SummerFest 2008
August 1-24, 2008

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Opening Night - Fire and Passion
Friday, August 1 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

PIAZZOLLA Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano
JULIAN MILONE Piazzolla Suite for Four Violins and Bass
OSVALDO GOLIJOV Last Round for String Nonet
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1

Margaret Batjer, Jacob Braun, Carter Brey, Che-Yen Chen, Yves Dharamraj, Chris Hanulik, Cho-Liang Lin, Jasmine Lin, Garrick Ohlsson, Gil Shaham, Kyoko Takezawa and Elzbieta Weyman

French Connections
Saturday, August 2 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano
RAVEL String Quartet
FAURE Piano Quartet No. 1

Carter Brey, Che-Yen Chen, Formosa Quartet, Peter Jablonski, Ralph Kirshbaum, Garrick Ohlsson and Kyoko Takezawa

Brahms I - Friendship among Masters
Tuesday, August 5 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

BRAHMS String Quartet No. 3
Piano Quartet No. 3
SCHUMANN Andante and Variations for Two Pianos, Two Cellos and Horn

Che-Yen Chen, Formosa Quartet, Peter Jablonski, Ani Kalayjian, Ralph Kirshbaum, Keith Popejoy, Kyoko Takezawa and Joyce Yang

An Evening with Leila Josefowicz
Wednesday, August 6 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

STRAVINSKY Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano
Concertino for String Quartet
SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for Violin and Piano
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
PROKOFIEV Sonata in C Major for Two Violins

Leila Josefowicz, Stephen Copes, Hsin-Yun Huang, John Novacek and Ralph Kirshbaum

SummerFest Commissions: Music of our Time
Friday, August 8 · 7:30 pm · Birch North Park Theatre

HUANG RUO Divergence, Concerto No. 3 for Five Players (2001)
Real Loud (2008) West Coast première
KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur (2003)
Serenatas (2008) West Coast première
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE Ku-Ka-Ilimoku (1978)
Ogoun Badagris (1976)
STEVEN MACKEY Ground Swell (2007) West Coast première

Franck Avril, Yves Dharamraj, Hsin-Yun Huang, Eric Kim, Jeewon Lee, SoJin Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Shih-Kai Lin, Demarre McGill, Steven Mackey, John Novacek, Keith Popejoy, Real Quiet, red fish blue fish, Frank Renk, Sheryl Renk, Huang Ruo, Steven Schick and Elzbieta Weyman

SummerFest Gala 2008
Saturday, August 9

Laleh Roudi, Gala Chair
Barbara and Dick Enberg, Honorary Chairs

An elegant black-tie fundraiser held at the picturesque La Jolla home of Chad and Maureen Carpenter. The evening features an intimate performance with SummerFest artists and benefits the education, outreach and artistic programs of La Jolla Music Society.

For additional information regarding the SummerFest Gala 2008 please call 858.459.3724 ext. 206.

Russian Kaleidoscope
Sunday, August 10 · 3:00 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

2:00 pm Special Prelude Performance with Fellowship Artist String Quartet

PROKOFIEV Five Melodies for Violin and Piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano
TANEYEV Piano Quintet

David Chan, Catherine Ransom Karoly, Eric Kim, Michelle Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Demarre McGill, Valentin Martchev, Cynthia Phelps, Keith Popejoy, Sheryl Renk and Joyce Yang

Brahms II - Unrequited Love
Tuesday, August 12 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

JOACHIM Romance for Violin and PIano
ROBERT SCHUMANN Intermezzo from "FAE Sonata"
BRAHMS Scherzo for Violin and Piano
CLARA SCHUMANN Piano Trio
BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2

David Chan, Ani Kalayjian, Jeewon Lee, Michelle Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Hai-Ye Ni, Heiichiro Ohyama, Cynthia Phelps and Elena Urioste

An Evening with Vladimir Feltsman
Wednesday, August 13 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

MOZART Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 304
SCHNITTKE Piano Quintet
MUSSORGKSY Pictures at an Exhibition

Vladimir Feltsman, David Chan, Michelle Kim, Hai-Ye Ni and Cynthia Phelps

SummerFest Under the Stars
Thursday, August 14 · 7:30 pm · La Jolla Cove (Scripps Park)

(FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT)

SummerFest artists perform outdoors at this picturesque La Jolla attraction. Bring a blanket and invite your friends to hear this concert featuring music by Mendelssohn, Gershwin, John Williams and John Philip Sousa.

Jazz at SummerFest: Jacques Loussier Trio
Friday, August 15 · 7:30 pm · Birch North Park Theatre

Showcasing Louisser’s legendary jazz variations on Bach’s classical works, this performance also will feature the world première of a new work from composer Jacques Loussier for jazz trio and strings.

Messiaen Centennial - Music of Time Eternal
Saturday, August 16 · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

6:30 pm Special Prelude Performance with Fellowship Artist Piano Trio

MESSIAEN Appel Interstellaire
“Quartet for the End of Time” for Violin, Cello, Clarinet and Piano
DEBUSSY String Quartet

Cho-Liang Lin, Hai-Ye Ni, Christopher Taylor, Richard Todd, Tokyo String Quartet and John Bruce Yeh

Legends and Rituals
Sunday, August 17 · 3:00 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

2:00 pm Special Prelude Performance with Fellowship Artist String Quartet

RAVEL Shéhérazade, Poems (3) for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute and Piano
Chansons Madécasses, Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
BEETHOVEN String Quartet, op. 135
STRAVINSKY “The Rite of Spring”, Ballet for Two Pianos

Catherine Ransom Karoly, Tamara Mumford, Hai-Ye Ni, Ken Noda, Tokyo String Quartet, Orion Weiss and Shai Wosner

Brahms III - Intimacy and Grandeur
Tuesday, August 19 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

BRAHMS Variations on theme by Haydn for Two Pianos
Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano
Two Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano
String Quintet No. 1

Tamara Mumford, Ken Noda, Heiichiro Ohyama, Christopher Taylor, Tokyo String Quartet, Michael Tree, Orion Weiss, and Shai Wosner

An Evening with Leon Fleisher - 80th Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, August 20 · 7:30 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

BACH Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208)
BACH-BRAHMS Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 (transcribed for Piano Left-Hand)
SCHUBERT Fantasie in F Minor for Piano Four-Hands
RAVEL La Valse for Piano Four-Hands

Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher

Dancing at SummerFest: Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre
Friday, August 22 · 7:30 pm · Birch North Park Theatre

Inspired by both classical and contemporary composers, this performance will feature choreography to Ravel’s La Valse and Bolero, alongside Jacques Loussier’s jazz arrangement of Mozart and more.

SummerFest Finale
Sunday, August 24 · 3:00 pm · MCASD Sherwood Auditorium

2:00 pm Special Prelude Performance with Fellowship Artist Piano Trio

MOZART Oboe Quartet
Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola
DVOŘÁK Piano Quartet No. 2
Serenade for Winds and Strings

Franck Avril, Warren Gref, Chris Hanulik, Jennifer Koh, Cho-Liang Lin, Valentin Martchev, Keith Popejoy, Sheryl Renk, Ryan Simmons, Richard Todd, Michael Tree, Allan Vogel, Alisa Weilerstein, Orion Weiss, John Bruce Yeh and Leyla Zamora