The 2009-2010 Classical Recital Series is sponsored by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice
Our CLASSICAL RECITAL SERIES is the foundation upon which the Artist Series of Sarasota was built. The 2009-2010 Fourteenth season features nine unique classical music program, each presented twice (Sunday and Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m.) in the Historic Asolo Theater at the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art.
Artist Series of Sarasota presents outstanding professional musicians from around the world - we nurture traditional audience expectations and frequently expand the boundaries of presentation style by encouraging artists to interact with the audience, by utilizing projected images to enhance the musical experience and by leading the way to new presentation styles that will engage new audiences. In short we strive to engage, educate and entertain through the highest standards of musical performance and presentation.
Sunday, October 18 & Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. “NIGHTMARE IN VENICE” Red Priest - Baroque Quartet Piers Adams, recorder Angela East, cello David Greenberg, violin Howard Beach, harpischord VivaldiNightmare Concerto TartiniDevil’s Trill Sonata PurcellThe Fairy Queen LeClairDemon Airs JohnsonThe Witches’ Dance, The Satyrs’ Masque, The Flatt Masque LeStrangeThe Furies Corelli / Red PriestFantasia on La Folia A Baroque Halloween Fantasy! Magical, mysterious, fantastical – a theatrical presentation of some of the most extraordinary chamber music of the Baroque era.
Sunday, October25 & Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. “SOMEWHERE IN TIME” Spencer Myer, piano HandelSuite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427 JanácekSonata “From the Street” BeethovenSonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight) Schubert Four Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90) GranadosGoyescas Take a musical journey into the fascinating repertoire of piano composition through a varied program spanning more than three centuries with one of today’s top concert pianists as your guide.
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Sunday, January 3 & Tuesday, January 5 at 7:30 p.m. “MUSIC WITH STRINGS ATTACHED” Amernet String Quartet with special guest - James Tocco, piano Misha Vitenson, violin Marcia Littley, violin Michael Klotz, viola Javier Arias, cello TurinaL’Oracion del Torrero (Bullfighter’s Prayer) TchaikovskyString Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 FranckQuintet for Piano and Strings in F minor The exceptional Amernet String Quartet rose to international attention after only one year in existence, after winning the Tokyo International Music Competition in 1992. Three years later the group was the First Prize winner of the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Amernet String Quartet has been described by The New York Times as “an accomplished and intelligent ensemble”, and by the Nürnberger Nachrichten (Germany) as “fascinating with flawless intonation, extraordinary beauty of sound, virtuosic brilliance and homogeneity of ensemble”.
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Sunday, January 24 & Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. “YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW” Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin Toby Blumenthal Phillips, piano MozartSonata (key TBD) ProkofievSonata in D Major Schubert(TBA) RavelTzigane Since her notable debut with the New York String Orchestra at Lincoln Center, violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn has earned a celebrated reputation as one of America’s most beloved rising soloists. She performs in partnership with perhaps the world’s most legendary instrument, the Red Mendelssohn Stradivarius of 1720, said to have inspired the Academy award-winning film The Red Violin. She recently collaborated with Lionsgate Films for the 10th anniversary re-release of The Red Violin where she performs on the historic Stradivarius and discusses the inspiring history of this mysterious instrument. Ms. Pitcairn has performed with orchestras in Europe and in the United States, including the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Sunday, February 14 & Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. “ARIA READY” Hanan Alattar, soprano Grigorios Zamparas, piano HandelCleopatra’s “Piangero la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare DonizettiIl dolce suono mi colpi (Lucia’s mad scene) from Lucia di Lammermoor plus music of Debussy, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff The up-and-coming soprano Hanan Alattar has beenhailed as “a singer of obvious promise” by the Denver Post. She recently made her debut at the English National Opera as Musetta in a new production of La Bohéme. Other recent appearances include her debut at theRavinia Festival as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, in concert at the Salzburg Festival, the Bard Music Festival’s production of Der Zwerg, and at the Berlin Staatsoper in Manon. She thrilled audiences with her Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Arizona Opera and as Dragonette in the world premiere of Elliot Goldenthal’s Grendel at both the Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival.
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Sunday, February 21 & Tuesday February 23 at 7:30 p.m. “FAMOUS VOICES, HIDDEN CLASSICS” Amelia Piano Trio Anthea Kreston, violin Jason Duckles, cello Reiko Aizawa, piano Debussy Trio in G Major BernsteinPiano Trio ChopinPiano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8 The title for these performances is drawn from the composers – each of whom achieved legendary status during their lifetimes and beyond. Yet, each of the works we feature in this program was written before these composers had reached the age of twenty. Who says classical music isn’t for the young?
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Sunday, March 21 &
Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. “JOIE DE VIVRE”
Ya Fei Chuang, piano
ChopinFour Scherzi
ScarlattiThree Sonatas
Yehudi WynerToward the Center
Ravel La Valse
Prizewinner at the Cologne International Piano Competition at age 18, Ya-Fei Chuang has appeared at numerous festivals including the Beethoven Festival in Warsaw, the European Music Festival in Stuttgart, the Bach Festival in Leipzig, and in the Schleswig-Holstein, Gilmore, Sarasota, Oregon, and Ravinia festivals, among others. She has appeared as a duo partner with Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin, and with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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Sunday May 9 & Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m.
“BRAHMS LIEBESLIEDER WALTZES”Plus vocal solos
Lauren Snouffer, soprano Vanessa Cariddi, mezzo-soprano Paul Appleby, tenor Evan Hughes, bass-baritone Lee Dougherty Ross, piano Avis Fedge Romm, piano Dancers, TBA
The centerpiece for these productions is Brahms’ Liebeslieder (Love Songs) Waltzes. The work consists of eighteen poems arranged for two pianos and vocal quartet, setting texts from George Friedrich Daumer’s Polydora. Brahms’ sketches suggest that he conceived the shape of the entire cycle before completing individual waltzes.
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Vanessa Cariddi, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby-tenor
Sunday, June 6 & Tuesday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. “RAGTIME A LA TURCA” Elizabeth Joy Roe/Greg Anderson, duo piano Mozart/BusoniDuettino Concertante Mozart/Anderson & RoeRagtime alla turca Anderson & RoeTranscriptions of Mozart opera scenes plus works by Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla, and more of the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo’s signature compositions
Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe have been described as “Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers transposed from the dance floor to the keyboard,” by The Southampton Press. Together they bring a fresh and visionary approach to the concert stage, dazzling audiences with their adrenalized performances, inventive programming, original compositions, and refined artistry. The duo has presented innovative concerts around the world and in nearly every New York City venue imaginable: from Carnegie Hall to children’s hospitals. They have appeared on MTV’s Total Request Live and NPR’s From the Top, and they released their debut album, “Reimagine,” in 2008.
