2024–2025
We’re thrilled to present Santa Fe Pro Musica’s 43rd season, which is illuminated by the creativity of musical torchbearers—artists from a wide cultural perspective who are both deeply engaged with tradition while pushing the musical artform forward. Each of our five orchestral programs features special guest soloists who have a composing or improvisation practice as well as being virtuosic performers themselves.
“Tradition isn’t the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” —Gustav Mahler
We kick off the season with the richly hued voice of the Mexicanborn songstress Magos Herrera in a concert exploring music of the Americas old and new, from the Latin American songbook as well as jazz and classical sources. Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, originally from Syria, joins us for a program with roots in the Italian Baroque alongside hypnotic Middle Eastern modes and rhythms. First lady of the pipa (Chinese lute), Wu Man helps us celebrate both Chinese New Year and Mozart’s birthday. And we bring Diné composer Raven Chacon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Voiceless Mass to St. Francis Auditorium for its Santa Fe premiere alongside shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master Kojiro Umezaki’s blending of Japanese tradition and modern technology.
As always, our String Quartet Series features several of the world’s most dynamic string quartets in thoughtfully curated programs including the Brentano, Catalyst, Isidore quartets and Brooklyn Rider. Our Bach Festival continues a beloved holiday tradition including violinist Johnny Gandelsman’s critically acclaimed fresh interpretation of the complete cello suites on violin, a Baroque Christmas, and the complete Brandenburg Concertos.
We invite you to join us in keeping the flame burning brightly for great live orchestral and chamber music in Santa Fe!
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director
2024–2025 FEATURED ARTISTS
2024–2025 FEATURED ARTISTS
KINAN AZMEH
“brilliant liquidity and meltingly beautiful tone”
—The London Times
MEG BRAGLE
“Bragle brought each word vividly to life”
—Charlotte Observer
RAVEN CHACON
2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner 2023 MacArthur Fellow
JOHNNY GANDELSMAN
“with an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic” —The New York Times
MAGOS HERRERA
“one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song” —Latin Jazz Network
WU MAN
“the incomparable pipa virtuoso”
—Seen and Heard International
CLARA ROTTSOLK
“clear, appealing voice and expressive conviction”
—The New York Times
BRIAN SHAW
“Shaw’s tone is beautiful, and his playing unfailingly musical”
—Early Music America
KOJIRO UMEZAKI
“virtuosic, deeply expressive shakuhachi player and composer”
—The New York Times
2024–2025 STRING QUAR TETS
BRENTANO QUARTET
“a magnificent string quartet … this was wonderful, selfless music-making”
—The London Times
BROOKLYN RIDER
“a Beethoven-goes-indie foray into making classical music”
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ISIDORE QUARTET
CATALYST QUARTET
“the Catalyst Quartet is beautiful to watch, like a family in lively conversation at the dinner table: anticipating, interrupting, changing subjects”
—The New York Times
“perfect tonality, precision, and [an] unshakable concentration … the performance earned the quartet a well-deserved standing ovation”
—Arizona Daily Star
SEASON OPENING
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING
Sunday, September 29
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Meet-the-Music at 2 pm (included with ticket purchase)
Concert at 3 pm
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Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Magos Herrera , singer and songwriter
David Felberg , conductor
VIVALDI La Follia
MAGOS HERRERA Songs
JACOBSEN Selections from Walt Whitman
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Coqueteos
CATALYST STRING QUARTET
Sunday, October 13
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Lecture-demo at 10 am (free)
Concert at 3 pm (ticket)
D’RIVERA Three Pieces
PIAZZOLLA Suite del Ángel
GERSHWIN Lullaby
RAVEL Quartet in F Major
Artist Dinner at 5:30 pm | Reservations required
FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT
THE ART OF THE CONCERTO GROSSO
First Presbyterian Church
Concert | Saturday, November 9 at 4 pm
Concert | Sunday, November 10 at 3 pm
Santa
Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Kinan Azmeh , Syrian clarinetist and composer
VIVALDI Concerto Grosso, RV 580
AZMEH Concertino Grosso
SCARLATTI Concerto Grosso No. 1
BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 1
AZMEH Wedding Music
Artist Dinner | Sunday, November 10 at 5:30 pm
Reservations required
BACH FES TIVA L
St. Francis Auditorium | N M Museum of Art
BACH’S CELLO SUITES on VIOLIN
Johnny Gandelsman , violin
PART I —Thursday, December 19 at 7:30 pm
Suites Nos. 1, 2, and 3
PART II —Friday, December 20 at 7:30 pm Suites Nos. 4, 5, and 6
Each concert is 75 minutes without intermission
A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS
Concert | Saturday, December 21 at 7:30 pm
Concert | Sunday, December 22 at 3 pm
Concert | Monday, December 23 at 7:30 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Bach Ensemble
Stephen Redfield , violin and leader
Clara Rottsolk , soprano
Brian Shaw , natural trumpet
TELEMANN Trumpet Sonata in D Major
BACH Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043
BACH Cantata 51
HANDEL Selections
Each concert is 75 minutes without intermission
BACH AND BEYOND | PART I
Family Concert | Friday, December 27 at 10 am (free)
One hour concert and conversation
Concert | Saturday, December 28 at 7:30 pm (ticket)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Bach Ensemble
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
KURTÁG Hommage á Bach
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
SCHNITTKE Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Concert is 75 minutes without intermission
BACH AND BEYOND | PART II
Concert | Sunday, December 29 at 3 pm
Santa Fe Pro Musica Bach Ensemble
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
GABRIELLA SMITH Brandenburg Interstices
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Concert is 75 minutes without intermission
BROOKLYN RIDER (STRING QUARTET)
Sunday, January 19
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Lecture-demo at 10 am (free)
Concert at 3 pm (ticket)
PURCELL Fantasia Upon One Note
PHILIP GLASS String Quartet No. 4, “Buczak”
BETSY JOLAS Quartet No. 3
ARVO PÄRT Solfeggio
BRAHMS Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
WINTER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
MOZART’S
BIRTHDAY & CHINESE NEW YEAR
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Concert | Saturday, January 25 at 4 pm
Concert | Sunday, January 26 at 3 pm
Meet-the-Music | One hour before each concert (included with ticket purchase)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Wu Man , pipa
MOZART Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
LOU HARRISON Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra
MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
WU MAN Blue and Green (arr. Colin Jacobsen)
BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
Sunday, February 16
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Masterclass at 10 am (free)
Concert at 3 am (ticket)
HAYDN Quartet in D Major, Op. 33, No. 6, “Russian”
BRITTEN Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36
BRAHMS Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67
Artist Dinner at 5:30 pm | Reservations required
ISIDORE STRING QUARTET
Sunday, March 2
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Masterclass at 10 am (free)
Concert at 3 pm (ticket)
Artist Dinner at 5:30 pm | Reservations required
MOZART Quartet in C Major, K. 465
GABRIELLA SMITH Carrot Revolution
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44, No. 3
SPRING ORCHESTRA CONCERT THE LARK ASCENDING
Thursday, March 12 at 6 pm | Concert & Conversation
Governor’s Mansion | Reservations required
St. Francis Auditorium | NM Museum of Art
Concert | Saturday, March 15 at 4 pm
Concert | Sunday, March 16 at 3 pm
Meet-the-Music | One-hour before each concert (included with ticket purchase)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Kojiru Umezaki , shakuhachi
David Felberg , conductor
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words (arr. Colin Jacobsen)
UMEZAKI Selections from (Cycles)
JACOBSEN Mirror for a Prince
DVO Ř ÁK Songs My Mother Taught Me (arr. Colin Jacobsen)
RAVEN CHACON Voiceless Mass (2022 Pulitzer Prize)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
BAROQUE HOLY WEEK CONCERT
First Presbyterian Church
Concert | Saturday, April 12 at 4 pm
Concert | Sunday, April 13 at 3 pm
Sunday, April 13 at 10 am | Concert & Conversation
Nüart Gallery | Reservations required
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble
Stephen Redfield , violin and leader
Clara Rottsolk , soprano
Meg Bragle , alto
Kim Pineda , baroque flute
CORELLI Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4
VIVALDI Flute Concerto, “La Notte”
HEINRICH BIBER Rosary Sonata XV
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
BROOKLYN R IDER (STRING QUARTET) with soprano AR IA DNE GREIF
Sunday, April 27
Lensic Performing Arts Center Concert at 3 pm
BROOKLYN RIDER ALMANAC Selections from Book II
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG Quartet No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10
COLIN JACOBSEN Chalk and Soot
Artist Dinner at 5:30 pm | Reservations required
SEASON FINALE ORCHESTRA CONCERT
APPALACHIAN SPRING
Sunday, May 4
Lensic Performing Arts Center Meet-the-Music at 2 pm (included with ticket purchase) Concert at 3 pm (ticket)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
Colin Jacobsen , violin and leader
Thomas O’Connor , conductor laureate
JACOBSEN Bethesda Bliss
GABRIELA ORTIZ La Calaca
JACOBSEN New Work for Violin and Orchestra
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
Season Finale Reception at 5:30 pm | Reservations required
All programs, artists, and venues are subject to change.
Artwork by David Cost, When Shall We Three Meet Again? (2006) 12”x12” monoprint and collage
Photography | Nick Barral (Brentano), Call the Shots Photography (Wu Man), Jiyang Chen (Isidore), Tatiana Daubek (Bragle), Marco Giannavola (Brooklyn Rider, Jacobsen), Liudmila Jeremies (Azmeh), Shelby Lewis (Shaw), Shervin Liainez (Herrera), Anthony Mongiello (Umezaki), Ricardo Quiñones (Catalyst), Jennifer Taylor (Rottsolk)
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Circle one Number of Concert Season Opening Orchestra Concert*
Catalyst String Quartet
Fall Orchestra Concert
Bach’s Cello Suites on Violin—Part I
Bach’s Cello Suites on Violin—Part II
A Baroque Christmas
Bach and Beyond—Part I
Bach and Beyond—Part II
Brooklyn Rider (String Quartet)
Winter Orchestra Concert
Brentano String Quartet
Isidore String Quartet
Spring Orchestra Concert
Baroque Holy Week
Brooklyn Rider (String Quartet)* with Ariadne Greif
Season Finale Orchestra Concert*
Select your dates
Sun, Sept 29 at 3 pm
Sun, Oct 13 at 3 pm
Sat, Nov 9 at 4 pm Sun, Nov 10 at 3 pm
Thur, Dec 19 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Dec 20 at 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 21 at 7:30 pm
Sun, Dec 22 at 3 pm
Mon, Dec 23 at 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 28 at 7:30 pm
Sun, Dec 29 at 3 pm
Sun, Jan 19 at 3 pm
Sat, Jan 25 at 4 pm
Sun, Jan 26 at 3 pm
Sun, Feb 16 at 3 pm
Sun, Mar 2 at 3 pm
Sat, Mar, 15 at 4 pm
Sun. Mar. 16 at 3 pm
Sat, Apr 12 at 4 pm
Sun, Apr. 13 at 3 pm
Sun, Apr 27 at 3 pm
Sun, May 4 at 3 pm
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SPECIAL EVEN TS
Limited seating, reservations required | Indicate the number of reservations below Artist Dinners | $150 per person, per dinner | 5:30 pm | Three-course meal and wine
Sun, Oct 13, Catalyst Quartet ______
Sun, Nov 10, Colin Jacobsen ______
Sun, Feb 16, Brentano Quartet ______
Sun, Mar 2, Isidore Quartet ______
Sun, Apr 27, Brooklyn Rider ______
Concerts & Conversations
Wed, Mar 12 at 6 pm , Colin Jacobsen, Kojiru Umezaki | Wine & hors d’oeuvres | $100/person ______
Sun, Apr 13 at 10 am , Stephen Redfield, David Solem | Coffee & pastries | $25/person ______
Season Finale Recept ion
Sun, May 4 at 5:30 pm , Colin Jacobsen | Refreshments | $50/person ______
Concert Ticket & Fees Total ____________
