Concerts at a Glance
SummerFest 2021: July 30 – August 20
at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
This summer, we’ll explore theme of Self + Sound: how composers write themselves into their music and how the diverse influences that make each person unique find their expression in sound
Opening Night: Ode to Joy
Friday, July 30, 2021 • 7:30 PM
BEETHOVEN/LISZT
“Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9
(arr. for two pianos)
MOZART/GRIEG
Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545
(arr. for two pianos)
KREISLER
Londonderry Air
JOHN ADAMS
40% Swing from Road Movies
DE FALLA
Suite Populaire Espagnole
OLA GJEILO
Ubi Caritas
HAWKINS
Until I Found The Lord
I N T E R M I S S I O N
MENDELSSOHN
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major,
Op. 20
Goin’ Home
Saturday, July 31, 2021 • 7:30 PM
Spirituals including Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Go Down Moses, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Motherless child, and more, interwoven with:
DVORÁK
Goin’ Home (arr. Barnatan)
PRICE
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint
DVORÁK
Lento from String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 “American”
BURLEIGH
An Ante-Bellum Sermon from Plantation Melodies
WYNTON MARSALIS
Many Gone from String Quartet No. 1 “At The Octoroon Balls”
DVORÁK
Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “American”
P A U S E
The concert continues in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd with a performance by Kings Return
The Artist as Muse
Sunday, August 1, 2021 • 3:00 PM
DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Minor
BRITTEN
Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 65
I N T E R M I S S I O N
STRAVINSKY
Three movements from Petrushka
MOZART
Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581
Notes On Freedom
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 • 7:30 PM
BRAHMS
Scherzo in C Minor for Violin and Piano (Sonatensatz)
ANDREW NORMAN
Suspend, a fantasy for piano and chamber orchestra
BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
Life Story
Thursday, August 5, 2021 • 7:30 PM
SIBELIUS
En Saga, Op. 9 (reconstructed for octet by Jaako Kuusisto)
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
I N T E R M I S S I O N
SCHUBERT
Allegro in A Minor for Piano Four-Hands, D.947 (“Lebensstürme”)
SMETANA
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”
Idealized Landscapes
Saturday, August 7, 2021 • 7:30 PM
IVES
The Unanswered Question
(Film by Ethan Bensdorf)
CAROLINE SHAW
Plan & Elevation: The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks
(Film by Tristan Cook)
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Contested Eden WORLD PREMIÈRE
(Film featuring Molly Katzman & Co.)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
JOHN WILLIAMS
Air and Simple Gifts
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring Suite
Rhapsodies in Blues
Sunday, August 8, 2021 • 3:00 PM
RAVEL
Blues from Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano
SCHULLER
Suite for Wind Quintet
MILHAUD
La création du monde, Op. 81b
WILLIAMS
Selections from Zodiac Suite
BERNSTEIN
Riffs for Clarinet, Piano, Bass, and Drums
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue
P A U S E
The concert continues in the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd with a performance by the Aaron Diehl Trio
For a Great Artist
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 • 7:30 PM
BERIO
Folk Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Symphonic Dances
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • 7:30 PM
ENESCU
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25
RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for Two Pianos
A Song By Mahler
Thursday, August 12, 2021 • 7:30 PM
A new chamber opera written by Marc Neikrug
The Silver Score
Sunday, August 15, 2021 • 3:00 PM
HERRMANN
Psycho Suite
PHILIP GLASS
The Poet Acts
JOHN CORIGLIANO
The Red Violin Caprices
BARBER
Adagio for Strings
NICHOLAS BRITELL
Forgotten Waltz No. 2
JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars: May the Fource be with You (arr. Attacca Quartet)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
AARON ZIGMAN
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano WORLD PREMIÈRE
KORNGOLD
Quintet for Piano and Strings in E Major, Op. 15
Takeover @ The JAI I
Sunday, August 15, 2021 • 7:30 PM
CHRISTINE DELPHINE HEDDEN
Cuimhne
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Selections from Songs of Cifar and the Sweet Sea
NICOLAS LELL BENAVIDES
Movement II from El Correcaminos
TIMMOTHY PETERSON
Shorelines
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
El Mundo from El último sueño de Frida y Diego
ANJNA SWAMINATHAN
Duplicity
Takeover @ The JAI II
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 • 7:30 PM
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Zapatos de chincha from Hilos
AKSHAYA AVRIL TUCKER
Breathing Sunlight
IMAN HABIBI
RevolutionStreet
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Milagros
MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI
Stellar Cartography
Intimate Letters
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 • 7:30 PM
JANÁČEK
String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
FRANCK
Piano Quintet in F Minor
Grand Duos
Thursday, August 19, 2021 • 7:30 PM
MOZART
Grande Sestetto Concertante in E-flat Major (K.364)
TAMAR MUSKAL
Facing the Automaton
WORLD PREMIERE
CHAUSSON
Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Finale: A Love Composed
Friday, August 20, 2021 • 7:30 PM
SCHUMANN
Andante and Variations for Two Pianos, Two Cellos, and Horn
WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll
I N T E R M I S S I O N
SCHUMANN
Elegy (arr. Britten)
BRAHMS
Sextet for Strings in G Major, Op. 36