UNDER THE INFLUENCE? I’M HIGH ALREADY!
As an Angelino, I have many of the greatest music programs to choose from weekly. Yet even with the plethora of professionals here, I still find myself venturing down to see what La Jolla Music Society has going in the San Diego area. Under Music Director Inon Barnatan, the selections of music, dance always surprises me. Now, for SummerFest 2022 (July 29 – August 26, 2022), Barnatan has created an awesomely diverse program, Under the Influence, which explores “the muses that seduced and inspired some of the greatest composers in musical history.” Whether reveling in Wagner and J.S. Bach, traveling to the salons of Paris, experiencing the sins and merry pranks of Kurt Weill and Strauss, or “genre-defying” opera stars, dancers, and jazz luminaries, you are guaranteed the world’s best performers in a stunning location. New this year is an intermission-free Wednesday series that brings you into the worlds of Shakespeare, Vivaldi, and more followed by a social and culinary experience in the Courtyard.
And may I ask where else you will find international superstar countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in his debut with LJMS with this century’s greatest jazz chanteuse, Cécile McLorin Salvant, celebrating the music of Kurt Weill?! And how about Garrick Ohlsson, Augustin Hadelich, Liza Ferschtman, Marc-André Hamelin, Caroline Shaw, Carter Brey, Joyce Yang, and the Dover and Miró Quartets, just to name a few.
I agree with LJMS’s President and CEO Todd Schultz, who says “Nothing quite compares to hearing chamber music as it was intended — in an intimate setting, with exquisite acoustics and featuring artists who play with sensitivity, personality and exceptional skill.”
La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest 2022
Inon Barnatan, Music Director
the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla
all concerts are in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
for SummerFest subscriptions, call 858.459.3728, or visit LJMS. (single tix available April 29)
SummerFest Opening Night: Side by Side
Friday, July 29 · 7:30 PM
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV et al. Variations in A Major on a Russian Theme
CHOPIN-FRANCHOMME Grand Duo Concertant on Themes from Robert le Diable
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
BACEWICZ Quartet for Four Violins
CZERNY Quatuor Concertant No.1, Op. 230
(Quartet for Four Pianos)
Point Counterpoint
Saturday, July 30 · 7:30 PM
VALENTINI Sonata for Two String Quartets and Bass, “EnHarmonic”
HAYDN String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5
STEVE REICH New York Counterpoint
MOZART Arr. BUSONI Fantasy in F Minor for Two Pianos, K.608
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Beyond Bach
Sunday, July 31 · 3:00 PM
FALCONIERI Chaconne in G Major
J.S. BACH Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Strin
s, BWV 1043
C.P.E BACH Cello Concerto in A Major
BIBER Battalia à 10
VIVALDI Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230 “Grosso Mogul”
Under the Influence: Shakespeare’s World
Wednesday, August 3 · 7:00 PM
PURCELL Fantasia upon one note; other Fantasias; If Musick
KORNGOLD Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Major, Opus 70, No. 1 Ghost
A Selection of Songs by VAUGHN WILLIAMS, SCHUBERT and QUILTER inspired by Shakespeare
A Weekend in Paris: The Salon and The Masquerade
Friday, August 5 · 7:30 PM
DEBUSSY Petite Suite, for Two Pianos
CHOPIN Nocturnes, Op. 62
CAPLET Conte Fantastique
RAVEL La Valse for Two Pianos
SARASATE Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen, Op. 25
A Selection of Songs by POULENC, FAURÉ, and DUPARC
A Weekend in Paris: Le Conservatoire
Saturday, August 6 · 7:30 PM
DEBUSSY Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
L. BOULANGER Nocturne
FRANCK Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
MESSIAEN Theme and Variations
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
A Weekend in Paris: Beg, Borrow and Steal
Sunday, August 7 · 3:00 PM
COUPERIN L’Apothéose de Corelli
MILHAUD Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano
SAINT-SAËNS Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 65
SCHUMANN Six Canonic Études, Op. 56 (arr. Debussy)
RAVEL Piano Trio in A Minor
Under the Influence: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Wednesday, August 10 · 7:00 PM
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
The New Romantics
Friday, August 12 · 7:30 PM
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz, D.703
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Piano Quintet: Premiere of full version
DVOŘÁK Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
SUMMERFEST GALA
Saturday, August 13
The Wagner Effect
Sunday, August 14 · 3:00 PM
STRAUSS Sextet from Capriccio
BERG Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (arr. Müller)
WAGNER/LISZT Isolde’s Liebestod
LISZT At The Grave of Richard Wagner
DOHNÁNYI Sextet in C Major, Op. 37
Synergy Series: Under the Influence: Cécile McLorin Salvant Quintet
Wednesday, August 17 · 7:00 PM
Synergy Series: An Evening of Kurt Weill
Thursday, August 18 · 7:30 PM
Featuring Antony Roth Costanzo and Cécile McLorin Salvant
Synergy Series: The Planets, featuring The Knights and Dance Heginbotham
Saturday, August 20 · 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM · The JAI
Sunday, August 21 · 3:00 PM & 5:00 PM · The JAI
Gustav Holst’s masterpiece The Planets comes to life in an immersive music, dance, and theatre event.
HOLST The Planets, Op. 32
Under the Influence: Miró Quartet
Wednesday, August 24 · 7:00 PM
CAROLINE SHAW Microfictions (commissioned work)
MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Takeover @ The JAI with Caroline Shaw
Wednesday, August 24 · 8:30 PM · The JAI
As the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in music, composer Caroline Shaw strives to create intricate soundscapes and lush aural worlds that have never been heard before but have always existed. Program to be curated by Caroline Shaw.
New Wine, Old Bottles
Thursday, August 25 · 7:30 PM
FRANÇAIX Octet
CHRIS ROGERSON New commissioned work
BRAHMS Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
SummerFest Finale: Metamorphosis
Friday, August 26 · 7:30 PM
STRAUSS-HASENÖHRL Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
STRAUSS Metamorphosen
SCHUBERT String Quartet in D Minor, D.810
Death and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
