SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVALWEDNESDAY, JULY 38 PM Pacific (11 PM Eastern)Listen live on-line here at KING-FM/98.1 website.
Jolivet: Heptade
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
Michael Werner, percussion
When you schedule an instrumentalist whose instrument rarely shows up in the chamber music repertory, the Artistic Director has to come up with enough material to keep the musician occupied for the entire week. I imagine Jimmy Ehnes had to ask German trumpeter Jens Lindemann for a list of possible pieces. We heard two of them before, and tonight is the Jolivet piece for trumpet and percussion. Michael Werner holds the principal percussion chair with the Seattle Sympony.
Borodin: Piano Quintet in C minor
Andrew Armstrong, piano
James Ehnes, violin
Jesse Mills, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Julie Albers, cello
Jesse Mills is new to the Festival. Cynthia Phelps is principal viola with the New York Philharmonic, and she plays this huge 17 inch viola. I once told her I would hate to meet that viola in a dark alley. She is married to cellist Ronald Thomas who plays in the next piece. Cynthia and Ron met at the first Festival in 1982 and married shortly thereafter. They have a passel of musicians coming up in their North Jersey home.
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
Inon Barnaton, piano
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Ida Levin, violin
Rebecca Albers, viola
Ronald Thomas, cello
When people see Augustin Hadelich from a distance, they wonder if he is wearing makeup. Close up, you can see the damage done by the agricultural fire in Germany that disfigured his face. They weren’t sure he would live. But he survived, and he’s one of the most promising young violinists in the game today. Ron Thomas is a perennial at the Festival, and his suggestions for pieces to program are among the best around.
