Fri. July 3 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series | New Music Recital
Free performance by the Festival’s extraordinary New Music Fellows.
Program
Niyayesh Bagheri
work to be announced
Rory Bricca
work to be announced
Jessica Lee
work to be announced
Fabian Leung
work to be announced
Ignacio Rosado
work to be announced
Jiayu Wu
work to be announced
Thurs. July 9 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Special Event
An Evening of Schubert
Boris Berman, piano
Wei-Yi Yang, piano
Works by
Franz Schubert
Program
Featuring works for piano 4-hands
Franz Schubert
Fantasie in f minor, D. 940
Three Military Marches, D. 733
Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat Major, D.813
Fri. July 10 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Anniversaries
Spanning Centuries
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
David Shifrin, clarinet
Boris Berman, piano
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Malcolm Arnold, Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, Leoš Janáček, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Program
Malcolm Arnold
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 29
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
String Quartet No. 2 in A Major
Leoš Janáček
Concertino for Piano and Chamber Ensemble
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Piano Quintet in B-flat Major for Piano and Winds
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. July 11 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. July 11 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Brentano Quartet
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky”
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Thurs. July 16 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Fri. July 17 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Anniversaries
French Impressions: Celebrating Claude Monet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Henry Kramer, piano
Serena Canin, violin
Nina Lee, cello
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Program
Claude-Achille Debussy
The Little Shepherd from Children’s Corner
Maurice Ravel
Kaddisch from Deux Mélodies Hébraïques
Gabriel Fauré
Piano Trio in d minor, Op. 120
Ernest Chausson
Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. July 18 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. July 18 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Brentano Quartet
Works by
Franz Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven
Program
Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet No. 27 in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III: 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in d minor, K. 421
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Thurs. July 23 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Fri. July 24 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Shanghai Quartet
Works by
Franz Josef Haydn, Zhou Long, Antonín Dvořák
Program
Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet in g minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob III: 74, “Rider”
Zhou Long
Chinese Folk Songs
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, No. 12, “American”
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. July 25 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. July 25 | 6 PM | Music Shed
Festival Gala
Augustin Hadelich
Works by
Georg Philipp Telemann, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Sebastian Bach
Program
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia No. 8 in E Major, TWV 40:21
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk
Perkinson
Blue/s Forms
Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata No. 5 in G Major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in d minor
Pre-concert Conversation
No pre-concert converstion will be held.
Thurs. July 30 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Fri. July 31 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Anniversaries
The Music Shed at 120
Mariam Adam, clarinet
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Program
Jean Sibelius
Sonatina in E Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 80
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata in g minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet in f-sharp minor, Op. 15
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. August 1 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. August 1 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Anniversaries
The Year 1826
Ani Kavafian, violin
Lesley Robertson, viola
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn
Program
Franz Schubert
Rondo in b minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 70, D. 895, “Rondeau brillant”
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quintet in A Major, Op. 18
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Thurs. August 6 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Fri. August 7 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Horszowski Trio
Works by
Franz Josef Haydn, William Bolcom, Arnold Schoenberg, Dmitri Shostakovich
Program
Franz Josef Haydn
Piano Trio No. 25 in e minor, Hob. XV:12
William Bolcom
Introduction and Rondo: Haydn Go Seek
Arnold Schoenberg | arr. Rieko Aizawa
Sechs kleinen Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. August 8 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. August 8 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Anniversaries
Musical Bridges: America’s 250th
In collaboration with
James Austin Smith, oboe
Jesse Mills, viola
Ole Akahoshi, cello
Melvin Chen, piano
Nahre Sol, guest composer
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Nahre Sol, Antonin Dvořák
Program
Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down arranged for string quartet
William Grant Still
Miniatures for Flute, Oboe, and Piano
Nahre Sol
world premiere to be announced
Antonin Dvořák
String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97, “American”
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Thurs. August 13 | 7:30 PM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Fri. August 14 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Ying Quartet
Ying Quartet
Melvin Chen, piano
Works by
Franz Josef Haydn, Billy Childs, Amy Beach
Program
Franz Josef Haydn
String Quartet No. 26 in g minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III: 33
Billy Childs
Awakening – String Quartet #2
Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in f-sharp minor, Op. 67
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. August 15 | 10:30 AM | Music Shed
Emerging Artist Series
Free performances by the extraordinary Norfolk Festival Fellows.
Program
Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.
Sat. August 15 | 8 PM | Music Shed
Brandenburg Concertos
Stephen Taylor, oboe
William Purvis, horn
and Norfolk Festival Fellows
Works by
Johann Sebastian Bach
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051
Pre-concert Conversation
7 PM, Battell House
Sat. August 22 | 4 PM | Music Shed
Choral Celebration
Jeffrey Douma, conductor
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord/piano
The Norfolk Festival Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Works by
Choral masters from the Renaissance to the 21st Century.
Program
Francisco Guerrero: Ave virgo sanctissima
Dietrich Buxtehude: Der Herr ist mit mir
J.S. Bach: from Wer sich selbst erhöret, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47
Jan Dismas Zelenka: from Missa Votiva
Clara Schumann: Abendfeier in Venedig
Kacper Madejek: world premiere to be announced
spiritual | arr. Roland Carter: In Bright Mansions Above
spiritual | arr. Undine Smith Moore: I Believe This is Jesus
Pablo Casals: O Vos Omnes
Ayanna Woods: Bound