Music & Sound - Concerts

Music for a Summer Evening Friday, August 10, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class Program Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791) I. Allegro II. Rondo and Polonaise: Andante III. Tema con variazione Yvonne Chen, piano Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 -1849) I. Allegro maestoso IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto – Agitato Scott MacIsaac, piano Intermission Introduction et Allegro (1905) - Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) Luri Lee, violin I Jamie Kruspe, violin II Kevin Hsu, viola Anna Bowman, cello Mary Kathryn Abel, flute Fraser Langton, clarinet Kristan Tockzo, harp Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 -1943) Theme. Andante – Variation I. Poco più mosso – II. L’istesso tempo – III. Tempo di Minuetto – IV. Andante – V. Allegro ma non tanto – VI. L’istesso tempo – VII. Vivace – VIII. Adagio misterioso – IX. Un poco più mosso – X. Allegro scherzando – XI. Allegro vivace – XII. L’istesso tempo – XIII. Agitato – Intermezzo – XIV. Andante (come prima) – XV. L’istesso tempo – XVI. Allegro vivace – XVII. Meno mosso – XVIII. Allegro con brio – XIX. Più mosso. Agitato – XX. Più mosso – Coda. Andante Christopher Goodpasture, piano This concert was recorded by: Emma Laín Fernández (Spain) and Florent Olivier (France) Recording of this performance is under the supervision of guest audio faculty Carl Talbot.

Music for a Summer Evening Thursday, August 2, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class and Brass Master Class Programs Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major Hob XVI: 50 - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Finale: Allegro molto Hyoseon Sunny Kim, piano Vier Klavierstücke, op. 119 - Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897) I. Intermezzo. Adagio II. Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato III. Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso IV. Rhapsody. Allegro risoluto Li-An Chen, piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 - Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) I. Allegro molto sostenuto II. Andante assai III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero Robert Fleitz, piano Intermission Transmissions: for Maggie - David L. McIntyre (b.1950) (commissioned by the Maggie Morrison Exposure to the Arts Fund) Maggie Morrison, piano Variations, Op. 41 (1984) - Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937) Chelsea Wang, piano Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor, Op. 11 - Vassily Brandt (1869-1923) Jonathan Heim, trumpet Simon Callaghan, piano Three Miniatures for tuba and piano (1990) - Anthony Plog (b.1947) I. Allegro vivace II. Freely III. Allegro vivace Clayton Maddox, tuba Simon Callaghan, piano Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in E flat - Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789) I. Allegro Mary Bowden, trumpet Melissa Wilmot, violin Martina Trumpp, violin Drew Ricciardi, viola Sophie Benn, cello Jeffrey Cotton, bass Cavatina Pacifica (2008) - Ian McDougall (b.1938) New Age Brass John Maurer, trumpet Daniel Stauffer, trumpet Thomas Rieger, horn Nathaniel Reit, trombone Daniel Meeker, tuba Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 53 - Frederic Chopin (1810 -1849) arr. P. Sheridan All-Star Brass Jens Lindemann, trumpet Ryan Anthony, trumpet Martin Hackleman, horn Keith Dyrda, trombone Patrick Sheridan, tuba This concert was recorded by: Benjamin Gendron-Smith (Canada) and Denis Martin (Canada) Recording of this performance is under the supervision of guest audio faculty Shawn Murphy.

Music for a Summer Evening Friday, July 27, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) I. Allegro giusto II. Andante III. Allegro vivace Laehyung Woo, piano Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile III. Finale: Andante – Allegro Ben Odhner, violin Jeanie Chung, piano Intermission Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Emfindung und Ausdruck II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen Alexander Malikov, piano Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: italie, s. 161 - Franz Liszt (1811-1886) VII. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata Isabelle David, piano Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) I. Danse russe (Russian Dance) II. Chez Pétrouchka (Petrushka’s Room) III. La semaine grasse (The Shrovetide Fair) Anton Smirnoff, piano This concert was recorded by: Benjamin Gendron-Smith (Canada) and Denis Martin (Canada)

Music for a Summer Evening Thursday, July 26, 2012 Rolston Recital Hall Featuring resident artists from the Piano Master Class, Orchestra, and Opera as Theatre Programs 3 poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé - Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) I. Soupir II. Placet futile III. Surgi de la croupe et du bond Simon Callaghan, conductor Maude Côté-Gendron, mezzo-soprano Songyi Choi, flute Mackenzie Slottow, flute Sam Boutris, clarinet Justin Beere, clarinet Daniel Koo, violin I Hezekiah Leung, violin II Drew Ricciardi, viola Britton Riley, cello Robin Wheeler, piano Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1810 -1856) I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten Stephanie Ng, piano Intermission Années de pèlerinage, - Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Deuxième année: Italie, s. 161 I. Sposalizio Miroirs - Maurice Ravel III. Une barque sur l’océan Naomi Woo, piano Piano sonata in B minor, s. 178 - Franz Liszt Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso – Recitativo Andante sostenuto – Quasi Adagio – Allegro energico Più mosso – Stretta quasi Presto – Presto – Prestissimo Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Lento assai TieDan Yao, piano This concert was recorded by: Winfried Lachenmayr (Germany) and Emma Laín Fernández (Spain).

Banff Festival Orchestra August 4, 2012 Eric Harvie Theatre Part 1 Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 Dmitri Shostakovich I. Allegretto II. Adagio-Largo-Adagio-Largo III. Allegretto IV. Adagio-Allegretto-Adagio-Allegreto Lior Shambadal, conductor Part 2 The Firebird, Concert Suite for Orchestra Igor Stravinsky I. Introduction II. L’oiseau de feu et sa danse III. Variation de l’oiseau de feu IV. Ronde des princesses V. Danse infernale du Roi Kastchei VI. Berceuse VII. Finale Lior Shambadal, conductor Recording Engineer: Alexander Choeb Assistant Engineers: Florent Ollivier, Winfried Lachenmayr Mixing Engineer: Alexander Choeb

Banff Festival Orchestra July 28, 2012 Eric Harvie Theatre Part 1 Dance from Atayoskewin Suite for Orchestra (1984) Malcolm Forsyth Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 85 Edward Elgar I. Adagio. Moderato II. Lento. Allegro molto III. Adagio IV. Allegro. Moderato. Allegro ma non troppo Colin Carr, cello solo Julian Kuerti, conductor Part 2 Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Johannes Brahms I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionate Julian Kuerti, conductor Recording Engineers: John Dunkerley, Emma Laín Assistant Engineers: Benjamin Smith, Florent Ollivier, Nicholas Arner Mixing Engineer: John Dunkerley

Afiara String Quartet performs Beethoven String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 and Schubert String Quintet in C Major D.956 with Joel Krosnick, cello. Host Barry Shiffman.

Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble. Feat. Brad Cherwin, Clarinet; Natasha Loomis, Flute; Julia Glenn, Violin I; Jalusha Kapoor, Violin II; Jesse Morrison, viola; Britton Riley, cello; Patrick Staples, Bass; Kristan Toczko, Harp Enescu: Violin Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.25. Erica Raum, violin and Lydia Wong, Piano Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Alexander Choeb and Denis Martin

Haydn: String Quartet in G major Op.77 No.1: Larchmere String Quartet Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op. 80: Duo le Tia Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op.10: Arkadas String Quartet Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Daniel Jobbins, Ben Gendron-Smith

Haydn: String Quartet in E Flat Major Op. 33 No.2 "The Joke" : Ariana String Quartet Schnittke: String Quartet No.3: PUBLIQuartet Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 14: Terra Quintet Host: Barry Shiffman Recording Engineers: Florent Ollivier and Alexander Choeb

Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV1009. Johann Sebastian Bach. Colin Carr, cello. Host: Barry Shiffman. Recording Engineers: Emma Lain, Alexander Choeb

Summer Music Director Barry Shiffman presents: - Duo Le Tia (Canada) performing Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor - Arneis String Quartet (USA) performing Bartok: String Quartet No.3 Recorded live in Rolston Recital Hall at The Banff Centre.

This Podcast of the Banff Centre's Rolston Recital Series features interviews and performances from an accordionist and a cello, percussion, laptop duo. First, you'll hear Olivia Steimel talk about playing the accordion from childhood and perform Piano Sonata no. 50 in D Major by Franz-Josef Haydn. After, Elise Pittenger and Fernando Rocha will discuss playing contemporary works and feeling the emotion of their work followed by their performance of Intersections by Joao Pedro Oliviera.

This Podcast of the Banff Centre's Rolston Recital Series features interviews and performances from two Pianists and a Marimba duo. From the recital on Friday January 13 you'll hear Elizabeth Dorman perform Partita no. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Miki Sawada performs 3 Pieces from From Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) by Franz Liszt, and Ben Duinker & Greg Samek perform Udacrep Akubrad by Avner Dorman.

Violinist Magdalena Filipczak and Pianist Christopher Bagan perform music by Karol Szymanowski and Henryk Wieniawski. Debut concert featuring our new violin, commissioned for the 75th anniversary of The Banff Centre and created by instrument maker Samuel Zygmuntowicz. Recorded Friday December 02, 2011 in Rolston Recital Hall.

On July 14th, Shauna Rolston and Lydia Wong performed Richard Strauss Cello Sonata in F Major. The concert was recorded at Rolston Recital Hall by Konrad Glas and Etienne Decreuse. Host: Jessa Runciman

Pianist Stephanie Ng performs Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole as part of The Banff Centre's Piano Master Class. Host: Evie Ruddy; Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer, Daniel Meyer; Mastering Engineer: Elizaveta Fedorova

Pianist Alexander Seredenko performs Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 1 in F Minor as part of The Banff Centre's Piano Master Class. Host: Evie Ruddy; Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer, Daniel Meyer; Mastering Engineer: Jana Irmert

Metales M5 is a Mexican brass quintet with a unique performing style. They were a huge highlight of recent shows as part of the Banff Centre "All-Star" Brass Ensemble Residency. Here, they talk with Evie Ruddy about getting together in 2005 in Morelia, Mexico as a “just for fun thing”, the conundrum they faced before they arrived in Banff this summer, and how the band's identity is changing. The conversation took place by the river, where the quintet enjoys rehearsing.

Lior Shambadal leads the Banff Festival Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's last work. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Engineers: Etienne Decreuse, Daniel Keinath, and Ian Dobie.

Returning to the past, Kolja Lessing and Barry Shiffman, the Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, revisit performances of Ulrich Schultheiss, Zoltán Székely, and Johann Sebastian Bach given by Lessing in years gone by.

Conductor Lior Shambadal talks with Eric Friesen about his military experience and how it informs his leadership style. The conversation is followed by Johannes Brahms' Double Concerto in A minor performed at the Banff Centre by the Banff Festival Orchestra with soloists Andrea Tyniec and Andreas Diaz. Lior Shambadal is the conductor. Host: Evie Ruddy. Recording Engineers: Daniel Meyer, Terence Deutsch, and Sophia Gould.

Kolja Lessing goes back in time with Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, Barry Shiffman to discuss the work of Telemann and Lessing's first ever improvisation for solo piano performed at The Banff Centre.

Recorded live in Rolston Recital Hall. Barry Shiffman, violin; Andres Diaz, cello; Jeanie Chung, piano

Kolja Lessing shares his love of Schumann and the sophistication of Zoltán Székely's composition with Artistic Director of Summer Music Programs, Barry Shiffman.

Kneebody: Ben Wendel plays saxophone for Californian jazz group Kneebody. On June 11th, he and the band played a set at the jazz program's faculty concert in the Eric Harvie Theatre. Host: Jessa Runciman

On July 7th, Don and Vivian Weilerstein performed Béla Bartók's 2nd Sonata for violin and piano. The concert was recorded at Rolston Recital Hall by Daniel Keinath and Terence Deutsch. Host: Jessa Runciman

17-year-old violinist Timothy Chooi talks Saint-Saëns, brotherhood, and the 5-year plan with Kimberly Lamontagne. Listen for Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28 afterwards. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Etienne Decreuse and Konrad Glas

Baroque specialist and violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch leads Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, but not before she shares her thoughts on the latter. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Etienne Decreuse and Sophia Gould.

Performance of Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet, by the Afiara Quartet: violinists Valerie Li and Yuri Cho, violist David Samuel, and cellist Adrian Fung. Recorded June 30th in Rolston Recital Hall by Ian Dobie and Padraig Buttner-Schnirer.

First and second place winners of the 2010 Banff International String Quartet competition, the Cecilia and Afiara string quartets come together to perform Mendelssohn's Octet Op. 20. Host: Kimberly Lamontagne. Recording Engineers: Padraig Buttner-Schnirer & Daniel Meyer

Eric Friesen hosts The Banff Centre's live stream of the Music for a Summer Evening concert series. He is joined by Kimberly Lamontagne and Jessa Runciman as they interview performers, audiences members, and faculty. Enjoy the musical stylings of Brahms, Villas Lobos, and Bartok. Webcast Producer: Peter Cook; Recording Engineers: Daniel Keinath, Ian Dobie; Webcast Engineers: Terence Deutsch, Konrad Glas

Jessa Runciman speaks to Taylor Strande about her decision to become a soprano, the vocal challenges of performing chamber music (especially at a high altitude), and her emotional connection to Ernest Chausson's "Chanson Perpétuelle." Strande's performance of the work at Rolston Recital Hall follows.

Join Kimberly Lamontagne as she speaks with James Parker about the Trio Cleonice performing Bedrich Smetana's piano trio as part of this year's Chamber Music Residency.

The Montreal group made their way from East to West to take part in the Jazz and Creative Music program. Kimberly Lamontagne spoke with two of its members about their experience here in Banff and what the future has in store. Kyla Campbell, voice; Maxime Tremblay, guitar; Dave Reid, piano; Evan Stewart, bass; Matt MacEachern, drums.

The Ungwon Han Trio came all the way from South Korea for this year's Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. Jessa Runciman talked to Ungwon Han, EunHye Oh and Jaekon Jeon about their impressions of the program and performing in North America for the first time.

Performed by: Matt Andersen, voice and guitar and Mike Stevens, harmonica as part of their week visit during the Winter Creative Music Residency. Their new album recorded by Thomas Geiger, Engineer, and Cain McCormack, Assistant.

Performed by: Gabriel Dharmoo, voice and composer as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath, Hazel Burns and Dominika Kotarba.

Performed by: Jasmin Arakawa, piano, and Bartosz Woroch, violin as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Cain McCormack.

Performed by: Miki Sawada, piano, as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Allegra Young.

Performed by: Ryan Butler and featuring Cole Schmidt, Ben Brown and Russel Scholberg as part of the Winter Creative Music Residency. "33 Years" and "Boys Will Be Boys" by Ryan Butler. Recorded by Daniel Keinath and Cain McCormack.

Performed by: Jon Kimura Parker, piano, the Banff Festival Orchestra, conducted by Henk Guittart as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations at The Banff Centre in 2008. Recorded by James Clements-Seeley and Nathan Chandler.

Performed by: The Tinalley Quartet. Adam Chalabi and Lerida Delbridge, violin, Justin Williams, viola and Michelle Wood, cello play the String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 20 by Haydn. They return to the Centre to record a CD produced by Theresa Leonard.

Performed by: Emily Westell, violin. Part of the final concert of the Fall Creative Music Residency at The Banff Centre, this concert was recorded by Nolan Bouvier and Aspen Beveridge.

Performed by: Marc Destrubé, violin. Part of the final concert of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Brian Leonard and Kenji Calderon Miyamato.

Performed by Quatuor Hermes: Omer Bouchez and Elise Liu, violin, Yung-Hsin Chang, viola and Anthony Kondo, cello. Part of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Cain McCormack and Alejandro Merodio.

Performed by: Sibila Konstantinova and Lydia Wong, piano. Part of the Piano Masterclass Program, this concert was recorded by Thomas Geiger.

Performed by: Eun-Shik Park, piano. Part of the Fall Creative Music Residency, this concert was recorded by Brian Leonard and Andrew Kominek.

Performed by: Mirko Guerrini, Roberto Occhipinti, Daphnée Sincennes Richard, Chin-I Chen, Airdrie Ignas, Laura Chapple, Ting-Chi Hung, and Luke Gullickson. Part of the Fall Creative Music Residency, 2010, this concert was recorded by Andrew Kominek and Aspen Beveridge.

Performed by: Jens Lindemann, trumpet, the Banff Festival Orchestra and conducted by Lior Shambadal. Part of the the Banff Festival Orchestra Program, this concert was recorded by Florian Krentz and Alejandra Bernal.