June 17 – 20, 2024
21st edition of the Festival
dates
Performance Schedule
June 17, 2024
Teatro Argentina
Opening night concert
Program:
Andre Gagnon Petit concerto pour Carignan
Mark O’Connor Appalachia Waltz
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
Philip Glass String Sextet (Symphony No. 3) arr. Michael Riesman
With:
Robert McDuffie, violin; River Sawchyn, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Elizabeth Aoki, violin; Isaac Lopez, viola; Alessandro Sacchetti, cello; Grace Chan Ho Yan, double bass (Gagnon); Robert McDuffie, violin; River Sawchyn, violin (O'Connor); Rachell Ellen Wong, violin; Ivano Zanenghi, lute; Elizabeth Aoki, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Isaac Lopez, viola; Alessandro Sacchetti, cello; Grace Chan Ho Yan, double bass (Vivaldi); Robert McDuffie, violin; Katrina Stroud, violin; Isaac King, viola; Matteo Mizera, viola; Daniel Stein, cello; Manou Magdalena Chakravorty, cello; Ricky Bonavita, choreographer; Compagnia Excursus, dancers (Glass)
June 18, 2024
Program:
Johannes Brahms Serenade in D major, Op.11
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
With:
Mariia Kostovicz, violin; Leonardo Taio, viola; Chiara Burattini, cello; Natalia Midek, double bass; Michele Forese, flute; Letizia Elsa Maulà clarinet; Nana Ebata, clarinet; Guglielmo Pellarin, horn; Sarah Carbonare bassoon (Brahms); Andrea Lucchesini, piano; Amber Emson (Leoni), violin; Sebastian Zagame, violin; Raphael Masters, viola; Enrico Dindo, cello (Schumann)
June 19, 2024
Program:
Antonín Dvořák Dumky Trio, Op. 90
Giuseppe Tartini Violin Concerto in A major D96
Nicola Porpora Alto Giove (MIghty Jupiter) from Polifemo
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins in A minor RV 522
With:
Hadar Zeidel, violin; Saeed Diab, piano; Kristina Cooper, cello (Dvořák); Rachell Ellen Wong, violin; Ivano Zanenghi, lute; Elizabeth Aoki, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Wesley O'Brien, viola; Gabriele Melone, cello; Grace Chan Ho Yan, double bass (Tartini); Sofya Yuneeva, contralto; Rachell Ellen Wong, violin; Ivano Zanenghi, lute; Elizabeth Aoki, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Wesley O'Brien, viola; Gabriele Melone, cello; Grace Chan Ho Yan, double bass (Porpora); Rachell Ellen Wong, violin; Robert McDuffie, violin; Ivano Zanenghi, lute; Elizabeth Aoki, violin; Livia Stefani, violin; Wesley O'Brien, viola; Gabriele Melone, cello; Chan Ho Yan Grace, double bass (Vivaldi)
June 20, 2024
Program:
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite (Version for 13 instruments)
Måneskin Arrangements for Piano Quintet
With:
Robert McDuffie, violin; Kayla Yagi-Bacon, violin; Amber Emson Leoni, violin; River Sawchyn, violin; Rafael Masters, viola; Matteo Mizera, viola; Alessandro Sacchetti, cello; Gabriele Melone, cello; Natalia Midek, double bass; Elena Matteucci, piano; Guglielmo Pellarin, horn; Letizia Elsa Maulà, clarinet; Gerardo Flavio Musillo, flute (Copland); Måneskin; Saeed Diab, piano; Sebastian Zagame, violin; Katrina Stroud, violin; Rafael Masters, viola; Manou Magdalena Chakravorty, cello; Dusan Kostic, double bass
August 7 – 18, 2024
Aspen, CO
In residence at the Aspen Music Festival
August 14, 2024
How I Spent My Last 48 Summers: An Evening of Aspen Memories
Program:
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "Summer"
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 56
Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Stardancer's Waltz from the Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra
Ernest Chausson Sicilienne from Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Igor Stravinsky Tarantella from the Suite Italienne
Leonard Bernstein Agathon from Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"
Philip Glass Mvt. IV Summer from Violin Concerto No. 2 (The American Four Seasons)
With:
Derek Wang, piano
August 22 – 23, 2024
Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Program:
August 22 - Workshop with community scholars and master class
August 23 - Lecture
August 24, 2024
Nashville, TN
2024 Nashville Chamber Music Society Season Gala
Program:
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for Two Violins in C Major
With:
Susan Yang, piano
Charissa Leung, violin
August 30 – September 2, 2024
Strings immersion workshop for rising high school seniors
September 2, 2024
Closing concert of the 2024 Labor Day Festival
Program:
(tentative)
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315 (L'estate/Summer)
With:
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Sydney Lee, cello
Labor Day Festival participants
Students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings
September 13, 2024
Missoula, MT
University of Montana
Master class
September 15, 2024
Program:
Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 2 (The American Four Seasons)
October 24 – December 1, 2024
Sabbatical in Venice, Italy
January 21, 2025
New York, NY
The Century Association
Concert Evening: "Georgia On My Mind -- The Music Of Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers"
Program:
Try a Little Tenderness
Respect
Georgia
Jessica
With:
Chuck Leavell, piano
January 27, 2025
Program:
Guiseppe Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devil’s Trill Sonata”
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, “Regensonate”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Fritz Kreisler Tempo di Menuetto and 3 Old Viennese Dances
Jay Unger Ashokan Farewell
George Gershwin, trans. by Heifetz It Ain’t Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess
With:
William Ransom, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival Artistic Director