Connections Across Centuries

The Versatility of Mozart

Pieces Performed MOZART Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K.320 “Posthorn” I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con spitito Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 MOZART String Quartet No. 7 in E-flat Major, K.160 II. Un poco adagio Vijay Gupta, Violin Laura Albers, Violin Mark Jackobs, Viola Joel Noyes, Cello Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 MOZART Serenade in G Major, K.525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”  II. Romanze: Andante Strings Festival Orchestra/Sheryl Staples, Concertmaster and Leader Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGES Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op.11 III. Presto Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2018 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453 I. Allegro Kenny Broberg, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2018 MOZART Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro, K.492 Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students. StringsMusicFestival.com/donate Facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival Instagram @stringsmusicfestival

Female Energy

Pieces Performed BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 III. Allegro Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin Jennifer Steele, Flute Mark Robson, Harpsichord Strings Festival Orchestra Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 DOHNÁNYI Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1 III. Adagio, quasi andante IV. Finale. Allegro animato-Allegro Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin Chee-Yun, Violin Lynne Ramsey, Viola Tanya Ell, Cello Wendy Chen, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 ROSSINI Sonata No. 3 for Strings in C Major I. Allegro Laura Albers, Violin Vijay Gupta, Violin Joel Noyes, Cello Owen Levine, Bass Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64 III. Allegro molto vivace Chee-Yun, Violin Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students. StringsMusicFestival.com/donate Facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival Instagram @stringsmusicfestival

Soundscapes of Beyond

Famous musician Billy Joel has said, “I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.” Seeing the humanity in each other is an essential part of sharing music. In this episode, relax to a soothing soundscape of strings, piano, and percussion from works by Claude Debussy, Joe Tompkins, Arvo Pӓrt, and Gustav Mahler. We recommend looking at the stars while you listen to Episode 4. Meet your host, Music Director Michael Sachs. [https://stringsmusicfestival.com/michael-sachs-music-director/] @1:00 Jamey Lamar [http://artmusicrecording.com/jamey-lamar] reflects on meditation, or meditates on reflection. How do musicians listen to their music to understand? “[Mindfulness] is opening yourself up to the world, truly, by stopping all of that inner noise. The same can be true when we stop to listen to a piece of music.” @04:56 Jump to the Debussy, performed by Joyce Yang [https://pianistjoyceyang.com/] @08:18 Percussionist Joe Tompkins [https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/bio/Joseph-Tompkins/] talks about composing for a place as unique as The Tank [https://tanksounds.org/], and the experience of driving hours through  Colorado to arrive at the one-of-a-kind recording space. “In my opinion it was like walking into Mad Max beyond the Thunderdome, and saying we’re going to record a piece here in the middle of the desert. You kind of expected Mel Gibson to come around the corner in a crazy truck.” @13:18 Jump to 4Round @23:06 Did you know Arvo Pärt combined numerology and harmony? Vijay Gupta [https://guptaviolin.com/], violinist and founder of Street Symphony [http://streetsymphony.org/], discusses the form of the piece, which is “a kind of musical miracle … that fluttering light that is constant in all of us, all the time.” @26:35 Jump to the Pärt, performed by Vijay Gupta and the Strings Festival Orchestra @37:57 Michael Sachs’ favorite piece of music ever written: Mahler’s Adagietto movement in Symphony No. 5. “Being married to a harpist … I always take this moment to reflect on our many years together, how much we’ve shared, and like this is my love letter to my own wife.” @39:38 Jump to the Mahler, conducted by Brett Mitchell [https://www.brettmitchellconductor.com/]and performed by the Strings Festival Orchestra Pieces Performed DEBUSSY Préludes - Book 2, No. 5, Bruyères Joyce Yang, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 TOMPKINS 4Round Marc Damoulakis, Percussion Jeremy Epp, Percussion Joseph Tomkins, Percussion and Composer Kevin Watkins, Percussion Performed at The Tank in Rangely, CO in 2018 PÄRT Fratres (for Solo Violin, Strings, and Percussion) Vijay Gupta, Violin Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2017 MAHLER Symphony No. 5 IV. Adagietto Strings Festival Orchestra/Brett Mitchell, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2018 About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students. StringsMusicFestival.com/donate Facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival Instagram @stringsmusicfestival

Connections Across Centuries

Relationships are how we understand the past and bring it into our future. In episode three, travel over one hundred and fifty years of musical relationships between composers. How have the greats, Mozart and Haydn, inspired the more modern composers Stravinsky and Prokofiev? The heart of the music is always in our relationships, and the artists who join this episode talk about the connections between composers and amongst themselves. Pieces Performed GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40 I. Praeludium Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 HAYDN String Trio No. 21 in G Major, Hob V:G1 II. Gavotte Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin Amy Lee, Violin Joel Noyes, Cello Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 “Classical Symphony” III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 HAYDN Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major, Hob.Vlle: I II. Andante Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor and Trumpet Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40 II. Sarabande Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 MOZART Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K.285 III. Rondo Sharon Sparrow, Flute Nurit Bar-Josef, Violin Mark Jackobs, Viola Joel Noyes, Cello Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2019 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 “Classical Symphony” I. Allegro Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 MOZART Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K.320 “Posthorn” II. Minuetto Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite VIII. (a)Minuetto - (b)Finale Strings Festival Orchestra/Michael Sachs, Conductor Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students. StringsMusicFestival.com/donate Facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival Instagram @stringsmusicfestival

Dreamy French Composers

Since we cannot travel anywhere right now, naturally, all we can think about is … travel. When our music director decided to send everyone on a journey to France, he compiled the most beautiful French pieces ever recorded at Strings Pavilion. So, pour yourself a glass of Provence rosé for this episode, and imagine lavender fields. Music Director Michael Sachs hosts the program, and is joined by commentator Jamey Lamar, concertmaster of the LA Phil Martin Chalifour, and principal keyboardist of the LA Phil Joanne Pearce Martin. @01:15 Meet your host, Music Director Michael Sachs [https://stringsmusicfestival.com/michael-sachs-music-director/]. Michael Sachs talks about the connections between the four French composers. “When you think of French music with its intimate colors and lush fragrant elegance, all of these men were at the forefront of that golden age of French romanticism.” @ 03:18 Jump to the Debussy performed by Joyce Yang [https://pianistjoyceyang.com/] @ 06:13 Joanne Pearce Martin [https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/3406/joanne-pearce-martin] explains just why Fauré wrote such beautiful music. “I’m issuing a spoiler alert here: but really, it’s one of the most dream-like and gorgeous 24 bars…” @ 08:29 Jump to the Fauré @ 24:30 Jamey Lamar [http://artmusicrecording.com/jamey-lamar]tells us about César Franck’s compositions that rekindled the public’s passion for “that rocketship of an instrument,” the organ. Lamar guides the listener through Franck’s early years, and Broberg’s “a real poet’s sensitivity and balance.” @ 28:22 Jump to the Franck, performed by Kenny Broberg [https://kennybroberg.com/] @ 38:38 Saint-Saëns was an accomplished pianist, but also loved the trumpet, Martin Chalifour [https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/1027/martin-chalifour] says. Focusing on the “luscious” piece of music, Chalifour also shares how each player is highlighted in a special way in Saint-Saëns’ music.  “A good composer will make use of players sporadically and just engage them in the flow of the conversation but … like a zoom call, you know? Not everyone can speak at once!” @ 40:57Jump to the Saint-Saëns Pieces Performed DEBUSSY Préludes - Book 1, No. 12, Minstrels Joyce Yang, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2016 FAURÉ Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op. 15 III. Adagio IV. Allegro molto Martin Chalifour, Violin Robert Vernon, Viola Mark Kosower, Cello Joanne Pearce Martin, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 FRANCK Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 Kenny Broberg, Piano Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2018 SAINT-SAËNS Septet in E-flat Major for Trumpet, Piano, and Strings, Op. 65 IV. Gavotte et Final Martin Chalifour, Violin Jun-Ching Lin, Violin Robert Vernon, Viola Mark Kosower, Cello Timothy Pitts, Bass Joanne Pearce Martin, Piano Michael Sachs, Trumpet Performed at Strings Music Festival in 2015 About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students. StringsMusicFestival.com/donate [StringsMusicFestival.com/donate] Facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival [facebook.com/stringsmusicfestival] Instagram @stringsmusicfestival [instagram.com/stringsmusicfestival]