ALL-MOZART EVENING

THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Thursday, June 24 | 6:00PM

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  • June

    24

    Thursday

    06:00 PM

    Orchestra Concert

    ALL-MOZART EVENING

    THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
    J    oshua Bell, violin

    MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K.271, Jenamy
    MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, Prague
    MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, Turkish

    A whirlwind grand tour of music by Mozart! The journey begins with the piano concerto declared "one of the greatest wonders of the world" (Alfred Brendel), then travels through the rich harmonies and bohemian colors of the Prague symphony, arriving at the delightful Turkish violin concerto.
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Program Notes

MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, "Jenamy"

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MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, “Prague”

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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”

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MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, "Jenamy"

Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K.271, Jenamy (1777)

When Mozart wrote his Piano Concerto in E-flat major (K.271), in January 1777, he was just turning 21, but he was already capable of producing a miracle. It is more memorable than the eight Mozart piano concertos that preceded it, thanks to the appeal of its challenging solo part and imaginative wind writing and the way it imposes bold experimentation on accepted practice.

It opens with a surprise. Most Classical concertos began with a stretch of material presented by the orchestra before the soloist entered. Here, however, the piano shares in the opening phrase of the work, providing a response to the orchestra’s introductory fanfare. The slow movement is also a breakthrough. This melancholy Andantino is in the hyper-dramatic Sturm und Drang aesthetic popular at that time. The opening theme incorporates a falling figure—at least a sigh, perhaps a sob. The piano sometimes declaims its sorrow in recitative-like passages, and the restrained strings play with mutes except in an anguished outburst near the movement’s end. In the finale, Mozart again experiments with structure: in the midst of an energized rondo, he interpolates a minuet—leisurely, long, and unusually expressive—with four elegantly turned variations. 

This used to be known as the Jeunehomme Concerto, after a French pianist—Mlle. Jeunehomme—whose existence was postulated in 1912 by two French musicologists who were trying to track doen a “Mlle. Villieaume” referred to in Mozart family letters. We now know that the pianist associated with this work’s creation was not Mlle. Jeunehomme but rather Mlle. Jenamy—Louise Victoire Jenamy, a daughter of the ballet-master Jean-Georges Noverre, who was a friend of the Mozarts. If we feel inclined to attach a nickname to this work, at least we would do better to call it the Jenamy Concerto rather than the specious Jeunehomme Concerto.

MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, “Prague”

Symphony No. 38 in D major, Prague (K.504) (1786)

In 1786, Mozart—then living in Vienna—received an invitation to visit Prague, apparently by a coterie of that city’s German-speaking culturati. At the ouset of 1787, he and his wife, plus a considerable entourage (including their dog), traveled by coach to the Bohemian capital for what would be the closest he ever came to a pleasure trip. His musical obligations were few, limited to an evening conducting The Marriage of Figaro and a couple of piano performances.

Mozart arrived bearing gifts, chief among them the D-major Symphony that he had completed late in 1786 and that would forrthwith have the name of Prague attached to it. He led a distinguished orchestra—though a small one of about twenty players—in the work’s premiere, which appears to have taken place on January 19, 1787. His early biographer Franz Xaver Niemetschek reported two decades later that “the symphonies he composed for this occasion are real masterpieces … full of surprising modulations, and have a quick, fiery gait, so that the very soul is transported to sublime heights. This applies particularly to the Symphony in D major, which remains a favorite in Prague, although it has doubtless been heard a hundred times.”

It is one of Mozart’s most impressive symphonies, despite its having only three movements rather than four, which by then was the norm. It’s anyone’s guess why Mozart decided not to include the traditional third-movement minuet-and-trio, but he more than compensated by attaching a slow introduction to the opening Allegro. Though such introductions are found in the later symphonies of Haydn and in some of Beethoven’s, they are not much associated with Mozart. In this opening, Mozart seems to be looking ahead to the perplexing chromatic ruminations of Don Giovanni, which (as it happens) Prague would idolize within a year.

MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 “Turkish”

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-91) 
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219, Turkish (1775)

We remember Mozart as a composer first and foremost, but in his day he was also renowned as a musical performer. He was acknowledged as an exceptional keyboard virtuoso and an accomplished string player. He was tutored in the violin by his father, Leopold, whose violin treatise stands as a monument of 18th-century pedagogy. Young Mozart served as court violinist—eventually concertmaster—in his native Salzburg, and after he left for Vienna he sometimes played the viola (the violin’s alto cousin) in chamber music.

He probably composed his five concertos for his own use, but other musicians soon mastered them, too. Apparently the first virtuoso to pick them up was Antonio Brunetti, a Neapolitan who was appointed Court Music Director in Salzburg on March 1, 1776, and who succeeded Mozart as concertmaster the following year after one of Mozart’s periodic fallings-out with his boss, Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. On October 9, 1777, Leopold Mozart wrote a letter to his son (away on tour) in which a relevant comment appears: “Brunetti now praises you to the skies! And when I was saying the other day that after all you played the violin passibilmente, he burst out: ‘What? Nonsense! Why, he could play anything! That was a mistaken idea the Prince persisted in, to his own loss.’”

Mozart wrote his Violin Concerto No. 5 in Salzburg at the end of 1775. The opening movement is elegantly balanced between the soloist and the orchestra, combining a sense of spaciousness with a crystalline texture. The large-scale Adagio maintains its sense of quiet grace and introspection throughout. The finale is an amiable rondo that leads to a false ending, at which point the music swerves into a long episode with an east-of-Vienna spirit, a highly spiced section that earned this concerto its geographically approximate nickname of Turkish.

Artist Bios

Anne-Marie McDermott

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Pianist and Bravo! Vail Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott is a consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator. She performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti, and chamber music. 

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Joshua Bell

Joshua Bell, director and violin

With a career spanning more than 30 years, chamber musician, recording artist and conductor, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Music Director Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era.

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Anne-Marie McDermott

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott is a consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator. She performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music. Her repertoire choices are eclectic, spanning from Bach and Haydn to Prokofiev and Scriabin to Kernis, Hartke, Tower and Wuorinen.

With over 50 concerti in her repertoire, Ms. McDermott has performed with many leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Hong Kong Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, New Jersey Symphony and Baltimore Symphony among others. Ms. McDermott has toured with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow Virtuosi.

In the recent seasons, Ms. McDermott performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Alabama Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

Recital engagements have included the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, The Schubert Club, Kennedy Center, as well as universities across the country. Anne-Marie McDermott has curated and performed in a number of intense projects including: the Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas and Chamber Music, a Three Concert Series of Shostakovich Chamber Music, as well as a recital series of Haydn and Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Most recently, she commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen and Clarice Assad which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall, in conjunction with Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

As a soloist, Ms. McDermott has recorded the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas, Bach English Suites and Partitas (which was named Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice), and most recently, Gershwin Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony and Justin Brown.

In addition to her many achievements and association with Bravo! Vail, McDermott is also Artistic Director of two other festivals; The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in the Florida Keys and The Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curaçao, off the coast of Venezuela.

As a chamber music performer, Anne-Marie McDermott was named an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1995 and performs and tours extensively with them each season. She also continues a long standing collaboration with the highly acclaimed violinist, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg. As a duo, they have released a CD titled “Live” on the NSS label and plan to release the Complete Brahms Violin and Piano Sonatas in the future. Ms. McDermott is also a member of the renowned piano quartet, Opus One, with colleagues Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom and Peter Wiley.

She continues to perform each season with her sisters, Maureen McDermott and Kerry McDermott in the McDermott Trio. Ms. McDermott has also released an all Schumann CD with violist, Paul Neubauer, as well as the Complete Chamber Music of Debussy with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Dalmo Carra, Constance Keene and John Browning. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

In addition to her duties at Bravo! Vail, Anne-Marie McDermott regularly performs at Festivals across the United States including Spoleto, Mainly Mozart, Sante Fe, La Jolla Summerfest, Mostly Mozart, Newport, Caramoor, Chamber Music Northwest, Aspen, Music from Angelfire, and the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, among others.

Photo: Zach Mahone

Joshua Bell

Joshua Bell, director and violin

With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. An exclusive Sony Classical artist, he has recorded more than 40 CDs garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone and Echo Klassik awards, and is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, as well as the Lumiere Prize for his work in the sphere of Virtual Reality.  Named the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011, he is the only person to hold this post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958, and recently renewed his contract through 2020. In 2016, Sony released Bell’s album For the Love of Brahms with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk, followed in 2017 by the Joshua Bell Classical Collection, a 14 CD set of Bell’s Sony recording highlights from the past 20 years.  

Summer 2017 saw Joshua Bell perform at the BBC Proms with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Verbier Festival, as Artist In Residence at the Edinburgh International Festival and – in the US - at Tanglewood, Ravinia, and the Mostly Mozart Festival.   In the 2017/18 season in the US, Bell takes part in the New York Philharmonic’s celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, performing Bernstein’s Serenade led by Alan Gilbert, and also appears with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra among others. His North American recital tours take him to Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center and Washington D.C.’s Strathmore Center. Highlights in Europe include appearances as soloist with the Vienna Symphony and Danish National Symphony; as director and soloist with the Orchestre National de Lyon; and recitals in Paris, Zurich, Geneva, Bologna, Milan and London. With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields he will tour widely including in the United Kingdom, United States and Europe, featuring performances in London, New York, San Francisco, Reykjavik and at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. 

Convinced of the value of music as a diplomatic and educational tool, Bell participated in President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba.  He is also involved in Turnaround Arts, another project implemented by the Committee and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which provides arts education to low-performing elementary and middle schools. 

Joshua Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin and uses a late 18th century French bow by François Tourte. 

Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

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Where are the orchestra concert performances held?

Bravo! Vail orchestral concerts take place at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater (GRFA) located at 530 S. Frontage Rd E Vail, CO 81657

What time do performances begin?

Concerts start promptly at 6:00PM. Gates open 60 minutes prior to performances. GRFA gates open 60 minutes prior to performances. Give yourself plenty of time to park and get into the venue. Latecomers will be escorted by ushers at appropriate intervals.

Where do I park?

FREE concert parking is available at the Vail Parking Structure (241 South Frontage Road East, Vail) and the Lionshead Parking Structure (395 South Frontage Road West, Vail). A Town of Vail Special Event express bus provides continuous service from both parking structures to the GRFA before and after concerts. We expect that bus capacity for each bus will be limited to 40 or fewer people. Limited $10 parking is available at Ford Park by the Tennis Center (500 South Frontage Rd). Additional $10 parking is available at the Vail Athletic/Soccer Field lot. 

Walking instructions from the Vail Village Parking Structure

Via Gore Creek Trail: 15-minute scenic walk
1. Exit the parking garage by following the Pedestrian Exit signs towards “Vail Village” / “Golden Peak”
2. Turn left out of the parking garage onto East Meadow Drive and head east 
3. At the end of the road turn right on Vail Valley Drive and cross the road
4. Turn left on the walking path before the bridge, following the street signs towards "Ford Park"
5. Continuing east, follow the walking path along Gore Creek until reaching the GRFA

Via Frontage Road: 15-minute walk 
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2. Turn right and follow the sidewalk east along the south side of the frontage road
3. Cross East Meadow Drive and continue east along the sidewalk
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Concerts generally last 2 hours including intermission. Please call the Box Office 877.812.5700 for exact running times.

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As permitted by current State of Colorado and Eagle County guidelines, the Bravo! Vail Music Festival is operating at up to 100 percent capacity, without any social distancing or mask requirements. If you are not comfortable with this approach, although we will miss your presence, we ask that you consider not attending at this time and enjoy the programs offered via live stream.

Face coverings at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater will be optional. All individuals, whether they choose to wear a face covering or not, will be welcomed and respected.

Capacity at performance venues will be at or near 100 percent with no social distancing requirements.

You may also refer to the GRFA policies here. 

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All ticket reservations are subject to our 2021 Ticket Purchase Terms, available HERE. These terms include important waivers, releases, and limitations on liability. By reserving a ticket, you agree to the Ticket Purchase Terms.

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Where are seating options for people with disabilities?

Per the American Disability Act (ADA), the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater is accessible to individuals with disabilities. ADA seating is available in Section 1 Row L and Section 4 Row O in all reserved seating zones and prices. A limited number of ADA General Admission Lawn seats are available for sale behind Section 2. You must have a designated ADA lawn seat ticket to sit in this area. By purchasing an ADA seat, you are stating that you require an ADA seat. If purchased fraudulently, you may be subject to relocation. If you need assistance purchasing ADA seating, please call the Box Office at 877.812.5700.

What if it rains?

Concerts take place rain or shine. The GRFA is an open-air venue. Refunds are not given due to weather unless a concert is canceled in its entirety with no performance rescheduled.

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There is no dress code for concerts. Please be prepared for rain and cooler temperatures. 

How can I learn more about the music?

This summer we will be offering each ticket holder household one complimentary copy of our printed program book. You will receive a ticket for your book when you receive your concert tickets. You may redeem your book ticket at any Bravo! Vail concert at the GRFA or Vilar Performing Arts Center to get your copy.

New this year, we are unveiling the Bravo! Vail app, which will allow you to access information contained in the printed program book right on your smartphone. More information on how to download the app will be forthcoming. 

Finally, you can find information on each concert's program on our website at bravovail.org.

What should I bring to the concerts?

If you will be on the lawn, a blanket, sunglasses, and a hat are recommended. If rain is predicted, please bring appropriate rain gear. Food, commercially sealed non-alcoholic beverages, low-profile lawn chairs (4-inch legs), and umbrellas are permitted at concerts. 

All bags are subject to search (please help us by packing your bag with this in mind).

No oversized bags will be allowed (for example: duffle bags, large backpacking bags, suitcases). 

The following articles are not allowed at the venue: cameras, audio/video recording devices, standard-height lawn chairs, baby strollers, alcoholic beverages, firearms, pets, smoking, skateboards, bicycles, scooters, and skates.

What food and beverages are available for purchase at the GRFA?

As with the rest of the venue, pandemic protocols will be in place until they are no longer recommended/required by public health. Throughout the Festival season, the venue anticipates returning to a full concessions menu similar to years past. However, capacity limitations may mean that fewer point-of-sale locations are open, until such time that the venue returns to full capacity. We do expect that the touchless credit card payment option will remain in place.

Are lawn chairs available to rent?

Low-profile lawn chairs are available at the GRFA to rent for $10. You may also rent a lawn chair by contacting the Bravo! Vail Box Office at 877.812.5700.

What are some general rules of concert etiquette?

Please allow time for parking and seating. Concert attendees must silence all mobile devices prior to performances to not disrupt musicians and other patrons. Please limit conversations and other noisy activities during the performance. In the pavilion seating, we recommend eating prior to the concert or at intermission. Parental supervision is required for all children attending Bravo! Vail concerts.

Any forms of audio or video recording (mobile phone, camera, video camera, iPad) are prohibited at these events.

Photographing performances (with no flash) is permitted during concerts, only if there is no disruption/distraction to fellow audience members or performers.

What else should I know?

Vail’s high elevation requires adequate hydration and sun protection. Visitors from lower elevations may experience altitude sickness.

What if I lose something at the concert?

Check with the GRFA box office for lost items at intermission or call 970.748.8497.

What if I still have questions?

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