less days, and nights of starless skies; Enough for me, the calm and steadfast light That softly shines within your loving eyes.

The world for me, and all the world can hold Is circled by your arms; for me there lies, Within the lights and shadows of your eyes, The only beauty that is never old.

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Shawn E. Okpebholo Romance

Ah…ooo...ooo...ah…mmm...ooo…ooo…mmm…

To clasp you now and feel notes of close pressed, Scented and warm against my beating breast; To whisper soft and quivering your name, And drink the passion burning, burning in your frame; To lie at full length, taut, with cheek to cheek, And tease your mouth with kisses mmm…till you speak Love words, mad words, dream words, sweet, sweet oh, sweet words, senseless words, Love words, mad words, dream words, sweet words, senseless words, Melodious like notes of mating birds; To hear you ask if I shall love always, And myself answer: Till the end of days; To feel your easeful sigh of happiness When on your trembling lips I murmur: Yes; It is so sweet. So so sweet, so sweet, so sweet, so so sweet We know it is not true.

What matters it? The night must shed her dew.

We know it is not true, but it is sweet It is sweet ooo…it’s sweet The poem with this music is complete.

Joel Thompson My People

Dream-singers, Story-tellers, Dancers, Loud laughters in the hands of Fate— My People...

Dishwashers, Elevator-boys, Ladies’ maids, Crap-shooters, My People...

Cooks, Waiters, Jazzers, My People...

Nurses, nurses of babies, Loaders, loaders of ships, Rounders, My People...

Number writers, Comedians in vaudeville And bandmen in circuses— Dream singers all, My People.

Storytellers all— My People, and dancers— God! What dancers!

Singers— God! What singers!

Singers and dancers, Dancers and laughers.

Laughers?

Yes, Laughers! Laughers...

Hahahahahahahaha HA! HA! HA! hahah… Laughers…

Ha... HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Hahaha Dream-singers, Story-tellers, Dancers, dancers, dancers, And Loud-mouthed laughers in the hands…

Loud-mouthed laughers in the hands of Fate—My People!

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Giuseppe Verdi Ad una stella

Bell’astro della terra, Luce amorosa e bella, Come desia quest’anima Oppressa e prigioniera Le sue catene infrangere, Libera a te volar!

To a star

Beautiful star from the earth, loving and beautiful light, This oppressed and imprisioned soul yearns To break its confinements, to fly free!

Gl’ignoti abitatori Che mi nascondi, o stella, Cogl’angeli s’abbracciano Puri fraterni amori, Fan d’armonie cogl’angeli La spera tua sonar.

The ones unknown that you conceal from me, oh star, Pure, brotherly love embracing with angels, In harmony with angels as your world resounds.

Le colpe e i nostri affanni Vi sono a lor segreti, Inavvertiti e placidi Scorrono i giorni e gli anni, Nè mai pensier li novera, Nè li richiama in duol.

There, our faults, and fears are unknown, Days and years pass calmly, unnoticed, no thought Of counting them, or recalling them in sadness.

Bell’astro della sera, Gemma che il cielo allieti, Come alzerà quest’anima Oppressa e prigioniera Dal suo terreno carcere Al tuo bel raggio il vol!

Lovely evening star, gem that cheers the heavens, Let this oppressed, imprisoned soul be raised from Earthly confinement to fly with your lovely rays of light!

La donna è mobile from Rigoletto

Woman is flighty

La donna è mobile Qual piuma al vento, muta d’accento e di pensiero.

Woman is flighty.

Like a feather in the wind, she changes in voice and in thought.

Sempre un amabile, leggiadro viso, in pianto o in riso, è menzognero.

Always a lovely, pretty face, in tears or in laughter, it is untrue.

La donna è mobil’.

Qual piuma al vento, muta d’accento e di pensier’!

Woman is fickle.

Like a feather in the wind, she changes her words and her thoughts!

È sempre misero chi a lei s’affida, chi le confida mal cauto il cuore!

Always miserable is he who trusts her, he who confides in her his unwary heart!

Pur mai non sentesi felice appieno chi su quel seno non liba amore!

Yet one never feels fully happy who from that bosom does not drink love!

La donna è mobil’ Qual piuma al vento, muta d’accento e di pensier’!

Woman is fickle.

Like a feather in the wind, she changes her words, and her thoughts!

Gaetano Donizetti

Me voglio fa’na casa

I want to build a house

Me voglio fa ’na casa miez’ ’o mare Fravecata de penne de pavune, Tra la la le la...

I want to build a house surrounded by the sea made from the feathers from a peacock.

Tra la la le la…

D’oro e d’argiento li scaline fare E de prete preziuse li barcune, Tra la la le la...

Of gold and silver I will make the stairs and of precious stones, the balconies.

Tra la la le la…

Quanno Nennella mia se va a facciare Ognuno dice “mò sponta lu sole,” Tra la la le la...

When my Nennalla peers out everybody will say, here comes the sun.

Tra la la le la…

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Allegro io so from Rita

I’m So Happy

Allegro io son, come un fringuel, che spiega il volo, libero al ciel!

Sorride a me lieta stagion, torno garzon!

I’m so happy, like a little bird soaring in flight, free in the skies!

The cheerful day smiles on me, I’m a bachelor again!

Tra, la la, la la…

Allegro io son, come un fringuel!

Dispiego il vol libero al ciel, vedovo son torno garzon!

Tra, la la, la la…

I’m as happy as a little bird!

I’m spreading my wings free in the sky, I’m a widower, I’m a bachelor again!

Per molti sposi è una cuccagna aver in cielo la lor compagna!

Io non le pago il funeral, e non istò perciò più mal! È il caso mio più original!

For many husbands it’s a real treat when their spouse goes to heaven!

I won’t be paying for her funeral, I won’t have to put up with any more suffering, my situation is really most original.

Allegro io son come un fringuel, torno garzon!

I’m as happy as a little bird, I’m a bachelor again.

Sirena, o Dea, non han virtù Ne’ lacci loro pigliarmi più!

Se l’amo un dì giunse a schivar, il pesciolino è il re del mar!

No siren or goddess has the power to trap me in her snares!

If the little fish ever manages to avoid the bait he’s the king of the sea!

Allegro io son come un fringuel, torno garzon!

I’m as happy as a little bird, I’m a bachelor again.

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Gioachino Rossini La lontanaza

The distance

Or ch’io sono a te rapita, Or che tolto a me tu sei, Con le spine di mia vita Gli altrui fior non cangerei.

Now that I am taken from you, now that you are stolen from me, With the thorns of my life, I wouldn’t change for another man’s flowers.

Se a soffrir è solo un core, Quel soffrir si fa dolore, Caro amore, caro amor!

If a heart is suffering in solitude, that suffering turns into pain, beloved, dearest love!

D’ogni più sacro impegno from L’occasione fa il ladro

Then, let all faith be broken

Ma se un sospetto indegno di soverchiarmi intende, quel generoso sdegno, che il mio decoro accende, dalla ragione armato, un vano ardir confondere, e impallidir farà.

But if base suspicion threatens to overpower me, may the righteous indignation which ignites my dignity, armed with the truth, confound such vain plots and cause rumor to grow pale.

D’ogni più sacro impegno sciolta pur sia la fede, amor da voi non chiede chi amor per voi non ha.

Pèra, chi vuol costringere D’un cor la libertà.

Vincenzo Bellini La ricordanza

Then, let all faith be broken of the most sacred of pledges; he that has no love for you asks for none.

May he perish, who would ever seek to constrict a heart’s liberty.

Recollection

Era la notte, e presso di Colei Che sola al cor mi giunse e vi sta sola, Con quel pianger che rompe la parola, Io pregava mercede a martir miei.

It was night, and beside her who alone reached my heart and there remains alone, With those tears that impede words I pleaded for pity on my anguish.

Quand’ Ella, chinando gli occhi bei, Disse (e il membrarlo sol me, da me invola): Ponmi al cor la tua destra, e ti consola: Ch’io amo e te sol’ amo intender dei,

When She, lowering her lovely eyes, said (the mere memory of it makes my head whirl): “Place your hand on my heart, and be consoled: You should know that I love you and you alone,”

Poi fatta, per amor, tremante e bianca, In atto soävissimo mi pose La bella faccia sulla spalla manca.

This said from love, pale and trembling, In the sweetest of acts she leaned Her lovely face on my left shoulder.

Se dopo il dole assai più duol l’amaro; Se per me nullo istante a quel rispose, Ah! Quant’ era in quell’ ora il morir caro!

Even if, after this bliss, grief was far more bitter, even if; for me, no moment matched this, Ah! how dear was dying in that hour!

Nell furor delle tempeste from Il pirata

In the fury of the tempests

A lei soltanto... Ascolta.

Nel furor delle tempeste, Nello strazio della piaga, Quella immagine adorata Si presenta al mio pensier, Come un angelo celeste, Di virtude consiglier.

Of her alone... Listen.

In the fury of the tempests, in the torment of my wounds, her adored image presents itself to my thoughts, like a heavenly angel, counseling virtue.

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Five Songs

JOSEPH MARX Born May 11, 1882, Graz, Austria Died September 3, 1964, Graz, Austria

memories of childhood. Marx instructs that the performance should be Langsam und sehnsuchtig (“Slow and yearning”), and his setting is extremely quiet, rarely rising above piano or pianissimo.

Hat dich die Liebe berührt

Little known to American audiences, Joseph Marx is remembered in Austria as one of that nation’s finest composers of songs. His family had hoped that he would make his career in law, but the lure of music proved too strong, and Marx earned his doctorate in musicology in his native Graz. Marx remained true to his late-Romantic roots even as the world of music was transformed around him—though he called himself a “romantic realist,” his idiom remains firmly anchored in the sound and technique of the 19th century. He launched his career as a composer of songs, writing over 120 of them by the time he was 30. These songs, which are heir to the magnificent German lieder tradition, also show Marx’s awareness of Impressionism, and at moments they can sound like Mahler by way of Debussy. That can be a very pleasing combination.

Composed: 1908 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

One of Marx’s most famous songs, Hat dich die Liebe berüht, sets a text by Paul Heyse (1830–1914), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910. Heartfelt in its intensity, this song has been a favorite of many sopranos, including Leontyne Price.

The next collection of songs on this program was written by a very specific group of composers. All are young, all are African American, all are based (generally) in the northeast part of the country, and they have actively collaborated with each other. All the texts of the songs in the present collection are the work of poets active in the Harlem Renaissance.

Peace

JASMINE BARNES

Nocturne

Composed: 1911 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

Nocturne sets a text by Otto Eric Hartleben (1864– 1905), whose translation of Albert Giraud’s Pierrot Lunaire became the text for Schoenberg’s famous setting. Marx’s song offers a soaring vocal line and an extraordinarily active part for the piano, which plays for extended periods by itself. The central stanza is somewhat different in mood from the outer ones, and the music of the last stanza reprises the first, even with the one crucial word change.

Selige Nacht

Composed: 1912 Approximate Duration: 2 minutes

Selige Nacht (Hartleben) is extremely dramatic, driven by an extroverted expression that might seem more suited to the opera house than the recital hall.

Born September 28, 1991, Baltimore Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

Jasmine Barnes grew up in Baltimore, where she was a member of the Baltimore Poly Institute marching band, which she describes as one of the formative experiences in her life. A graduate of Morgan State University, she has composed largely for voice, and her works include five operas, choruses, and works for solo voice; she has had works commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and Aspen Music Festival. Barnes’ “Peace” sets a poem by the poet and playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966). Johnson’s poem is a call for peace, and Barnes’ setting is gentle at first, then takes wing at the soaring repetitions of the word “Peace” before concluding in the calm of the song’s beginning.

I Know My Soul

BRANDON SPENCER

Die Elfe

Composed: 1909 Approximate Duration: 2 minutes

Die Elfe, on a text by Joseph von Eichendorf (17881857), offers a magic invitation to a fairyland gathering and the promise of “the fairest girl.” Marx’s marking is Rasch und heimlich (“Quick and furtive [or stealthy]”), and the piano accompaniment, often set high in the instrument’s register, gives the song a particularly sparkling sound.

Christbaum

Composed: 1908 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

In Christbaum, on a text by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839–1901), the sight of a Christmas tree revives

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Born December 15, 1992, Detroit Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

Born in Detroit, Brandon Spencer has also specializes in works for voice, composing art songs of his own and making numerous collections and arrangements of spirituals. He is a first prize winner in the George Shirley Art Song Competition. Spencer’s “I Know My Soul” sets a poem by the poet, novelist, and activist Claude McKay (1890–1948). Born in Jamaica, McKay came to the United States in 1912 to attend college and was shocked by the racism he encountered; he became active in the labor movement and African-American causes. As a poet, McKay was drawn to the sonnet (and was much criticized for writing in an “old” form). But the sonnet is an ideal form TheConrad.org · 858.459.3728

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for introspection, and “I Know My Soul” traces the poet’s progress toward self-knowledge.

Vocalise III

CARLOS SIMON Born April 13, 1986, Washington, D.C. Composed: 2021 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Atlanta Carlos Simon has been drawn in particular to jazz, gospel, and contemporary classical music. He has been composerin-residence at the Kennedy Center, and he has written a number of works for orchestra—he has had commissions from the orchestras of New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Detroit. Simon received his doctorate from the University of Michigan, and he is currently an assistant professor of music at Georgetown University. In 2021 Simon composed a set of three vocalises for piano and voice; these were written on a commission from the Music Academy of the West as part of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition. A vocalise is a song with a wordless text—the singer “sings” only syllables.

In a note in the score, Simon observes that “Even though this piece is without words and a narrative, I encourage performers to envision a scenario or story as they perform.”

The third vocalise in this set is brilliant: Simon marks it “Moving fast and with energy.” Built on great flourishes from the piano and shifting meters, the music rips forward along powerful rhythms and ends abruptly.

Two Songs

DAMIEN L. SNEED Born January 30, 1979, Augusta, GA

Beauty That is Never Old Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 2 minutes

The Gift to Sing Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 2 minutes

Damien L. Sneed—pianist, organist, singer, composer, and conductor—teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.

A graduate of Howard University, he is the founder and artistic director of Chorale le Chateau. A former composerin-residence with the Houston Grand Opera, Sneed was awarded the Sphinx Medal of Excellence in 2014. This recital offers two of Sneed’s settings of poems by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938). Johnson was a truly Promethean figure. He was the first Black lawyer admitted to the bar in Florida. He collaborated with his brother, the composer J. Rosamund Johnson, on a number of songs and a musical. He was active in the anti-lynching movement.

He edited anthologies of spirituals and other songs by African Americans. Theodore Roosevelt appointed him the American consul in Venezuela and later Nicaragua. He became the first leader of the NAACP, serving from 1920 to 1930, and following that service he taught at NYU and Fisk University. Sneed has set a number of Johnson’s poems.

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“Beauty That is Never Old” celebrates love and constancy, and Sneed gives it a heartfelt setting. In sharp contrast, “The Gift to Sing” receives a jaunty setting that sails to a powerful close.

Romance

SHAWN E. OKPEBHOLO Born March 28, 1981, Lexington, KY Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 8 minutes

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Shawn E. Okpebholo received his masters and doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. A composer and conductor, he is a professor of music at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music.

Okpebholo gives “Romance” (text by Claude McKay) a very imaginative setting. The text is almost declaimed rather than sung, and rather than accompanying the singer closely, the piano part ranges freely apart from the text, commenting on and ornamenting McKay’s poem. The song opens with a long vocalise by the singer and closes with a piano postlude that—like the poem—ends ambiguously.

My People

JOEL THOMPSON Born 1988, Atlanta Composed: 2022 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

A composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher, Joel Thompson earned his bachelors and masters at Emery University and is now completing his DMA at Yale. His “My People” sets a poem by Langston Hughes (1901–1967) that celebrates the many faces of the African-American experience. Hughes’ poem is an ecstatic recounting of that experience, and Thompson’s setting overflows with energy.

He deftly varies the music to reflect each of the subjects that Hughes celebrates, and at the end both the poem and the music rise to a climax that is virtually shouted.

MUSIC BY COMPOSERS OF ITALIAN OPERA

This recital concludes with vocal music by four great Italian composers of opera, and Mr. Brownlee has chosen these selections in an imaginative way: He pairs a song by each of these composers with an aria from one of his operas.

Ad una stella

GIUSEPPE VERDI Born October 10, 1813, Roncole, Italy Died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy Composed: 1845 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

Verdi composed only a few songs across his long creative career—his imagination seems to have been sparked more readily by the dramatic opportunities of the stage than by the isolated situation of the individual song.

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1845, when he was only 32 (by this time he had composed both Nabucco and Ernani). This is an intense song, full of a romantic longing to escape the imprisonment of earthly life and flee to the perfection symbolized by a distant star. Verdi marks the song Andantino, and the vocal line flows easily above a somewhat declamatory piano accompaniment.

La donna è mobile from Rigoletto Composed: 1851 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

In Verdi’s Rigoletto, first produced in Venice in 1851, the title character—a hunchbacked dwarf who serves as court jester to the libidinous Duke of Mantua—plots to murder the duke, who has seduced his daughter Gilda.

That plot will go horribly awry. La donna è mobile (“The Lady Is Fickle”) comes from the beginning of Act III, when it is sung by the Duke of Mantua, who laments the inconstancy of women. Verdi knew that this aria, with its catchy tune, would become an immediate hit, and he took great pains to keep it secret until the final rehearsal, swearing everyone present to secrecy. No matter—it was being sung on the streets of Venice by that evening, and it remains one of the most popular tenor arias ever written.

Me voglio fa’na casa

GAETANO DONIZETTI Born November 29, 1797, Bergamo, Italy Died April 8, 1848, Bergamo Composed: 1837 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

We remember Gaetano Donizetti as an opera composer, and Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore, and La fille du regiment will probably remain audience favorites forever. But Donizetti also wrote a vast number of songs and duets, some in salon style and probably intended for performance at home. Me voglio fa’na casa, published in 1837 and subtitled Canzona Napoletana, sets an anonymous text in the Neapolitan dialect. This is a brief but fantastic love song, and Donizetti’s setting of its refrain is particularly attractive.

Allegro io son from Rita Composed: 1841 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

Donizetti composed his comic opera Rita in 1841, but it was not produced until 1860, twelve years after his death. In eight scenes with spoken dialogue, the opera tells of the abusive Rita, an innkeeper, and the efforts of her two husbands (don’t ask) to escape her violent domination (the opera is subtitled The Beaten Husband). The husbands, Beppe and Gaspar, come up with an elaborate competition in which the loser will have to remain married to Rita, and it is the tenor Beppe who sings Allegro io son, a sprightly aria that drives to a florid conclusion.

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La lontanaza

GIOACHINO ROSSINI Born February 29, 1792, Pesaro, Italy Died November 13, 1868, Paris Composed: 1858 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

Rossini wrote many kinds of vocal music other than opera, and these include sacred settings, choruses, and hymns. He also wrote a number of solo songs, and these span his career: the earliest dates from his boyhood (at about age 9), the last from his long period of retirement in Paris, when he composed not out of economic necessity but for his own diversion—he referred to this music as “Sins of My Old Age.” One of these “sins” is La lontananza (“The Absence” or “The Separation”), which sets a text by Giuseppe Torre. Framed by a piano prelude and postlude, this “arietta” proceeds smoothly along its 3/8 meter, broken occasionally by great flairs from the singer.

D’ogni più sacro impegno from L’occasione fa il ladro Composed: 1812 Approximate Duration: 6 minutes

Rossini’s one-act comic opera L’occasione fa il ladro was first produced in Venice in November 1812, when the composer was only 20. The title translates “Opportunity Makes a Thief,” and the opera tells a tale of stolen luggage, assumed identities, deceptions, and revelations.

Count Alberto, a tenor, is on his way to meet his bride, Berenice, whom he has never seen, and he sings D’ogni più sacro impegno near the end of the brief opera. The aria begins with an Andante, in which Alberto is full of acceptance, but at the second verse the music rips ahead.

Rossini must have had quite good tenor for the première— the second half of this aria demands some extraordinarily agile and brilliant singing.

La ricordanza

VINCENZO BELLINI Born November 3, 1801, Catania, Italy Died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, France Composed: 1834 Approximate Duration: 5 minutes

When we think of Bellini, we think of opera, as is only right with the composer of Norma and I puritani.

But Bellini also wrote a number of songs—he called them “ariette”—for voice and piano across his brief career (he died at 33). In general, these “ariette” are small-scaled: the expression here tends to be intimate and personal, and the piano accompaniment remains understated. La ricordanza (“The Recollection”), composed the year before Bellini’s death, has always been one of his most famous songs. It sets a sonnet by Conte Carlo Pepolo, who was also the librettist for I puritani. That sonnet speaks of an absolutely perfect moment of love, recalled across a span of time and experience. The song seems simplicity itself—a lovely vocal line proceeds over flowing triplet accompaniment— TheConrad.org · 858.459.3728

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but it is full of surprises that help underline the meaning of the text: rumblings deep in the piano, sudden harmonic modulations, unexpected excursions high into the singer’s range. Some listeners will recognize that Bellini used the main theme of La ricordanza as part of Elvira’s mad scene in I puritani.

Nel furor delle tempeste from Il pirata Composed: 1827 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

Bellini’s opera Il pirata (“The Pirate”), first produced in Milan in 1827, quickly became a success: over the next few years it was produced in Vienna, London, and Paris (and the young Maria Callas helped establish her reputation with performances of Il pirata in the 1950s). The beautiful Imogene has been forced to marry Ernesto, Duke of Caldora, and in despair her true love, Gualtiero, has become a pirate.

The opera begins with a terrific storm at sea. Gualtiero, defeated by the forces of Ernesto, has been shipwrecked, and he washes ashore. Desolate and defeated, he sings the impassioned “Nel furor delle tempeste” (“In the fury of the storm”), in which he imagines Imogene as a “celestial angel.”

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PRELUDE 2 PM Musical Prelude by students from the Colburn School

MARIA IOUDENITCH, violin & KENNETH BROBERG, piano SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2024 · 3 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

Support for the Discovery Series and Musical Prelude provided by:

Gordon Brodfuehrer Jeanette Stevens

SCHUBERT Sonatina in G Minor, No. 3, D.408

(1797–1828) Allegro giusto Andante

Menuetto: Allegro vivace Allegro moderato BRAHMS

(1833–1897)

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Opus 78 Vivace ma non troppo Adagio – Più andante – Adagio Allegro molto moderato INTERMISSION

L. BOULANGER

Nocturne for Violin and Piano

N. BOULANGER

Soleils couchants

POULENC

Sonata for Violin and Piano Allegro con fuoco Intermezzo Presto tragico

(1893–1918)

(1887–1979)

La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

(1899–1963)

RAVEL

Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano Allegretto

Blues: Moderato

Perpetuum mobile: Allegro Maria Ioudenitch, violin; Kenneth Broberg, piano (1875–1937)

Opus 3 Artists

This presentation marks Maria Ioudenitch’s and Kenneth Broberg’s La Jolla Music Society debuts.

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Sonatina in G Minor for Violin and Piano, D.408

FRANZ SCHUBERT Born January 31, 1797, Vienna Died November 19, 1828, Vienna Composed: 1816 Approximate Duration: 16 minutes

The spring of 1816 found 19-year-old Franz Schubert working unhappily as a schoolteacher in Vienna and struggling to establish himself as a composer in his scant free time. Already he had reached artistic maturity as a composer of lieder: from 1814 had come Gretchen am Spinnrade and from 1815 Erlkönig. And he had shown that he could write convincingly for orchestra: in April of 1816 he completed his Fourth Symphony. But he had as yet written no works for violin and piano, a surprising omission since Schubert played both instruments capably.

But in March and April of 1816, Schubert wrote three brief sonatas for violin and piano. These remained in manuscript throughout his life and were not published until 1836, eight years after his death, when the publisher Diabelli brought them out under the title “Sonatinas.” That title is unfortunate, for it may lead listeners to undervalue this music: though brief (the Sonatina in G Minor performed on this concert lasts a compact twelve minutes), each of these three pieces is in classical sonata form.

The Sonatina in G Minor, written in April of 1816, is the last of the three. Schubert’s marking for the opening movement, Allegro giusto, suggests his conception of this music: giusto means “strict,” and clearly Schubert wanted the formal structure of this movement carefully observed.

The stern dotted fanfares of the opening give way to the piano’s flowing main theme, though Schubert makes use of those dotted fanfares throughout, and they finally bring the movement to its close. The flowing Andante is marked dolce (the unusual modulations in the middle section show that the teenaged composer had already developed his remarkable ability to move effortlessly between keys), while the third movement is a propulsive minuet whose rocking trio section in E-flat major flows easily over rippling piano accompaniment. The finale returns to the G-minor tonality and formal mood of the opening movement, but soon Schubert has this music singing and soaring easily.

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Opus 78

JOHANNES BRAHMS Born May 7, 1833, Hamburg Died April 3, 1897, Vienna Composed: 1879 Approximate Duration: 27 minutes

Brahms spent three consecutive summers, from 1877 to 1879, in the small town of Pörtschach on the Wörthersee in southern Austria, where he could escape the heat of Vienna and enjoy a setting of unbelievable beauty. To a friend he wrote to marvel “how all the mountains round the blue lake are white with snow, while the trees are covered

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with delicate green.” In 1878, during his second summer at Pörtschach, Brahms wrote for the violin. From that summer came the Violin Concerto, and he quickly began a sonata for violin and piano, though that would not be completed until he returned the following June. The dramatic concerto and the gentle sonata could not be more dissimilar, and it is tempting to think that Brahms may have used his fiery and extroverted ideas for the violin in the concerto, reserving the more lyric and intimate ones for the sonata.

The First Violin Sonata is one of those rare things in Brahms’ music, an instrumental piece based on extramusical associations, in this case two songs Brahms had written in 1873: Regenlied (“Rain-Song”) and Nachklang (“Memories”). It is also unusual in that it is unified around a tiny rhythmic cell that appears in many guises throughout the sonata. This cell—a simple dotted figure—is heard at the very beginning of the Vivace ma non troppo. The piano opens the sonata with quietly tolling chords, and the violin quickly enters with the gentle main theme: the violin’s first three notes, all D’s, form the cell that will shape much of the sonata. There are several other themes in this sonata-form movement, but the music is remarkable for its consistent lyricism—Brahms avoids extroverted gestures and keeps the mood reflective, almost nostalgic.

Solo piano introduces the main theme of the Adagio, and only gradually does the violin take up this melody. The emotional outbursts absent from the first movement appear here, and near the end of the movement the violin—in double-stops—gently restates the main theme. The rhythmic cell of the first movement appears in the Adagio as a quiet accompaniment figure.

The haunting finale, Allegro molto moderato, is a rondo in G minor, based on the violin’s opening melody.

This opening is a direct quotation from Brahms’ song Regenlied, and the text of that song is very much a part of the spirit of this movement. In the song, a speaker looks out through a window as rain falls against it, stirring his memories: “Pour down, rain; awake in me the songs we used to sing in the doorway when it rained outside. Would I could listen again to you, hear that sweet splashing and dissolve my soul in the wonder of childhood.” Once again, the first three notes of the violin’s theme, all D’s, repeat the sonata’s rhythmic cell, which will be heard throughout this movement. Beneath the violin’s flowing melodic line, the piano keeps up a patter of sixteenth-notes, clearly the sound of rain tapping gently on the window, and this lulling sound continues through much of the movement (a generation or two ago, this sonata was in fact nicknamed the “Rain” Sonata). Brahms breaks the rondo with several contrasting episodes, and in a remarkable touch, one of these is the theme from the Adagio, which soon threatens to take over the end of the movement. At the coda, the music moves to G major (marked dolcissimo), and Brahms weaves together the heartfelt Adagio theme with the main theme of the finale as this ravishing music soars to its gentle conclusion on the quiet patter of rain.

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Many years later, in 1890, Brahms’ good friend Clara Schumann wrote to tell the composer that she had just played the sonata with their mutual friend Joseph Joachim and that she had once more been astonished and moved by the final movement. Her concluding words capture perfectly the spirit of this radiant music: “I always wish that the last movement might accompany me on my journey from here to the next world.”

Nocturne for Violin and Piano

LILI BOULANGER Born August 21, 1893, Paris Died March 15, 1918, Mézy-sur-Seine, France Composed: 1911 Approximate Duration: 4 minutes

The younger sister of the great teacher Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger was a musician of extraordinary talent. Lili was the first woman ever to win the Prix de Rome, but that promise was cut short by perpetually poor health and an early death: she was only 24 when she died, ten days before the death of Debussy. So short a life inevitably means that one’s output is small, and today is Lili is remembered for her vocal settings and a small amount of instrumental music. As might be expected from the sister of Nadia Boulanger, Lili’s music is beautifully crafted. She has been described as an impressionist, but more striking are her instinctive sense of form and an expressive control of what is at times a surprisingly chromatic harmonic language.

Lili composed Nocturne in 1911, when she was 18.

It begins quietly as the pianist rocks softly across three octaves of repeated C’s and the violin sings its gentle song.

But soon the quiet mood of the beginning (marked doux: “soft, gentle”) is penetrated by unexpected harmonies, the violin line grows more animated, and the music rises to a climax. Matters calm, the rocking accompaniment of the opening reasserts itself, and Nocturne concludes in the home key of F major, with the violin high above, the piano in its deepest register.

Soleils couchants

NADIA BOULANGER Born September 16, 1887, Paris Died October 22, 1979, Paris Composed: 1907 Approximate Duration: 3 minutes

When we think of the Boulanger sisters, we usually think of Lili as the phenomenally talented composer who died at 24 and of Nadia as the supremely influential teacher who lived into her nineties. Yet Nadia was also a composer. At the age of nine, she entered the Paris Conservatory, where she studied with Fauré, Widor, and Vierne. In 1913, at the age of 26, she became the first woman to win the Prix de Rome, though World War I put her musical activities on pause. She resumed composing after the war, but only briefly, and thereafter she devoted herself to teaching and to performing: she was the first

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woman ever to conduct an orchestra in London and the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra. She also led the première of Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in 1938 in Washington, D.C. Soleils couchants (“Setting Suns”) was originally composed as a song that set a text by Paul Verlaine; Boulanger wrote it in 1907, when she was only 20.

Verlaine’s poem begins with a vision of the sun setting over fields, but quickly the notion of the setting sun turns surrealistic as the poet begins to imagine dreams, ghosts, and “mighty suns” setting on distant shores. Boulanger’s setting is in three-part form. At the beginning the melodic line flows gently above a rocking accompaniment (her marking here is très calme) but becomes more extroverted as the poet’s strange vision begins to unfold; the song drifts into silence on a coda marked Tranquillo. Soleils counchants is heard at this concert in an arrangement for violin and piano.

Sonata for Violin and Piano

FRANCIS POULENC Born January 7, 1899, Paris Died January 30, 1963, Paris Composed: 1943 Approximate Duration: 19 minutes

Poulenc loved the sound of wind instruments. When he composed his Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, he referred to it as “an homage to the wind instruments I have loved from the moment I began composing,” and he wrote wonderfully for winds throughout his life. About stringed instruments, however, Poulenc was much less sure. In particular, the combination of a stringed instrument with piano—a combination that had seemed very natural to Beethoven and Brahms—gave Poulenc trouble. He noted that he did not like the sound of “the violin in the singular,” and he wrote only two string sonatas, the present violin sonata and one for cello. Yet both of these are impressive works.

A dark atmosphere hangs over the Violin Sonata.

Poulenc composed it in Paris in 1942–43, during the German occupation, and dedicated it to the memory of the Spanish poet Frederico García Lorca, who had been murdered by the Fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Poulenc was the pianist at the première of the Violin Sonata, and the violinist on that occasion was the young French violinist Ginette Neveu. When she was killed in an air crash in 1949, Poulenc went back and revised the last movement of this sonata, which is pointedly marked Presto tragico.

One should not approach this sonata thinking that it is all darkness and gloom, for it is not. The sonata is in the expected three movements, and Poulenc treats the piano and violin as equals. The aptly marked Allegro con fuoco is indeed full of fire. Poulenc marks the violin’s opening theme Très violent, and that marking will recur repeatedly throughout this sonata. The agitated beginning rides along

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a spiky energy that gives way to a more relaxed central episode, full of an unexpected sweetness; the opening material returns to drive the movement to a violent close.

Poulenc attached a fragment of a quotation from Lorca to the slow movement—“The guitar makes dreams weep”— and we may hear something of the guitar, an instrument Lorca played, in the violin’s pizzicato strokes here. This music has an exotic character, its long lyric lines full of dark swirls. The concluding Presto tragico returns to the manner of the opening movement, with a bristling energy and brilliant violin passages, including some for lefthanded pizzicato. The ending is striking, and perhaps this is the section Poulenc re-fashioned after Neveu’s death: the energy dissipates on a cadenza-like flourish for violin, and the sonata vanishes on sharp strokes of sound.

Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano

MAURICE RAVEL Born March 7, 1875, Ciboure, France Died December 28, 1937, Paris Composed: 1927 Approximate Duration: 18 minutes

Ravel began making sketches for his Violin Sonata in 1923, the year after he completed his orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. He was composing a number of works for violin during these years, including Tzigane, but the Violin Sonata proved extremely difficult for him, and he did not complete it until 1927. The first performance, by violinist Georges Enescu and the composer, took place on May 30, 1927, in Paris while that city was still in a dither over the landing of Charles Lindbergh the week before.

In the Violin Sonata, Ravel wrestled with a problem that has plagued all who compose violin sonatas—the clash between the resonant, sustained sound of the violin and the percussive sound of the piano—and he chose to accentuate these differences: “It was this independence I was aiming at when I wrote a Sonata for violin and piano, two incompatible instruments whose incompatibility is emphasized here, without any attempt being made to reconcile their contrasted characters.” The most distinctive feature of the sonata, however, is Ravel’s use of jazz elements in the slow movement.

The opening Allegretto is marked by emotional restraint. The piano alone announces the cool first theme, which is quickly picked up by the violin. A sharply rhythmic figure, much like a drum tattoo, contrasts with the rocking, flowing character of the rest of this movement, which closes on a quietly soaring restatement of the main theme.

Ravel called the second movement Blues, but he insisted that this is jazz as seen by a Frenchman. In a lecture during his American tour of 1928, he said of this movement: “while I adopted this popular form of your music, I venture to say that nevertheless it is French music, Ravel’s music, that I have written.” He sets out to make violin and piano sound like a saxophone and guitar,

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specifying that the steady accompanying chords must be played strictly in time so that the melodic line can sound “bluesy” in contrast. The “twang” of this movement is accentuated by Ravel’s setting the violin in G major and the piano in A-flat major at the opening.

Thematic fragments at the very beginning of the finale slowly accelerate to become a virtuoso perpetual motion.

Ravel brings back themes from the first two movements before the brilliant close, which features complex stringcrossings for the violinist.

Support for this program provided by the:

ProtoStar Foundation

KRONOS FIVE DECADES A THOUSAND THOUGHTS FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

KRONOS QUARTET David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Paul Wiancko, cello Sam Green and Joe Bini, filmmakers Joey Guthman, lighting design Scott Fraser, sound design

A Thousand Thoughts

A Live Documentary with the Kronos Quartet Written and Directed by Sam Green & Joe Bini

For the legal and physical safety of the artists and for the comfort of the audience, cameras and other recording devices are not permitted in the theatre during the performance.

La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

This film was supported by Sundance Catalyst.

A Thousand Thoughts was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Barbican, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, Exploratorium, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, MASS MoCA, Melbourne Festival, Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University through its Wexner Center Artist Residency Award program.

Additional support was received from The DrumStick Fund, Genuine Article Pictures, JustFilms/ Ford Foundation, Lear Family Foundation, Andrea Lunsford, The National Endowment for the Arts, Sundance Documentary Film Program with support from Open Society Foundation, Gottfried and Janet Tittiger, and Kenneth and Elizabeth Whitney.

Artists Booking direction by David Lieberman Artist’s Representatives www.dlartists.com • info@dlartists.com

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Kronos Quartet last performed for La Jolla Music Society in the Revelle Chamber Music Series on January 20, 2017.

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MUSICAL SELECTIONS PHILIP GLASS

Movement II from String Quartet No. 2*

TERRY RILEY

Requiem for Adam (excerpt)*

CRUMB (1929–2022)

Selections from Black Angels God-music Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects (excerpt)

RYAN BROWN

Pinched*

JOHN ADAMS

Judah to Ocean from John’s Book of Alleged Dances*

TANYA TAGAQ

Sivunittinni (excerpt)** (arr. Jacob Garchik)

KEN BENSHOOF (b. 1933)

Gentle, easy from Traveling Music

FODÉ LASSANA DIABATÉ (b. 1971)

TERRY RILEY

Bara kala ta from Sunjata’s Time (arr. Jacob Garchik)

DAVID HARRINGTON

Drone from Dirty Wars*

CAFÉ TACVBA

12/12 (excerpt)* (arr. Osvaldo Golijov)

PHILIP GLASS

Blood Oath from String Quartet No. 3 “Mishima Quartet”

ALEKSANDRA VREBALOV (b. 1970)

LAURIE ANDERSON

Chapel, Rainbows from The Sea Ranch Songs* Flow + (arr. Jacob Garchik)

JOHN ZORN

Meditation (The Blue of Noon) from The Dead Man*

PEROTIN

Viderunt Omnes (excerpt)+ (arr. Kronos Quartet)

CLINT MANSELL (b. 1963)

Selections from Requiem for a Dream+ (arr. David Lang) Lux Aeterna Ghosts of a Future Lost

JOHN OSWALD

Spectre (excerpt)*

WU MAN (b. 1963)

ROUSE

Silk and Bamboo (inspired by Huanlege) from Two Chinese Paintings**

(b. 1937) (b. 1935)

(b. 1979) (b. 1947) (b. 1975)

(b. 1985)

(founded 1989)

(b. 1947) (b. 1953)

(1160–1230)

(b. 1953)

(1917-1981)

The Wheel*

Orange Blossom Special (excerpt)+ (arr. Danny Clay)

* Written for Kronos ** Written for Kronos Fifty for the Future + Arranged for Kronos

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Program Note A bow made of wood and horsehair coated with resin from trees scrapes across a string, which makes vibrations in the hollow of the wooden instrument which travel as a series of sound waves in the subtle matter of the air and, perhaps, penetrate the labyrinth of a human ear, or a hundred or a thousand, and this vibration is interpreted by the brain or the brains as information that might have, to use a word that means such vibrations, resonance as a source of pleasure or pain or sorrow. This is one way to describe a note of music on a violin. It is as ephemeral as the waves of the sea or ripples in water; it arises, it fades, it exists in time, and that ephemerality always speaks of mortality and the desire to transcend it, of motion that exists in time, of life that is itself a kind of motion, since we call the living animate and the un-living inanimate.

Human beings have acknowledged and transcended mortality with culture, with rites and songs and other elaborations that can be passed on and bridge more than one human life, that can spread like ripples on a pond, like a sound, that can be reiterated. A Thousand Thoughts begins with the story of The Lost Chord, a song that was one of the first pieces of music recorded when technology made possible the conversion of live sound into tiny impressions on a wax cylinder (and later on phonograph records [phono for “sound,” graph for “writing”]; these were literally devices for writing down sound], and then on magnetic tape, and then as digital data that shaved off some of the fuzz of the vibrations to make something perhaps a little pared down and cleaner than what sounded in the studio where the recording was made).

A Thousand Thoughts begins with the irony of The Lost Chord, because it was about music heard once and never recovered that offered some joy, some solace, some peace that then vanished, about the sense of loss that was tied to death and perhaps to the impossibility of hanging onto transcendent moments. Perhaps it begins with that story because in it is the desire of all art to transcend time, to shore something up against its depredations, and the particular contradictions of art that unfold in time, like music—that pleasure in the ephemeral, in sounds that can only exist in time itself. A note is heard, it fades, it is gone. There is no music outside of time, and time itself is full of the impossibility of keeping and the inevitability of change, that force that sometimes feels like liberation and sometimes like tragedy.

Kronos founder David Harrington described a quest analogous to The Lost Chord, saying “We have not created the bulletproof piece of music that will prevent harm from happening—you know, [that] a young child can wrap around herself or a grandparent can wrap around his family. We haven’t been able to do that yet, but I think it’s possible, and I spend every minute of my waking life trying to find that.”

A Thousand Thoughts, a thousand questions, mine, yours, ours, theirs, questions that perhaps open up things

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that definitive answers would only nail shut. Kronos Quartet’s long trajectory offers a series of questions that are solid and answers that are elusive: How do you find a path between predictability and instability? How do you have both a clear identity and an open door that lets in new ideas and collaborators? How do you keep the faith that what you’re doing matters? How do make an art that grows like a tree, ring by ring, year by year, and stands as a testament?

How do you keep it alive through all the changes, and how do you incorporate the change that is, as my photographic collaborator Mark Klett likes to say, the measure of time?

Or how do you proceed as Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi said in some instructions for Zen Buddhist practice, “not too tight, not too loose,” not so tied by custom and convention and the past, not so formless that you lurch and spill into whatever the present offers?

There was an old idea of immortality as transcendence, as beauty, as power that was less about living forever than about lifting someone out of themselves and the gloom and despond of mortality. There is also a particular beauty of mortality, of this light that will never shine the same way twice, of the spring that will be devoured by the summer, the youth that will be consumed by maturity, the freshness of beginnings and the ripeness of arrival.

The live music of the “live film” A Thousand Thoughts raises other questions, about irreproducible and evanescent experience, about the water that runs through your fingers, about the events that cannot be reconstituted. How do you swim upstream against what film and all our digital era has become, an immersion in other times and places than the present: in recordings, images, and reproductions?

Once, everything happened and was then irretrievable, though you could sketch it or describe it in words on paper or spoken aloud, and then in the late 1830s came photography, promising exact replication of the visible, and half a century later came recorded sound, promising exact replication of the audible. They had photographs, then phonographs; they thought that they had conquered time; we had even more recording technology, even more data stored, even more ease in capturing every moment.

Did we conquer time or were we conquered by substitutes for presence? Did we give up the moment itself, the things themselves, for their reproductions? Did we fall into substitutes and fakes and lose our grasp on the moment, give up presence for absences and in the process lose ourselves that are also mortal, timebound, eternally changing, eternally invited to witness in the moment? Is there a way that thinking you will never die becomes a way to never live, like the person who tries to document the moment so that in the future the past will be retrievable and only misses the present? The present, that pun in English for gifts and for now.

The foundation for modern cinema was laid when Eadweard Muybridge animated sequential photographs and when Edison captured recorded sound on his wax cylinders. The latter man saw it as an uncanny act, a reaching into the grave, a dance with the dead.

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“In the year 1887,” Edison later remembered, “it occurred to me that it was possible to devise an instrument which would do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear and that, by a combination of the two, all motion and sound could be recorded and reproduced simultaneously. I believe that in coming years by my own work and that of Dickson, Muybridge, Marey and others who will doubtless enter the field, that grand opera can be given at the Metropolitan Opera House at New York...with artists and musicians long since dead.”

He declares that cinema is a ghost dance, as I said somewhere else, that it is a raising of the dead or at least a fraternizing with the dead and the gone. It is not about presence but absence and the ability to be with who and what is absent. Harrington wanted to make a music that would protect a child from harm, but Edison aspired to revive the dead at least enough to make them sing for us.

Perhaps in that is the difference between the present and the past recaptured.

Edison’s astonishing declaration raises as well questions Sam Green has tried to answer: What is live cinema? What is it to be fully present? What is it to have the thing itself and not its representation? What is it to be here and now in an age of being anywhere but here, and every time but this irreproducible moment? What is it to have a film mixed live before you, prone to accidents and serendipities, to be each time something distinct, of its time, and not outside it, to hear music as a vibration of horsehair and wood and the movement of muscles traveling through the air and then into the labyrinth of your ear, with all the nuances that get sanded down and painted over by a digital recording? What is the work of art in the age of digital reproduction, and what is it to be in the presence and the present?

— Rebecca Solnit

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PRELUDE 6:30 PM Prelude interview hosted

by Robert John Hughes

AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

Support for this program provided by the:

Vail Memorial Fund

Branford Marsalis Quartet Branford Marsalis, saxophone Joey Calderazzo, piano Eric Revis, bass Justin Falkner, drums

PROGRAM

Works to be announced from stage.

NO INTERMISSION

ABOUT La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY Award winner, and Tony Award nominee, is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics.

Opus 3 Artists

Branford Marsalis last performed for La Jolla Music Society in a special event on October 17, 2014.

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THE NRITYAGRAM DANCE ENSEMBLE in collaboration with THE CHITRASENA DANCE COMPANY ĀHUTI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 · 7:30 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

Āhuti

Sanskrit: Invoking | Pali: Offering

Support for this program provided by members of the Dance Society and presenting sponsor:

SANKIRTANAM (a prayer) DHĪRA SAMĪRÉ POORNĀRATĪ

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon

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INVOKING SHIVA ĀLĀP Artistic Director / Choreographer / Sound Design Surupa Sen Music Composer Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi

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Rhythm Composers Dhaneswar Swain (India) Presanna Singakkara (Sri Lanka) Surupa Sen

Dancers (Nrityagram) Surupa Sen Pavithra Reddy Anoushka Rahman Rohini Banerjee Daquil Miriyala Dancers (Chitrasena) Thaji Dias Kushan Dharmarathna Amandi Gomez

Nrityagram—The Dance Village www.nrityagram.org lynne@nrityagram.org La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

Musicians (India) Jateen Sahu, lead vocal & harmonium Rohan Dahale, chants & mardala (percussion) Parshuram Das, bamboo flute Siba Nayak, violin Surupa Sen, lead voice (Poornāratī & Invoking Shiva) & manjira Musician (Sri Lanka) Sadew Athsara, Kandyan drum Assistant Choreographer Heshma Wignaraja (Chitrasena)

Master Tailor Ghulam Rasool

Executive Producer / Technical Director / Lighting Designer Lynne Fernandez Tour Coordinator Joanna Futral This presentation marks Nrityagram’s and Chitrasena’s La Jolla Music Society debuts.

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The performance runs for 115 minutes including a 20-minute intermission.

Āhuti Sanskrit: Invoking | Pali: Offering SANKIRTANAM (a prayer)

Wandering minstrels sing and dance in praise of Lord Krishna…

The lotus-eyed lord with the flute in his hands and a peacock feather in his hair.

The eternal lover, the yogi, the last refuge.

Protector of the universe, he is the purest of all beings.

The only truth.

Dancers

Anoushka Rahman, Rohini Banerjee, Pavithra Reddy, Daquil Miriyala

DHĪRA SAMĪRÉ

A poem from the Gita Govinda is interpreted through facial expressions (bhava) and gestures (mudra).

Written in Sanskrit in the 12th century by the poet saint Jayadeva, the Gita Govinda is a romantic ballad about the immortal love of Radha and Krishna. It is a song of love and longing that reflects the Vaishnava belief that all humankind is feminine energy (Radha) constantly seeking union with the one male godhead (Krishna).

Annoyed with Krishna who flirts with other women, Radha is in a state of jealousy and yearning.

The Sakhi (friend) brings a message to Radha that Krishna awaits her.

“In the dark of the night on the banks of the Yamuna river, adorned with wildflowers and jewels, Krishna awaits you.

His flute calls out your name, as he wanders through the forest caressing the breeze for your touch.

He prepares a bed of love and his eager eyes search anxiously, at every stir of a leaf.

Do not linger, oh sensuous-hipped one.

Cast away these traitorous bells from your ankles and drape yourself with the night.

Hasten to your beloved, he awaits you.”

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Surupa Sen

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POORNĀRATĪ

In most South Asian traditions, the arts serve as a medium to attain the highest state of being.

Temple rituals integrate dance as an essential medium of worship to invoke and propitiate the powers that govern the natural order of the universe.

Poornāratī, which means complete offering, seeks to invoke the principles of the Universe, both male and female, that we may dance in their Presence.

Odissi Dancers

Anoushka Rahman, Rohini Banerjee, Daquil Miriyala

Kandyan Dancers

Thaji Dias, Kushan Dharmarathna, Amandi Gomez

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INVOKING SHIVA

Attributed to Ravana, Sri Lanka’s great warrior king, who was a devotee of Shiva, the God of dance and destruction.

Shiva!

From the forest of your matted locks descends the celestial river Ganga.

A mighty serpent garlands you lovingly, the glittering gem in his magical hood radiates brilliance, that anoints the faces of the four-directions with a delicate hue.

Adorned only by the sky, a new-born moon jewels your locks and your forehead smoulders with the fire of your third eye.

Your ceaseless drum song pervades the universe, as you dance your fearsome Tandava.

Perfect consort to Himalaya’s daughter, you are the ever-compassionate destroyer of evil.

Opening your third eye you burnt to ashes the God of Love, the five-arrowed Kamadeva, disrupter of your meditation.

You are the Universe.

Invincible.

Infinite.

Eternal.

On you I meditate.

Dance on the funeral pyres in my heart and release me from this universe.

Dancers

Thaji Dias, Pavithra Reddy

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ĀLĀP

The Kandyan and Odissi dance traditions meet in space, to challenge, combine and embrace each other through musical conversation and rhythmic dialogue.

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Pavithra Reddy, Rohini Banerjee, Thaji Dias, Amandi Gomez, Anoushka Rahman, Daquil Miriyala, Kushan Dharmarathna

ABOUT THE DANCE FORMS KANDYAN DANCE

Kandyan dance comes from Kandy, an area in the Central hills region in Sri Lanka. According to legend, the origins of the dance lie in an exorcism ritual known as the Kohomba Kankariya, which was performed by shamans from India, who came to the island on the request of a king suffering from a mysterious illness. After the performance of the ritual, the illness vanished and the local people adopted the dance.

Originally performed by dancers who were identified as a separate caste and aligned to the Temple of the Tooth, the dance declined when support from the Kandyan kings ended in the colonial period.

Kandyan Dance was adapted for the stage in the 1940s, by Chitrasena. His wife and dance partner, Vajira, was the first professional female Kandyan dancer, and together they established Kandyan dance as a performance art. Their popularity helped to reduce the caste barriers surrounding the dance and made it accessible to an urban, contemporary audience.

ODISSI

For centuries, a temple has looked out at a turbulent sea, its walls dancing a prayer to the rising sun.

Magnificent ruins like these, in Odisha in Eastern India, confirm that Odissi was performed as far back as 200 BCE. Originally a sacred ritual dedicated to the gods, Odissi is one of the oldest dance traditions in the world. Its sinuous forms, languorous limbs and rapt expressions frozen in stone tell of a past rich in dance, music, myth and legend.

Odissi speaks of love and union, between human and divine, transporting viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality. Its sensuousness and lyricism reflect both the motifs of Odisha temple sculpture as well as the poetry from the deep wellsprings of Oriya music.

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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Thulani Shabalala, Sibongiseni Shabalala, Thamsanqa Shabalala, Msizi Shabalala, Albert Mazibuko, Abednego Mazibuko, Mfanafuthi Dlamini, Pius Shezi and Sabelo Mthembu

PROGRAM Works to be announced from stage.

Support for this program provided by the:

Vail Memorial Fund

NO INTERMISSION

Over Sixty Years Later, the Impossible Dream Continues Let us tell you a story. An impossible-to-believe yet true story. Once upon a time there was a teenage boy working on his family farm in apartheid South Africa. The year was 1960. This boy loved to sing, in fact he loved to sing so much that he allowed himself an impossible dream. In his dream he would create a group of singers, from his family members, to sing traditional South African songs.

His group would perform all over South Africa and they would become the greatest music group his country would ever know. How could such a dream come to a young farm boy in a country rife with hardship, violence and trouble? Well, Joseph Shabalala was this young farm boy and his dream would become Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

The year 2023 marks the 63rd anniversary of Joseph Shabalala forming Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

His group would not only conquer all of South Africa, but would become a worldwide phenomenon, winning more GRAMMY Awards (five), and receiving more GRAMMY Award nominations (nineteen), than any World Music group in the history of recorded music.

During the dark years of South African Apartheid, Ladysmith Black Mambazo followed a path of peaceful protest through songs of hope and love. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, in 1990, he said that Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music was a powerful message of peace that he listened to while in jail. When Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, he asked the group to join him at the ceremony. It was Mandela who called Ladysmith Black Mambazo “South Africa’s cultural ambassadors to the world.”

The group sings a traditional music style called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-mee-ya), which developed in the mines of South Africa. It was there that black workers were taken to work far away from their homes and families. Poorly housed and paid, the mine workers would entertain themselves, after a six-day work week, by singing songs into the wee hours on Saturday night and Sunday. When the miners returned to their homes, this musical tradition returned with them.

La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

In the mid-1980s, American singer/songwriter Paul Simon famously visited South Africa and incorporated the group’s rich harmonies into his renowned Graceland album—a landmark recording considered seminal in introducing World Music to mainstream audiences. This brought the group to the attention of music lovers all over the world, the beginning of a global musical career that shows no sign of ending.

After leading his group for over 50 years and approaching his 75th birthday, Joseph Shabalala retired in 2014, handing the leadership to his three sons, Thulani, Sibongiseni and Thamsanqa Shabalala. Having joined their father’s group in 1993, their many years of training had prepared them in ways no others could be trained. Now, carrying their father’s dream into the future, the Shabalala Family continues the group’s success for the world to hear.

This presentation marks Ladysmith Black Mambazo's La Jolla Music Society debut.

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PRELUDE 6:30 PM Lecture

RAY CHEN, violin & JULIO ELIZALDE, piano THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL TARTINI Violin Sonata in G Minor “Devil’s Trill” (arr. Kreisler)

(1692–1770) Larghetto affettuoso Allegro (Tempo giusto) Andante – Allegro BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano, Opus 30, No. 2 Allegro con brio Adagio cantabile Scherzo: Allegro Finale: Allegro–Presto INTERMISSION

J.S. BACH

Partita No. 3 in E Major for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1006 Preludio Loure Gavotte en Rondeau Bourrée Gigue

BAZZINI

La Ronde des Lutins, Opus 25

DVOŘÁK

Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 72 (arr. Kreisler)

COREA

Spain (arr. Elizalde and Chen) Ray Chen, violin; Julio Elizalde, piano

(1685–1750)

La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

Ray Chen is managed by: Columbia Artists Music LLC www.camimusic.com General Manager: Jean-Jacques Cesbron & Adam Tilley Ray Chen is an Exclusive Recording Artist of Decca Classics

(1818–1897)

(1841–1904)

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Violin Sonata in G Minor, “Devil’s Trill” (arr. Kreisler)

although the best I ever wrote, how far was it below the one I heard in my dream!”

On this program, the sonata is performed in the edition prepared by violinist Fritz Kreisler.

Born April 8, 1692, Pirano, Istria Died February 26, 1770, Padua, Italy Composed: 1713 Approximate Duration: 16 minutes

Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano, Opus 30, No. 2

GIUSEPPE TARTINI

The life of Giuseppe Tartini reads like something out of a novel, not a music history text. As a boy, he learned to play the violin and to fence and was so good at both that he supported himself at law school by giving violin and fencing lessons—he even thought briefly of making a career as a fencing-master. But fate intervened, as it so often does: At age 20, Tartini eloped with one of his violin students, only to discover that his youthful bride was under the protection of her uncle, the archbishop of Padua, who came after Tartini with a vengeance. The young violin-and-fencing teacher had to flee Padua for Assisi, where he hid in a monastery.

Only after the archbishop had calmed down (which took two years) could Tartini return to Padua. He had used his time in the cloister to study composition, and he now devoted himself completely to music, becoming music director of Saint Anthony’s in Padua and eventually founding a violin school; this became so famous that it attracted students from all over Europe, earning it the nickname “School of the Nations.” A prolific composer (about 350 works survive), Tartini devoted himself to mathematical speculation and studies in musical theory during his later years.

His most famous work is the Violin Sonata in G Minor, which Tartini said was inspired when the devil appeared to him one night in a dream and played it through for him; the next day Tartini wrote down what he could remember of the sonata he had heard in his dream. The music acquired the nickname “Devil’s Trill” from the fiendishly difficult trilled passages in its last movement; many is the violinist who, faced with having to play these passages, has been quite ready to agree that this music did in fact come straight from the devil. The sonata’s difficulties lie not just in the last movement’s famous trills, for the violinist must also be able to execute graceful string crossings, double-stops, quick grace notes, and the sudden alternation of a cantabile line with fiery attacks. Furthermore, the violin plays during every second of this music.

The “Devil’s Trill” is in three movements. The opening Larghetto affettuoso, somber and wistful, gives way to an Allegro that alternates dramatic gestures with fluid and flowing passages demanding the most poised bow arm possible. The famous last movement is actually two movements in one, for Tartini alternates the opening Grave and the Allegro assai, with its infamous trills. What makes these trills so difficult is that the violinist must simultaneously play a bowed melody on another string; near the close Tartini has the violinist break away for a long solo cadenza before a grand close on the Grave melody.

The “Devil’s Trill” is one of the great violin sonatas, but Tartini was not fully satisfied with it. Much later, he wrote to a friend: “The piece I then composed, ‘The Devil’s Sonata,”

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Born December 17, 1770, Bonn, Germany Died March 26, 1827, Vienna Composed: 1802 Approximate Duration: 24 minutes

Beethoven’s Violin Sonata in C Minor is one of the set of three that he wrote in the small village of Heiligenstadt outside Vienna during the summer and fall of 1802. This was a period of extraordinary distress for the composer, for it was during the months at Heiligenstadt that Beethoven was finally forced to accept the inevitability of his deafness.

The choice of key for this sonata is important, for C minor was the key Beethoven employed for works of unusual intensity. The recently completed “Pathetique” Sonata, Fourth String Quartet, and Third Piano Concerto were in C minor, and in the next several years Beethoven would use that key for the Funeral March of the Eroica, the Fifth Symphony, and the Coriolan Overture. The musical conflict that fires those works is also evident in this sonata, which is—with the Kreutzer Sonata—the most dramatic of Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas.

The opening movement is marked Allegro con brio, the same indication Beethoven would later use for the opening movements of the Third and Fifth Symphonies, and the sonata’s first movement has a dramatic scope similar to those symphonies. It opens quietly with a recurrent brooding figure that ends with a sudden turn, like the quick flick of a dragon’s tail. The violin soon picks this up and also has the second subject, which marches along clipped dotted rhythms. There is no exposition repeat, and Beethoven slips into the development quietly, but soon the energy pent up in these simple figures is unleashed—this dramatic music features massive chording by both instruments and drives to a huge climax.

By contrast, the Adagio cantabile opens with a melody of disarming gentleness, once again announced by the piano, and much of this movement sings gracefully. As it develops, however, the accompaniment grows more complex, and soon these murmuring runs begin to take over the music; Beethoven makes sharp dynamic contrasts before bringing the movement to a quiet close. The brief Scherzo: Allegro is full of stinging accents and rhythmic surprises; its trio section is a subtle variation of the movement’s opening theme, here treated in canon.

The Finale: Allegro returns to the mood of the opening movement—again there is a quiet but ominous opening full of suppressed energy that will later explode to life. This finale is in modified sonata-rondo form, and despite an occasional air of play and some appealing lyric moments, the movement partakes of the same atmosphere of suppressed tension that has marked the entire sonata.

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Beethoven brings it to a suitably dramatic close with a blazing coda marked Presto that remains resolutely in C minor.

Partita No. 3 in E Major for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1006

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Born March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Composed: 1720 Approximate Duration: 19 minutes

movement features some wonderful writing for the violin as the original dance theme repeats in many guises. The two minuet movements are sharply contrasted: Menuet I takes its character from the powerful chordal beginning, while Menuet II, dancing gracefully, is more subdued.

The Bourrée drives along its lively course, energized by a powerful upbeat, and the Gigue (an old English dance related to the jig) brings the work to a lively close.

La Ronde des Lutins, Opus 25

Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin date from about 1720, when Bach was music director at the court of Anhalt-Cöthen. The three sonatas are in sonata di chiesa form, employing a slow-fast-slow-fast sequence of movements, but the structure of the three partitas is more complex. The term partita—which suggests a collection of parts—refers to a suite of dances, and Bach wrote his three partitas for unaccompanied violin as sets of dance movements. While each of the sonatas has four movements, of which the second is always a fugue, the partitas have more movements (five to seven) and are somewhat freer in form, as Bach adapted a number of old dance forms to the capabilities of the solo violin. In his final partita for unaccompanied violin, Bach virtually dispenses with the standard allemande-courante-sarabande-gigue sequence of the partita and instead creates an entirely original structure consisting of a stunning opening movement, a varied series of dances, and a concluding gigue (the only survivor from the traditional sequence).

The title Preludio suggests music that is merely an introduction to something else, but this Preludio is a magnificent work in its own right, in some ways the most striking of the seven movements of this partita. Built on the jagged, athletic opening theme, this movement is a brilliant flurry of steady sixteenth-notes, featuring complicated string-crossings and racing along its blistering course to an exciting conclusion. Among the many pleasures of this music is Bach’s use of a technique known as bariolage, the rapid alternation between the same note played on stopped and open strings, which gives this music some of it characteristic glinting brilliance. It is no surprise that this Preludio is among the most popular pieces Bach ever wrote, and those purists ready to sneer at Leopold Stokowski’s arrangement for full orchestra should know that Bach beat him to it: in 1731, ten years after writing the violin partita, Bach arranged this Preludio as the opening orchestral movement of his Cantata No. 29, “Wir danken dir, Gott.”

Bach follows this striking beginning with a sequence of varied dances. The term Loure originally referred to a form of French bagpipe music and later came to mean a type of slow dance accompanied by the bagpipe. Bach dispenses with the bagpipe accompaniment, and in this elegant movement the violin dances gracefully by itself. Bach was scrupulously accurate in his titles, and the Gavotte en Rondeau (gavotte in the form of a rondo) conforms to both these forms: a gavotte is an old French dance in common time that begins on the third beat, while rondo form asks that one section recur throughout. This vigorous and poised

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ANTONIO BAZZINI Born March 11, 1818, Brescia, Italy Died February 10, 1897, Milan Composed: 1852 Approximate Duration: 5 minutes

Antonio Bazzini was one of the most distinguished Italian musicians of the 19th century, and his career spanned that century. He studied the violin as a boy, was encouraged

by Paganini, and made his reputation as a virtuoso violinist.

In his twenties, he was based in Germany, where his playing was admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann, and concert tours took him across Europe. But at age 46, Bazzini gave up his career as a touring virtuoso, returned to Italy, and devoted himself to composition and teaching. He wrote music for the stage, for orchestra, and for chamber ensembles, and he eventually became the director of the Milan Conservatory, where his students included Puccini, Mascagni, and Catalani.

It was a distinguished career, but Bazzini would be completely forgotten today were it not for a piece he wrote in 1852 for violin and piano titled La Ronde des Lutins (Dance of the Goblins). Subtitled Scherzo Fantastique, this four-minute dazzler might nominally be a portrait of dancing goblins, but it is really a challenge of hair-raising difficulty for violinists, who must master all manner of violinist fireworks and technical hurtles. These include passages played entirely in artificial harmonics, passages played entirely with left-handed pizzicato, fingered tenths, long passages played with spiccato upbows, and passages set so high that they are almost beyond the end of the fingerboard.

An opening flourish from the piano sets matters in motion, and the violinist enters with blistering main theme. There are lyric episodes along the way, but the emphasis here is on technical wizardry, speed, virtuosity, and dazzle, and these have made La Ronde des Lutins a favorite of both audiences and violinists.

Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 72 (arr. Kreisler)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Born September 8, 1841, Muhlhausen, Bohemia Died May 1, 1904, Prague Composed: 1886 Approximate Duration: 5 minutes

Success came late to Dvořák. For years he labored in obscurity, supporting himself and his family as an orchestral violist and teacher, and then came the break: his music attracted the attention (and admiration) of Brahms, who alerted his own publisher, Simrock, to the TheConrad.org · 858.459.3728

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talents of this unknown Bohemian composer. Simrock commissioned a set of Slavonic Dances from Dvořák, suggesting that he model them on Brahms’ own vastly popular Hungarian Dances. Dvořák composed a set of eight dances—originally for piano four-hands—between April and August 1878 and then orchestrated them. They were an instant success and quickly traveled around the world–performances followed in Germany, France, Italy, England, and even distant America. Simrock paid Dvořák only a modest fee for this music, and the publisher did quite well financially on its tremendous success. For his part, Dvořák got something much better than money: he achieved worldwide fame, and the Slavonic Dances were really the music that launched his career. Simrock of course wanted another set of dances, and eight years later Dvořák wrote a further set of eight, which were published as his Opus 72 (those eight years made a tremendous difference in Dvořák’s career: he asked–and got!–ten times as much for this set as he was paid for the first).

The Slavonic Dance E Minor is a starodávný, a threebeat dance also used by Dvořák’s friend Leoš Janáček, who referred to it as “an old-time dance.” Its opening sounds like mournful Romany fiddling—Dvořák stresses that the playing should be molto espressivo; the central episode is poised, and after all this energy the dance comes to a very effective close, marked pianissimo.

Spain (arr. Chen and Elizalde)

CHICK COREA

Born June 12, 1941, Chelsea, Massachusetts Died February 9, 2021, Tampa Bay, Florida Composed: 1971 Approximate Duration: 9 minutes

Jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea grew up playing jazz in the Boston area—he joined Miles Davis’ band while still a teenager and collaborated with Davis over the following decade. One of the transformative moments in Corea’s career was his discovery of Latin music—its characteristic rhythms, songs, and dance forms—and that influence is strongly felt in what may be Corea’s most famous work, Spain. Corea composed Spain in 1971, when he was 30, and it first appeared on the album Light as a Feather. The piece represents a fusion of jazz and Latin music, particularly the samba. In its original form, Corea begins Spain with the melody of the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, and the chord progression of that haunting theme becomes the basis for Corea’s samba-like extension. Spain has been heard in countless arrangements (it is referred to as a “jazz standard” for very good reasons), and this concert concludes with an arrangement of Spain for violin and piano by this evening’s artists, Ray Chen and Julio Elizalde.

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JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI WITH IL POMO D’ORO BEYOND SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024 · 3 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL

PRELUDE 2 PM

Lecture by Michael Gerdes

MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)

E pur io torno qui from L'incoronazione di Poppea Voglio di vita uscir

MARINI

Passacalio from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale, Op. 22

CACCINI

Amarilli, mia bella from Le nuove musiche

FRESCOBALDI

Così mi disprezzate? from Arie musicali, Book 1

KERLL

Sonata for Two Violins in F Major

(1594–1663) (1551–1618) (1583–1643) (1627–1693)

STROZZI

(1619–1677)

CAVALLI

Incomprensibil nume from Pompeo Magno

PALLAVICINO

Sinfonia from Demetrio

NETTI

Three Arias from La Filli Misero core Si, si, si scioglia si Dolcissime catene

SARTORIO

La certezza di tua fede from Antonino e Pompeiano

NETTI

Two Arias from L’Adamiro Quanto più la donna invecchia Son vecchia, patienza

JARZĘBSKI

Tamburetta from Canzoni e concerti

MORATELLI

Lungi dai nostri cor from La Faretra smarrita Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor Il Pomo d’Oro Alfia Bakieva, violin I; Jonathan Ponet, violin II; Giulio D’Alessio, viola; Rodney Prada, viola da gamba & lirone; Ludovico Minasi, cello; Jonathan Alvarez, bass; Miguel Rincon, theorbo, archlute, & guitar; Alberto Gaspardo, harpsichord & organ; Margherita Burattini, harp; Pietro Modesti, cornetto & flute

(1602–1676) (1630–1688) (1649–1686)

(1630–1680)

(1590–1649) La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

L’amante consolato from Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2

(1640–1706)

This presentation marks Jakub Józef Orliński’s La Jolla Music Society debut.

Il Pomo d’Oro last performed for La Jolla Music Society in a Connect to the Conrad performance on January 18, 2023

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Monteverdi

The Coronation of Poppea

E pur io torno qui, qual linea al centro qual foco a sfera e qual ruscello al mare, e se ben luce alcuna non m’appare, ah, so ben io, che sta’l mio sol qui dentro.

Caro tetto amoroso, albergo di mia vita, e del mio bene, il passo e’l cor ad inchinarti viene.

Apri un balcon, Poppea, col bel viso in cui son le sorti mie, previeni, anima mia, precorri il die.

Sorgi, e disgombra omai, da questo ciel caligini e tenebre con il beato aprir di tue palpebre.

Sogni, portate a volo, fate sentire in dolce fantasia questi sospir alla diletta mia.

Ma che veggio, infelice?

Non già fantasmi o pur notturne larve, son questi i servi di Nerone; ahi, ahi dunque agl’insensati venti Io diffondo i lamenti. Necessito le pietre a deplorarmi.

Adoro questi marmi, amoreggio con lagrime un balcone, e in grembo di Poppea dorme Nerone.

Ha condotti costoro, per custodir se stesso dalle frodi.

O salvezza de’ Prencipi infelice: dormon profondamente i suoi custodi.

Ah’, ah’, perfida Poppea, son queste le promesse e i giuramenti, ch’accesero il cor mio?

Questa è la fede, o dio, dio, dio!

Io son quell’Ottone, che ti seguì, che ti bramò, che ti servì, quell’Ottone che t’adorò, che per piegarti e intenerirti il core di lagrime imperlò preghi devoti, gli spirti a te sacrificando in voti.

M’assicurasti al fine ch’abbracciate averei nel tuo bel seno le mie beatitudini amorose; io di credula speme il seme sparsi, ma l’aria e’l cielo a’ danni miei rivolto.

And here I am again, like a line returning to its origin Or like fire-rays to the sun or a river to the sea, and although I see no light within I know full well that, ah, my star does here reside.

Dear and cherished dwelling place, refuge of my life and love, my heart has come to pay obeisance to you.

Open a window, Poppea, Appear, my love, your beauteous face, arbiter of my fate, anticipating the dawn.

Arise and rid the skies of all this mist and darkness with the blessed opening of your eyes.

May the wings of dreams transport these sighs of mine as delicious fantasies to my beloved.

But what do I see, wretch that I am?

These are no phantoms or specters of the night but Nero’s servants; alas, and so to the heartless winds I propagate my sighs. I beg these stones to weep for me, these marble halls, how I long for them, my tears of love directed to a window while Nero sleeps in Poppea’s arms.

He has ordered them to defend him from treachery.

Ah, precarious security of princes: his own guards now fast asleep!

Ah, ah, faithless Poppea, are these the vows and promises that set my heart aflame?

Such is fidelity, o gods!

I am the same Ottone who pursued and longed for you, who served you, yes, Ottone, who adored you and, to bend and touch your heart, shed loving tears of supplication and sacrificed my sanity to you in love.

At last you gave your word that, clasped to your fair breast, the fullest bliss of love I would receive; I sowed the seed of credence and of hope, but now the heavens have forsaken me.

Voglio di vita uscir

I wish to depart this life

L’incoronazione di Poppea

Voglio di vita uscir, voglio che cadano quest’ossa in polve e queste membra in cenere, e che i singulti miei tra l’ombre vadano, già che quel piè ch’ingemma l’herbe tenere sempre fugge da me, ne lo trattengonoi lacci, ohimè, del bel fanciul di Venere.

Vo che gl’abissi il mio cordoglio vedano, e l’aspro mio martir le furie piangano, e che i dannati al mio tormento cedano.

A Dio crudel, gl’orgogli tuoi rimangano a incrudelir con gl’altri.

A te rinunzio, né vo’ più che mie speme in te si frangano.

S’apre la tomba, il mio morir t’annuntio.

Unalagrimaspargi, etalfindonami di tua tarda pietade un solo nuntio, e s’amando t’offesi, homai perdonami.

I wish to depart this life and for these bones and limbs to crumble into dust and ash and my sobs to die away among the shadows because her feet that grace the tender grass are always running from me, nor are they caught, alas, in the snares of Venus’ cherub-boy.

I want Hell to be a witness to my anguish and the furies to weep for my bitter pain a nd the damned to be awed by my agony.

Farewell, cruel one, may your arrogance live on to torture others.

I give you up: for you to dash my hopes is no longer my desire.

The tomb is opening: witness now my death.

Shed a tear and, at the last, display a single sign of your belated pity, and if I caused offence by loving you, pardon me, I pray.

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Caccini

Amarilli, mia bella

Amarilli, mia bella, Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desio, D'esser tu l'amor mio?

Credilo pur: e se timor t'assale, prendi questo mio strale, Aprimi il petto e vedrai scritto in core: Amarilli, Amarilli, Amarilli è il mio amore.

Frescobaldi

Così mi disprezzate?

Così mi disprezzate?

Così voi mi burlate?

Tempo verrà, ch’Amore farà di vostro core quel, che fate del mio, non più parole, addio!

Datemi pur martiri, burlate i miei sospiri, negatemi mercede, oltraggiate mia fede, ch’in voi vedrete poi, quel che mi fate voi.

Beltà sempre non regna, e s’ella pur v’insegna a dispregiar mia fè, credete pur a me, che s’oggi m’ancidete, doman vi pentirete.

Non nego già, ch’in voi Amor ha i pregi suoi, ma sò, ch’il tempo cassa beltà, che fugge, e passa, se non volete amare, io non voglio penare.

Il vostro biondo crine, la guance purpurine veloci più che Maggio tosto faran passaggio, prezzategli pur voi, ch’io riderò ben poi.

Strozzi

L’amante consolato

Son tanto ito cercando Che pur alfin trovai colei che desiai duramente penando, oh questa volta sì ch’io non m’inganno, s’io non godo mio danno!

Son tali quei contenti che pur alfin io provo che tutto mi rinovo doppo lunghi tormenti.

Ma tutti com’io fo far non sapranno chi non gode suo danno!

Cavalli

Incomprensibil nume

Incomprensibil nume, che sei per tutto e fuor di te non sei; Luce, che più che miro, e meno intendo, delle vittorie mie grazie ti rendo.

Noto solo a te stesso principio eterno ed infinito fine; ch’il tutto vai dal nulla ognor traendo delle vittorie mie grazie ti rendo.

O my lovely Amaryllis

O my lovely Amaryllis, Do you not know, o my heart’s sweet desire, that you are the one I love?

Know it to be so and, if you still have doubts, Take this arrow of mine, Open my breast and see written on my heart: Amaryllis is my love.

Is this how you scorn me?

Is this how you scorn me?

Is this how you mock me?

The time will come when Love will do to your heart what you are doing to mine. No more words, farewell!

Continue to torment me, mock my sighs, deny me pity, profane my constancy, but one day you will suffer what you are doing to me now.

Beauty does not reign forever, and if it goads you into scorning my fidelity, believe me when I say that if today you injure me tomorrow you will repent of it.

I do not deny that Love holds you in high esteem, But I also know that time invalidates beauty which slips away and fades, and if you do not wish to love, I do not wish to suffer either.

Your golden hair and rosy cheeks will fade more swiftly than the month of May, so make the most of them for the last laugh will be mine.

The Consoled Lover

I sought so hard And finally found my longed-for lady but suffering greatly through it.

Ah, this time I shan’t be so deluded And won’t be a glutton for punishment!

Such are the delights that I am finally enjoying that I feel reborn after such long torment.

But not everyone will know to do as I do. to not be a glutton for punishment!

Incomprehensible god

Incomprehensible god, who are immanent yet disincarnate; o star, the longer gazed upon, the less I apprehend you; I thank you for my victories.

Only your purpose do I acknowledge, eternal and infinite source that brings forth all from nothingness; I thank you for my victories.

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Netti

La Filli (La moglie del fratello)

Phyllis (The brother’s wife)

Aria Misero core, dal crudo amore che speri tu?

Altra speranza più non m’avanza che il mio dolor, dandomi morte, dell’empia sorte cessi il rigor.

El’almaafflitta, dalduoltraffitta, non peni più.

Recitativo Datti pace, Berillo, e col dispregio vendica le tue offese.

Sian da te vilipese quelle luci ch’avesti in tanto pregio.

Aria Sì, sì, si sciolga, sì per man di sdegno quel laccio indegno ch’Amore ordì.

No, no, più s’ami, no.

Del cieco arciero, sdegno guerriero, l’arco spezzò.

Recitativo Ah, che miei voi non siete, pensier, se pretendete di ribellarvi al core che a Filli già donai per man d’Amore.

Aria Dolcissime catene sempre v’adorerò.

Costante nelle pene di voi mai mi dorrò.

Siami pur quanto vuol, Filli crudele, io gli sarò fedele.

Aria Wretched heart, from cruel love what did you expect?

No hope is open to me other than my sorrow, bringing my death; cease now the cruelty of my ignominious fate.

And sorrowing soul of mine, pierced with pain, suffer no more.

Recitative Be at peace, Berillo, and scornfully avenge your wrongs.

Be contemptuous now of those eyes you loved so well.

Aria Yes, yes, may anger now dissolve those shameful snares that Love contrived.

No, no, love is over now.

War like wrath has snapped in two the blind archer’s bow.

Recitative Ah, these are not true thoughts of mine that presume to disavow the heart I gave to Phyllis, conveyed to her by Love.

Aria Sweetest chains, I shall always adore you.

Steadfast in my suffering I shall never complain of you.

As cruel as Phyllis wishes to be to me, I shall remain faithful to her.

Sartorio

La certezza di tua fede

La certezza di tua fede può dar vita a questo core, può dar morte a la mia morte, può tornarmi la mia sorte la costanza del tuo amore.

Netti

The sureness of your devotion The sureness of your devotion can bring life to this heart of mine and death to my own death; and the constancy of your love can restore good fortune to me.

Quanto più la donna invecchia

The more a lady ages

Son vecchia, pazienza

I am old, sorry

Quanto più la donna invecchia più desidera il marito.

Con la face il dio d’amor non perdona a vecchia età.

Quando manca la beltà della carne il pizzicor dà più somite al prurito.

Son vecchia, pazienza, passò quell’età che l’anime ardea.

Che lieta vedea gl’amanti in presenza cercarmi pietà.

Moratelli

La faretra smarrita Lungi dai nostri cor

Lungi dai nostri cor si rigido martir.

Il nome d’Amor è in vita a morir.

The more a lady ages, the more she desires her husband.

But with his torch, the god of love is unforgiving of old age.

When beauty fades from the complexion, itchy rashes follow in its wake.

I am old, sorry, the age has passed that fires our hearts.

How happy I was to see the lovers here coming to seek my compassion.

The Lost Quiver Far from our hearts

Far from our hearts such cruel torment.

The name of Love perishes though still alive.

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BEYOND features music by Monteverdi, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Saracini, Netti, Jarzębski and other early Baroque composers. With this thoughtfully selected programme I delve into the meaning of the word BEYOND, particularly in the sense that this music resonates beyond its own time. It is still relevant, still alive, vibrant, touching, engaging and entertaining.

Together with Il Pomo d’Oro and its acclaimed musicians, I’m taking you BEYOND the limits of a classical concert or musical concept on a journey of discovery. I’m helped in my endeavour by my dear friend Yannis François, whose period research dug up some extraordinary pieces, many of which—like some on my previous solo albums—are world-première recordings.

—Jakub Józef Orliński

that could be considered “hits” of the repertoire of this first baroque century (Monteverdi, Caccini, Frescobaldi).

Furthermore, the order of the programme deviates slightly from its predecessors: with this programme, Jakub and I sought to go beyond a simple presentation of beautiful pieces, offering the listener the sense of being at a real-life concert. This is reflected in direct sequences between certain pieces, improvised instrumental transitions, a logical succession of atmospheres, of keys and of musical themes, all rising to a palpable head in perfect synergy with the emotions that Jakub and Il Pomo d’Oro have chosen to share with us.

—Yannis François, programme creator Translation by Dominic Horsfall

The idea of developing a programme for Jakub’s voice based around the Seicento (the 17th century in music) had been gestating in my mind for quite some time, given the particular expressiveness of his musicality in this repertoire. So vast are the possibilities afforded by this era that compiling the programme, making the right choices, felt a daunting task: from operas to cantatas, serenades to canzoni for solo voice, the prospects seemed endless. I chose then not to choose, taking instead just one example from each of these forms, thus offering the listener an aural glimpse of the riches of this century.

Each programme I’ve constructed for Jakub has featured a core composer, a guiding light whose music inspires me through the development of the recital or brings that missing atmosphere to its overall balance.

For Anima Sacra, this was Nicola Fago (1677–1745); for Facce d’Amore, we had Giovanni Antonio Boretti (1640–1672) and Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767), with two arias apiece to open and close the programme; for Anima Aeterna, the honour went to Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745). Here, for Beyond, our most represented figure is Giovanni Cesare Netti (1649–1686). It was only by chance that I discovered his manuscripts in the course of my research, and I was struck by the beauty of his compositions. The variety that inhabits his scenes is unbelievable; a single scene may feature a character producing recitatives and arias of totally different textures and colours. This is certainly the case here in Berillo’s scene from Netti’s opera La Filli (La moglie del fratello) (1682). As fate would have it, we were contacted by Professor Giovanni Tribuzio—eminent musicologist and no less than the author of Netti’s catalogue of works—when he found out the composer was due to be featured. It was inevitable, therefore, that he should be included in this booklet to shed more light on this magnificent artist, one I hope to see more frequently performed in future.

Although we will mostly be journeying through the Italian Seicento, a few pieces along the way hail from different origins, among them Adam Jarzębski (c.1590– 1649) and Johann Caspar von Kerll (1627–1693).

In among some rare gems (a dozen or so world premières), any listener familiar with the era may recognise a few titles

Giovanni Cesare Netti (Putignano [Bari], 1649– Naples, 1686) undoubtedly deserves to occupy a position of honour among the countless composers who rose to prominence in Naples during the second half of the 17th century. After studying at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Bari under Giovanni Salvatore (1663–67), the young musician embraced church life, teaching as a mastricello at the conservatory (at least until 1673) and playing the organ in the Cappella Vicereale (as assistant organist from 1675 and head organist from 1684). His career advanced significantly on February 28, 1680, when he was appointed master of the Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro, beating Francesco Antonio Provenzale to the post (the renowned composer applied for the position several times, but only succeeded following his rival’s death in 1686). All of Netti’s music for the church has been lost, but poet Baldassarre Pisani expressed the emotions he felt “listening to several musical settings of sacred canzonette” in a sonnet published in 1685: “Your syncopation makes vast streams of tears gush from my eyes. You tear away the madness from my heart with your love, and uproot my heart with your pining metre.”

This pathos-rich compositional style Pisani describes is also evident in Netti’s surviving secular works, which comprise eight cantatas (TNI.1a7, TN.II.1), some of which were written for Antonia Rutini and perhaps also Giulia De Caro, two serenades (TNIII.1–2) and two operas. To highlight the issues faced by his lovelorn characters, in his compositions Netti often alternates between highly melodic arias and dissonant and chromatic laments (as in the music chosen for this album) or virtuoso pieces full of sudden changes in mode, expression and tempo.

Netti made his opera debut with L’Adamiro (TN V.1a), a dramma per musica, or serious opera, with a libretto by the aforementioned Pisani that was performed on February 16, 1681, in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo Reale in Naples. It was then reprised, with substantial changes to both the lyrics and music, on June 14, 1682, in Palermo for the wedding of Teresa María de la Cerda and Diego de Benavides y Aragón, the viceroy of Sicily’s son. The only surviving score, held at the library of the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, contains this later version (TN V.1b). The two arias that feature on this recording, “Quanto

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più la donna invecchia” (Act I, scene 11) and “Son vecchia, pazienza” (Act II, scene 13) clearly express the suffering felt by Crinalba, the ageing wet nurse of Lindaura (the king of Epirus’ daughter, given in marriage to Elmidoro, the king of Cyprus, and imprisoned by Adamiro, the prince of Constantinople, during the Siege of Ambracia). Crinalba’s woes stem from her unrequited love for Squilletto, Elmidoro’s servant, a misogynous humpback who, sick of her constant advances, rejects her multiple times, describing her as a “filthy harpy” and the “epitome” of ugliness.

Netti composed his second opera, known as La Filli (TN V.2), for Carnival season in spring 1682. This tragedy, with a libretto attributed to Francesco Silvani entitled La moglie del fratello in the only known printed version (used for a setting by an unknown Florentine composer in 1690) was staged at the Naples residence of the jurist Girolamo Cappello at the request of Adriano and Domenico Acquaviva d’Aragona, the brothers of Giulio Antonio II, Count of Conversano. The plot has certain similarities to Domenico Filippo Contini’s libretto for Gli equi voci del sembiante, set to music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Rome, 1679): in the scene in this programme (Act II, scene 9) the shepherd Berillo, the blood brother of Rosetta (his future wife), voices his indignation and suffering after learning that his beloved Filli (who is actually his sister) only has eyes for the hunter Tirsi (who is actually Rosetta’s real brother).

—Giovanni Tribuzio, Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory of Music, Bari Translated from the Italian by Ian Mansbridge

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QUATUOR ÉBÈNE FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024 · 7:30 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL HAYDN String Quartet in G Minor, Opus 20, No. 3

(1732–1809) Allegro con spirito Minuet: Allegretto – Trio Poco adagio Allegro molto BARTÓK

(1881–1945)

String Quartet No. 3, Sz.85 Vivace ma non troppo Prima parte: Moderato Adagio – Più andante – Adagio Seconda parte: Allegro Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato Coda: Allegro molto INTERMISSION

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La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

String Quartet in G Major, D.887 Allegro molto moderato Andante un poco molto Scherzo: Allegro vivace Allegro assai Quatuor Ébène Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure, violins; Marie Chilemme, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello

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String Quartet in G Minor, Opus 20, No. 3

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Born March 31, 1732, Rohrau, Austria Died May 31, 1809, Vienna Composed: 1772 Approximate Duration: 27 minutes

In 1772 Haydn composed the six quartets that he would publish as his Opus 20, but listeners should not for an instant be fooled by that low opus number—these quartets are the work of an experienced composer. When he wrote them, Haydn was 40 years old, he had been kapellmeister to the Esterhazy court for over a decade, and he had composed nearly fifty symphonies. The string quartet had begun as an entertainment form, usually as a multi-movement work of light character intended as background music at social occasions. The original title of this form, divertimento, made clear that this music was intended as a diversion. Haydn in fact published the six quartets of his Opus 20 under the title Divertimenti, but he had already transformed the string quartet. No longer was it entertainment music content to remain in the background—Haydn made it a concise form, capable of an unusual range of expression. He reduced the number of movements to four, liberated all four voices (particularly the cello), and built the music around taut motivic development.

The evolution of the form, though, was not simply a matter of newly-refined technique—it was also a matter of new depth of expression. Haydn brought to his Opus 20 all his recent growth as a composer (some have heard the influence of his symphonic thinking in this music), and these quartets demonstrate a level of dramatic tension far removed the form’s original entertainment function. The String Quartet in G Minor is a very serious piece of music: its minor tonality is one indication of this, as is the fact that three of its four movements are in sonata form. Throughout this music runs an unusual level of tension, an atmosphere heightened by the fact that all four movements end quietly.

Haydn marks the opening movement Allegro con spirito, and spirited it certainly is, with the animated line leaping between the four voices at the opening—this interplay of four voices will mark the entire quartet. The development is terse—Haydn compresses his ideas into motivic fragments and their development feels lean rather than melodic; after all this energy, the quiet ending is particularly effective. The minuet stays in G minor, and a level of tension informs this dance. The trio, in E-flat major, feels like a ray of sunshine cutting through the chill mists of the minuet, and Haydn makes a characteristic decision here—the melodic interest is in the three lower voices, while the first violin weaves an amiable texture of steady eighthnotes above them. The Poco Adagio is the one movement not in G minor (it is in G major), and it is an unusually long movement—even if the repeat is not taken, it is still the longest movement in the quartet. Textures are somewhat fuller here, and while the music turns dark in the course of the development, this remains a melodic and attractive

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movement. There are many nice little touches along the way, including an extended brilliant passage for cello (its liberation from the old accompaniment role is clear) and some nice attention to sound when Haydn contrasts the quite different sonorities of open and closed D’s in the second violin part. The finale, marked Allegro molto, returns to the mood and manner (and key) of the opening movement, with taut contrapuntal textures and spirited interplay between the four voices. After all this virtuosity, the ending is terrific: the dynamic grows quiet, and it is the (fully liberated) cello that draws this quartet to its close on murmured bits of the movement’s opening theme.

String Quartet No. 3, Sz.85

BÉLA BARTÓK

Born March 25, 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary Died September 26, 1945, New York City Composed: 1927 Approximate Duration: 16 minutes

In the fall of 1927, just as he was leaving on his first concert tour of America, Bartók submitted the manuscript of his Third String Quartet to a chamber music competition sponsored by the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

Bartók returned to Europe in March 1928 without hearing anything about the competition, and, after waiting nearly a year, he gave up and began to make arrangements to have the quartet published in Europe. And of course at just that point the news arrived: Bartók had split first prize with the Italian composer Alfredo Casella. His share of the prize was $3,000, welcome news for a composer who was never wholly free from financial worries throughout his life. Bartók had powerful friends on the committee of six judges who awarded the prize, among them Willem Mengelberg (conductor of the New York Philharmonic), Fritz Reiner (conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony), and Frederick Stock (conductor of the Chicago Symphony). And in passing, it should be noted that the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, which had been founded in 1820, is still active today, and Bartók’s manuscript for his Third Quartet remains one of its prized possessions.

The shortest of Bartók’s six quartets, the Third Quartet has proven the thorniest of that cycle—critics invariably refer to it as “anti-Romantic.” The Third Quartet is marked by a fierce concentration of materials and by Bartók’s refusal to use traditional melodic themes. In their place he makes use of short motives that are almost consciously athematic in their brevity. The quartet takes as its basic thematic cell a three-note figure first announced by the first violin in the sixth measure: G rising to D and falling to A. That motif and a handful of others are then subjected to the most rigorous and concentrated polyphonic development: canon, fugato, inversion, simultaneous presentation of material. The structure is equally concentrated. Only fifteen minutes long and performed without pause, the Third Quartet nevertheless divides into four sections: First Part, Second Part, Recapitulation of the First Part, and Coda, which is essentially a recapitulation—or a revisiting—of the second part.

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Bartók accentuates the fierce concentration of this music by enlivening it with one of the richest palettes of sound of any of his quartets. The Third Quartet opens with a sound he rarely used in his quartets—artificial harmonics—and then takes the music through a panoply of string sonorities: slithering ponticellos, martellato chords snapped off at the frog of the bow, passages tapped out with the wood of the bow rather than bowed with the hair, quick glissandos that span more than an octave, passages played entirely over the fingerboard to produce the most whispery textures. One cannot separate music and sound, of course, and the sonic phantasmagoria of this quartet is part of its unbelievable concentration of material.

The first and second parts are basically sonata-form movements without their recapitulation sections. The First Part (marked Moderato) is built on the seminal three-note figure, which will then recur in untold shapes.

Three strident chords mark the transition to the second subject, yet here the “accompaniment” of the lower strings incorporates the basic shape of this quartet, as does the violin duet above them. At the very end of the movement, the second violin and viola have a sustained duet in which this figure is finally made to sing diatonically (and very beautifully). The Second Part (marked Allegro) begins with a sustained trill: moving between different instruments, this trill goes on for 39 measures and then returns throughout.

This “part” is built on two ideas: the cello’s strummed pizzicato chords near the opening and the first violin’s hurtling dance tune, draped along asymmetric meters.

As part of the vigorous development, Bartók treats these themes fugally and at one point even combines them. The brief concluding sections bring the missing recapitulations, but now Bartók—who never liked to repeat anything literally—shortens and concentrates his material even more stringently. In the words of Halsey Stevens, the material from the first two parts here makes “a psychological return, not a physical one.” The dance rhythms of the Second Part race ahead, and the Quartet No. 3 concludes on stinging dissonances hammered out by all four instruments.

The first performance of the Third String Quartet took place in Philadelphia on December 30, 1928. The quartet on that occasion was made up of the principal string players of Stokowski’s Philadelphia Orchestra: concertmaster Mischa Mischakoff, David Dubinsky, Samuel Lifschey, and Willem van den Burg. The Waldbauer–Kerpely Quartet gave the European première of the Third Quartet seven weeks later, on February 19, 1929, in Wigmore Hall in London.

String Quartet in G Major, D.887

FRANZ SCHUBERT Born January 31, 1797, Vienna Died November 19, 1828, Vienna Composed: 1826 Approximate Duration: 45 minutes

Schubert wrote his fifteenth and final string quartet in the unbelievably short span of eleven days (June 20–30, 1826)—Mozart himself would have been hard-pressed

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The Quartet in G Major is in every way a striking piece of music: in length (it stretches out to 45 minutes even when some of the most important repeats are omitted), in scope (its huge sonorities, often underpinned by violent tremolos, frequently suggest orchestral writing), and key relationships. Schubert was a master of the ingenious modulation, and this quartet’s quicksilvery shifts of tonality mirror the flickering moods within the music itself.

This is mercurial music—elusive, haunting, and finally very moving.

From a near-silent beginning, the Allegro molto moderato suddenly bursts to life on great chords, sharplydotted rhythms, and jagged thematic edges. Within its first instants, the music pitches uneasily between G major and G minor, and over orchestra-like tremolos the opening idea (derived from the jagged edges of the introduction) is announced pianissimo by first violin and cello. The gracefully-syncopated second subject arrives as a chordal melody, and—curiously—the rest of the exposition consists of a set of variations on this theme.

The development at first concentrates on the opening idea, then resumes the variations on the second subject. The movement drives to a close that returns to the powerful (and harmonically unstable) manner of the very beginning.

The Andante un poco molto opens conventionally—the cello tune in the opening measures is pure Schubert—but suddenly come great rips of sound, discordant cries from the first violin over harmonically ambiguous tremolos in the lower voices. Agitated, dark, and almost shrill, these passages break in throughout the movement, which finally resolves peacefully.

The Scherzo, in B minor, is reminiscent of the scherzo of the “Great” C-Major Symphony–it bristles with energy as individual voices leap out of the general bustle. In complete contrast, the trio section is a laendler, and the languorous lilt of its main idea—introduced by the cello— brings an interlude of calm; the sudden jump back to the needle-sharp entrances of the scherzo is dramatic. The finale—Allegro assai—has been described as a perpetualmotion movement. Actually, it is a tarantella-like rondo that rides exuberantly along its 6/8 meter. Schubert supplies contrasting episodes along the way (smoothly making the 6/8 meter sound like 3/4 in the process), but it is the dancing opening music that finally takes the quartet to its energetic close.

Schubert apparently never heard this quartet. There is speculation that its opening movement might have been performed at the famous Schubertiad in March 1828, but even the best evidence is conjectural, and there is no convincing suggestion of a performance during his lifetime. The Quartet in G Major appears to have been consigned to the silence of dusty shelves, where it remained until it was premièred by the Hellmesberger Quartet in Vienna on December 8, 1850, twenty-two years after its composer’s death.

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MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE FEATURING ABEL SELAOCOE AND CHESABA SIROCCO SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2024 · 7 PM THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL The order and repertoire of this program may be subject to change by the artists at any point; spoken introductions will be given from stage throughout the performance.

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ABEL SELAOCOE

Qhawe

HANS ABRAHAMSEN

Selections from Preludes for String Quartet

ABEL SELAOCOE

Tshepo

BERIO

Aldo from 24 Duets for Two Violins

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Sønderho Bridal Trilogy (arr. Danish String Quartet)

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(1925–2003)

INTERMISSION

ABEL SELAOCOE

Kea Mo Rata

HAYDN

Adagio Sostenuto from String Quartet in G Major, Opus 76, No. 1

(1732–1809)

TRADITIONAL (South Africa) Ibuyile JOHANNES RUSTEN

O Fredrik, O Fredrik (arr. Danish String Quartet)

ERIONA RUSHITI

Vashezo

TRADITIONAL (Mali)

Takamba

TRADITIONAL (South Africa)

Ka Bohaleng Manchester Collective feat. Chesaba Abel Selaocoe*, cello; Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, violins; Christine Anderson, viola; Alan Keary*, electric bass; Sidiki Dembele*, percussion *Members of Chesaba

(b. 1984) (b. 1971)

Joe Reiser, sound Declan Kennedy, general manager and tour manager La Jolla Music Society’s 2023–24 season is supported by The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Cafe Coyote, Rancho Coyote, Giuseppe's, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Bert and Julie Cornelison, Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Angelina and Fred Kleinbub, Dorothea Laub, Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Sue and Peter Wagener, and Bebe and Marvin Zigman.

North American Management for Manchester Collective: Wittenberg Artists, New York City

Sirocco: Manchester Collective & Abel Selaocoe

Sirocco is pure joy and energy—a great storm of music that celebrates the warmth and diversity of cultural traditions from across the globe.

Guest directed and narrated by South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, this is music for the people, by the people. The show covers everything from outrageous arrangements for solo cello to beloved classics, from a set of original African music to a collection of gorgeous Danish folk songs. When this program toured across the UK and Europe, critics described it as a “deeply moving” and “once in a lifetime experience.”

Known for its experimental programming and daring collaborations, Manchester Collective performs a combination of cutting-edge contemporary music, classical masterpieces and staged work in venues ranging from concert halls to warehouses, nightclubs to festivals.

This presentation marks Abel Selaocoe’s and Manchester Collective’s La Jolla Music Society debuts.

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ARTIST PROFILES Joe Bini, filmmaker Joe Bini is a filmmaker, writer, and editor who works in both fiction and nonfiction forms. He is best known for his twentyyear collaboration with Werner Herzog, resulting in such notable films as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Into the Abyss, and The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. He has also edited the groundbreaking films We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here, directed by Lynne Ramsay, and American Honey, directed

by Andrea Arnold, as well as Nick Broomfield’s Tales of the Grim Sleeper. He has lectured on and taught cinema in film schools worldwide.

Kenneth Broberg, piano Kenneth Broberg is a Minneapolis native who won the silver medal at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the 2019 bronze medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, as well as prizes at the Hastings, Sydney, Seattle, and New Orleans International Piano Competitions. Broberg has appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestras, among others.

Recent and upcoming highlights include his debut with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, residencies at the Montreal Symphony’s Festival Virée Classique, Rye Arts, Methow Chamber, Strings, and Sunriver Music Festivals, recitals in Houston, Denver, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis, and tours of Japan, Australia, and Italy. He has been featured on NPR, WQXR, APM’s Performance Today, MPR, and ABC (Australia) radio. His solo debut album was released in August 2017 on the Decca Gold label.

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor Lawrence Brownlee is one of the great voices of our time, captivating audiences and critics around the world. He is a fixture at the leading international opera houses and major orchestra halls, and his concerts have been broadcast to millions. He has performed for the U.S. Vice President and Secretary of State, the French President and Prime Minister, many NFL teams, and more. Brownlee has been named Male Singer of the Year by both the International Opera Awards and Bachtrack,

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and his Virtuoso Rossini Arias album was nominated for a GRAMMY Award.

Brownlee has been profiled in every major U.S. newspaper, and has been featured on PBS, NPR, SiriusXM Radio, American Public Media, and other national outlets.

Ray Chen, violin Initially coming to attention via the Yehudi Menuhin (2008) and Queen Elizabeth (2009) competitions, of which he was First Prize winner, violinist Ray Chen has built a profile in Europe, Asia, and the USA as well as his native Australia.

Signed in 2017 to Decca Classics, Ray’s recording with the London Philharmonic followed three critically acclaimed albums on SONY, the first of which (Virtuoso) received an ECHO Klassik Award. Chen was featured on Forbes’ list of 30 most influential Asians under 30; made a guest appearance on Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle TV series; and performed for a live TV audience on France’s Bastille Day and at the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm.

He has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Pittsburgh Symphony, among others, and recently made debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, and Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra. He works regularly with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Jurowski, Manfred Honeck, Daniele Gatti, Kirill Petrenko, and many others. Chen plays the 1715 “Joachim” Stradivarius violin on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, an instrument once owned by the famed Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim (1831–1907).

Chitrasena Dance Company Founded by Guru Chitrasena with a vision to inspire and exhilarate through the traditional dances and drums of Sri Lanka, the Chitrasena Dance Company has always been at the forefront of transforming the traditional arts landscape of the island. Chitrasena is recognized for rescuing the traditional dances that were confined to village settings and presenting it to audiences in Sri Lanka and across the world.

The Company was founded in 1943 and initially nurtured under the creative genius Chitrasena, together with his wife, Vajira. For more than seven decades the Chitrasena Dance Company has given life to compelling performances ranging from a rich repertoire of dance and drumming pieces to acclaimed original ballets and productions TheConrad.org · 858.459.3728

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inspired by ancient rituals and contemporary culture. The Chitrasena Dance Company celebrated its 75th year in 2018, and the third generation is led by Heshma Wignaraja, Artistic Director and eldest granddaughter of Chitrasena and Vajira, who continues to take forward the legacy of her grandparents. Experimenting without compromise and using traditional dance language and form to push boundaries, the new work offers a fresh perspective, while upholding Guru Chitrasena’s philosophy that “the new is but an extension of the old.”

Julio Elizalde, piano American pianist Julio Elizalde is a multi-faceted artist who enjoys a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, artistic administrator, educator, and curator. He has performed in many of the major music centers throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America to popular and critical acclaim. Since 2014, he has served as the Artistic Director of the Olympic Music Festival near Seattle. Elizalde has appeared with many leading artists; he tours internationally with world-renowned violinists Sarah Chang and Ray Chen and has performed alongside conductors Itzhak Perlman, Teddy Abrams, and Anne Manson. He has collaborated with artists such as violinist Pamela Frank, composers Osvaldo Golijov and Stephen Hough, baritone William Sharp, and members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Takács, Kronos, and Brentano string quartets.

Sam Green, filmmaker Sam Green is an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker based in New York.

Green’s most recent film 32 Sounds premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is a live cinema collaboration with the legendary electronic musician JD Samson. Green’s previous works include A Thousand Thoughts, a collaboration with classical ensemble the Kronos Quartet, and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller with the indie band Yo La Tengo.

An earlier documentary The Weather Underground was nominated for an Oscar, broadcast on PBS, and included in the Whitney Biennial.

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Il Pomo d’Oro Founded in 2012 by Giulio D’Alessio and Gesine Lübben, the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro has enjoyed intense concert activity worldwide and produced an impressive list of 35 recordings, many of them award-winning. It is particularly known and sought-after as a partner of singers, be it for solo recitals or entire operas, in performance and recording. In 2022, Il Pomo d’Oro toured the new programs of Joyce DiDonato, EDEN, and Jakub Józef Orlinski, Anima Eterna, led by the main conductors of the ensemble, Maxim Emelyanychev (chief conductor) and Francesco Corti (chief guest conductor). Zefira Valova, the concert master of Il Pomo d’Oro, also appears as a violin soloist in a new album with works by Benda, Graun a.o., soon to be released. Il Pomo d’Oro is official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, a humanitarian project to provide free musical education to children in Greek refugee camps.

The Il Pomo d’Oro Academy was launched online during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering free music lessons to music students worldwide. The Academy is now collaborating with El Sistema Venezuela, offering online masterclasses in Baroque music interpretation in cooperation with the Inocente Carreño Itinerant Conservatory in Caracas.

Maria Ioudenitch, violin Born in Russia, violinist Maria Ioudenitch immigrated with her musical family to the U.S. at the age of two and grew up in Kansas City. In 2021, she received first prizes in the Ysaÿe International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, and the Joseph Joachim International Competition. Her first album on Warner, Songbird with pianist Kenneth Broberg, was released in March 2023 and spans from Franz Schubert, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Clara Schumann to Nikolai Medtner, Richard Strauss, and Nadia Boulanger. Ioudenitch recently debuted with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (at Berlin’s Philharmonie), MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and Münchner Symphoniker, and returned to the Kansas City Symphony. Recent engagements have taken her to the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Mariinsky Orchestra, Lithuania Chamber Orchestra, and Utah Symphony. Maria plays a violin by the Brothers Amati from ca. 1624, courtesy of Guarneri Hall NFP and Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins in Chicago.

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Kronos Quartet

David Harrington, John Sherba, violins; Hank Dutt, viola; Paul Wiancko, cello For 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has reimagined what the string quartet experience can be.

One of the most celebrated and influential groups of our era, Kronos has given thousands of concerts worldwide, released more than 70 recordings, and collaborated with many of the world’s most accomplished composers and performers across many genres. Kronos has received more than 40 awards, including three Grammys and the Polar Music, Avery Fisher, and Edison Klassiek Oeuvre Prizes.

Through its nonprofit organization, Kronos Performing Arts Association (KPAA), Kronos has commissioned more than 1,100 works and arrangements for quartet. KPAA also manages Kronos’ concert tours, local performances, recordings, and education programs, and produces an annual Kronos Festival in San Francisco. In its most ambitious commissioning effort to date, KPAA has recently completed Kronos Fifty for the Future. Through this initiative, Kronos has commissioned—and distributed online for free—50 new works for string quartet designed for students and emerging professionals, written by composers from around the world.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo For 60 years, South Africa’s five-time GRAMMY Award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with uplifting vocal harmonies, signature dance moves, and charming onstage banter. It was Paul Simon’s 1987 Graceland album that introduced Ladysmith Black Mambazo to the world. The late former South African President Nelson Mandela designated the group “South Africa’s cultural ambassadors to the world,” a title the members carry with them with the highest honor. In 2018 the group received not one but two GRAMMY Award nominations for two separate albums, a first in the history of World Music. These two nominations brought their career total to 19 GRAMMY nominations. One of these albums, Shaka Zulu Revisited, won Best World Music Album. This was the group’s fifth GRAMMY Award win, the most for any World Music group. In 2019, Ladysmith Black Mambazo collaborated for the third time with the famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company on a production entitled Lindiwe and released an album with songs from the show.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo has performed for millions of people, singing a message of peace, love, and harmony.

With their 2024 release, Soothe My Soul…Songs From Our South African Church, the group puts their own spin on gospel music.

Manchester Collective Known for its experimental programming and daring collaborations, Manchester Collective has expanded its activities at breakneck speed since the group’s formation in 2016 by co-founders Adam Szabo (Chief Executive) and Rakhi Singh (Music Director). Its members now play in concert halls, gig venues, and factory spaces across the UK and internationally, performing a combination of cutting-edge contemporary music, classical masterpieces, and staged work to a hungry new audience.

Crossing different genres and artforms, new music is of vital importance to the Collective—in recent years, the group has commissioned major works by artists including Edmund Finnis, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, and Laurence Osborn. In 2021, the Collective made its Royal Albert Hall debut as part of the BBC Proms Festival and its members are currently artists-in-residence at the Southbank Centre in London. Manchester Collective records for the Icelandic label Bedroom Community. Its second album, Shades, was released in March 2022.

Branford Marsalis, saxophone New Orleans-born Branford Marsalis is an award-winning saxophonist, band leader, featured classical soloist, and a film and Broadway composer.

In the process, he has become a multi- award-winning artist with three GRAMMYs, a citation by the National Endowment for the Arts as a Jazz Master, and an avatar of contemporary artistic excellence. A frequent soloist with classical ensembles, Marsalis has become increasingly sought-after as a featured soloist with acclaimed orchestras around the world, performing works by composers such as Copeland, Debussy, Glazunov, Ibert, Mahler, Milhaud, Rorem, Vaughan Williams, and Villa-Lobos. And his legendary guest performances with the Grateful Dead and collaborations with Sting have made him a fan favorite in the pop arena. His work on Broadway has garnered a Drama Desk Award and Tony nominations for the acclaimed revivals of Children of a Lesser God, Fences, and A Raisin in the Sun. He received an Emmy nomination for composing TheConrad.org · 858.459.3728

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the music for the History Channel’s documentary Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre. His screen credits further include original music composed for Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks starring Oprah Winfrey, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.

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Branford Marsalis, saxophone; Joey Calderazzo, piano; Eric Revis, bass; Justin Faulkner, drums Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY Award winner, and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After the GRAMMY-nominated Upward Spiral, on which guest vocalist Kurt Elling was seamlessly integrated into the group, the Quartet has followed up with the GRAMMYnominated The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, its most emotionally wide-ranging and melody-driven collection to date.

Kevin Miller, piano American pianist and collaborator Kevin J. Miller is acclaimed for his dynamically artful performances. Recent collaborations include recitals with international tenor Lawrence Brownlee at Carnegie Hall and Houston Grand Opera, countertenor John Holiday at the Kennedy Center and The Barbican in London, Joseph Calleja and Nadine Sierra at the Supreme Court of the United States, and an appearance with Calleja on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Miller prepared soprano Jessye Norman for performances of Laura Karpman’s production of Ask Your Mama, which was performed at Carnegie Hall. He also collaborated with the acclaimed countertenor David Daniels in a recital at the Glimmerglass Festival. He can be heard on piano on the recording Been in da Storm So Long, which features baritone Kenneth Overton.

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Nrityagram Dance Ensemble One of the premier Indian Classical dance ensembles performing today, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble (pronounced NRIthyuh-graam) has the unprecedented distinction of making The New York Times’ “Best Dance of the Year” list two consecutive years in a row (2015 and 2016).

More than a dance company, Nrityagram was founded as a village devoted to dance, home to a school inspired by the Gurukula, an ancient teaching paradigm, and the dance ensemble. The ensemble is devoted to bringing Odissi, one of the oldest dance styles in the world, to audiences worldwide. Although steeped in and dedicated to ancient practice, the Ensemble is also committed to carrying Indian dance into the 21st century. Nrityagram’s dancers not only explore creative expansions of tradition but also commission fresh compositions from leading Indian classical musicians. They research, innovate, create original work, and perform to audiences across the globe. Led by Artistic Director Surupa Sen, the company has achieved worldwide critical acclaim, performing globally including an annual tour to the United States.

Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński regularly gives sold-out concerts and recitals throughout Europe and America, attracting new followers to the art form.

Highlights of this season included the highly anticipated 25-date European tour of the new album in the fall, and an American tour during spring.

Orlinski will also return on the operatic stage at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, in a new production of L’Olimpiade by Vivaldi. He will then join his long-time musical partner, pianist Michał Biel, for exclusive recitals throughout Europe. Last season, the Polish countertenor was at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for a sold-out run of the Robert Carsen production of Orfeo ed Eurydice followed by another new production of the same opera at San Francisco Opera, led by Matthew Ozawa. Orlinski also joined Il Pomo d’Oro on a tour to sing the title role in Tolomeo Re d’Egitto on major stages throughout Europe including Madrid’s Teatro Real and Paris. Outside the operatic stage, the public had the opportunity to watch the new hour-long documentary Music for a While about Orlinski that was released during spring on Arte and got the most views for cultural documentary on the European TV channel.

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Quatuor Ébène Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure, violins; Marie Chilemme, viola; Yuya Okamoto, cello “The superb Quatuor Ébène has made a name for itself not only as an elegant purveyor of classical fare but also for jazz performances,” says the New York Times. The members of this young ensemble are musical omnivores, sharing a feast of wonderful music from many eras and genres with intense technical precision and energetic performances.

Between May 2019 and January 2020 the quartet recorded Beethoven’s 16 string quartets in a worldwide project on six continents entitled Beethoven Around the World. With this complete recording, the four celebrated their 20th stage anniversary, which they then crowned with performances of the complete string quartet cycle in major European venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris or the Alte Oper Frankfurt. Invitations from Carnegie Hall New York, the Verbier Festival and the Vienna Konzerthaus were also on the agenda. The quartet came to international attention with its unprecedented and outstanding success at the 2004 ARD Music Competition, which resulted in numerous other prizes and awards, including in 2005 the Belmont Prize of the Forberg-Schneider Foundation, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust in 2007, and in 2019 becoming the first ensemble ever honored with the Frankfurt Music Prize.

Abel Selaocoe, cello South African cellist Abel Selaocoe combines virtuosic performance with improvisation, singing and body percussion, and is devoted to composing works and curating programs that highlight the links between Western and non-Western musical traditions.

In April 2022, following his hugely successful debut, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra announced Selaocoe as Artistic Partner for an initial three seasons. He was also Artist in Association with the BBC Singers and Artist-in-Residence at London’s Southbank Centre for the 2022–23 season with performances there throughout the season, including an exclusive performance of his debut album Where is Home? Further tour performances include Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lucerne Festival, Berliner Philharmonie, Kolner Philharmonie, and Antwerp deSingel, among others. Last season Selaocoe gave the world premiere of a new double concerto for kora and cello with Seckou Keita and the Ulster Orchestra, cocommissioned by Orchestre National de Bretagne, Ulster

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Orchestra, and Southbank Centre, and the world premiere of his solo cello concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with subsequent U.S. premiere with Seattle Symphony. Selaocoe enjoys close collaborations with musicians from a medley of genres and a close partnership with Manchester Collective, with whom he devised the hugely successful Sirocco.

Surupa Sen, Artistic Director and Choreographer Surupa Sen was the first student to graduate from the Nrityagram Gurukula (School) and is a founding member of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble.

She began her Odissi training with the architect of Odissi, Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra.

She also studied Odissi with Guru Protima Gauri, Abhinaya (expressional dance) with Guru Kalanidhi Narayanan and the Natyashastra under the supervision of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam. For more than two decades, Sen has worked to research and expand the dance vocabulary of Odissi and develop an aesthetic style that distinguishes the dancers from the Nrityagram School. Attracted to choreography from childhood, Sen has focused on making new dances using an expanded Odissi language, rooted in traditional Odissi and the Natyashastra. She has a keen interest in music and rhythm composition and has worked closely with Pt. Raghunath Panigrahi since 1999.

She received the Raza Foundation Award in 2006, the Yagnaraman Award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, in 2008, and the prestigious Nritya Choodamani from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, in 2011. In 2019, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar, the highest award for the Performing Arts in India.

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Winter Season 2023–24 Prelude Lecturers, Interviewers, and Performers Kristi Brown Montesano, Piano Series lecturer

Molly Puryear, Dance Series interviewer

Michael Gerdes, Revelle Chamber Music and Recital Series lecturer

The Colburn School, Discovery Series Musical Preludes

Chair of the Music History Department at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, Kristi Brown Montesano is an enthusiastic “public musicologist.” She is an active lecturer for the LA Philharmonic, the Opera League of Los Angeles, the Salon de Musiques series, and Mason House Concerts. Her book, The Women of Mozart’s Operas (UC Press, 2007), offers a detailed study of these fascinating roles; more recent scholarly interests include classical music in film, women in classical music, and opera for children.

Michael Gerdes is Director of Orchestras at San Diego State University, where he conducts the San Diego State Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Opera Orchestra. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Selected by the San Diego Union-Tribune as one of three “Faces to Watch in Classical Music” during his first year as Director of Orchestras, Gerdes is focused on creating a thriving orchestral community at San Diego State University.

Robert John Hughes, Jazz Series interviewer

Journalist, broadcaster, musician, author, and record producer Robert John Hughes has interviewed hundreds of musical artists in classical, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, and blues, including Sting, Wynton Marsalis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Adele, and Peter Gabriel. As a record producer and member of the GRAMMY® Academy, Hughes has released five albums of live performances by artists heard on San Diego FM station 102.1 KPRi. Hughes has hosted La Jolla Music Society Preludes since 2018.

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Molly Puryear brings passion for dance and nonprofit administration to her position as Executive Director of Malashock Dance. Puryear has worked with Malashock Dance since 2006, and previously served in the role of Education Director.

She strategically aligns artistic and educational efforts to create a dynamic relationship between programs, the communities they serve, and the organization’s valuable funders. Puryear is committed to serving the San Diego community through the development and administration of vibrant dance programs. She believes that dance is an avenue for personal expression that engages people from all walks of life.

A performing arts institution located in the heart of Los Angeles, the Colburn School trains students from beginners to those about to embark on professional careers. The academic units of the school provide a complete spectrum of music and dance education united by a single philosophy: that all who desire to study music or dance should have access to top-level instruction.

Each year, nearly 2,000 students from around the world come to Colburn to benefit from the renowned faculty, exceptional facilities, and focus on excellence that unites the community. colburnschool.edu

Āhuti: Nrityagram & Chitrasena © Sujith Kumar; Pg.14: The Baker-Baum Concert Hall courtesy of The Conrad; Pg.16: T. Schultz © Darin Fong; Pg.17: L. Brownlee © Zakiyah Caldwell Burroughs; Pg.27: M. Ioudenitch © Andrej Grilc, K. Broberg © Lee Clifford; Pg.31: Kronos Quartet © Allie Foraker; Pg.35: Branford Marsalis Quartet © Eric Ryan Anderson; Pg.36: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble's Thaji Dias © Sujith Kumar; Pg.40: Ladysmith Black Mambazo courtesy of management; Pg.41: R. Chen © John Mac, J. Elizalde © Amanda Wescott; Pg.45: J. J. Orliński © Honorata Karapuda; Pg.51: Quatuor Ébène ©Julien Mignot; Pg.54: Abel Selaocoe and Manchester Collective © Gaelle Beri; Pg.55: Joe Bini courtesy of artist, K. Broberg © Lee Clifford, L. Brownlee © Shervin Lainez, R. Chen © John Mac, Nrityagram & Chitrasena © Ravi Shankar; Pg.56: J. Elizalde © Amanda Wescott, S. Green courtesy of artist, Il Pomo d'Oro © Giulia Fassina, M. Ioudenitch © Nissor Abdourakov; Pg.57: Kronos Quartet © Lenny Gonzalez, Ladysmith Black Mambazo courtesy of Management, Manchester Collective © Gaelle Beri, B. Marsalis © Palma Kolansky; Pg.58: Branford Marsalis Quartet © Eric Ryan Anderson, K. Miller courtesy of artist, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble © Ravi Shankar, J. J. Orliński courtesy of artist; Pg.59: Quatuor Ébène ©Julien Mignot, A. Selaocoe © Phil Sharp, S. Sen courtesy of artist; K. Brown Montesano © Elisa Ferrari, M .Gerdes courtesy of artist, R.J. Hughes courtesy of artist, M. Puryear courtesy of artist; Back Cover: R. Chen © John Mac

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AMBASSADOR ($5,000 - $9,999)

Anonymous (2) Arleene Antin and Leonard Ozerkis Julie and Edgar Berner Ginny and Bob Black Karen and Jim Brailean Lisa and David Casey Eric Cohen and Bill Coltellaro Karen and Don Cohn The Hon. Diana Lady Dougan Sarah and Mike Garrison Buzz and Peg Gitelson Lisa Braun Glazer and Jeff Glazer Lynn Gorguze and The Hon. Scott Peters Margaret Stevens Grossman and Michael Grossman Richard Harris and Sonya Celeste-Harris Norma Hidalgo-Del Rio Nellie High-Iredale Barbara and Paul Hirshman Theresa Jarvis Barbara Kjos Marilee and Peter Kovacs Sylvia Liwerant Kathleen and Ken Lundgren Jain Malkin Marilyn and Stephen Miles Gail and Edward Miller Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation Elaine and Doug Muchmore Joyce and Ron Nelson Shelby and Courtland Palmer Marina and Rafael Pastor Linda Platt Vivien Ressler Catherine Rivier James Robbins and Jill Esterbrooks Kathleen Roche-Tansey and David Tansey Patty Levaur Rome Leigh P. Ryan Clifford Schireson and John Venekamp Todd R. Schultz Reesey and David Shaw Gigi and Joe Shurman Gerald and Susan Slavet Diane and DJ Smith Beverly and Alan Springer Gloria and Rod Stone Susan and Richard Ulevitch

ANNUAL SUPPORT Ayse Underhill Mary L. Walshok Jo Weiner Lisa Widmier Shara Williams and Benjamin Brand Mary and Joseph Witztum Dolly and Victor Woo

AFICIONADO ($2,500 - $4,999)

Judith Adler Gigi and Brad Benter Emily and Barry Berkov Carolyn and Giovanni Bertussi Abdul Rahman Bitar Isabel and Stuart Brown Janice and Nelson Byrne Carol and Jeff Chang June Chocheles Julie and Robert Cowan Novak Debbe Deverill Diane and Elliot Feuerstein Richard Forsyth Cheryl Hintzen-Gaines and Ira Gaines Virginia Graham Carrie Greenstein Rossina Grieco Susan and David Kabakoff Christine and Charles Lo Muchnic Foundation Nancy Linke Patton and Rip Patton Robert and Allison Price Carol Randolph and Robert Caplan Eva and Doug Richman Jonathan Scheff Gwynn Thomas Diana and Roger Van Duzer Armi and Al Williams Carol Young Betty Zeng

ASSOCIATE

($1,000 - $2,499)

Anonymous (3) Albertsons-Safeway Foundation Axel's Gift Jadwiga Alexiewicz

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William Boggs James Carter Michael and Cathy Casteel Kathleen Charla Li-Rong L. Cheng Anthony Chong and Annette Nguyen Ann Rea Craig Daroline DeMar Tallie and George Dennis Linda and Wallace Dieckmann Renee and James Dunford Sam Ersan July F. Galper Anne Graves Warren Green Lee Ann Groshong Pamela Hamilton Lester Andrea Harris Lori Haynes Linda Howard Laura Henson Hueter and Geoffrey Hueter Audrey Jacobs Dwight Kellogg Sallay and Tae Kim Melvin Knyper James Kralik and Yunli Lou Eileen A. Mason M. Margaret McKeown and Peter Cowhey Ted McKinney Susan and Doug McLeod Lynn and Charles McPherson Sandra Miner Chandra Mukerji Brian Munden Norman Needel Virginia Oliver Mary Sophos and William Pitts Sandra Redman Victor Saldivar Anne and Ronald Simon Robert Singer Carol Harter and William Smith Joan T. Snider David and Phyllis Snyder Jean Sullivan and David Nassif Newport Festival Foundation Victor A. Van Lint Karen M. Walter Christy and Howard Zatkin Bart Ziegler

ANNUAL SUPPORT

FRIEND

($500 - $999)

Anonymous (4) K Andrew Achterkirchen The Leonard B. and Martha M. Allen Fund Terence Balagia Mary and Gene Barduson Carol and Bruce Boles DeAnn Cary Edwin Chen David R. Child Betty Clarquist Jeanette Day Marilou Dense Linda and Rick Dicker Kim Doren Jeane Erley Irene and Eduardo Feller Jack C. Fisher Ferdinand Marcus Gasang Mary and Tom Gegax Cynthia and Tom Goodman Patt and Jeff Hall Ingrid B. Hibben Lulu Hsu Sofia and Leon Kassel ancy Kossan Kathleen Kovacs Carol Lynne Krumhansl Lewis Leicher Greg Lemke Patricia and Stephen Lending Ruth and Ronald Leonardi Charles Letourneau Ann and Gerald Lipschitz Linda and Michael Mann Lynn and Charles McPherson Debra Medel Desiree Michelle Esther Nahama Rosalva Parada Sigrid Pate Kirk L. Peterson Dana and Stella Pizzuti Paula M. Pottinger Jacqueline Powell Sharon Rearwin Esther Rodriguez Teri Rodriguez

Denise Selati Michael Sellett Tatjana Soli Tom Son Annemarie and Leland Sprinkle Lester Stiel Molly Thornton Anne Turhollow Karen L. Valentino Paul Viani Patricia and Christopher Weil Suhaila White Joyce Williams LaShawn C. Williams Olivia and Martin Winkler Barbara and Michel Zelnick

ENTHUSIAST ($250 - $499)

Robin Allgren Sue Andreasen Christine and Craig Andrews Bruce H. Athon Steve Axel Youn Joo Bae Mary Lonsdale Baker Gayle Barsamian and David Clapp C M Boyer Scott Brinkerhoff Marc Brown Kathy Chambery Tiffany Chow Amy Corton Susan Dramm Robert C. Fahey Derek Floyd Pam and Michael Foley Clare Friedman Elisabeth Friedman Bruce Galanter Hany Magdy Girgis Phyllis and Morris Gold John Graul Margie and Paul Grossman Phyllis and Gordon Harris Vivian and Greg Hook David K. Jordan H. and Susan Koshkarian

Marti Kutnik Carolynn La Pierre Jayne Lindberg Robin Lipman Robin Luby Patricia Manners Maggie and Paul Meyer Pamela and Martin Morris Richard Obetz Antje Olivie Renee Levine Packer Carol Plantamura Bill Purves and Don Schmidt Ellen M. Quandahl Rick Rand Jean-Luc and Jaqueline Robert Laura A. Romero Barbara Rosen and Bob Fahey Barry Rosenbush Carolyn Rynard Arlene and Peter Sacks James F. Sallis Alice and Brad Saunders Deborah Serra Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz Lee Talner Monica and Richard Valdez N.B. Varlotta Cynthia Walk Jen-Yi Wang Suzanne Weiner Carol West Tanya Young

This list is current as of February 1, 2024. We regret any errors.

Please contact Annie Delleman at ADelleman@TheConrad.org or 858.526.3445 to make a correction.

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MEDALLION SOCIETY CROWN JEWEL

SAPPHIRE

Brenda Baker and Steve Baum Joan and Irwin Jacobs

Raymond Chinn John Hesselink Elizabeth and Joseph Taft Bebe and Marvin Zigman

DIAMOND Raffaella and John Belanich Mary Ellen Clark Dorothea Laub Debra Turner

RUBY Julie and Bert Cornelison Silvija and Brian Devine Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon Helen and Keith Kim Angelina and Fred Kleinbub Vivian Lim and Joseph Wong Haeyoung Kong Tang Sue and Peter Wagener

EMERALD Barbara Enberg Arlene and Louis Navias

GARNET Pam and Hal Fuson Peggy and Peter Preuss Anna and Edward Yeung

TOPAZ Anonymous Mary Ann Beyster Virginia and Robert Black James C. and Karen A. Brailean Buzz and Peg Gitelson Lisa Braun-Glazer and Jeff Glazer Margaret Stevens Grossman and Michael Grossman Theresa Jarvis Kathleen and Ken Lundgren Elaine and Doug Muchmore Don and Stacy Rosenberg Leigh P. Ryan Sheryl and Bob Scarano Neal and Marge Schmale Susan and Gerald Slavet Diane and DJ Smith Jeanette Stevens Gloria and Rodney Stone Susan and Richard Ulevitch Shara Williams and Benjamin Brand Dolly and Victor Woo

We are honored to have this extraordinary group of friends who have made multi-year commitments to La Jolla Music Society, ensuring that the artistic quality and vision we bring to the community continues to grow.

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DANCE SOCIETY

GIFTS IN HONOR/MEMORY

GRANDE JETÉ

HONORARIA

Elaine Galinson and Herbert Solomon Bebe and Marvin Zigman

In Memory of John Belanich:

JETÉ

Martha and Ed Dennis Ferdinand Marcus Gasang

In Memory of Bjorn Bjerede:

Marla Bingham and Gary Gallagher

ARABESQUE Ellise and Michael Coit Jeanette Stevens

Anonymous Ferdinand Marcus Gasang James Hobza Patricia Laprey Amy and Bill Morris Annemarie and Leland Sprinkle

In Memory of George Damoose: Ferdinand Marcus Gasang Margie and Paul Grossman Mary Manak Pamela and Martin Morris

POINTE Carolyn Bertussi

In Memory of Selma Malk: Ann and Gerald Lipschitz

In Memory of Joanne Snider: Ferdinand Marcus Gasang Jud, Lee Ann, and Tyler Groshong Glenn Moiser Kevin Pearson and Stephen Murphy Renee Roth Reissa Schrager-Cole and Hilary Cole Kerry Symonds Dolly and Victor Woo

We are grateful for each patron for their passion and support of our dance programs.

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PLANNED GIVING / ENDOWMENT LEGACY SOCIETY Anonymous (2) Brenda Baker and Steve Baum June L. Bengston* Joan Jordan Bernstein Bjorn Bjerede and Jo Kiernan Dr. James C. and Karen A. Brailean Gordon Brodfuehrer Wendy Brody* Barbara Buskin* Trevor Callan Geoff and Shem Clow Anne and Robert Conn George and Cari Damoose* Teresa and Merle Fischlowitz Lynda Fox* Ted and Ingrid Friedmann Joy and Ed* Frieman Sally Fuller Maxwell H. and Muriel S. Gluck* Dr. Trude Hollander* Eric Lasley Theodora Lewis* Joani Nelson* Maria and Dr. Philippe Prokocimer Bill Purves Darren and Bree Reinig Jay W. Richen* Leigh P. Ryan Jack* and Joan Salb* Johanna Schiavoni Pat Shank

Drs. Joseph and Gloria Shurman Karen and Christopher Sickels Todd R. Schultz Jeanette Stevens Elizabeth and Joseph* Taft Norma Jo Thomas Dr. Yvonne E. Vaucher Lucy and Ruprecht von Buttlar Ronald Wakefield John B. and Cathy Weil Carolyn Yorston-Wellcome and H. Barden Wellcome* Karl and Joan Zeisler Josephine Zolin

REMEMBERING LJMS IN YOUR WILL It is easy to make a bequest to La Jolla Music Society, and no amount is too small to make a difference.

Here is a sample of language that can be incorporated into your will: “I hereby give ___% of my estate (or specific assets) to La Jolla Music Society, Tax ID 23-7148171, 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037, for its artistic programs (or education, general operating, or where needed most).

Then, please contact Ferdinand Gasang at FGasang@TheConrad.org or 858.526.3426 and let him know you have included LJMS in your estate plans.

The Legacy Society recognizes those generous individuals who have chosen to provide for La Jolla Music Society’s future. Members have remembered La Jolla Music Society in their estate plans in many ways — through their wills, retirement gifts, life income plans, and many other creative planned giving arrangements. We thank them for their vision and hope you will join this very special group of friends. If you have included LJMS in your estate plans, please let us know so we may recognize you. Contact Ferdinand Gasang at FGasang@TheConrad.org or 858.526.3426. *In memoriam

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FOUNDATION & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

VAIL MEMORIAL FUND

TERRA LAWSON-REMER San Diego County Supervisor, District 3

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CORPORATE SUPPORT CORPORATE SPONSORS

CORPORATE PARTNERS

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JOIN OUR FAMILY

For more than 50 years, La Jolla Music Society has nurtured a love of music by keeping one vision in mind: To present diverse programs of great music performed by the best musicians in the world.

Today, that vision has reached beyond the intimate beauty of the chamber music ensemble and into new and diverse offerings such as orchestras, jazz ensembles, dance companies, renowned speakers, and robust education programs.

This impressive growth has been carefully conducted by an active and highly committed volunteer board of directors and dedicated staff. But most importantly, La Jolla Music Society’s progress has been sustained by the generosity of the community and ticket buyers.

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QUALITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE INNOVATION Chairs to China

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bright.com • 858.496.9700

Proud Supporter of the La Jolla Music Society Los Angeles • West Los Angeles • Santa Barbara • Orange County • San Diego Palm Springs • San Francisco • Sonoma • Saint Helena • Healdsburg • Phoenix

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Foundation

The ResMed Foundation is pleased to support your excellent programs in musical arts education.

Board of Trustees Edward A. Dennis, PhD Chairman

Mary F. Berglund, PhD Treasurer

Peter C. Farrell, PhD, DSc Secretary

Charles G. Cochrane, MD Michael P. Coppola, MD Anthony DeMaria, MD Sir Neil Douglas, MD, DSc, FRCPE Klaus Schindhelm, BE PhD Jonathan Schwartz, MD Kristi Burlingame Executive Director

7514 Girard Avenue, Suite 1-343 La Jolla, CA, USA, 92037

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Tel 858-361-0755

ResMedFoundation.org

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"Candor is La Jolla's hidden gem!"

Brian L. — Tripadvisor

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JAZZ PIANO MINI FESTIVAL

COMING UP...

HERBIE HANCOCK

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024 • 7:30 PM Jazz Series Balboa Theatre

DAYRAMIR GONZÁLEZ* & HABANA enTRANCé* FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

HIROMI’S sonicwonder*

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 • 7:30 PM Jazz Series

HIROMI: THE PIANO QUINTET FEATURING PUBLIQUARTET*

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2024 • 3 PM ProtoStar Innovative Series

YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024 • 7:30 PM Piano Series

MAY KAKI KING*

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024 • 10 AM & 11:30 AM ConRAD Kids Series The JAI

JUNCTION TRIO CONRAD TAO, piano; STEFAN JACKIW, violin; JAY CAMPBELL, cello SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024 • 3 PM Revelle Chamber Music Series

CHARLES McPHERSON & FRIENDS Featuring John Beasley and The Next Generation* SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

JIJI*, guitar

SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024 • 3 PM Discovery Series

TERRY VIRTS* How to Astronaut

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 • 7:30 PM Speaker Series

BRUCE LIU*, piano

FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024 • 7:30 PM Piano Series

JUNE LARRY & JOE*

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2024 • 6 PM & 8:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI

CHRIS THILE

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 • 7:30 PM Global Series

THE CHARLES McPHERSON QUINTET*

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM Concerts @ The JAI *LJMS debut

COMMUNITY ARTS OPEN HOUSE

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 • 1 PM Free Community Event The Conrad

BALLETS JAZZ MONTRÉAL* DANCE ME

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024 • 7:30 PM Dance Series Civic Theatre

PABLO FERRÁNDEZ*, cello

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2024 • 7:30 PM Recital Series

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