SARAH AT A SEASON GLANCE OPENING NIGHT artistic & ő SNAPSHOTS OF AMERICA DAWN UPSHAW, SOPRANO; GILBERT KALISH, PIANO; Sō PERCUSSION AND SPECIAL GUESTS Saturday, September 26, 2015; 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center SARAH ROTHENBERG: THE MARCEL PROUST PROJECT WITH NICHOLAS PHAN, TENOR Thursday, February 11, 2016, 8:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center ROMANTIC TITANS: BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 5 AND LISZT YURY MARTYNOV, PIANO Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection BRENTANO QUARTET: THE QUARTET AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection ARTURO O'FARRILL AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Saturday, October 24, 2015; 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center AZAR LAWRENCE: THE LOVE SUPREME 50TH ANNIVERSARY BAND WITH JEFF “TAIN” WATTS Friday, November 6, 2015, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center ELIAS QUARTET: BEETHOVEN PERSPECTIVES Thursday, November 12, 2015, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center MELISSA ALDANA AND CRASH TRIO Saturday, December 5, 2015, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center INNER WORLDS: SCHUMANN, LIEBERSON AND RILKE Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection MONTROSE TRIO HOUSTON DEBUT WITH RICHIE HAWLEY, CLARINET Friday, January 29, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center GREGORY PORTER Friday, February 5, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center GUILLERMO KLEIN Y LOS GUACHOS Saturday, March 19, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center SOLZHENITSYN AND PROKOFIEV: THE WAR YEARS IGNAT SOLZHENITSYN, PIANO Tuesday, March 22, 2016; 7:30 PM The Menil Collection S I L E N T F I L M A N D M E D I E VA L M U S I C LA PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC ORLANDO CONSORT Friday, April 1, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center THE COLORADO: A FILM ORATORIO ROOMFUL OF TEETH, GLENN KOTCHE AND JEFFREY ZIEGLER Tuesday, April 12, 2016; 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE: MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON Saturday, April 16, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center KRISTÓF BARÁTI, VIOLIN; KLÁRA WÜRTZ, PIANO BEETHOVEN SONATAS Monday, April 25, 2016, 7:30 PM Part I Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 7:30 PM Part II The Menil Collection SEASON FINALE PASSION FOR BACH AND COLTRANE IMANI WINDS, HARLEM QUARTET AND SPECIAL GUESTS Friday, May 6, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Dear Friends Music has the It can also evo takes the wor decade. Trav the concerts perspectives Our all-star O American spi of light, retur inspired by th Two fascinati vistas: Carl T France, a voy renowned Or Roomful of Te co-commissio River Basin an visual and mu Other highlig Ignat Solzhen conversation of two contra Azar Lawrenc and Imani Wi And the 1980 hands of the Beethoven, w a special plac Elias Quartet with Liszt's da pianist Yuri M Violin and Pia recordings of The diversity Afro-Latin Jaz tradition; pia international and 2013 Mon Da Camera d Sarah Rothen artistic & general director CT OR :00 PM PM ater Center GRAPHY 30 PM ACHOS PM ater Center FIEV: O PM MUSIC C ater Center ATORIO KOTCHE M ater Center N PM ater Center M Part I M Part II LTRANE RTET SEASON SARAH ROTHENBERG Dear Friends of Da Camera, Music has the power to inspire, to entertain, to provoke, to fire the imagination. It can also evoke time and place. With Snapshots: Time and Place, Da Camera takes the work of pivotal musical figures as the lens through which to see a decade. Traversing diverse musical styles and over 600 years of human history, the concerts and multimedia performances of our 2015/16 season offer unique perspectives on our past and our present world. Our all-star Opening Night, Snapshots of America, captures the essence of the American spirit and features world-renowned soprano Dawn Upshaw. Paris, city of light, returns to the Da Camera stage in a new multi-media production inspired by the writings of Marcel Proust. Two fascinating explorations of film and music take us to opposite historical vistas: Carl Theodor-Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc takes us to medieval France, a voyage intensified by live performances of 15th-century music by the renowned Orlando Consort, and Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth presents a brand new film oratorio, The Colorado, co-commissioned by Da Camera. The Grand Canyon's spectacular Colorado River Basin and the sustainability of our planet are the subjects of this visual and musical tour-de-force. Other highlights include the 1940’s-50’s in the Soviet Union with pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn performing Prokofiev: The War Years and joining me in a conversation about his father, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The 1960's are the focus of two contrasting tributes to John Coltrane's landmark release in 1965: Azar Lawrence's Love Supreme 50th Anniversary Band with Jeff “Tain” Watts; and Imani Winds and Harlem String Quartet in Passion for Bach and Coltrane. And the 1980’s era of the reign of Michael Jackson takes on a new sound in the hands of the inimitable SFJAZZ Collective. Beethoven, whose music defines the age of revolution and enlightenment, has a special place in the season. Beethoven Perspectives opens with the Elias Quartet in an all-Beethoven program, continues at the Menil Collection with Liszt's dazzling arrangement of Beethoven Symphony No. 5 performed by pianist Yuri Martynov, and concludes in the spring with two nights of Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas by the acclaimed Kristóf Baráti/Klára Würtz duo, whose recordings of the complete cycle have taken the music world by storm. The diversity of the Latin jazz heritage is present: Arturo O'Farill leads the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, a second-generation institution in the Cuban jazz tradition; pianist Guillermo Klein and his stellar band los Guachos represent international innovation growing out of Argentinian roots. Those two ensembles and 2013 Monk competition winner Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio all make their Da Camera debuts. ater Center Sarah Rothenberg O P E N I N G N I G H T SNAPSHOTS OF AMERICA DAWN UPSHAW, SOPRANO GILBERT KALISH, PIANO; Sō PERCUSSION AND SPECIAL GUESTS Saturday, September 26, 2015, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Copland Charles Ives George Crumb Appalachian Spring Selected songs The Winds of Destiny (American Songbook IV) Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Sō Percussion; Richie Hawley, clarinet; Benjamin Kamins, bassoon; Da Camera Young Artists and additional guests Join Da Camera for a festive all-star opening night featuring legendary soprano and five-time Grammy Award winner Dawn Upshaw, noted pianist Gilbert Kalish, the celebrated Sō Percussion and a stellar Da Camera Ensemble made up of leading Houston musicians and Da Camera Young Artists. Snapshots: Time and Place takes off with a compelling look at the American landscape as experienced through music. Aaron Copland's landmark composition, Appalachian Spring, is a lyrical depiction of pioneer life that also expresses the bold American spirit of the 1940’s. Composed for a ballet choreographed by Martha Graham, Appalachian Spring instantly became a classic, defining a new American identity in music and dance. Charles Ives, Copland's great predecessor in American composition, drew on memories of his New England childhood to create his moving songs. George Crumb’s Winds of Destiny looks back at the Civil War era. Crumb recasts nine songs and spirituals including Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Shenandoah, as intensely dramatic monologues for soprano, percussion quartet and amplified piano. A rare opportunity to hear Dawn Upshaw and her superb collaborators bring this powerfully evocative work to life. “An astonishing performance from Upshaw...Her selfless, soul-baring performance was a career landmark.” — Financial Times DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! B E E T H OV E N P E R S P E C T I V E S ELIAS QUARTET: BEETHOVEN PERSPECTIVES S E R I E S Thursday, November 12, 2015, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center All-Beethoven program: String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 Elias Quartet (Sara Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello) London’s Elias Quartet has quickly established itself as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of its generation, fiercely devoted to the quartets of Beethoven. Don’t miss this program, with an outstanding work from each phase of the composer’s career, the kickoff to a four-concert Beethoven Perspectives series. “Their performance was beautifully synchronized into one glorious interpretation of Beethoven’s String Quartet No 15…it moved this critic to tears, Young Artists endary oted pianist mera Ensemble Artists. he American the human longing of Beethoven’s prayer being played with such sensitivity and vulnerability.” — The Herald, Scotland “There's something intoxicating about the Elias String Quartet... Intensely absorbing, exquisitely considered...stunning.” — Philadelphia Inquirer a lyrical spirit of aham, American ecessor in childhood to a. Crumb n the Glory, nsely dramatic no. A rare s bring this -baring DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! NEW DA C WORLD PR SARAH R THE MAR WITH NIC Thursday, Febru Friday, February Cullen Theater, MONTROSE TRIO H O U S T O N D E B U T WITH RICHIE HAWLEY, CLARINET Friday, January 29, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Montrose Trio (Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Martin Beaver, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello); Richie Hawley, clarinet Haydn Pierre Jalbert Tchaikovsky Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28 Street Antiphons (Houston premiere/Da Camera co-commission) Trio in A Minor, Op. 51 Three world-renowned musicians join forces in this new ensemble making its highly-anticipated Houston debut. A veteran of the international concert stage, Houston-based Jon Kimura Parker joins forces with Martin Beaver and Clive Greensmith of the now-disbanded Tokyo String Quartet, a long-time favorite of Houston chamber music audiences. Clarinetist Richie Hawley joins the Trio for a new work by Houston composer Pierre Jalbert. “absolutely top-notch music-making, as fine as one could ever expect to hear” — Washington Post Conceived and Lighting desig Nicholas Phan Works of Faur Excerpts from Sarah Rothenb highly-regarde Great Perform Festival, the Ij Rothenberg re Nicholas Phan belle epoque, 20th-century of a recapture “A remarkably radiated unco — The New York T “The tenor Ni — The New York T DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! NEW DA CAMER A PRODUCTION WORLD PREMIERE SARAH ROTHENBERG: THE MARCEL PROUST PROJECT WITH NICHOLAS PHAN, TENOR Thursday, February 11, 2016, 8:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Conceived and directed by Sarah Rothenberg Lighting design: Jennifer Tipton Nicholas Phan, tenor; Sarah Rothenberg, piano Works of Fauré, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Chopin and Hahn. Excerpts from Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time Sarah Rothenberg Marcel Proust’s Paris was a landmark 1995 concert, the first in her highly-regarded Music and the Literary Imagination series presented by Da Camera and Great Performers at Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Center, Mexico’s Cervantino Festival, the Ijsbreker series in The Netherlands, and other prestigious venues. Now, Rothenberg revisits the great French author with a team of collaborators including tenor Nicholas Phan and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jennifer Tipton. Music of the French belle epoque, imagery from paintings and period photography, and excerpts from the early 20th-century literary masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, transport us to the dreamy realm of a recaptured past. “A remarkably thoughtful program of music that inspired Proust…the whole evening radiated uncommon care and intelligence.” — The New York Times on Marcel Proust’s Paris “The tenor Nicholas Phan, with his sweet, clear voice, is on a career roll.” — The New York Times DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! S I L E N T F I L M A N D M E D I E VA L M U S I C LA PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC WITH ORLANDO CONSORT Friday, April 1, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center THE COL A FILM O ROOMFU GLENN K JEFFREY Tuesday, April Cullen Theater Composers: Shara Worde and Paola Pre Film Director Performers: Jeffrey Ziegle Carl Theodor Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc is widely recognized as a silent film masterpiece, regularly appearing on lists of the top ten greatest films ever made. The world-renowned vocal ensemble Orlando Consort present an entirely new, carefully crafted soundtrack of music from the era in which the film is set. The intricate beauty of 15th-century works by Binchois and Dufay, together with animated motets and haunting plainsong, amplify the poignant depiction of medieval France. Dreyer’s portrayal of Joan of Arc is a film of extraordinary power, delivering an emotional experience that resonates as strongly today as it did in the 1920’s. “The Orlando Consort’s performances are simultaneously ravishing and reverential.” — Los Angeles Times “So extraordinary and otherworldly is this film’s power, you could believe you were watching the actual trial of Joan of Arc.” — The Washington Post P R E S E N T E D I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H H O U S T O N E A R LY M U S I C . DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! ĵő ONSORT THE COLORADO: A FILM ORATORIO ROOMFUL OF TEETH, GLENN KOTCHE AND JEFFREY ZIEGLER Tuesday, April 12, 2016; 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Composers: John Luther Adams, Terry Riley, Shara Worden, Bill Brittelle, Glenn Kotche and Paola Prestini Film Director: Murat Eyuboglu Performers: Roomful of Teeth; Jeffrey Ziegler, cello; Glenn Kotche, percussion Composer-impresario Paola Prestini, named one of the Top 100 Composers in the World under 40 by NPR, spearheads this new collaborative project, a music-driven documentary accompanied by original music, exploring water, land and survival in the Colorado River Basin. Six distinct composers’ soundscapes, including music by Pulitzer Prize-winner John Luther Adams, make up the music of The Colorado. The unique Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth, a vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice, is joined by Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Ziegler. ilent film made. The arefully te beauty of nd haunting rayal of nce that rential.” u were “Paola Prestini is probably best known as a composer, but her business card might more accurately read ‘human resources alchemist,’ such is her gift for bringing together disparate artists, technicians and other creative professionals to produce cross-disciplinary works greater than the sum of their parts.” — The New York Times “Let's be clear: Roomful of Teeth, thanks to their peerless combination of virtuosity and versatility, are the future of vocal music.” — WQXR “One of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.” — The New Yorker on John Luther Adams Presented in conjunction with Fotofest’s 2016 Biennial Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet, March 12 - April 24, 2016 SEASON FINALE PASSION FOR BACH AND COLTRANE IMANI WINDS, HARLEM QUARTET AND SPECIAL GUESTS Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Friday, May 6, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Chick Corea Jason Moran Jeff Scott The Adventures of Hippocrates for string quartet (Houston premiere) Cane for wind quintet (Houston premiere) Passion for Bach and Coltrane for string quartet, wind quintet, jazz trio and narrator (Houston premiere) Imani Winds (Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet; Jeff Scott, horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon); Harlem Quartet (Ilmar Gavilan, violin; Melissa White, violin; Jaime Amador, viola; Matthew Zalkind, cello); Alex Brown, piano; Zach Brown, bass; Neal Smith, drums; A.B. Spellman, poet and narration Chamber music and jazz come together in this adventurous concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Since 1997, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds has been carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with dynamic playing, culturally resonant programming, and adventurous collaborations. After performances by each ensemble, Imani Winds, the dynamic Harlem Quartet, the jazz trio and respected poet A.B. Spellman come together for composer-member Jeff Scott’s powerful Passion for Bach and Coltrane, inspired by Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Coltrane’s masterpiece. “the nation’s leading wind ensemble” — The New Yorker “[Harlem Quartet] would emerge as one single, unanimous voice, a spirited harmoniousness…the whole exceeds the sum of its parts.” — Boston Music Intelligencer SUBSCRIBER BONUS: ADD THIS CONCERT TO YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR JUST $10. FOR DETAILS SEE THE ORDER FORM IN THIS BROCHURE OR AT DACAMERA.COM. ALREADY INCLUDED IN FULL SEASON SERIES. STS ARTURO O'FARRILL AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Saturday, October 24, 2015; 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Grammy Award-winning pianist Arturo O'Farrill is a celebrated musician, bandleader and a composer with a ground-breaking and forward-looking perspective. 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B T A Tu T B S N BEETHOVEN PERSPECTIVES SERIES B M ROMANTIC TITANS: BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 5 AND LISZT YURY MARTYNOV, PIANO Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Liszt Beethoven/Liszt Années de pèlerinage (Troisième année) Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 The composer and the piano virtuoso were heroic figures of the Romantic era; Franz Liszt was the rock star of his day, inspiring “Lisztomania” among his adoring fans. Lizst made monumental transcriptions of the symphonies of another Romantic hero, Beethoven. Russian pianist Yuri Martynov is garnering international attention for his recordings of these transcriptions. In his Da Camera debut, Martynov plays Beethoven’s ultra-Romantic Symphony No. 5. “Listening to these stunning accounts by the Russian pianist Yury Martynov, it’s difficult to believe at times that only two hands are playing…Martynov never fails to play with admirable warmth and imagination.” Re wh Br in 30 De m au co Br co Mo “fiercely in – The New Yo – BBC Music Magazine INNER WORLDS: SOLZH SCHUMANN, LIEBERSON AND RILKE THE WA IGNAT S Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Schumann Peter Lieberson Selected songs Selected works for cello and piano Rilke Songs (Houston premiere) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Colin Carr, cello; Thomas Sauer, piano This program explores kindred musical souls separated by 140 years. Peter Lieberson and Schumann shared a tendency toward dreamy introspection and wild inventiveness. Schumann was a special inspiration to Lieberson, as in the poetic Remembering Schumann for cello and piano. His Rilke Songs were composed for his wife, the legendary mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Metropolitan Opera mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano makes her Da Camera debut joined by brilliant cellist Colin Carr and acclaimed pianist Thomas Sauer. “Her voice is radiant and intense” – The Boston Globe DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Tuesday, M The Menil C Prokofiev Post-conc Following Live from Plays Prok Ignat Solz monumen return hom of exile. So post-conc the Soviet Alexander One Day i publicatio to the wes “Mr. Solzh and comm z Liszt made en. of these ounts by the t’s difficult to ands are o play with ion.” PM ongs works for d piano gs premiere) son and s. Schumann or cello and Hunt Da Camera BRENTANO QUARTET: THE QUARTET AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Brentano Quartet (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello); Hsin-Yun Huang, viola Britten Mozart String Quartet No. 3 Quintet in G Minor, K.516 Renowned for his opera and vocal works, when the great British composer Benjamin Britten began his third and final string quartet in 1975, he had not composed for the form in 30 years. Written after his last opera, Death in Venice — quoted in the work’s last movement — the quartet is an intensely moving autobiographical work, a final testament composed in Britten's last year. The renowned Brentano Quartet are joined by frequent collaborator Hsin-Yun Huang for Mozart’s masterpiece. “fiercely intelligent and expressively pristine.” – The New Yorker SOLZHENITSYN AND PROKOFIEV: THE WAR YEARS IGNAT SOLZHENITSYN, PIANO Tuesday, March 22, 2016; 7:30 PM The Menil Collection Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84 Post-concert discussion Following the triumphant release of Live from Moscow: Solzhenitsyn Plays Prokofiev, renowned pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn performs Prokofiev’s monumental sonatas, written after the composer's return home to Stalinist Russia following 18 years of exile. 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No. 3 Sonata for violin and piano No. 5 in F Major “Spring", Op. 24 Sonata for violin and piano No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 Some of Beethoven’s most powerful and expressive music can be found in intimate forms like the violin sonata. Da Camera continues its Beethoven celebration with the Houston debut of violinist Kristóf Baráti and pianist Klára Würtz. This extraordinary, celebrated duo has received rave reviews for their recording of these brilliant works. “No matter how many other sets of Beethoven’s complete violin sonatas you may have…you might as well give them away to friends or Goodwill, because once you’ve heard Baráti and Würtz, you’ll never listen to anyone else again.” — BBC Music Magazine DACAMERA.COM | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Free concerts. School programs. Young Artist Professional Training. Master classes. Community residencies. 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