ORCAS
ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2005 SEASON
August 23 through September 2
All concerts
at Orcas Center in Eastsound, Orcas Island
"Music
in Motion"
Tuesday, August 23, 7:30 p.m., and Friday, August 26, 7:30 p.m.
This
colorful program portrays the drama of operatic expression, the
movement of ballet and waves of sound. Program is performed twice.
Program
Performed
by
Astor
Piazzolla: "Spring in Buenos Aires"
Giacomo
Puccini: "Chrysanthemums" for string quartet
Jake
Heggie: "Before the Storm" for mezzo-soprano, solo cello
and piano
Igor
Stravinsky: "Petrouchka" Suite for solo piano
Gabriel
Fauré: Piano Quartet in c minor
Zheng
Cao, mezzo-soprano
Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Wilmer Fawcett, bass
Aloysia Friedmann, viola
Jake Heggie, piano/composer
Monique Mead, violin
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Antoine Plante - bandoneón (an Argentinian tango instrument,
similar to accordion)
Toby Saks, cello
"Deepest
Desire"
Saturday, August 27, 7:30 p.m., and Monday, August 29, 7:30 p.m.
The
passion of the tango is combined with the searing emotion of composer-in-residence
Jake Heggie's meditations on love. Program is performed twice.
Program
Performed
by
J.
S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV1004
Tango
Trio
Julian Plaza: "Nocturna"
Astor Piazzolla: "Oblivion"
Pedro Laurenz: "Milonga de Mis Amores"
Jake
Heggie: "Deepest Desire" for mezzo-soprano, solo flute
and piano
Robert
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47
Zheng
Cao, mezzo-soprano
Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Wilmer Fawcett, bass
Aloysia Friedmann, viola
Lilit Gampel, violin
Jake Heggie, piano/composer
Lorna McGhee, flute
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Antoine Plante - bandoneón
"Timeless
Music"
Wednesday, August 31, 7:30 p.m., and Friday, September 2, 7:30 p.m.
Piazzolla
meets Heggie and the very young Brahms meets the mature Beethoven
in a concert of timeless and timely music. Program is performed
twice.
Program
Performed
by
Jake
Heggie: "Times of Day" for mezzo-soprano, violin, cello,
piano
Astor
Piazzolla: "Summer in Buenos Aires"
Paul
Hindemith: Sonata Op. 25 #1 for solo viola, 4th movement
Ludwig
van Beethoven: Quartet in f minor, Op.95 "Quartetto Serioso"
Johannes
Brahms: Two Songs for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano, Op. 91
Johannes
Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8 for piano, violin and cello
Zheng
Cao, mezzo-soprano
Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Wilmer Fawcett, bass
Aloysia Friedmann, viola
Lilit Gampel, violin
David Harding, viola
Jake Heggie, piano/composer
Monique Mead, violin
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Antoine Plante - bandoneón
Toby Saks, cello
"A
Return Evening with Otto Lang" (one performance only) Wednesday,
August 24, 7:30 p.m.
In
his eagerly awaited return to Orcas Island, Otto Lang reflects on
a lifetime in film. Program includes a performance of the Bach/Brahms
"Chaconne" by Jon Kimura Parker. Hosted by Adam Stern,
the evening concludes with a showing of Lang's classic Hollywood
thriller "Five Fingers."
"Orcas•trations
- A
Musical Journey around the World with Martin Friedmann" Thursday,
August 25, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 28, 7:30 p.m.
This
"Orcas-trations concert" features Festival favorite Martin
Friedmann with personal reminiscences of a lifetime of musical wanderlust,
interspersed with his own slides and videos. Program is performed
twice.
Family
Matinee Concert-"Old MacDonald's Violin" (one
performance only) Sunday,
August 28, 1:00 p.m.
Violinist
Monique Mead delights young and old with the fun of traditional
songs and a classical take on folk music favorites.
TICKET
PRICES (TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC WEDNESDAY,
JULY 20.)
"Music
in Motion," "Deepest Desire"
"Timeless Music" Concerts:
$27.00--Orcas Center Members
$32.00-Non-Members
"Orcas•trations"
with Martin Friedmann:
$25.00-Adults
$12.00-Students
"Evening
with Otto Lang"
$35.00
"Old
MacDonald's Violin" Family Concert:
$7.00-Adults
$3.00--Children