music

Dibert Foundation Continues Support of Annual Music Camps

by Marianna Moore on August 14, 2019

The annual Chautauqua Music Camps taking place throughout Week Eight have been sponsored by the Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation for more than two decades. Founded in memory of Winnie Dibert of Jamestown, the foundation focuses

RHYTHMSMYTH to Jazz Up Classical Compositions in Chamber Recital

by Julia Arwine on August 10, 2019

Chamber music and saxophones don’t often go hand-in-hand at Chautauqua, but RHYTHMSMYTH isn’t the average chamber ensemble.

Voice Program & MSFO Team Up to Present Classic Story of Capulets and Montagues (Gallery)

by webchq on August 6, 2019

‘Only at Chautauqua’: Final Community Band Concert of the Season to Celebrate Old First Night

by Val Lick on August 5, 2019

Jason Weintraub conducts the Chautauqua Community Band in their Old First Night Concert Tuesday, August 7, 2018 on Bestor Plaza.

UK Guitar Duo Mark Eden & Christopher Stell to Give Classical Pieces New Life

by Val Lick on August 4, 2019

Classical guitar has a very slim repertoire — so the Eden Stell Guitar Duo is creating its own path. Mark

Student Percussion Ensemble to Put on Rare Chamber Recital

by Julia Arwine on August 1, 2019

School of Music Percussion instructor Michael Burritt gives instruction to Connor Nixdorf during a rehearsal on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 in Bellinger Hall. HALDAN KIRSCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Though there’s been no shortage of chamber music at

Violinist Augustin Hadelich & Pianist Weiss to Perform in Chamber Duo

by Val Lick on July 28, 2019

072919_val lick Staff writer Soloists Augustin Hadelich and Orion Weiss have performed their way across America — and developed a close musical connection. Today, the two musicians will join forces in a powerful chamber music duo. Hadelich, a violinist and Musical America’s 2018 Instrumentalist of the Year, and Weiss, a pianist and Classical Recording Foundation’s 2010 Young Artist of the Year, will perform at 4 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall as part of the Chautauqua Chamber Music Guest Artist Series. The program is spread across two centuries; it begins with Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 1800 Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, and ends with John Adams’ 1995 “Road Movies.” Hadelich has performed with every major orchestra in America — and collected a Grammy Award along the way. In a 2018 interview with Interlude magazine, he said that “music is vital to the human spirit. It’s essential to play music written today and not live only in the past. That being said, in any era of music history, the majority of music written isn’t great, and our time is not an exception. As time passes, it’s as if a fog lifts, and gradually it becomes clear what the great, enduring works of art are.” At 35, Hadelich is a youthful voice in the world of elite musicians. Born in Tuscany to German parents, he attended Juilliard and has been a New Yorker — and an internationally touring artist — ever since. Hadelich has performed solo, with orchestras and in chamber groups. He told Interlude that chamber music is a more personal interaction with listeners. “In chamber music and recitals, I can explore the softer dynamics and more subtle nuances, and feel the more intimate involvement of the audience,” Hadelich said in 2018. “In terms of communication with the other musicians though, I actually find little difference between how I communicate with other musicians in a concerto and in chamber music. There is no concerto that does not require the soloist to listen intently and interact closely with the orchestra throughout.” Weiss, another young and rising musician, agrees. While chamber music is a more intimate setting, Weiss said, it requires the same careful listening as any musical performance. “All music is chamber music — response and communication, dialogue and listening,” he said. Weiss and Hadelich have more than just a musical connection; the two have been friends for years, Weiss said. “We became friends years ago at the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and connected immediately, both personally and musically,” Weiss said. “We always make each other laugh, and we have a great time making music together.” Weiss said he is excited for today’s multi-century program. “The program is diverse and wide-ranging and filled with wonderful challenges and amazing music,” Weiss said. “The Beethoven Sonata is unbelievably taut and intense. (Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100) is warm, emotional and inspired. (Claude Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 40) is a masterpiece of gesture, color and drama. And ‘Road Movies’ is so fun to perform; it’s so rhythmically complex and intricate. I think the audience will hold their breath from excitement.” Deborah Sunya Moore, vice president of performing and visual arts, said the two artists fit together like “puzzle pieces” in a week of musical performances. When Moore asked Hadelich about the possibility of a chamber music recital at Chautauqua, she said, he proposed a duo with Weiss. “This is a week of intertwined collaborations — it’s a wonderful puzzle piece,” Moore said. “Even though everyone loves Augustin here, they have never heard him in a small, intimate chamber setting at Chautauqua.” Moore said the two musicians will perform in various settings throughout the week. Weiss will perform with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Tuesday in a premiere of American composer Jeremy Gill’s “Concerto D’Avorio,” and Hadelich will perform with the CSO on Thursday, in a concert featuring pieces by Russian composers Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Complimentary tickets for this concert must be obtained at the Main Gate Welcome Center starting at 7 a.m. today. It will also be livestreamed in the Hall of Christ.

Hadelich Soloists Augustin Hadelich and Orion Weiss have performed their way across America — and developed a close musical connection.

Tale of Two Jons: Manasse and Nakamatsu to Play Clarinet and Piano Duo

by Julia Arwine on July 27, 2019

This weekend, two Jons will come together for an evening of lively and varied chamber music rooted in Romanticism,

‘Two banjos and a Voice’: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Return to Chautauqua

by Ellis Giacomelli on July 25, 2019

Béla Fleck maintains there’s a distinct difference between being active in music and being “all fired up.” The guitar sparked

Jared Jacobsen to Play Festive ‘Christmas Characters’ Concert on Tallman Tracker Organ

by Chris Clements on July 22, 2019

When Jared Jacobsen’s children brought home “cheesy” holiday choral songs one year, it gave him an idea: What if he

New York Polyphony to Perform Renaissance Pieces

by Val Lick on July 21, 2019

Italian love songs, Renaissance melodies, and a “heretical” Psalm: these are the musical offerings of today’s chamber music group, New York Polyphony. The quartet will perform at 4 p.m. today, July 22, in Elizabeth S.

Athena Quartet to Collaborate with CLSC in Fourth Concert of CCM Resident Artist Series

by Julia Arwine on July 20, 2019

Fiction will meet reality this weekend when strings ensemble, The Athena Quartet, plays several songs featured in Aja Gabel’s debut

Twisted Pine Will Fill the Amp with a Funky Upbeat Sound

by Tina Giuliano on July 19, 2019

There’s a musical movement in bluegrass in which bands are breaking the mold of the genre’s traditional sound. One of

Voice Program to Present Britten’s Opera Adaptation of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

by Julia Arwine on July 15, 2019

Shakespeare is in the air at Chautauqua this season, and as the halfway point of the summer approaches, the School of

Poetry in Motion: J.Y. Song to Combine Spoken Word and Music in Recital in Lenna

by Julia Arwine on July 15, 2019

J.Y. Song From book club discussions to visual arts exhibitions to orchestra performances, literature, art and music all have their

‘The Man, the Music and Chautauqua’ Lecture to Cover John Philip Sousa’s Local & International Legacy

by Val Lick on July 15, 2019

CHQDaily The (self-made) man, the myth, the American composer legend; John Philip Sousa is best remembered for creating some of the most groundbreaking music of his time. But a lesser-known fact about “The American March

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