The New Hollywood String Quartet and The Da Camera Society have announced the “Summer of Beethoven Chamber Music Festival.” Four concerts of 11 works will be performed in Los Angeles at the Pompeian Room of the Doheny Mansion from July 14 to July 17, 2022.
The Quartet — violinists Tereza Stanislav and Rafael Rishik, violist Robert Brophy, and cellist Andrew Shulman — will be joined by many noteworthy musicians:
- Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers
- Los Angeles Philharmonic members Martin Chalifour (Principal Concertmaster), Robert deMaine (Principal Cello), and Boris Allakhverdyan (Principal Clarinet)
- Pianist Fabio Bidini
- Violinist Roger Wilkie
- Kenneth Munday, recently retired as Principal Bassoon of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra after 46 years
- Pianist Rohan De Silva
- and others.
Tickets are available HERE. Concerts include:
Thursday, July 14, 8 p.m.
Anne Akiko Meyers – Violin
Fabio Bidini, piano
Rohan De Silva, piano
Tereza Stanislav, violin
Andrew Shulman, cello
The New Hollywood String Quartet
- Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op.24 “Spring”
- Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1 No.3
- String Quartet in C Major, Op.59 No.3 “Razumovsky”
Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.
Fabio Bidini, piano
Andrew Shulman, cello
Johanna Nowik, viola
The New Hollywood String Quartet
- String Quartet No.1 in F Major,Op.18
- Cello Sonata No.5 in D Major,Op.102 No.2
- String Quintet in C Major,Op.29
Saturday, July 16, 4 p.m.
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Rohan De Silva, piano
Andrew Shulman, cello
Martin Chalifour, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
The New Hollywood String Quartet
- Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major,Op.11
- Piano Trio in D Major Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”
- String Quartet in F Major Op.135
Sunday, July 17, 4 p.m.
Roger Wilkie, violin
Rodolfo Leone, piano
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Kenneth Munday, bassoon
Laura Brenes, horn
David Grossman, double bass
Rafael Rishik, violin
Robert Brophy, viola
Andrew Shulman, cello
- Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47 “Kreutzer”
- Septet in E Flat Major Op.20
The full press release is below
The New Hollywood String Quartet and The Da Camera Society present:
Summer of Beethoven Chamber Music Festival featuring world renowned artists, including Anne Akiko Meyers, Boris Allakhverdyan, Fabio Bidini, Martin Chalifour, Robert deMaine, Rohan De Silva, and more
July 14 – 17, 2022
at The Pompeian Room of the Doheny Mansion
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Doheny Campus
Tickets on sale now
(Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Los Angeles) – The New Hollywood String Quartet and The Da Camera Society present the Summer of Beethoven Chamber Music Festival, a four-concert festival featuring 11 works built around the composer’s beloved chamber music, on July 14 – 17, 2022, at the stunning Pompeian Room of the Doheny Mansion. Joining the New Hollywood String Quartet – violinists Tereza Stanislav and Rafael Rishik, violist Robert Brophy, and cellist Andrew Shulman – are acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, LA Phil principal clarinet Boris Allakhverdyan, pianist Fabio Bidini, LA Phil concertmaster Martin Chalifour, LA Phil principal cellist Robert deMaine, pianist Rohan De Silva, and more.
Summer of Beethoven is the third chamber music festival since the New Hollywood String Quartet’s 2019 Summer of Brahms Festival, which featured performances of all 25 instrumental chamber works of Brahms in a series of eight consecutive sold out concerts. The LA Times praised the “enthusiastic robustness” and “sheer liquidity,” of the performances. In December 2020, the NHSQ presented the Vienna Holiday Concerts which celebrated the chamber music of Schubert and Mozart. Classical Voice noted, “At the Huntington, the NHSQ exuded a refined and luminous presence in keeping with its growing reputation, 20 years into its history.”
“The Summer of Beethoven Festival brings together the Quartet’s esteemed friends and colleagues from around the world, many of whom joined us for the Brahms Festival, to perform the music that inspired us all as young musicians,” said Rishik. “We are delighted to partner with The Da Camera Society and share the exquisite beauty and wonder of Beethoven’s chamber music with our audiences in the gorgeous, intimate setting of the Pompeian Room.”
The Festival showcases the best of Beethoven’s vast chamber music output. Repertoire was chosen from each one of his compositional periods, to convey the arc of his evolution as a composer. The three string quartet performances represent Beethoven’s early, middle and late periods: his first, String Quartet, No.1, Op.18 No.1; his last, String Quartet in F major, Op. 135; and the radiant String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Razumovsky,” perhaps the most thrilling of all his quartets.
The world renowned violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and acclaimed pianist Fabio Bidini will perform the opening work of the Festival, Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major “Spring,” regarded as one of the most beautiful and lyrical sonatas in the repertoire.
Arguably one of his most famous sonatas, Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47, “Kreutzer Sonata,” is a foreshadowing of where his compositional journey was headed, and will be performed by Festival alumni Roger Wilkie, violin, and Rodolfo Leone, piano.
The two piano trios that were selected for the Festival program again demonstrate the evolution of Beethoven’s compositions. Piano Trio in C Minor, Op 1 No. 3, performed by De Silva, Tereza Stanislav and Andrew Shulman, is written in the classical tradition of Haydn and Mozart; Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost,” performed by Chalifour, deMaine and De Silva, pushes the harmonic envelope in ways that are still compelling today. Shulman and Bidini will also perform Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op.102 No. 2, which has one of the most challenging piano fugues ever written.
Beethoven’s String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 is rarely performed but it is a beautiful example of the composer’s ability to expand the tonal boundaries, convey a sense of humor and still stay within the confines of the classical form. This is also a wonderful opportunity to reunite with a wonderful young violist Johanna Nowik, who joined the New Hollywood String Quartet for the Brahms Festival. The LA Times review noted that Nowik showed “herself to be a young violist ready to make her mark.”
LA Phil principal clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan will be performing the beautiful Clarinet Trio in B flat Major Op. 11, and will also join everyone for a performance of Beethoven’s Septet in E flat Major Op. 20. This Septet is one of Beethoven’s most beloved and enduring of his chamber works.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM:
Thursday, July 14, 8 p.m.
Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op.24 “Spring”
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1 No.3
String Quartet in C Major, Op.59 No.3 “Razumovsky”
Anne Akiko Meyers – Violin
Fabio Bidini, piano
Rohan De Silva, piano
Tereza Stanislav, violin
Andrew Shulman, cello
The New Hollywood String Quartet
Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.
String Quartet No.1 in F Major,Op.18
Cello Sonata No.5 in D Major,Op.102 No.2
String Quintet in C Major,Op.29
Fabio Bidini, piano
Andrew Shulman, cello
Johanna Nowik, viola
The New Hollywood String Quartet
Saturday, July 16, 4 p.m.
Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major,Op.11
Piano Trio in D Major Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”
String Quartet in F Major Op.135
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Rohan De Silva, piano
Andrew Shulman, cello
Martin Chalifour, violin
Robert deMaine, cello
The New Hollywood String Quartet
Sunday, July 17, 4 p.m.
Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47 “Kreutzer”
Septet in E Flat Major Op.20
Roger Wilkie, violin
Rodolfo Leone, piano
Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Kenneth Munday, bassoon
Laura Brenes, horn
David Grossman, double bass
Rafael Rishik, violin
Robert Brophy, viola
Andrew Shulman, cello
Please visit https://www.newhollywoodstringquartet.com/ for artist bios.
Location:
Doheny Mansion
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Doheny Campus
10 Chester Place Los Angeles, CA 90007
Parking & directions:
Parking is free; Please use the entrance gate on St. James Park W to access the Doheny Campus; Park in the AAA parking lot adjacent to the entrance gate.
Please visit www.summerofbeethoven.com to purchase tickets.
About The New Hollywood String Quartet
The New Hollywood String Quartet had its debut concert in Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2001 and has been performing to critical acclaim ever since. Inspired by the great Hollywood String Quartet from over half a century ago, the current members of the NHSQ are likewise premiere performers of their generation. Individually, and together as one of the top string quartets in Southern California, they are well known guests at many of the most prestigious concert series in Los Angeles and its environs. Its members reside in Los Angeles and have recorded hundreds of film scores, are members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and have decades of chamber music experience between them. In December of 2021, the NHSQ presented the “Vienna Holiday Concerts”. The Three day festival showcased some of the most celebrated chamber music works of Mozart and Schubert. Josef Woodward of Classical Voice wrote, “At the Huntington, the NHSQ exuded a refined and luminous ensemble presence in keeping with its growing reputation, 20 years into its history. In the summer of 2019 the NHSQ, Quartet in Residence at the Restoration Concert Series, launched their inaugural summer festival entitled “Summer of Brahms Chamber Music Festival.” To incredible critical acclaim and capacity audiences, the NHSQ presented all twenty-five of the instrumental chamber works of Johannes Brahms in collaboration with some of the world’s most renowned chamber musicians. The NHSQ was also featured on Gernot Wolfgang’s 2017 Grammy Award-nominated album, Passing Through. For more information, please visit: www.newhollywoodstringquartet.com.
About the Da Camera Society
Since its founding in 1973, The Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary’s University has offered superb musical performances in historic sites, reaching out to audiences in Los Angeles and beyond through public concerts and educational programming. For more information, please visit: https://dacamerasociety.org/.
PR Contact:
Lisa Bellamore
Crescent Communications
323-500-3071
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