“....The best played music, that Alaska has ever experienced has been located in Sitka...”
55th Summer Festival Line Up
Week 1: June 1 – June 7 (Festival Opening Week)
Wednesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m. – Midweek at Miner Music Center. Come at 5:30 for drinks and snacks, and stay for music and conversation at 6 p.m. Repertoire is TBA and includes artists from the coming Saturday and Sunday concerts.
Thursday, June 4, 12:00 p.m. – FREE Bach's Lunch - Casual lunchtime performance with TBA repertoire from upcoming weekend concerts' artists.
Friday, June 5, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 1: Opening Night – Romantic Visions
Program
Frédéric Chopin – Complete 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Piers Lane, piano
— Intermission —
François Couperin – Pièces en concert for Cello and Quartet
Zuill Bailey, cello | Balourdet String Quartet
Maurice Ravel – String Quartet in F Major
Balourdet String Quartet
Saturday, June 6, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 2: Romantic Dialogues
Program
Felix Mendelssohn – Variations concertantes in D major, Op. 17
Zuill Bailey, cello • Piers Lane, piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Zuill Bailey, cello • Piers Lane, piano
— Intermission —
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Balourdet String Quartet • Piers Lane, piano
Sunday, June 7, 3:00 p.m. – FREE Family Concert - Miner Music Center at Stevenson Hall - A free, family-friendly concert featuring festival artists from the week. Repertoire TBA.
Week 2: June 8 – June 14
Wednesday, June 10, 5:30 p.m. – Midweek at Miner Music Center - Drinks & snacks 5:30–6:00 p.m. • Music & conversation with the week's artists at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 11, 12:00 p.m. – FREE Bach's LunchTBA repertoire from the weekend concerts' artists.
Friday, June 12, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 3: Virtuoso Visions
Program
Joaquín Turina – Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin • Zuill Bailey, cello • Benjamin Zannoni, viola • Alfredo Oyaguez, piano
"Persephone's Return" and "The Horses of Achilles" (arr. Katerina Chatzinikolau)
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin solo
Jenő Hubay – Carmen Fantasy
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin • Alfredo Oyaguez, piano
— Intermission —
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings in One Movement, Op. 89
Balourdet String Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Balourdet String Quartet
Saturday, June 13, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 4: Passionate Threads
Program
Enrique Granados – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49
Balourdet String Quartet • Alfredo Oyaguez, piano
Paul Novak – Impossible Inventions
Balourdet String Quartet
— Intermission —
César Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin • Piers Lane, piano
Sunday, June 14, 6:00 p.m. – Classical Music Cruise - Cruise beautiful harbors and waters just off Sitka with a dinner by Chef Edith of Our Town Catering and Ludvigs. Cash Bar on the boat. Repertoire TBA.
Week 3: June 15 – June 21
Wednesday, June 17, 5:30 p.m. – Midweek at Miner Music Center. Drinks & snacks 5:30–6:00 p.m. • Music & conversation with the week's artists at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 18, 12:00 p.m. – FREE Bach's Lunch - TBA repertoire from the weekend concerts' artists.
Friday, June 19, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 5: Piano Trios
Program
Amy Beach – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin • Charae Krueger, cello • Bryan Wallick, piano
Paul Schoenfeld – Café Music for Piano Trio
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin • Charae Krueger, cello • Bryan Wallick, piano
— Intermission —
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin • Zuill Bailey, cello • Natasha Paremski, piano
Saturday, June 20, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 6: Chamber Music Gems
Program
Dmitri Shostakovich – 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin • Helen Hwaya Kim, violin
Alfredo Oyaguez, piano
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata
Zuill Bailey, cello • Bryan Wallick, piano
Lukas Foss – Capriccio
Zuill Bailey, cello • Bryan Wallick, piano
— Intermission —
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin • Charae Krueger, cello • Bryan Wallick, piano
Sunday, June 21, 3:00 p.m. – Crab Feed with all the “fixins” (corn bread, pasta salad, coleslaw, and more). A beloved Sitka Tradition.
Week 4: June 22 – June 28 (Closing Week)
Wednesday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. – Midweek at Miner Music Center. Drinks & snacks 5:30–6:00 p.m. • Music & conversation with the week's artists at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 25, 12:00 p.m. – FREE Bach's LunchTBA repertoire from the weekend concerts' artists.
Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m. – Subscription Concert 7: AMERICA250 – Awadagin Pratt in Recital
Program
Florence Price – Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
George Walker – Sonata No. 1, “Theme and Six Variations”
R. Nathaniel Dett – 8 Bible Vignettes
Lou Harrison – “Ground” from A Summerfield Set
Henry Cowell, John Cage & Virgil Thomson – Party Pieces 3, 4, 10
William Grant Still – Summerland
Missy Mazzoli – The Night Ahead and No Real Fate
Tyshawn Sorey – Untitled
Julius Eastman – Touch Him When
Judd Greenstein – First Ballade
Fred Hersch – Nocturne for Left Hand Alone (For Sophia)
Jeremy Jordan – Keyboard Suite #1: Nocturne and Chorale
Mikael Darmanie – Ritual
Burleigh/Pratt – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Saturday, June 27, Matinee at 2:30 p.m. – Subscription Concert 8: An Afternoon of Brahms
Program
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Igor Shakhman, clarinet • Zuill Bailey, cello • Natasha Paremski, piano
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Yuriy Bekker, violin • Awadagin Pratt, piano
— Intermission —
Johannes Brahms – Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Zuill Bailey, cello • Natasha Paremski, piano
Sunday, June 28, 11:00 a.m. – Classical Music Brunch
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