OPENING CELEBRATION:HONORING FESTIVAL FOUNDER ALAN IGLITZINJUNE 27 & 28 Harumi Rhodes violin

Charles Wetherbee violin

Alan Iglitzin viola

Korine Fujiwara viola

Jennifer Culp cello

Walter Gray cello

Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

The season begins with a celebration weekend in

honor of festival founder Alan Iglitzin and his thirty-one

seasons of extraordinary leadership. Iglitzin is joined by his closest colleagues in a performance of the two passionate string sextets by Johannes Brahms. Join us for a coffee & cake reception following the concert.

ALAN IGLITZINVIOLA

INDEPENDENCE DAY POPSJULY 4 & 5 Kristin Lee violin

Dmitri Atapine cello

Julio Elizalde piano

Smith/Key The Star-Spangled BannerSousa Stars and Stripes ForeverSchoenfield Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano

Gershwin Rhapsody in BlueGershwin Three Preludes for Cello and Piano

Schoenfield Café Music

To celebrate our nation's birthday, the OMF is putting on a musical fireworks display that includes Gershwin's famous Rhapsody in Blue and the classical-jazz fusions of Paul Schoenfield.

RARE MASTERWORKS: MOZART & MOREJULY 11 & 12 Sooyun Kim flute

Kristin Lee violin

Dmitri Atapine cello

Julio Elizalde piano

Czerny Fantasia Concertante for Flute Trio, Op. 256Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7Telemann Fantasy No. 11 for Solo Flute in G majorMozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (arr. Hummel)

OMF artistic director Julio Elizalde performs Mozart's fiery Piano Concerto No. 20. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Mozart's most famous pupil, arranged the concerto for the unusually convincing combination of flute, violin, cello, and piano. Flutist Sooyun Kim debuts.

SOOYUN KIMFLUTE

JULIO ELIZALDEPIANO

BREAKING BARRIERS:MUSICIANS FROM GARDENMUSICJULY 18 & 19 Johannes Dickbauer violin

Lily Francis violin

Nathan Farrington double bass

Teddy Abrams piano & clarinetSebastian Chang pianoJulio Elizalde pianoJohnny Teyssier clarinet

Gabriel Globus-Hoenich percussion

JULY 18 PROGRAMBeethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (IV)Traditional Selected Scandanavian Folk Tunes

Chang Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)Corea SpainStravinsky The Rite of Spring (selections)Kittel Crooked Tune

Foster Hardtimes Come Again No MoreTraditional I'll Fly AwayAbrams Rotation

JULY 19 PROGRAMBeethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (IV)Dickbauer Treffpunkt 7Traditional I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte's RetreatCorea SpainStravinsky The Rite of Spring (selections)Chang New Work *Commissioned for the OMFHancock Canteloupe Island

Conductor, pianist, and OMF audience favorite Teddy Abrams, leads musicians from the GardenMusic Festival in Miami. The versatile ensemble presents a fresh new program format that puncuates classical music with new compositions, jazz, world music, and improvisations. Other works to be announced.

TEDDY ABRAMSPIANO & CLARINET

MUSIC FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIESJULY 1910:30AM$8 | Gen Adm

Gabriel Globus-Hoenich narrator

GardenMusic Ensemble

Works to be announced from the stage

Children and their families embark on a fairytale journey, narrated by GardenMusic education director Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, that leads them through a magical garden full of musical wonders while learning about instruments, teamwork, and how music touches our lives. The concert will last approximately one hour.

PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA:ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUOJULY 25 & 26 ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO

Greg Anderson Elizabeth Joy Roe

Mozart Grand Scherzo from Cosí fan tutte, K. 588Stravinsky The Rite of Spring - Part I

Rachmaninoff VocaliseJones/Jackson Billy JeanMozart Papageno Fantasy from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620Gluck Ballet from Orfeo ed EurydiceBarber Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28Piazzolla Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, LibertangoBernstein Mambo from West Side Story

With performances on YouTube reaching millions of hits, Anderson and Roe have redefined the piano duo. Their mind-boggling arrangements exhilirate audiences around the world.

ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO

SARAH CHANGVIOLIN

SUMMER GALA: SARAH CHANG & JULIO ELIZALDE IN RECITALAUGUST 1 & 2$60 | Barn

Sarah Chang violin

Julio Elizalde piano

Vitali Chaconne in G minorProkofiev Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bisFranck Violin Sonata in A majorRavel Tzigane

Sarah Chang is considered one of the greatest

violinists of our time. She performs alongside OMF artistic director Julio Elizalde at this landmark Summer Gala. Tickets are expected to sell out. Order early to ensure your place for this event."Her gifts are at a level so removed from the rest of us that all we can do is feel the appropriate awe and then wonder on the mysteries of nature." (The New York Times)

Call the box office to attend special gala events on August 1. Post-concert reception with the artists: $250Post-concert reception and dinner with the artists: $1,000

HEROIC BEETHOVENAUGUST 8 & 9 Caroline Goulding violin

Karen Ouzounian cello

Julio Elizalde piano

Beethoven Variations for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 44Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2Beethoven Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart's

"Bei Männern," WoO 46Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"

This classic Beethoven Festival weekend centers

around the composer's most famous works that include the stormy Violin Sonata in C minor and the virtuosic "Ghost" Piano Trio. Grammy-nominated violinist Caroline Goulding debuts.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS & IGLITZIN FELLOWS WEEK IAUGUST 15 & 16

Jennifer Liu violin*

Andrea Segar violin

Itamar Zorman violin

DJ Cheek viola*

Alan Iglitzin viola

Alexander Hersh cello*

Matthew Zalkind cello

Vivian Cheng piano*Julio Elizalde piano*2015 Iglitzin Fellows

AUGUST 15 PROGRAMSchumann Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110Bartók String Quartet No. 3 (1926)Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

AUGUST 16 PROGRAMStravinsky Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano

Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"

Hear the future of classical music now. The Iglitzin Fellows are gifted young artists on the verge of

professional careers who have been invited to collaborate with OMF festival artists. Itamar Zorman, winner of the International Tchaikovsky Violin

Competition, makes his OMF debut.

FESTIVAL ARTISTS & IGLITZIN FELLOWS WEEK IIAUGUST 22 & 23

Tessa Lark violin

Jessica Lee violin

Jennifer Liu violin*

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu violin & viola

DJ Cheek viola*

Alan Iglitzin viola

Alexander Hersh cello*

Matthew Zalkind cello

Vivian Cheng piano*Julio Elizalde piano*2015 Iglitzin Fellows

AUGUST 22 PROGRAMHaydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2Suk Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1Chausson Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet

AUGUST 23 PROGRAMMozart Piano Trio in E major, K. 542Schubert Characteristic March in C major for Piano Four Hands, D. 968BStrauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

Iglitzin fellows collaborate with festival artists for a

second week and perform Suk's passionate Piano Quartet, Chausson's orchestral Concerto, and Mendelssohn's famed String Octet. Naumburg Award-winning violinist Tessa Lark debuts.

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT:THE QUINTETS OF FRANCK AND SCHUBERTAUGUST 29 & 30

Tessa Lark violin

Andrea Segar violin

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu viola

David Requiro cello

Meta Weiss cello

Julio Elizalde piano

Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Handel

Franck Piano Quintet in F minorSchubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Franck's Piano Quintet, inspired by a forbidden romantic obsession, angered his colleagues and electrified an entire generation of young composers. Schubert's transcendent String Quintet was written

in the final year of his life as he confronted his own mortality. Cellist Meta Weiss debuts.

RAY CHEN RETURNS TO THE OMFSEPTEMBER5 & 6

Ray Chen violin

Julio Elizalde piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75Ysaÿe Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minorFalla Suite Populaire EspagnoleMonti Czárdás

Virtuoso violinist Ray Chen returns to the OMF for a third year in a row. Chen, winner of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, has taken the world by storm with a playing style reminiscent of the great violinists of the golden age.

FESTIVAL ENCORE: JEREMY KITTEL BANDSEPTEMBER12 & 13

JEREMY KITTEL BANDJeremy Kittel violin

Joshua Pinkham mandolinNathaniel Smith cello

Simon Chrisman hammered dulcimer

Works to be announced from the stage

As an encore to the 2015 summer season, the OMF is throwing a party! Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy Kittel has performed with many famous musicians of our time, including Bela Fleck and Mark O'Connor. He brings his band to the OMF barn to perform music from bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic traditions.

CHEN

ZORMAN

LARK

2015 S U M M E R S E A S O N

GOULDING KITTEL

WEISS

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