2013 Summer Festival

Jeffrey Kahane/Joseph Swensen/Carter Brey

August 9-24, 2013
The 2013 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival will open with the reunion of three magnificent musicians: Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Joseph Swensen, violin; and Carter Brey, cello. Three well known concertmasters will be featured together in one program – William Preucil (Cleveland Orchestra), Martin Chalifour (Los Angeles Philharmonic) and Margaret Batjer (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra). Also performing this summer are Toby Appel, viola;  Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio and Alexandra Preucil, violin; Eric Kim and Lachezar Kostov, cello; Viktor Valkov, piano; and of course OICMF Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann, violin/viola and Artistic Advisor Jon Kimura Parker, piano!

 

CONCERT SCHEDULE, REPERTOIRE AND MUSIC LOVERS SEMINARS

Three’s Company Music Lovers Seminar August 9th, 9 am-12:30 pm Jon Kimura Parker, lecturer

August 9 at 7:30 pm (pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm)
August 10 at 5:30 pm
Three’s Company
Mozart Trio in G Major, K.496
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
KahaneSwensenBrey, Friedmann

August 11   5:00 pm
Chamber Music on Lopez Island
KahaneSwensenBrey with Aloysia Friedmann

Moonlit Music Music Lovers Seminar August 13th, 9 am-12:30 pm Toby Appel, lecturer

August 13 at 7:30 pm (pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm)
August 14 at 5:30 pm
Moonlit Music
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No 2, Moonlight
Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano Op. 147
Mozart Quartet in G minor for piano, violin, viola and cello K. 478
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Figaro Fantasy (from Rossini’s Barber of Seville) for cello and piano
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp minor arr. for cello and piano
Appel, Friedmann, Kostov, Parker, Sant’Ambrogio, Valkov

August 14 at 10:00 am
Children’s Concert

Cesar Salad Music Lovers Seminar August 16th, 9 am-12:30 pm Verne Windham, lecturer

August 16 at 7:30 pm (pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm)
August 17 at 5:30 pm
César Salad
César Cui Orientale from Kaleidoscope, Op. 50, No. 9 for violin and piano
Richard Strauss Two Pieces (Liebesliedchen & Arabischer Tanz) for Piano Quartet
Hummel Trio in E-flat Major for two violas and cello
Handel Largo from Julius Cæsar for violin and piano
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor
Appel, Chalifour, Friedmann, Kostov, Sant’Ambrogio, Valkov

Hamlet Concerts August 18th in Olga, Westsound and Deer Harbor      

Orcas-trations: Bravura! Music Lovers Seminar August 20th, 9 am-12:30 pm Lisa Bergman, lecturer

August 20 at 7:30 pm (pre-concert at 6:30 pm)
August 21 at 5:30 pm
Orcas~trations: Bravura!
A bouquet of encores and show pieces followed by a Mendelssohn masterpiece.
Fauré  Berceuse
Ravel  Tzigane
Kreisler Tambourin Chinois
Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major for four violins, two violas and two cellos, Op. 20
Appel, Batjer, Chalifour, Friedmann, Kim, Kostov, A Preucil, W Preucil, Valkov

August 23 at 1:00 pm
Open Rehearsal for Seniors

Czech Mate Music Lovers Seminar August 23th, 9 am-12:30 pm Roupen Shakarian, lecturer

August 23 at 7:30 pm (pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm)
August 24 at 5:30 pm
Czech Mate
Dvorák Miniatures of Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75A for two violins and viola
Moszkowski Suite for two violins and piano, Op. 71
Dvorák Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Batjer, Chalifour, Friedmann, Kim, Parker, A Preucil, W Preucil