2012 ROSTER

Music Director Cho-Liang Lin

Violin Augustin HadelichMichelle KimYura LeeCho-Liang LinPhilippe QuintAndrew Wan

Viola Che-Yen ChenJames DunhamToby HoffmanPaul Neubauer

Cello Carter BreyChia-Ling ChienFelix FanTrevor HandyDesmond HoebigGary HoffmanAndrew Shulman

Bass Nico Abondolo Eric Revis

Piano Inon BarnatanJeremy DenkGabriel KahaneJeffrey KahaneMari KodamaKen NodaJohn NovacekJon Kimura ParkerPablo Ziegler

Harpsichord Anthony Newman

Flute Catherine Ransom Karoly

Oboe Andrea OverturfLiang Wang

Clarinet Burt HaraSheryl RenkJohn Bruce Yeh

Saxophone Branford Marsalis

Recorder Michala Petri

Bassoon Valentin MartchevRyan Simmons Horn Benjamin JaberErik Ralske

Percussion David CossinDustin DonahueBonnie Whiting-Smith

Harp Deborah Hoffman

Guitar Gabriel Kahane

Voice Stephen Bryant, bass-baritoneHaeran Hong, sopranoYing Huang, sopranoGabriel Kahane, tenor

Digital Sampler Yuanlin Chen

Conductor Tan DunJeff EdmonsKent Nagano

Composers-in-Residence Marc-André Dalbavie Gabriel KahaneAaron Jay Kernis

Ensemble-in-ResidenceTokyo String Quartet Martin Beaver, violin Kikuei Ikeda, violin Kazuhide Isomura, viola Clive Greensmith, cello

Ensembles Calder Quartet Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello

Igudesman & Joo Alek sey Igudes man, violin Hyung-ki Joo, piano

San Diego Master Chorale Gary McKercher, music director

San Diego Youth Symphony’s International Youth Symphony

SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

Ziegler Classical Tango Quartet Pablo Ziegler, piano Hector Del Curto, bandoneon Jisoo Ok, cello Pedro Giraudo, bass

Fellowship Artist EnsemblesAmphion String Quartet Katie Hyun, violin David Southorn, violin Wei-Yang Andy Lin, viola Mihai Marica, cello

Newbury Trio Arianna Warsaw-Fan, violin Meta Weiss, cello Henry Kramer, piano

2012 JULY 31 - AUGUST 24

OPENING NIGHT: A Romantic Promenade FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 · 7:30 PM

TAN DUN’s WATER PASSION SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 · 7:30 PM MANDELL WEISS THEATRE

SCHUBERT I: A Journey Through TimeTUESDAY, AUGUST 7 · 7:30 PM

COMMISSIONS & PREMIÈRESFRIDAY, AUGUST 10 · 7:30 PM

SCHUBERT II: Soirée MusicaleTUESDAY, AUGUST 14 · 7:30 PM

BEETHOVEN: The Other MasterpiecesFRIDAY, AUGUST 17 · 7:30 PM

A FAMILY AFFAIRSUNDAY, AUGUST 19 · 3:00 PM

SCHUBERT III: Freunde und Freude TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 · 7:30 PM

THE COMPLETE BRAHMS TRIOSWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 · 7:30 PM

SUMMERFEST FINALEFRIDAY, AUGUST 24 · 7:30 PM

Includes prime seats for all 10 concerts in the Standard Subscription

PLUS BAROQUE MASTERWORKS SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 · 3:00 PM ST. JAMES BY-THE-SEA

AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALISWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 · 7:30 PM

TOKYO STRING QUARTET SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 · 3:00 PM

AN EVENING WITH IGUDESMAN & JOO “A Little Nightmare Music” WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 · 7:30 PM

VIVA TANGO! AN EVENING WITH PABLO ZIEGLER SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 · 7:30 PM

All performances take place at MCASD Sherwood Auditorium unless otherwise listed. All programs, artists, dates, times and venues are subject to change.

STANDARD SUBSCRIPTION10 Concerts: Section A - $570 Section B - $389

INNER CIRCLE SUBSCRIPTIONAll 15 Concerts - $699

BUY A SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE SINGLE TICKETS GO ON SALE MAY 29th

MAPSMCASD Sherwood Auditorium 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla

St. James By-The-Sea 743 Prospect Street, La Jolla

La Jolla Playhouse’s Mandell Weiss Theatre 2910 La Jolla Village Dr., La Jolla

COVER IMAGE: Richard Diebenkorn, Untitled, 1970. Color lithograph in seven colors, 30 x 22 ½ inches.Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Gleich, San Diego, California.© The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation.

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FREE OUTDOOR CONCERTJULY

31SUMMERFEST Under The Stars TUESDAY · 7:30 PMSCRIPPS PARK (LA JOLLA COVE)

Enjoy a free concert showcasing SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin with SummerFest artists and special guests, the San Diego Youth Symphony’s International Youth Symphony.

TICKET INFORMATION: 858.459.3728 · WWW.LJMS.ORG

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16ENCOUNTER THURSDAY · 12:30 PM ATHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARYSchubert and the Transformation of Song Presentation by acclaimed Musicologist Susan Youens

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15AN EVENING WITH IGUDESMAN & JOO “A Little Nightmare Music”

WEDNESDAY · 7:30 PM

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Interview with Branford Marsalis

hosted by Marcus Overton

JON KIMURA PARKER

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3OPENING NIGHT A Romantic Promenade FRIDAY · 7:30 PM

Program Highlights:MOSZKOWSKI Suite for Two Violins and Piano VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for 8 CellosRACHMANINOFF Vocalise Symphonic Dances

Chia-Ling Chien, Felix Fan, Augustin Hadelich, Trevor Handy, Desmond Hoebig, Ying Huang, Jeffrey Kahane, Henry Kramer, Cho-Liang Lin, Mihai Marica, Jon Kimura Parker, Andrew Shulman and Meta Weiss

TAN DUN

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4TAN DUN’s WATER PASSION SATURDAY · 7:30 PM LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE’S MANDELL WEISS THEATRE

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Discussion with

Cho-Liang Lin and Tan Dun

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5BAROQUE MASTERWORKS SUNDAY · 3:00 PM

ST. JAMES BY-THE-SEA

Program Highlights:TELEMANN Suite in A Minor for Alto Recorder, Strings and Continuo SAMMARTINI Concerto in F Major for Soprano Recorder, Strings and Basso ContinuoBACH Partita No. 3 for Solo ViolinVIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo

Michala Petri, Anthony Newman, Augustin Hadelich, Nico Abondolo, Amphion String Quartet, Che-Yen Chen, Desmond Hoebig and Arianna Warsaw-Fan

PRELUDE 2:00 PM Lecture by Ruben Valenzuela

Germany, France... but oh, those Italians!

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7SCHUBERT I A Journey Through Time TUESDAY · 7:30 PM

Program Highlights:BRAHMS Chorale Prelude Op. 122, No. 4 for Two Pianos - 4 Hands SCHUBERT/LISZT Gretchen am SpinnradeGABRIEL KAHANE DurrantsSCHUBERT Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat MajorGABRIEL KAHANE Where Are the Arms SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 15 in G Major

Gabriel Kahane, Jeffrey Kahane and Tokyo String Quartet

BRANFORD MARSALIS

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8AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALISWEDNESDAY · 7:30 PM

TAN DUN Water Passion after St. Matthew

Tan Dun, Stephen Bryant, Yuanlin Chen, David Cossin, Dustin Donahue, Felix Fan, Ying Huang, Cho-Liang Lin, Bonnie Whiting-Smith and the San Diego Master Chorale

Program Highlights:HINDEMITH Trio for Tenor Saxophone, Viola, and Piano, Op.47  BUSCH Quintet for Strings and Saxophone

Evening will conclude with a selection of Jazz works.

Branford Marsalis, Martin Beaver, Clive Greensmith, Jeffrey Kahane, Paul Neubauer, Eric Revis and Arianna Warsaw-Fan

GABRIEL KAHANE Come On All You Ghosts (2011)ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet (2011)AARON JAY KERNIS Clarinet Quintet WEST COAST PREMIÈREMARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE Piano Quartet WORLD PREMIÈRE

Amphion String Quartet, Calder Quartet, Jeremy Denk, Felix Fan, Gabriel Kahane, Yura Lee, Paul Neubauer, Newbury Trio and John Bruce Yeh

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11SUMMERFEST GALA SATURDAY · 6:00 PMAT THE HOME OF JEAN & GARY SHEKHTER

A summer celebration of music filled with elegance and style. This black-tie fundraiser benefits the education, outreach and artistic programs of La Jolla Music Society. For additional information regarding the SummerFest Gala, please call 858.459.3724, ext. 206.

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12TOKYO STRING QUARTET SUNDAY · 3:00 PM

HAYDN String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor

Tokyo String Quartet and Jeremy Denk

MUSICAL PRELUDE 2:00 PM

Amphion String Quartet performs

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14SCHUBERT II Soirée MusicaleTUESDAY · 7:30 PM

Program Highlights:SCHUBERT March Militaire in D Major for Piano - 4 Hands Shepherd on the Rock for Voice, Clarinet and Piano Overture in C Minor for String Quintet Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano

Amphion String Quartet, James Dunham, Haeran Hong, Yura Lee, Newbury Trio, Ken Noda, John Novacek and John Bruce Yeh

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Lecture by Susan Youens

A 21st-Century Schubertiad

IGUDESMAN & JOO

With some of classical music’s biggest names joining in their musical comedy sketches, including Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell and Gidon Kremer, these two musicians are taking the world by storm. Don’t miss their unique show full of musical virtuosity and zany outrageous humor of all the “nightmarish” things that could go wrong during a concert.

Alek sey Igudes man and Hyung-ki Joo

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17BEETHOVEN The Other MasterpiecesFRIDAY · 7:30 PM

Program Highlights:BEETHOVEN Sextet for Two Horns and String Quartet String Quintet in C Major Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds

Carter Brey, James Dunham, Burt Hara, Toby Hoffman, Benjamin Jaber, Michelle Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Valentin Martchev, Newbury Trio, John Novacek, Erik Ralske, Liang Wang and Arianna Warsaw-Fan

MUSICAL PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Amphion String Quartet performs

Program Highlights:PIAZZOLLA Buenos Aires Hora Cero for Two Pianos (arr. Ziegler) Escualo Libertango for Cello and Piano PABLO ZIEGLER Milonga Del Adios for Clarinet and Piano

Evening will conclude with a selection of Tango works performed by the Ziegler Classical Tango Quartet.

Pablo Ziegler, Carter Brey, Burt Hara, John Novacek and the Ziegler Classical Tango Quartet

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Interview with

Pablo Ziegler hosted by Marcus Overton

PABLO ZIEGLER

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19 A FAMILY AFFAIRSUNDAY · 3:00 PM

Program Highlights:MOZART Adagio and Rondo in C Minor BRUCH Two Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Harp CAPLET Conte Fantastique for Harp and String QuartetSAINT-SAËNS The Swan FAURÉ Piano Quartet in C Minor

Deborah Hoffman, Gary Hoffman, Toby Hoffman, Amphion String Quartet, Inon Barnatan, Burt Hara, Catherine Ransom Karoly, Philippe Quint and Liang Wang

MUSICAL PRELUDE 2:00 PM

Newbury Trio performs

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21SCHUBERT III Freunde und Freude TUESDAY · 7:30 PM

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A Major Fantasy in F Minor for Piano - 4 Hands Wind Octet in F Major, D.72 Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major

Inon Barnatan, Carter Brey, Burt Hara, Benjamin Jaber, Mari Kodama, Valentin Martchev, John Novacek, Andrea Overturf, Philippe Quint, Erik Ralske, Sheryl Renk, Ryan Simmons, Andrew Wan and Liang Wang

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Lecture by

Eric Bromberger Morning, Noon and

Blazing Sunset

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22THE COMPLETE BRAHMS TRIOSWEDNESDAY · 7:30 PM

MUSICAL PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Newbury Trio performs

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major

Gary Hoffman, Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker

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23ENCOUNTER THURSDAY · 12:30 PM ATHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARYForging a Concert Career: Making it as a professional violinist in the 21st century

Panel discussion with violinists Cho-Liang Lin, Philippe Quint, Andrew Wan and Arianna Warsaw-Fan

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24 SUMMERFEST FINALEFRIDAY · 7:30 PM

Kent Nagano, conductor

ROSSINI Barber of Seville Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat MajorMAURER Sinfonia Concertante for Four Violins in A Minor MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A Major “Italian”

Kent Nagano, Michelle Kim, Mari Kodama, Cho-Liang Lin, Philippe Quint, Andrew Wan and the SummerFest Chamber Orchestra

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Interview with Kent Nagano

hosted by Eric Bromberger

KENT NAGANO

GARY HOFFMAN

TOKYO STRING QUARTET

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18VIVA TANGO! AN EVENING WITH PABLO ZIEGLER SATURDAY · 7:30 PM

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9ENCOUNTER THURSDAY · 12:30 PM ATHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBRARYComposer’s Forum Panel discussion with Composers-in-Residence

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10 COMMISSIONS & PREMIÈRESFRIDAY · 7:30 PM

MUSICAL PRELUDE 6:30 PM Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker perform the West Coast Première of John Harbison’s Sonata for Violin and Piano and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 3

PRELUDE 6:30 PM Lecture by Steven Cassedy

Poking Fun at Music: From P.D.Q. Bach to

Igudesman & Joo

ALL PERFORMANCES AT MCASD SHERWOOD AUDITORIUM UNLESS OTHERWISE LISTED

MUSICAL PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Amphion String Quartet performs

MUSICAL PRELUDE 6:30 PM

Newbury Trio performs

GABRIEL KAHANE

PHOTO CREDITS: C. Lin © Paul Body, J. Parker © Kent Lacin, T. Dun by N. Watanabe, B. Marsalis by Palma Kolansky, G. Kahane courtesy of artist, Tokyo String Quartet © Peter Checchia, Igudesman & Joo by Julia Wesley, P. Ziegler by Sergio R. Reyes, G. Hoffman © Gerard Proust, K. Nagano courtesy of artist.